BARACK OBAMA: a cautionary view
Obama is so eloquent
In all the speeches that he makes.
It seems from heaven he has come
To save us all from our mistakes.
A saviour could be what he is.
I will admit I do not know.
But this reminds me of a time
Another tried so long ago.
His message too was one of change.
"Do unto others..." was his cry.
It seems to me we still don't hear.
In ways some will not, others die.
So can Obama have success
In making changes that we need?
Of course he can't; no leader can.
To make these changes, we must lead.
The change we must make to survive
Is one we desperately avoid.
Instead of trying to fill it
We have to empty now, the void!
It's filled with our 'philosophies'
We think give meaning to our life
Despite a history that shows
They've given us nothing but strife.
We should take care to analyse
Our leaders and what we have tried.
We must live what is "natural".
We won't if we're Obamafied.
Barack Obama: attack on greed
Barack Obama: fighting for change
Barack Obama: my hope
Barack Obama: victory speech
Barack Obama: inauguration day
Barack Obama: professing change
Barack Obama: sacrificing lives
Barack Obama: healthcare
Barack Obama: his Gulf oil war
Barack Obama: winning the future
Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 11:17AM
Reader Comments (38)
There were 35 comments. I deleted every one because none had any relevance to the ideas expressed in this poem. If you wish to make a relevant comment please do. If you want to make a political statement supporting your side in this ongoing, divisive, democratic self-destruction you should find a political forum, for any time you spend posting it here will be wasted. I will henceforth flush any partisan political poop into the cesspool from whence it came.
you should not judge.his intent is pure.to makes change happen we must banned together,obama sees a chance for great change it is up to us to embrace change.the problem is NO BODY likes change.
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Thank you gbis. I am not judging Obama. I am judging humanity, the collective "nobody" that doesn't like to change. I am saying neither Obama nor any other leader can make the change necessary for us to "do unto others..." That is only a change we can make; and the fact that so many people are believing Obama et al can save us from ourselves is evidence we are repeating history again. We will follow the leader again and blame him for our failure. It is the easy way.
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Joseph, your blog did not make my human blood run cold. The thought of Christians, Jews, and Muslims beating each other to death with their Bibles, Torahs and Korans respectively has been a chilling me for years. I can only suspect you believe you and your fellow Jews will win the war of ideology. When that war is won have you given any thought about who will win the war over money? In that war only one will win.
I would argue with your belief that "G_d has created us in his image." I personally believe we have created God in our own image. I would begin by asking if your image indicates a "G-d" with empty space between his ears. However, I haven't time to argue over vacuous theories.
The fervor for a cool messiah in a confusing world is intense when times get tough. Few of us really want to do the real work associated with positive change. The odd thing is we change a bit everyday. It is unavoidable, and onyl becomes apparent way after the event. Because we look to others to fill the qualities we lack, we are hopelessly vulnerable to however that external force changes. It is a timeless problem that seems to solve itself periodically. When our lack of leadership and dependence on others fails to the point of it becoming dangerous or extremely inconvenient we then do something.
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This is a "cool" post kelly. However, I am inclined to think it is about time we each take on the responsibility for solving the problems we have created. This requires that we come to an agreement on the "something" we need to do. Doug.E.Barr
I see nothing wrong with Obama calling for change that we so direly need, and it certainly stands to reason that he neither can nor intends to accomplish it alone but needs the participation of all of us.
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Karin, we obviously agree. I am calling for this change. What change is Senator Obama calling for? Will he be calling for a change in the orientation of the economy from vertical to horizontal so that no one has to struggle to survive. Absolutely not. That is only a change we can make. Because I have not heard him detail his proposed changes, I can only guess Senator Obama, if he wins, will just rearrange the "deck chairs" to the extent we have allowed other leaders before him. Doug.E.Barr
Doug, if you want to censor the comments, you are obviously afraid of them. If Obama cannot stand up to criticism he is nothing like Jesus who was criticized most of his life, and ever since....Without losing his impact.
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Bill, I am not afraid of useful comments. Yours for instance gives me the opportunity to come to the defense of Jesus. My guess is there is no way he would want credit for the self-destructive divisions created by Church fathers and their offspring. Unfortunately, Jesus' impact ended the day he said "Do unto others..." Had the generations that followed listened to that message humanity would exist in place of Christianity. Doug.E.Barr
Bill Sailer,Obama is not to be compared to Jesus and his impact on humanity,Obama will be another politician with the same greed.
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Donald, I will make an exception for your comment. It is a useful illustration of the kind of comment I will delete. This ad hominem belongs with the poop in a partisan political blog. Doug.E.Barr
If clintos is so good why din't applyed for the job 20 yeas ego:.
Obama is poor black american and establish so mutch in his life, theifor he diserves to compete.
The only change he's gonna make is his mailing addreass
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Because we won't let him change us. Doug.E.Barr
He never even voted against the war in Iraq, he wasn't a senator yet! Change is easy to say, less easy to accomplish.
Iam just glad that mr Obama is half black and is willing to try and bring some changes that is so desperately needed in our country....are we ever sure about any candidate`s "true self" in any election? Can anyone truly say that they got what they expected when they voted for G.B. ......
Barak Obama is a phenomena, a virual rather than a real candidate, if you will! His orartory is near flawless, his speaches are authorotative, displaying outstanding qualities; he is just what the public ordered, or is he?
The media driven public, accepted this phenomena called Obama, as a godsent solution for an ailing nation; yet there is no real Barak Obama, he is virtual, his words are broad, inspiring, but they are words, not actionable promises.
