Its not a False HOPE says OBAMA: The Yes we can song and Video:Awesome

[Salvage]

I listened to the Yes we can song inspired by Obama's Speech.

The song gave me goose bumps/pimples.

Truely, I believe, like Obama, that the Hope he is speaking about, is not a false one.

Why would I after listening to that speech?

The Black Eyed peas guy and other artists did a great job with that speech.

If you havent already heard it or watched it, go to the link below to do so and lets know what you think.

In case someone else here has already posted it, my bad. Just like JAY JAY okocha, Its soo good, it can be posted twice.  :agree:

The link: http://www.dipdive.com/dip-politics/ywc/

[omoge]

Wow..that was deep couldnt even mess with the dial.

Yes,We Can
Yes,We Can
Yes,We Can
Yes,We Can
Yes,We Can
Yes,We Can

This is so inspirational!

Thanks Salvage!!!

[Salvage]

Omoge,

Its been such a long time since I heard a Leader speak like that.

In every way you look at it, there is something really deep and spiritual about that speech.

Am not in the states but that speech also tore at my heart.

And am thinking what am going to do about our leaders here in Naija.

What can I say, I am going to become very vocal and robust about the issues in Naija.

And New Nigerians forum will be my Platform.

[omoge]

I tell you mehn.Nigerians has to wake up and stand up for themselves.

Omoge,

Its been such a long time since I heard a Leader speak like that.

In every way you look at it, there is something really deep and spiritual about that speech.

Am not in the states but that speech also tore at my heart.

And am thinking what am going to do about our leaders here in Naija.

What can I say, I am going to become very vocal and robust about the issues in Naija.

And New Nigerians forum will be my Platform.

[Salvage]

absolutely right sis.

Its a yr now since the current government stepped it but nothing, absolutely nothing to show for it.

[Pumping]

Yes we can!!! This guy is the bomb!!!

Do you know some of our politians in Nigeria are even toying of doing the right thing based on the inspiration of Obama???

[Efizzy]

Yar’Adua orders investigation of maltreatment of Nigerians by foreign airlines

http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200804233293865

absolutely right sis.

Its a yr now since the current government stepped it but nothing, absolutely nothing to show for it.

[omoge]

Walahi...I dont think there has ever been a more low key ruler in Nigeria. No major speeches, no real drama. Both the Presido and VP appear to be low key guys. I dont seem to hear much of the traditional bash the president mentality ... However I must admit I am from the outside looking in. So for those more familiar with the Nigerian political terrain, HOW is Yaradua doing thus far ?

absolutely right sis.

Its a yr now since the current government stepped it but nothing, absolutely nothing to show for it.

[Efizzy]

That nigga is mudafucking slow. Someone needs to wake him up or he can resign if he can't perform.
 :rant:

Walahi...I dont think there has ever been a more low key ruler in Nigeria. No major speeches, no real drama. Both the Presido and VP appear to be low key guys. I dont seem to hear much of the traditional bash the president mentality ... However I must admit I am from the outside looking in. So for those more familiar with the Nigerian political terrain, HOW is Yaradua doing thus far ?

absolutely right sis.

Its a yr now since the current government stepped it but nothing, absolutely nothing to show for it.

[ngegy]

I strongly disagree monsieur. I think Yar`Adua is just trying to do things in a different way, not the usual overnight decisions that we`re used to during the last eight years. The energy sector reform is going on full force but you have to know what the problem is before you try to solve it, so he decided to find out what happened to the money spent by the past regimes. Also, the first Yar`Adua budget was passed just last month so I think after its implementation we should be able to judge how good his "slow" government can perform or not, but I recommend that we get used to a government that is not always in the news. 

That nigga is mudafucking slow. Someone needs to wake him up or he can resign if he can't perform.
 :rant:

Walahi...I dont think there has ever been a more low key ruler in Nigeria. No major speeches, no real drama. Both the Presido and VP appear to be low key guys. I dont seem to hear much of the traditional bash the president mentality ... However I must admit I am from the outside looking in. So for those more familiar with the Nigerian political terrain, HOW is Yaradua doing thus far ?

Its a yr now since the current government stepped it but nothing, absolutely nothing to show for it.

[Salvage]

I strongly disagree monsieur. I think Yar`Adua is just trying to do things in a different way, not the usual overnight decisions that we`re used to during the last eight years. The energy sector reform is going on full force but you have to know what the problem is before you try to solve it, so he decided to find out what happened to the money spent by the past regimes. Also, the first Yar`Adua budget was passed just last month so I think after its implementation we should be able to judge how good his "slow" government can perform or not, but I recommend that we get used to a government that is not always in the news. 

@ngegy

The fact that the president is taking steps to catch thieves and to find out who stole what and when and why, is a commendable thing. But beyond that, their are issues to face, things are begging for urgent attention.
We need to move forward.

The energy issue for instance, is a pointer to the fact that we may have a clueless person in charge and this is very scary to a lot of us here.

People are dieing , and I mean it because of the power issue but the president is saying we should be patient.

Why is he saying we should be patient? Because the power does not blink in Aso rock.

