Volume 10 , Issue 35

Where Has August Gone

2008 Presidential Poll - USA


The weather here in SW Colorado is wet, cool and comfortable as we turn the corner of August 2008 on this Labor Day weekend. I can't believe August has gone by so fast. It really has been feeling like Fall up around these parts.

Durango and Ignacio, Colorado have been invaded by Harleys and other bikers assembling from across the USA in their annual biker ritual.

I hope ALL you Louisiana and Gulf Coast residents have taken precautions and are finding transportation to safer, higher ground to get out of "Gustav's" raging storms blowing your way.

We hear that Freedom's Rodeo this year drew crowds of 14,000 (Aug. 14-16). Sounds like a great turnout. Congratulations To Freedom, Oklahoma!

Before I finally wind up here on this late Sunday evening, I would like to leave you with something very important to think about. The following are exerpts from Barack Obama's acceptance speech this week:

* "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. America, this is one of those moments." ? Barack Obama in his acceptance speech, Aug. 28, 2008

* "....That through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our individual dreams but still come together as one American family, to ensure that the next generation can pursue their dreams as well."

* ".....each of us has the freedom to make of our own lives what we will, but that we also have the obligation to treat each other with dignity and respect."

* "Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work."

* "We must also admit that fulfilling America's promise will require more than just money. It will require a renewed sense of responsibility from each of us to recover what John F. Kennedy called our "intellectual and moral strength."
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