We Are The Ones We've Been Waiting For

[andyrowe]

And by we I mean Ohio. We will put Obama over the top in 3 weeks and 6 days!

Nothing can stand in the way of the power of Ohio calling for change!

[Oceansaway]

1. .

that lil phrase will boost Alice Walkers book sales for sure....

[JanusAscending]

2. It's a Native American Prophesy!

She must have gotten it from them.(Alice Walker)

[CorpGovActivist]

13. Harpo & Hope

The Color Purple - both the book and the movie - make me cry every time.

:cry:

Who knew?

That could be a new Six Degrees of Separation game. Substitute Oprah.

Spielberg's influence just keeps on keepin' on.

[CorpGovActivist]

3. Where in OH, you malcontent? I have lots of family across the Ohio River from WV.

:toast:

[andyrowe]

5. Dayton

It's a blue oasis in the dark red corner of Ohio.

[CorpGovActivist]

11. WPAFB - a client of a client

[grantcart]

4. Maria Shriver used this Hopi saying last Saturday

[jillan]

7. Is that where I heard it???

[jillan]

6. Wasn't that from a song?

I know I have heard that before.....

and if it is, he better give the author credit.

[Whisp]

8. here it is. Hopi Elders' Prophecy.

Hopi Elders' Prophecy

Oraibi, Arizona, June 8, 2000

You have been telling people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you
must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are
things to be considered. . . .

Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?

Know your garden.
It is time to speak your truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for your leader.

Then he clasped his hands together, smiled, and said, "This could be a
good time! There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and
swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on
to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer
greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let
go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes
open, and our heads above the water.

And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in
history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves. For
the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey come to a halt.

The time of the one wolf is over. Gather yourselves!
Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All
that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.

We are the ones we've been waiting for.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. This is beautiful

[Whisp]

12. my eyes tear whenever I read it.

but they are not sad tears. not happy either.

[Whisp]

14. nadin, I remember your posts on Naomi Wolf

and the steps to fascism she describes in her book. Also how important it is to connect and reconnect to our neighbours and friends and communities.

this poem would fit very nicely slipped into the last page, if you were loaning it to a friend.

[Eurobabe]

10. got a link to any Ohio polls?

I can tell you one area of the state that will not GoBama. I used to LIVE there. SW quadrant around Cincinnati, very racist area. :puke: