An excellent speech from Michelle Obama, and one that might equally apply in countries worldwide.
She speaks of empathy, character, values, who we are, how we respect our fellow citizens and how we wish our nations to be represented.
Our ancestors struggled and fought for the freedoms and rights we enjoy today.
We do not honour their memories when elected representatives abuse trust placed in them, to exploit public offices to further their ambitions and for financial gain for themselves, family and friends.
We owe it to our ancestors to safeguard and protect the freedoms and rights that cost many their lives so that lives were not lost in vain.
Elected representatives and unelected advisers MUST be held accountable for their actions, for they are the stewards of national assets.
"Politico’s Ryan Lizza called it “the finest convention speech in modern history”, adding: “Spell-binding, chilling, optimistic, beautifully written, and expertly delivered.”"
Every good story has a beginning, a middle and an end.
#BarackObama spoke of the origins of democracy in US although, he might equally have spoken of democracy throughout the world.
He spoke of existential crises currently facing US but, in truth these are facing countries worldwide too: COVID-19 pandemic; economy under threat; climate change; terrorism; poverty and disease.
He spoke of his hopes for the future of US, and of his friend @JoeBiden, nominee for the 46th President of the US: "He made me a better president – and he’s got the character and the experience to make us a better country."
And of his conviction that, "Along with the experience needed to get things done, Joe and @KamalaHarris have concrete policies that will turn their vision of a better, fairer, stronger country into reality."
Some say that "we cannot run from who we are, our destiny chooses us."
The end of this story of a dream for the future of the US has yet to be written and US citizens have an opportunity to write the ending of THEIR choice, on 3 November 2020.
@UnrollHelper "Liz Truss’s and Kwasi Kwarteng’s 2012 free-market treatise Britannia Unchained has shot up the sales charts, hitting the top spot on Amazon rankings for books on “economic conditions”. It costs £19.55 for the paperback."
@UnrollHelper Ought to come with a health warning for the nation's economy!
@UnrollHelper “The key is to make sure that failure is survivable,” is one of the book’s insights. “In the early stages of a project, failure need not be a disaster.”
"This is likely to provide scant consolation to Tory MPs facing the threat of losing their seats at the next election."
"The ecological destruction Liz Truss plans to unleash on this country is not collateral damage. It is not a byproduct of her economic programme. It’s a mark of true faith, a sign that she is following her ideology to the letter."
"For fundamental to this doctrine – neoliberalism – is the belief that everything on Earth can and should be turned into something else."
"Rather than seeking to protect the soil – the delicate ecosystem from which 99% of our calories are produced – Hayek says it makes sense to extract as much value as it can produce, exhaust it “once and for all”, then abandon the land."
@chalemedia@acgrayling Following the links on the above article highlights three significant articles that are relevant to #LiarJohnson's ever-changing role and positions before and after Brexit, to better serve his political ambitions - to the cost of everyone else!
"As the virus accelerates it evolution, the humans capitulate. For two and a half years, the virus has been outrunning our response, getting progressively more and more transmissible, reaching a level of infectiousness that few pathogens have ever attained."
"Instead of taking a stance of getting ahead of the virus, and out-smarting it, people have succumbed."
Some may think humans are an infinite resource, i.e. plenty more where they come from.
However, it takes many years/cost for each new life to reach maturity/productivity.
"As we watch the virus strikingly improve its ability to find new or repeat hosts, you would think it would be considered an urgent call for action."