{"id":1037,"date":"2008-08-29T15:57:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T22:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2008-08-31T11:51:13","modified_gmt":"2008-08-31T18:51:13","slug":"americas-barack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1037","title":{"rendered":"America’s Barack"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>America Is Back!<\/strong><\/p>\n

History was made on August 28, 2008, when Barack Obama accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party to run for President of the United States. On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream”<\/em> speech, the manifestation of that dream has come to pass. The fulfillment of this dream is a declaration that we can come back from the dark days of division that characterized the past eight years, and much of the past two hundred. And it is evidence that the people, when inspired, will rise up to take back their country. Barack Obama is merely the reflection of our own hopes and dreams. We are America, and…<\/p>\n

America’s Ba<\/strong>rack<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get Your America’s Barack Stickers<\/a> and T-Shirts<\/a> today.<\/p>\n

An excerpt from Obama’s acceptance speech<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“For eighteen long months, you have stood up, one by one, and said enough to the politics of the past. You understand that in this election, the greatest risk we can take is to try the same old politics with the same old players and expect a different result. You have shown what history teaches us – that at defining moments like this one, the change we need doesn’t come from Washington. Change comes to Washington. Change happens because the American people demand it – because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With that declaration I was transformed from a contrarian bent primarily on defeating John McCain, to an affirmative supporter of Obama. My journey meandered through an attempt to draft Russ Feingold, to an advocate of John Edwards new found populism, to settling for an Obama candidacy that seemed at the time to be too conciliatory.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I dedicated myself to expressing my opposition to McCain via my art and words. (see McCain – NOPE<\/a>). I have developed quite a collection of anti-McCain\/Republican pieces. But, until now, I have not created a single piece that was “pro”<\/em> anything.<\/p>\n

That’s changed. I now have a candidate that I can forthrightly support. Someone who represents ideals that have driven my activism for years. My new work reflects that optimism. It’s a strange feeling for me. I know that a speech that articulates the views I cherish does not necessarily evolve into the actions and accomplishments I seek. But it is critical that the words be spoken. The goals cannot begin to be realized without the vocal intention to pursue them. And Obama is saying the right things.<\/p>\n

Another speech by Martin Luther King<\/a> included a phrase that shaped my life as an artist:<\/p>\n

“We must be prepared to match actions with words by seeking out every creative means of protest possible.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not sure that King meant the arts when he said “creative,”<\/em> but that’s the way I chose to read it. And it’s one of the first recollections I have of perceiving art as an act of conscience and rebellion. Prior to that I drew a lot of superheroes and hot rods (I was twelve, at the time). I had become radicalized, and I knew that at least part of my work had to be devoted to making a better world.<\/p>\n

If Obama continues to speak the sort of truths, and to address the sort of aspirations, that call people to unite for the high ideals illuminated in his acceptance speech, he will radicalize a new generation that will compel him, and his successors, to follow through on the dreams that he, and King, and millions of other compassionate citizens of the world have yearned for.<\/p>\n

We ARE back. The people are back. Compassion is back. Justice is back.<\/p>\n

America’s BAraCK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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