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Yobaba is a 57 year old married woman from Portland, Oregon, USA.

"Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can." - Dalai Lama

BlackLiberalBoomer: Sep 9, 10:42pm (2 reviews) politics, polls, obama http://waterprise2-contentwriter.today.c...; "Senator Obama, has for the past twenty months, pursued a sound long-term strategy that does not depend on short-term ups and downs; and doesn't veer far from that strategy or his vision for America." Good point.

miranda622s profile - StumbleUpon: Sep 1, 8:31pm (1 review) stumblers, politics, obama http://miranda622.stumbleupon.com/review...; From the page: ""When Barack Obama talks about an America as it should be, I'm guessing the best of all possible countries he imagines would look awfully similar to the ideal America just about every registered Democrat would dream up. Picture this: a wind-powered public school classroom of 19 multiracial 8-year-olds reading above grade level and answering the questions of their engaging, inspirational teacher before going home to a cancer-free (or in remission) parent or parents who have to work only eight hours a day in a country at war solely with the people who make war on us, where maybe Exxon Mobil can settle for, oh, $8 billion in quarterly profits instead of $11 billion, and the federal government's point man for Biblical natural disasters is someone who knows more about emergency management than how to put on a horse show. Is that really too much to ask? Can we do that?" Great post, Kathy!

oneluv918s profile - StumbleUpon: Jun 30, 10:55pm (165 reviews) stumblers, obama http://oneluv918.stumbleupon.com/

How Obama could win over the white working class. - By Richard D. Kahlenberg...: Jun 7, 5:08pm (2 reviews) obama http://www.slate.com/id/2183591/; "Obama's RFK Moment: How he could win over white working-class voters". Honestly, in my point of view, all I think Barack Obama needs to do is be himself - I have never 'gotten' that this man thinks he is better than anyone else. I have never 'gotten' that he feels entitled because he is black, any more than he feels entitled because he is white [and he is just as white as he is black, remember!] Obama presents himself as an intelligent, compassionate, and sincere person, and I do believe he obviously understands what it takes to get ahead in this country and in this world. I believe that he knows handouts or steps-up are worthless without the will to make oneself a success. In speaking of Affirmative Action - and that's what we are speaking about - giving anyone an advantage over their peers is a wasted effort if they don't have the ambition and work ethic to follow through. Simply being Black or being Poor or fitting into any other criteria doesn't mean much if your motivating factor is a sense of entitlement. I think this guy 'gets it'.