Obama Ipsum

I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slaveowners - an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. This time we want to talk about the fact that the real problem is not that someone who doesn't look like you might take your job; it's that the corporation you work for will ship it overseas for nothing more than a profit. Those are not just American ideas, they are human rights, and that is why we will support them everywhere.

That we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm. And just as Lieutenant Kerry did not hesitate to risk his life to protect the men who served with him in Vietnam, President Kerry will not hesitate one moment to use our military might to keep America safe and secure. A belief in things not seen. So when they are told to bus their children to a school across town; when they hear that an African American is getting an advantage in landing a good job or a spot in a good college because of an injustice that they themselves never committed; when they're told that their fears about crime in urban neighborhoods are somehow prejudiced, resentment builds over time. In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education. But we have a responsibility to join together on behalf of the world we seek - a world where extremists no longer threaten our people, and American troops have come home; a world where Israelis and Palestinians are each secure in a state of their own, and nuclear energy is used for peaceful purposes; a world where governments serve their citizens, and the rights of all God's children are respected.

Again and again, we've seen him make tough choices when easier ones were available. And meeting them won't be easy. So let's rededicate ourselves to a new kind of politics - a politics of conscience.

Wright deliver a sermon called "The Audacity of Hope." And during the course of that sermon, he introduced me to someone named Jesus Christ. It is on your lips and in your heart. And you know what - it's worked before. More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. When violent extremists operate in one stretch of mountains, people are endangered across an ocean.

The situation in Afghanistan demonstrates America's goals, and our need to work together. And I want to particularly say this to young people of every faith, in every country - you, more than anyone, have the ability to remake this world.

Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.