I am currently watching the BBC series "World at War." It is about WWII and contains many speeches given by Hitler. I think Obama watched the same DVD and was inspired.

Both used the same themes about people and country. Both speak in generalities. Both use the same speech cadence.

Is it scary? When you see Obama get the same reaction from the audience that Hitler did, I get scared.

Outside the MTV studios we encountered some Obama supporters chanting the same "Yes we can". They had no answer to our request for clarification: "If YOU can why are you asking the gov't to do it for you?"

"Yes we can" is the same chant used by the bigots at La Raza. When La Raza chants it (in Spanish), they mean that they can get away with their scheme to turn back half of the US to Mexico.

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I actually loved the video. it gave me chills. had he been even 1/10 this coherent the night I saw him speak, I might be an Obama girl right now.

That reminds me of the 1930s socialists, the 1960s socialist, talk about idealism, making a better world, while their leaders plot to repress our freedom, and mess up our working capitalist system, thus driving us all into poverty except the rich Hollywood elite, and some big biz folks who have billions to spare.

There was a movie about some of it, Rock the cradle or something? I remember reading Bob Dylan's biography, the last book her wrote, he saw what the Pete Seagers, Joan Biaz's and their ilk were. He went in his own direction.

There was a movie about some of it, Rock the cradle or something?

Cradle Will Rock, I believe.

I remember reading Bob Dylan's biography, the last book her wrote, he saw what the Pete Seagers, Joan Biaz's and their ilk were. He went in his own direction.

Wonder if that was before or after his electric set at the Newport Folk Festival.

As for the video, it may just be my monitor, but Obama looks like Bela Lugosi. And I guess I don't see why change has to come from high up and trickle down. When you think about it, it's actually disabling and not enabling.

In '63 he wrote "talkin john birch paranoid blues" where he mocks the john birch commie hunters... my take on it was he was at least sympathetic to the communist movement and mocking those "out to get them":
http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/birch.html

However Dylan has stated that he supported Goldwater back in '64:
http://www.mindspring.com/~dbholzel/1027.html

His true views are impossible to gauge, though... who knows if he really even did support Goldwater or just tries to fuck with people. I'd guess more of the latter.... does it better than anyone, Andy Kauffman included.