President Yaradua was at a public function recently and the light went on and off a number of times at that event. The president made a comment that is hunting me and so many other people right now.

He said he didnt know it was that bad.

Does that sound like a person who knows the urgency of the matter?
People who depend on power for their works and livelyhood(almost everyone in Naija) are suffering and jobs are suffering.

Jobs that should take a couple of days run into weeks and those that should take weeks run into months. So we all end up unproductive and broke.

You would say that he wasnt exactly the cause of the power problem but he has become part of the reason why a solution doesnt seem in sight.

I can tell you that the power issue was not this bad before Yaradua stepped in(not saying that their is no decay) but at least we could be sure of at least 10 hrs of light in a 24 hr day.
But now we cant be sure of 3 hrs of light in a 72hr period.

What kind of life is that?
What concerns President yaradua with that?
Well, apart from catching the thieves and instituting probes every where, he has also stopped all the other power projects that have reached advanced stages and even some others that were already being fed into the grid siting *due process* and alluding to the point that he didnt know the source of the funds used.
The former minister, Liyel Imoke almost pleaded in an interview that all work should be allowed to go on while the investigation continues(thats the sensible thing to do).

I just believe that all this touting about of due process is a form of delay tactics since the president honestly doesnt have a clue on anything.
He has won the title of original *baba go slow*

Yes , there is also a need of reversing policies that were fraudulently put in place or mis-used but when even good policies are being debated and being systematically reversed, then the sincerity of those reversals are being called to question.

Not a few people believe the president feels obligated to hand over things and economic privileges to the north

[omoge]

Omg...it's confirmed.

OBAMA GOT THIS


 :handshake: :handshake: :handshake:

[NBA]

Obama! Obama! Obama!

[omoge]

Edwards Set To Endorse Obama
Rally @ 7pm. Stay tuned.
It's a Done Deal, clinton is toast, she just never realize say the band don stop music and den don comot instrument from stage...

[londoncool]

Is Obama the anti-christ ?

[NBA]

We just witnessed an important historical moment!

GO OBAMA!

[shakabula]

OBAMA...OBAMA....OBAMA...

Can someone please tell me what the fascination is all about apart from the fact that he is black?

Someone should please tell me what he wants to do in terms of generating revenue for the govt apart from raising taxes.

Someone should please tell me what how he wants to spend my taxes apart from increasing govt spending

Someone should please tell me what tangible thing he has said apart from giving great motivational speeches

Someone should please tell me how he voted on issues as an Illinois state senator (where he refused to take a stand on many issues and just played it safe)

Someone should please tell me what important bills he has sponsored as a federal senator?

[shakabula]

To all the Obamites, this one is for you....Let me just declare that I am not one, as I have been thoroughly vaccinated  :cool:. Can someone please explain this concept of "windfall profit"?  I seriously hope Obama does not win. I belong to the NObama camp.

This piece is from the Wall Street Journal
 
What Is a 'Windfall' Profit?
August 4, 2008; Page A12

The "windfall profits" tax is back, with Barack Obama stumping again to apply it to a handful of big oil companies. Which raises a few questions: What is a "windfall" profit anyway? How does it differ from your everyday, run of the mill profit? Is it some absolute number, a matter of return on equity or sales -- or does it merely depend on who earns it?

Enquiring entrepreneurs want to know. Unfortunately, Mr. Obama's "emergency" plan, announced on Friday, doesn't offer any clarity. To pay for "stimulus" checks of $1,000 for families and $500 for individuals, the Senator says government would take "a reasonable share" of oil company profits.

 
Mr. Obama didn't bother to define "reasonable," and neither did Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Senate Democrat, when he recently declared that "The oil companies need to know that there is a limit on how much profit they can take in this economy." Really? This extraordinary redefinition of free-market success could use some parsing.

Take Exxon Mobil, which on Thursday reported the highest quarterly profit ever and is the main target of any "windfall" tax surcharge. Yet if its profits are at record highs, its tax bills are already at record highs too. Between 2003 and 2007, Exxon paid $64.7 billion in U.S. taxes, exceeding its after-tax U.S. earnings by more than $19 billion. That sounds like a government windfall to us, but perhaps we're missing some Obama-Durbin business subtlety.

Maybe they have in mind profit margins as a percentage of sales. Yet by that standard Exxon's profits don't seem so large. Exxon's profit margin stood at 10% for 2007, which is hardly out of line with the oil and gas industry average of 8.3%, or the 8.9% for U.S. manufacturing (excluding the sputtering auto makers).

If that's what constitutes windfall profits, most of corporate America would qualify. Take aerospace or machinery -- both 8.2% in 2007. Chemicals had an average margin of 12.7%. Computers: 13.7%. Electronics and appliances: 14.5%. Pharmaceuticals (18.4%) and beverages and tobacco (19.1%) round out the Census Bureau's industry rankings. The latter two double the returns of Big Oil, though of course government has already became a tacit shareholder in Big Tobacco through the various legal settlements that guarantee a revenue stream for years to come.

