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In reply to the discussion: Hundreds Arrested In Protest Of Keystone XL Pipeline [View all]proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)18. Backstory, IMO.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/25/remarks-president-climate-change
June 25, 2013 (100 degrees in the shade)
(Outdoor) Remarks by the President on Climate Change
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
June 25, 2013 (100 degrees in the shade)
(Outdoor) Remarks by the President on Climate Change
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you, Georgetown! Thank you so much. Everybody, please be seated. And my first announcement today is that you should all take off your jackets. (Laughter.) Im going to do the same. (Applause.) Its not that sexy, now. (Laughter.)
It is good to be back on campus, and it is a great privilege to speak from the steps of this historic hall that welcomed Presidents going back to George Washington.
I want to thank your president, President DeGioia, whos here today. (Applause.) I want to thank him for hosting us. I want to thank the many members of my Cabinet and my administration. I want to thank Leader Pelosi and the members of Congress who are here. We are very grateful for their support.
And I want to say thank you to the Hoyas in the house for having me back. (Applause.) It was important for me to speak directly to your generation, because the decisions that we make now and in the years ahead will have a profound impact on the world that all of you inherit.
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Actually, it was 94 degrees ( http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDCA/2013/6/25/DailyHistory.html ) and the students in the audience waited for this historic speech outside for hours in the extreme heat.
Think these college students also might remember the following, read between the lines, and extrapolate to climate? The requirement that the public play its role in the heavy-lift the administration faces?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/25/president-obama-congressional-black-caucus-foundation-annual-dinner-march-me-and-pre
President Obama at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Dinner: "March with me and press on"
Erin Lindsay
September 25, 2011
FULL VIDEO AT LINK
President Obama at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Dinner: "March with me and press on"
Erin Lindsay
September 25, 2011
FULL VIDEO AT LINK
THE PRESIDENT: (...) "Throughout our history, change has often come slowly. Progress often takes time. We take a step forward, sometimes we take two steps back. Sometimes we get two steps forward and one step back. But its never a straight line. Its never easy. And I never promised easy. Easy has never been promised to us. But weve had faith. We have had faith. Weve had that good kind of crazy that says, you cant stop marching. (Applause.)
Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you cant stop marching. Even when theyre turning the hoses on you, you cant stop. (Applause.) Even when somebody fires you for speaking out, you cant stop. (Applause.) Even when it looks like theres no way, you find a way you cant stop. (Applause.) Through the mud and the muck and the driving rain, we dont stop. Because we know the rightness of our cause widening the circle of opportunity, standing up for everybodys opportunities, increasing each others prosperity. We know our cause is just. Its a righteous cause.
So in the face of troopers and teargas, folks stood unafraid. Led somebody like John Lewis to wake up after getting beaten within an inch of his life on Sunday he wakes up on Monday: Were going to go march. (Applause.)
Dr. King once said: Before we reach the majestic shores of the Promised Land, there is a frustrating and bewildering wilderness ahead. We must still face prodigious hilltops of opposition and gigantic mountains of resistance. But with patient and firm determination we will press on. (Applause.)
So I dont know about you, CBC, but the future rewards those who press on. (Applause.) With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. (Applause.) Im going to press on for equality. (Applause.) Im going to press on for the sake of our children. (Applause.) Im going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I dont have time to feel sorry for myself. I dont have time to complain. I am going to press on. (Applause.)
I expect all of you to march with me and press on. (Applause.) Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. (Applause.) Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. Weve got work to do, CBC. (Applause.)
God bless you, and God bless the United States of America." (Applause.)
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Thank you for the terrific links and thread including the following from your OP.
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2014
#13
People tend to forget this one important fact about so-called 'mind control':
QuestForSense
Mar 2014
#4
At the very least, as a show of support, I hope their 'Twitter followers' go through the roof.
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2014
#5
There are reports that the woman in the "first arrest" photo is Chelsea Clinton.
Ms. Toad
Mar 2014
#40
TransCanada Whistleblower's Safety Complaints Validated by Regulator: report
soundsgreat
Mar 2014
#11
Smith University student: "We cannot sit idly by, or we will not have a future to fight for."
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2014
#27
Gasp, check it out: 86,242 activists have signed the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance.
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2014
#48
I bet there are millions against that pipeline and much other DOI shenanigans of all types.
Sunlei
Mar 2014
#50
Well, at least he didn't go play golf with oil company executives this time.....
DeSwiss
Mar 2014
#20
350.org: 'Hundreds of Students Arrested at White House Protesting Keystone XL'
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2014
#36
"StudentNation: What Is XL Dissent?" (ignored by MSM, discussed on college campuses across the US)
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2014
#49