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EarlG

(21,885 posts)
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 12:11 PM Dec 2013

Pic Of The Moment: Remembering Mandela



Obama's Memorial Speech In Honor Of Madiba




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Pic Of The Moment: Remembering Mandela (Original Post) EarlG Dec 2013 OP
Beautiful. catbyte Dec 2013 #1
Beautiful and so touching lark Dec 2013 #2
K&R. (nt) Kurovski Dec 2013 #3
I sooo love this!! Much thanks to Madiba and Pres. Obama for true leadership!!!! hue Dec 2013 #4
A Great tribute to one Great man from another. lastlib Dec 2013 #5
Thanks for the quote EarlG shireen Dec 2013 #6
I loved the dog whistle dickthegrouch Dec 2013 #7
That brought me chills and tears. TY so much, EarlG, for the quote and the link. nt Hekate Dec 2013 #8
Mahalo EarlG.. it was a brilliant tribute to a beyond Cha Dec 2013 #9
thank you. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2013 #10
Invictus rug Dec 2013 #11
Thank you for the full quote tavalon Dec 2013 #16
the demons change but the demonization doesn't.. rafeh1 Dec 2013 #12
Who is the demon/demonizer in thie speech? To you? AllyCat Dec 2013 #15
the demons change but the demonization doesn't.. rafeh1 Dec 2013 #18
That was a fond good-bye struggle4progress Dec 2013 #13
Lovely. I have goose bumps. AllyCat Dec 2013 #14
Truly stirring tavalon Dec 2013 #17

shireen

(8,333 posts)
6. Thanks for the quote EarlG
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 02:53 PM
Dec 2013

I can't watch the video right now, nor could I watch the memorial service even tho' I was awake this morning. Too heartwrenching.



dickthegrouch

(3,151 posts)
7. I loved the dog whistle
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 03:26 PM
Dec 2013

"Not afraid to compromise for the sake of a greater good".

GOP: You need to compromise on allowing the taxpayer to pay for your wasteful wars.
You need to compromise on subsidizing people, like me, who have no job and no prospects over the holiday period and for the longer term, by extending federal unemployment again.
You need to compromise on debt ceiling arrangements while the economy continues to recover so slowly.
You need to compromise on filling federal appointments.

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
11. Invictus
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 07:04 PM
Dec 2013

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.


William Ernest Henley

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
16. Thank you for the full quote
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 11:58 AM
Dec 2013

I haven't watched the video yet, but seeing those words and being reminded of how great and gentle and good a man Mandela was puts my puny difficulties into perspective. Not that it's a competition. And thank the Goddess for that, for not on my best day was I ever the amazing human that he was. The world was blessed to have had him.

rafeh1

(385 posts)
12. the demons change but the demonization doesn't..
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 01:31 AM
Dec 2013

One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter. In international relations the demons change but the demonization doesn't. During the 80's President Reagan feted the Afghan Mujaheddin as freedom fighters. In the 90's Bill Clinton bombed them as terrorists and in 2001 George Bush invaded Afghanistan to eliminate them.

Vietnamese resistance movement guerrillas (Vietcong) were termed as terrorists in the 60's. Now Intel has a factory in Vietnam and we have great relations with the same people.

In other words the demons change but the demonization doesn't..

rafeh1

(385 posts)
18. the demons change but the demonization doesn't..
Fri Dec 13, 2013, 06:35 PM
Dec 2013

the demons are made by the demonizers in the media. there are no demons. Nelson Mandela was classified as a terrorist in the 80's now he is eulogized as man of peace. In reality Mandela was a freedom fighter who struggled for the people of south Africa.

My point is not to take the media demonizations too seriously. Saddam was a strong willed leader when he was attacking Iran. Then he was baited into Kuwait and bashed as Hitler incarnate. Saddam was neither completely evil nor nor pure leader.

dont you get it?

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
17. Truly stirring
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 12:20 PM
Dec 2013

This President rivals almost any other for his ability to hit just the right note. He is an amazing speaker and I'm glad he was one of the speakers at the memorial. I could have done without the pouty baby shrub, but that whole speech went over his head anyway.

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