Obama Ipsum

Now, some of you may have heard me talk about the Joshua generation. I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. The situation in Afghanistan demonstrates America's goals, and our need to work together.

John Kerry believes in energy independence, so we aren't held hostage to the profits of oil companies, or the sabotage of foreign oil fields. People are coming together around a simple truth - that we are all connected, that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper. But she didn't. Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story - of the brief union between a young man from Kenya and a young woman from Kansas who weren't well-off or well-known, but shared a belief that in America, their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to. We also know that military power alone is not going to solve the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

We have to do what we can, knowing it's hard and not swinging from a naive idealism to a bitter defeatism - but rather, accepting the fact that we're not going to solve every problem overnight, but we can still make a difference. That anger may not get expressed in public, in front of white co-workers or white friends. And that's what we have to restore.

More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach. They have killed in many countries.

And finally they come to this elderly black man who's been sitting there quietly the entire time. So let there be no doubt: the situation for the Palestinian people is intolerable. The Internet and television can bring knowledge and information, but also offensive sexuality and mindless violence. It's a faith in other people, and it's what brought me here today.

Thank you, and God bless America.