tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post4017713590719011900..comments2024-02-25T05:03:48.092-07:00Comments on Eudaemonia: Just One More DayLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-8307866014559878732008-11-29T12:54:00.000-07:002008-11-29T12:54:00.000-07:00I'm still excited over the election. Can't wait fo...I'm still excited over the election. Can't wait for 1/20/09.Mary Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04923598644163139339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-33878541315689266372008-11-09T12:59:00.000-07:002008-11-09T12:59:00.000-07:00Yes, we celebrated all over the world! We were th...Yes, we celebrated all over the world! We were there with you...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-78603675957239423652008-11-07T10:03:00.000-07:002008-11-07T10:03:00.000-07:00I had many of the same feelings and emotions. It ...I had many of the same feelings and emotions. It is very cool to feel Europeans warm to Americans as a result of this amazing result. I was congratulated by a "Dutchie" yesterday in the supermarket. <BR/>Hope is a beautiful thing.<BR/>Americans coming together the way they just have is just brilliant.<BR/>The world is already changing - and I also no longer have to pretend to be Canadian :)<BR/>I have been on such a high for the last couple of days. It still feels pretty surreal - especially from afar.<BR/>Isn't it wonderful????Going Dutchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996812869751725430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-25986509040323806872008-11-06T10:22:00.000-07:002008-11-06T10:22:00.000-07:00For me personally, I think I've always had faith a...For me personally, I think I've always had faith and pride in my country. I may have disagreed vehemently with what we have done, but I always had the optimism that we had the ability to make it right. <BR/><BR/>I know there has been a great deal of rhetoric on both sides about hope and change, but for me...well, I've always felt that hope. I've always felt that we can change or improve what is broken. That is what makes us uniquely American. And every time I've gone to the polls, in this election and in elections past, I've felt that pride, that I, a humble wife, mother, and AMERICAN, can vote for who I want to vote for because I live in such a great nation.<BR/><BR/>When you look at the average American, at the small towns and the humble people who go to work every day and provide for their families, who have pride in their homes and pride in their jobs, that is what America is to me. It's not what is going on in Washington or what we're doing around the world (though those are DEFINITELY important issues), but it is us as a PEOPLE who make me proud, and have always made me proud to be an American.Melissa Amateishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086267508858187716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-27317097740417287902008-11-06T09:31:00.000-07:002008-11-06T09:31:00.000-07:00I got up this morning and starting asking myself, ...I got up this morning and starting asking myself, "What can I do?", (and that's not like me!Denishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340764661772384540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-38003485996471027032008-11-06T07:40:00.000-07:002008-11-06T07:40:00.000-07:00I'm certainly hoping for good things.I'm certainly hoping for good things.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-54801399861180087162008-11-06T06:46:00.000-07:002008-11-06T06:46:00.000-07:00So well said, Lisa. I couldn't agree more. And I l...So well said, Lisa. I couldn't agree more. And I love this comment from Usman, "The sense of empowerment of a people, and the kind of leader America has produced has left me in awe. And if Americans can't understand what they have achieved and how the world is ready to give them a second chance..."<BR/><BR/>Amazing, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-57620670559772545892008-11-06T05:08:00.000-07:002008-11-06T05:08:00.000-07:00Four years ago, I felt sad and betrayed. There was...Four years ago, I felt sad and betrayed. There was really not much for this Ohioan to say (which is in itself unusual).<BR/> Now the world joins in a huge sigh of relief and in feelings of joy and hope.<BR/> Yesterday, the Newseum posted front pages of newspapers from around the world:<BR/>http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default_archive.asp?p_size=714debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-81084050268952905512008-11-06T01:34:00.000-07:002008-11-06T01:34:00.000-07:00It is a good day to feel proud of being an America...It is a good day to feel proud of being an American. Right now, I would want to be too and I'm not saying that because the US is a superpower.<BR/>The sense of empowerment of a people, and the kind of leader America has produced has left me in awe.<BR/>And if Americans can't understand what they have achieved and how the world is ready to give them a second chance; yes, a chance at being respected--then...Lisa here is where I shut up.<BR/>CONGRATULATIONS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com