Obama Ipsum

And when these battles were overtaken by others and when the wars they opposed were waged and won, these faithful foot soldiers for justice kept marching. Our government should work for us, not against us.

And you know what - it's worked before. We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words - within our borders, and around the world. Their actions are irreconcilable with the rights of human beings, the progress of nations, and with Islam. It will be hard to overcome decades of mistrust, but we will proceed with courage, rectitude and resolve.

I understand you switched venues at considerable expense and inconvenience because of unfair labor practices at the place you were going to be having this synod. But the truth is, that isn't all that I know of the man. Kennedy called our "intellectual and moral strength." Yes, government must lead on energy independence, but each of us must do our part to make our homes and businesses more efficient. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan Horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. We will help Iraq train its Security Forces and develop its economy.

But for all those who scratched and clawed their way to get a piece of the American Dream, there were many who didn't make it - those who were ultimately defeated, in one way or another, by discrimination. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt.

But my grandfather had larger dreams for his son. My mother, whose parents were non-practicing Baptists and Methodists, was one of the most spiritual souls I ever knew. We want to talk about how to bring them home from a war that never should've been authorized and never should've been waged, and we want to talk about how we'll show our patriotism by caring for them, and their families, and giving them the benefits they have earned.

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