Obama Ipsum

If you're working forty hours a week, you shouldn't be living in poverty. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco.

Her father worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression. I'm not talking about blind optimism here - the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don't think about it, or the health care crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it. The questions I had didn't magically disappear. Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. She had been working to organize a mostly African-American community since the beginning of this campaign, and one day she was at a roundtable discussion where everyone went around telling their story and why they were there.

But what we know - what we have seen - is that America can change. I'll help our auto companies re-tool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built right here in America. They could've heard words of anger and discord. The Palestinian Authority must develop its capacity to govern, with institutions that serve the needs of its people. Finally, the Arab States must recognize that the Arab Peace Initiative was an important beginning, but not the end of their responsibilities.

And there's another issue we must confront as well. But the anger is real; it is powerful; and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races. The third source of tension is our shared interest in the rights and responsibilities of nations on nuclear weapons.

He said that our economy has made "great progress" under this President. But that is not yet the case. I understand those who protest that some countries have weapons that others do not.

Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.