"ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country"

[HughMoran]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdA1ikkoEc

"
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All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe."

Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are - but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" - a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.

Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shank from this responsibility - I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavour will light our country and all who serve it -- and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own. "

excerpt form John F Kennedy's Inaugural address

[Cha]

1. Such immortal words from JFK..

We're certainly all in this together..the ones who want to be.

[HughMoran]

8. Apparently 2 people to date think these words should not be discussed here

Wow. :(

[Stinky The Clown]

12. Face reality

Early unrecs are almost always about the poster and not the post.

On edit .... and no. I didn't unrec you. If and when I do, I usually say so.

[HughMoran]

13. I know, but how can someone overlook the content?

I've never unrecced a post without reading it first - even if I'm not particularly fond of the poster. I often recommend posts from those same posters if I agree with the content. I don't hate anybody... :shrug:

[Stinky The Clown]

14. Everybody who posts prolifically gets a rep and gets fans and notfans

You got notfans.

[HughMoran]

15. Yeah, so do you

We all do - that doesn't make unreccing the words of JFK any more palatable! :(

So far at least 4 people have unrecced this - very nice :eyes:

[Stinky The Clown]

17. You're right

[ChicagoSuz219]

2. Did he even have 1,000 days? :-( n/t

[HughMoran]

5. Just barely

:(

I calculate 1036.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

3. ...is a shit statement.

:hide:

[leftstreet]

4. ...

:spray:

Okay, that was funneh!

:spank:

[HughMoran]

10. I want to laugh

...bbbut I can't.

[rhett o rick]

6. What we can do for our country is kick the lobbyists out of Wash the DC. nt

[happy_liberal]

19. +1000

Actually they can take this corrupt Congress with them too, we need to start over.

[HughMoran]

7. I asked my girlfriend if people would unrec a speech from JFK

She randomly IMed me this line in response to a conversation about DU. I thought it was prescient and volunteered to post it.

The parallels to todays political environment are unmistakable. JFK said in essence, 1) change takes time and 2) we shouldn't just sit on our collective asses and expect change to be served up on a platter.

Apparently even JFK isn't sacrosanct on DU any more. OK, I'm officially questioning the integrity of the person(s) that unrecced this thread.

[Cha]

9. Your girlfriend is

wise, Hugh.

"The parallels to todays political environment are unmistakable. JFK said in essence, 1) change takes time and 2) we shouldn't just sit on our collective asses and expect change to be served up on a platter."


I'm guessing it's trolls out for a stroll.

[HughMoran]

11. I'll let her know ;)

...or maybe she'll read this post. :)

[Cha]

18. You

do that:)

[HughMoran]

16. kick