In a tax bill on oil earlier this summer, no fewer than 51 Senators voted to impose a 25% windfall tax on a U.S.-based oil company whose profits grew by more than 10% in a single year and wasn't investing enough in "renewable" energy. This suggests that a windfall is defined by profits growing too fast. No one knows where that 10% came from, besides political convenience. But if 10% is the new standard, the tech industry is going to have to rethink its growth arc. So will LG, the electronics company, which saw its profits grow by 505% in 2007. Abbott Laboratories hit 110%.

If Senator Obama is as exercised about "outrageous" profits as he says he is, he might also have to turn on a few liberal darlings. Oh, say, Berkshire Hathaway. Warren Buffett's outfit pulled in $11 billion last year, up 29% from 2006. Its profit margin -- if that's the relevant figure -- was 11.47%, which beats out the American oil majors.

Or consider Google, which earned a mere $4.2 billion but at a whopping 25.3% margin. Google earns far more from each of its sales dollars than does Exxon, but why doesn't Mr. Obama consider its advertising-search windfall worthy of special taxation?

The fun part about this game is anyone can play. Jim Johnson, formerly of Fannie Mae and formerly a political fixer for Mr. Obama, reaped a windfall before Fannie's multibillion-dollar accounting scandal. Bill Clinton took down as much as $15 million working as a rainmaker for billionaire financier Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Companies. This may be the very definition of "windfall."

General Electric profits by investing in the alternative energy technology that Mr. Obama says Congress should subsidize even more heavily than it already does. GE's profit margin in 2007 was 10.3%, about the same as profiteering Exxon's. Private-equity shops like Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, which recently hired Al Gore, also invest in alternative energy start-ups, though they keep their margins to themselves. We can safely assume their profits are lofty, much like those of George Soros's investment funds.

The point isn't that these folks (other than Mr. Clinton) have something to apologize for, or that these firms are somehow more "deserving" of windfall tax extortion than Big Oil. The point is that what constitutes an abnormal profit is entirely arbitrary. It is in the eye of the political beholder, who is usually looking to soak some unpopular business. In other words, a windfall is nothing more than a profit earned by a business that some politician dislikes. And a tax on that profit is merely a form of politically motivated expropriation.

It's what politicians do in Venezuela, not in a free country.

 

[rhemagirl]

All i know is Obama Rocks

[shakabula]

All i know is Obama Rocks

Yes, he rocks, but let him continue to rock in the senate.... :mrgreen:

[aktopgun]

All i know is Obama Rocks

Yes, he rocks, but let him continue to rock in the senate.... :mrgreen:

so McCain is a better option?

C'mon!

[shakabula]

All i know is Obama Rocks

Yes, he rocks, but let him continue to rock in the senate.... :mrgreen:

so McCain is a better option?

C'mon!

and why may I ask you is Obama better than McCain?  Please let's compare the policies of both candidates and tell me who has the better policies.  Of course if you believe in big government, big taxes (including the very absurd windfall profit tax), free-trade restrictions (like his position on NAFTA) e.t.c then Obama is your guy.  Unfortunately, I do not.  I am for free markets, tax cuts (yes, I know how to spend my money better than the govt does), privatizing social security (tell me why I should be funding a program that might be broke by the time I am old enough to benefit) and small govts.  I do not vote based on how well a candidate speaks or how likable the candidate is.  I also will not vote for him just because he is black. I vote based on who is going to improve my standard of living and Obama is not that candidate for me.

[Salvage]

@Shakabula

In the past two months, I have been asking myself the same questions as you are.

Is the Obamania due to the fact that he is black or is it because he speaks well?

If it was Mccain that has all these shady associations, he would have been dead and buried by now.

I am beginning to get wary of this Obama. Dont know whats pushing him especially when all gay activists and looney characters are routing for him.

If he is elected, will he turn against his constituency?(which includes all gay right activists and same sex marriage activists and all manner of "liberals")

[omoge]

Yes we can.
The day is almost here...
We making history baby!!!
Go Obama....Lets do it....

[omoge]

1. No crying, hugging or shouting ‘Thank you Lord’ at least not in public.

2 No high-fives at least not unless the area is clear and there are no witnesses.

3 No laughing at the McCain/Palin supporters

4 No calling in sick on November 5th. They’ll get nervous if too many of us don’t show up.

5 We’re allowed to give each other knowing winks or nods in passing. Just try to keep from grinning too hard.

6. No singing loudly, We’ve come this Far By Faith (it will be acceptable to hum softly)

7. No bringing of barbeque ribs or fried chicken for lunch in the company lunchroom for at least a week (no chittlings at all) (this may make us seem to ethnic)

8. No leaving kool-aid packages at the water fountain (this might be a sign that poor folks might be getting a break through)

9. No Cupid Shuffle during breaks (this could indicate a little too much excitement)

10. Please no Moving on Up music (we are going to try to remain humble)

11.No doing the George Jefferson dance (unless you’re in your office with the door closed)

12.Please try not to yell—-BOOOO YAH!

13. Just in case you’re wondering, Doing the Running Man, cabbage patch, or a backhand spring on the highway is 100% okay.

I just want to make sure we’re all on the same page when Obama brings this thing home on November 5th. Now go get your vote on and let’s make this thing happen!!!

[omoge]

We did it...

 :boogie:

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