A ‘More Perfect Union’ Indeed: Moving Beyond Race
This video is in response to Barack Obama’s recent speech on race in Philadelphia. The text of my video response is below.
With profound inspiration, I speak from the heart that America, our home and nation, is in need of great change. Barack Obama’s speech was the beginning of shifting the tide of change, which brought forth the reality to the conscience of million Americans, that our homeland is need of great repair. However, I want to go beyond simply addressing the issues of race in our country. I want to go beyond finding solutions to our division and resentment. I want to go beyond the color of our skin.
Instead, I want to encourage my fellow Americans to be bigger than labels. We are better than ideas which tell us we are separate, yet equal. We are far more intelligent than those who exist to maintain power and control over the people. We are greater than the conditioning which tells us that we’re different, when we’re so much alike.
We can and will overcome the social disease that is race. We can rise above centuries of social oppression to finally see the light. We can teach each other to see beyond the limitations we’ve learned to disable rational thought. We can recover from our past and realize a brighter future.
My fellow Americans. We must do more than existing as different, but equal people. We must learn to embrace the truth of a reality that is unknown to many of us. A reality that no man in power wishes you to know. A reality which harbors the knowledge to free our minds and carry forth the truth we all need to hear and see.
We are, and always will be, a branch of one. Do not for a moment believe that we are different, for we are not. We’ve been told all our lives how to think, live and interact with each other, all while the truth is overshadowed with myths, lies and deceit. Indeed, it is our moment to be a more perfect union. A union that is free of social ideas such as race, which only serve to maintain the division among like human beings.
It is this moment where we not only talk about solutions, but also realize where we need to be as a people and nation. We can be the point of great change throughout the world, if only we so desire to unseat ourselves of complacency and outdated beliefs. Race is an idea that we must collectively demolish, so that future generations can enjoy a society that’s free of social constraints that should have never existed in the first place.
We can do this, America.
Video: The New Volvo XC60 in Motion!
Volvo just announced the unveiling of their new premium XC60 crossover SUV. Now, see the XC60 in action:
Regal Cinemas: You’ve Got It All Wrong
Update: Tech Soup calls me an “asshole” — So much for originality
Update: CustomScoop coverage
Update: My apology to Bryanna and Regal Cinemas
Update: ValleyWag coverage
Update: TechCrunch’s coverage has launched a global assault on my name, values and identity. Now, the world really thinks they know something about me, when they know nothing at all. It’s just sad that getting pissed off will land major coverage, but my interviews with the world’s elite and everything great and wonderful I’ve done are ignored.
Update: TechCrunch coverage
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On Saturday, October 13 at 7:55 PM in Denver, Colorado, I was confronted by Regal Cinemas employee Bryanna Goecke regarding the web cam attached to my shoulder: The entire incident was viewed live and is available below for viewing.
As a 24/7 lifecaster for the past five months, I’ve walked into many theatres with my gear without incident. I’ve purchased tickets, food and more. I’ve talked to managers, cashiers, etc. Mind you, I am fully aware of the issue of piracy, but is it my problem? Of course not. Prior to each movie, I shut off my laptop and stow it away until it’s time to leave. To be an avid moviegoer and face an egotistical power broker such as Bryanna is a real slap in the face.
Furthermore, I average 60,000 viewers a month on my lifecast. What idiot is going to walk into a theatre and broadcast a motion picture considering his/her audience and the possibility that someone will report them?
Would any pirate wear a camera for the public to see? Highly unlikely.
Video: Michael McDonald performing ‘No Love To Be Found’
Here’s another great video of Michael performing at his recent Vancouver, BC show (June 29). ‘No Love’ is a punchy, Memphis-laced R&B duet with drummer Yvette Preyer (Wendy Moten is featured on the album).
Video: Michael McDonald performing ‘You Don’t Know Me’
The following gem below was recorded recently in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada during Michael McDonald’s recent performance there. It’s the first glimpse of new material Michael is performing for his anticipated album in January 2008. ‘You Don’t Know Me’ was written by Eddy Arnold and performed by the great Ray Charles.