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| Posted 5 months ago by Paddy |
No, really, I'm not crying again, I've just got something in my eye........
Song from Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am Inspired by Obama Speech
Celebrity-filled music videos have been used to support many social movements, from famine relief for Africa, to support for American farmers, to opposition to apartheid in South Africa.
The Black Eyed Peas' frontman, songwriter and producer known as will.i.am, along with director and filmmaker Jesse Dylan, son of another socially active musician, Bob Dylan, released a new song Friday that attempts to do just that.
The music video "Yes We Can" premiered on ABCNewsNow's "What's the Buzz" on Friday. It was inspired, will.i.am told ABC's Alisha Davis, by Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign and in particular by the speech he has gave after the New Hampshire primary.
"It made me reflect on the freedoms I have, going to school where I went to school, and the people that came before Obama like Martin Luther King, presidents like Abraham Lincoln that paved the way for me to be sitting here on ABCNews and
making a song from Obama's speech," will.i.am said."The speech was inspiring about making change in America and I believe what it says and I hope everybody votes," Dylan said.
| Posted 5 months ago by barackobama |
At an event at American University, the Kennedys speak of the leadership and character of Barack Obama, their choice for President of the United States.
| Posted 6 months ago by haeber |
A doctor testifying to an advisory committe said of this experiment "84 percent of the men that were exposed at Johnston Island to that detonation -- it wasn't a detonation -- to that abort, 84 percent of them have cancers or are dead. Their children are all affected."
The Johnston Island area segment of Operation Dominic. Much of the film was devoted to the failures that occurred in the high-altitude program. In one test, a rocket was destroyed because it was believed to be off-course, but post flight data revealed that it was on the correct trajectory. Another rocket blew up on the launch pad because of a sticking fuel valve. This caused the high explosives in the weapon to detonate, resulting in the destruction and contamination of the launch pad and surrounding area. In another instance, a rocket had flight irregularities stemming from the wrong configuration of a flight plan. The nuclear device detonated directly over Johnston Island, instead of 26 miles away as planned.
| Posted 6 months ago by barackobama |
In Columbia, SC after the landslide victory in South Carolina's Democratic Primary.
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