Obama speaks of Hope, Change, and Unity, all fine items providing they are followed by positive action. For example, George W. Bush promised and delivered change, but does anyone believe that his changes were for the better? Change fore the sake of change reminds one of the adage: I would rather deal with the enemy I know, than with a one that I don't.
Barak Obama is a creation of the people imagination fueled by media excitment. Let us hope this virtual candidate does not let the public down, let us hope that the American people can fine a flawed but real person, rather than to pin their hopes on a imaginary person, a phenomena, if you will!
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Are any of us more real? Doug.E.Barr
why do people flock to obama? the answer is in his words, listen carefully for you are going to be responsible for whatever the outcome is if obama is your next president
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We flock because we are flockers. We don't know where we are going or even if we have a direction so we flock to anyone who thinks they do. Doug.E.Barr
I must say that after reading the comments above, it is truly apparent that until we as a majority decide to think for ourselves and agree to work together, the only thing we will ever agree upon is the idea of choosing someone else to make these decisions for us.
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Right on! Now lets talk about on what we need to work together. We need to diminish the amount of unnatural activity in our lives by increasing the amount of natural activity. In this we each lead the way. Doug.E.Barr
Stanza 2, line 1:
Savoir?
Either you mean "au savoir", which is interesting but would require italics, or "saviour" (assuming that the .ca domain suffix means you're Canadian, otherwise, "savior").
No comment on theme, but I do find ABAB iambic pentameter pretty "Hallmark-ish"
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Now this is a useful comment. I gratefully accept your edit and appreciate you taking the time to write. I did indeed mean to use the word "saviour". It surprises me that my sister who is a preacher did not see the "oi" switch and that I missed the Canadian "u". They were keen observations. As for the style the excuse I use for the iambic is that it is the rhythm of life, the long/short beat of the heart. The ABAB rhyme is in the first stanza only, perhaps a mistake or a Freudian slip, an echo from the past. The rest is ABCB. I may go back and see if I can make it consistent. I have used ABAB and couplets. I will write prose before I write free verse. (I did make the rhyme consistent. Thanks for inadvertently pointing out that error as well.) Doug.E.Barr
Doug Barr.
If I must say you are an idiot the only thing that makes sense in anything you say is that Obama is a great candidate. You speak of a cess pool of ignorance well hopefully you will be the 1st one to climb out of the pool. We know America is too predjudice and tooo many ignorant bigots to put race aside and vote for a man and not his color. See what the idiots in Ohio did and see what they got, the biggest snow storm in their history God does not like ugly!!!!
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This is a great comment sweet t. If it is typical of the 4000 plus people who have read my poem then I will quit writing because humanity hasn't got a chance of surviving. Having to tell you this poem is not about Obma but about leaders in general and the human sheep who keep looking for a Messiah indicates to me you have no vision and lack even a modicum of intelligence. I mention Obama only because he is the most Messiah-like 'wanabe' leader. He is truly gifted and has a great message but he is going nowhere if he is being followed by the likes of you. God hates stupidity!!!!! Doug.E.Barr
Are you aware of any candidate in the past 40 years who can reach out to people and get them involved in change better than Obama can? He gets everyone he speaks to fired up including myself. He is the one that can get change done simply from his charisma and being able to inspire and reach out to people.
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I am not aware of a political candidate who can whip a crowd into a frenzy like Obama. However, there are other speakers who compare favorably. Billy Graham comes to mind. Now there is a man who can perhaps still get a stadium of people "fired up" and not just one night stands. We are talking several nights in a row; and the organizing committee his campaigns have are the envy of any political candidate.
I would like to know in what change Obama has gotten everyone "involved". So far like Billy, he has mobilized a few more troops than the other side. I haven't seen any evidence of Obama inspiring anyone to make the kind of change necessary to end the 'battle'. The only change that will make any difference in the lives of Americans and by extension the world would be for the American people to end this present cock fight and to declare the presidents of the United States to be an old white guy named McCain, a middle aged white woman named Clinton and a young black guy named Obama. Otherwise the only change will be a slightly different version of the same. Doug.E.Barr
oh yes obama will bring change alright. he will change america into a muslim country. this is the change he is promising.if the american people cannot see this they deserve everthing they will be getting. unfortunately they will get it for the rest of us who do not want iot.he is definitely the anti-crist.
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Your fear is unfounded and thus your fear mongering is unwarranted. As I said, a massive army of Christian soldiers over a period of 2000 years has not succeeded in reversing the trend toward universal acceptance of the philosophy "Do unto others before they do unto you." So I think it safe to conclude Barck Obama and a handful of advisers will not be able to do any better let alone convert a Christian nation into a Muslim nation. It is possible to change to the philosophy of "Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you" but the inspiration for that change comes from within. Doug.E.Barr
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How many times has Obama said "Change won't be easy,we have to do it together"? Answer: So many times I lost count. Don't hate,congratulate!
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How often do I have to say
This man Barack I do not hate
Before you understand it is
Blind worship I can't tolerate. Doug.E.Barr
Mr.and Mrs.Obama were hiding very upsetting data about their activities and intimate associations going back for 20 years to the present,including membership and big financial support for a shouting radical race bating Chicago Rev. Wright.;high praise and award from Wright for Farrakhan.Current revelations just out .Seek Google "Wright-Obama" ALSO 1/4 million dollar donations for previous Obama campaigns from source accused of extortion. OBAMAS considered as radical leftists.
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This comment does not pass the test of relevance to self-destructive leader worship. Doug.E.Barr