Comments on: The Mountaintop

By: ceedee

ceedee — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:25:58 +0000

“We can finally hold our heads up in the international community.”

While it’s right to celebrate the selection of a, hopefully, more progressive president, the US still has a way to go before it can be welcomed as a fully civilised nation.
The rest of the world will be watching closely for progress on key indicators: completely and unequivocally ban the use of torture; end extra-judicial imprisonment and close the black interrogation centres; reverse environmental degradation; halt imperialist adventures where your (or your allies) security is not directly threatened; commence programmes to eradicate child poverty.
Congratulations on your first steps!

By: Doc Searls

Doc Searls — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:57:06 +0000

Lou, I've been listening to Radio 5 on 909KHz here. Very good when not talking sports. (For me, at least, being from outside the interest sphere of UK sports.) Too bad it doesn't stream in a way I can use when I'm not here. Not sure which of these transmitters here I'm hearing, but it comes in better than anything else on the band, here in the City of London.

By: Sheila Lennon

Sheila Lennon — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:29:24 +0000

Francine, the tech revolution also needs to be inclusive, everybody.

By: Putting it in perspective (Jarrett House North)

Putting it in perspective (Jarrett House North) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:50:36 +0000

[...] have the energy or time to write the summary of how I feel about the election, except to note that others have already done a pretty good job of summarizing for [...]

By: Lou Josephs

Lou Josephs — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:41:34 +0000

Radio 5 is your all news station in the UK. AM only.
Jerry Del Coliano is saying that talk radio is going the way of music radio..it’s dead. He is probably correct. Now if only we can fix VOA and unwind some of these radio free whatevers and speak with one voice will be fine.

By: francine hardaway

francine hardaway — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:10:47 +0000

Yes, Doc, people our age feel like we do. I just wrote almost the same thing in my own blog. Martin Luther King defined our age, but the tech revolution seems as powerful to me right now as the civil rights revolution.

By: Mary Lu

Mary Lu — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:39:54 +0000

“And here we are.”

Hope and Pray it’s so… and for once this country can move forward together.

By: FBS Blog » Blog Archive » From Many, We Are One!

FBS Blog » Blog Archive » From Many, We Are One! — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:34:29 +0000

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By: jonathan peterson

jonathan peterson — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:03:28 +0000

Is it smug to note that the first time Obama mentioned McCain’s name in his speech there was a cheer (if restrained) instead of boos? I’ll call it hopeful instead.

By: Doc Searls

Doc Searls — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:56:32 +0000

Right, Kevin. George Will just said the same thing. Obama was elected by huge majorities among many demographics: young people, new voters, Hispanic… It’s coast-to-coast. And it’s not about Obama’s liberal voting record, but his promise to unite and transcend.

Man, I just pray he doesn’t get killed. I shouldn’t say that, but having lived through the assassinations forty years ago, and the election of Richard Nixon on this very night that year — with those of us in the anti-war and civil rights movements at the depths of a long trough of despair — I can’t help being concerned.

King’s dream is coming true. But that dream became a nghtmare for a long time, and so easily.