It's tempting to look back on these moments and assume that our progress was inevitable, that America was always destined to succeed.
But when the Union was turned back at Bull Run and the Allies first landed at Omaha Beach, victory was very much in doubt. When the market crashed on Black Tuesday and civil rights marchers were beaten on Bloody Sunday, the future was anything but certain.
These were the times that tested the courage of our convictions and the strength of our union. And despite all our divisions and disagreements, our hesitations and our fears, America prevailed because we chose to move forward as one nation, as one people.
Again, we are tested. And again, we must answer history's call.
To Democrats, I would remind you that we still have the largest majority in decades and the people expect us to solve problems, not run for the hills.
And if the Republican leadership is going to insist that 60 votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town, a supermajority, then the responsibility to govern is now yours, as well. Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it's not leadership. We were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions.
The spirit that has sustained this nation for more than two centuries lives on in you, its people.
We have finished a difficult year. We have come through a difficult decade. But a new year has come. A new decade stretches before us.
We don't quit. I don't quit. Let's seize this moment, to start anew, to carry the dream forward, and to strengthen our union once more.
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I liked it too
still want to know if any opposition party has every responded from the floor of a state senate though - I am pissed about that
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Hey MAla-- Does anyone know who those people were in the Statehouse last night?
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the didn't freeze the video they looped it![]()
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the didn't freeze the video they looped it![]()
yes they did!
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I liked it too
still want to know if any opposition party has every responded from the floor of a state senate though - I am pissed about that
Your right, tho. What was that all about?
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By the way: the Republican response last night was SO EFFIN' staged I wanted to puke and then puke again!!! Okay, one black person camera right? check. One Asian or possibly Hispanic origin person camera left? check. One military? check. One young black male in audience for camera capture? check. Twin privileged white boys in suits? check.
Now.... lets talk about how we want to spend money on education not by Zip Code, but by ability.
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I am. That SOTU gave me back some hope. Still unhappy with health care. Still wanted him to get theatrical last night and say "'Scuse me while I whip this out..." and pull out an Executive Order overturning DADT. Oh yeah!!!
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I liked it too
still want to know if any opposition party has every responded from the floor of a state senate though - I am pissed about that
Your right, tho. What was that all about?
I read that it was filled with his family, staff, and other supporters. They chose to do it this way because of the disasterous response from Jindal last year.
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To Do List: Write John Edwards and get my $100 contribution to his campaign refunded. Fucker.
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to do it from our statehouse was offensive to me - he may be the gov but to do it from the house gave the impression that VA is behind what he says, which is false
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Regarding his punting on the environment: I noticed his careful wording regarding drilling offshore... he said we had to make "hard choices" - hs did not say we had to do it.
But to create more of these clean-energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives, and that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country.
It means making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development.
It means continued investment in advanced biofuels and clean-coal technologies.
And, yes, it means passing a comprehensive energy and climate bill with incentives that will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy in America.
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if ya'll were gonna by a laptop what brand would you be looking at? whats reliable?
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if ya'll were gonna by a laptop what brand would you be looking at? whats reliable?
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if ya'll were gonna by a laptop what brand would you be looking at? whats reliable?
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if ya'll were gonna by a laptop what brand would you be looking at? whats reliable?
I'm not an intense PC gamer so I need one to be flexible![]()
I've heard good things about Toshiba and others I should look at?
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if ya'll were gonna by a laptop what brand would you be looking at? whats reliable?
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if ya'll were gonna by a laptop what brand would you be looking at? whats reliable?
ASUS, Lenovo or a Macbook.
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if ya'll were gonna by a laptop what brand would you be looking at? whats reliable?
ASUS, Lenovo or a Macbook.
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does it matter if a laptop has expandable memory?
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does it matter if a laptop has expandable memory?
If it has a lot of memory to begin with, probably not. But if you can add more later, it might be nice.
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does it matter if a laptop has expandable memory?
If it has a lot of memory to begin with, probably not. But if you can add more later, it might be nice.
system memory would be 4GB which seems pretty standard in everything I'm looking at, is that considered a lot? I mean its more then my desktop
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The iPad doesn't have a camera, and it doesn't support flash. that is a no go for me.
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RIP JD Salinger.