Joe Biden DNC Speech Video

note:  This is the clip that is only the speech and not the appearance of Obama.  The additional piece can be found here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxR1ZqiJkXs

Joe Biden DNC speech

For whatever reason I have not been able to embed Joe Biden’s speech.  Below is the link to the entire speech.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26431231#26431231

I’ll try again tomorrow, I’ve got to bed.

Joe Biden DNC Speech Transcript

You know, folks, my dad used to have an expression. He’d say, “A father knows he’s a success when he turns and looks at his son or daughter and know that they turned out better than he did.” I’m a success; I’m a hell of a success.

Beau, I love you. I’m so proud of you. I’m so proud of the son you’ve become; I’m so proud of the father you are.

And I’m also so proud of my son Hunter and my daughter, Ashley.

And my wife, Jill, the only one who leaves me both breathless and speechless at the same time.

It’s an honor to share the stage tonight with President Clinton, a man who I think brought this country so far along that I only pray we do it again.

And last night, it was moving to watch Hillary, one of our great leaders, a great leader of this party, a woman who has made history and will continue to make history, a colleague, my friend, Sen. Hillary Clinton.

And I am truly honored to live in a country with the bravest warriors in the world.

And I’m honored to represent the first state, my state, the state of Delaware.

Since I’ve never been called a man of few words, let me say this simply as I can: Yes. Yes, I accept your nomination to run and serve with Barack Obama, the next president of the United States of America.

Let me make this pledge to you right here and now. For every American who is trying to do the right thing, for all those people in government who are honoring the pledge to uphold the law and honor the Constitution, no longer will you hear the eight most-dreaded words in the English language, “The vice president’s office is on the phone.”

John Kerry DNC Speech Video

Bill Clinton DNC Speech Video

John Kerry DNC Speech Transcript

Remarks delivered to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday by Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.):

Thank you so much. Four years ago, you gave me the honor of fighting our fight. I was proud to stand with you then, and I am proud to stand with you now, to help elect Barack Obama as president of the United States.

In 2004, we came so close to victory. We are even closer now, and let me tell you, this time we’re going to win. Today, the call for change is more powerful than ever, and with more seats in Congress, with more people with more passion engaged in our politics, and with a President Obama, we stand on the brink of the greatest opportunity of our generation to move this country forward.

The stakes could not be higher, because we do know what a McCain administration would look like: just like the past, just like George Bush. And this country can’t afford a third Bush term. Just think: John McCain voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time. Ninety percent of George Bush is just more than we can take.

Bill Clinton DNC Speech transcript

I am honored to be here tonight to support Barack Obama. And to warm up the crowd for Joe Biden, though as you’ll soon see, he doesn’t need any help from me. I love Joe Biden, and America will too.

What a year we Democrats have had. The primary began with an all-star line up and came down to two remarkable Americans locked in a hard fought contest to the very end. The campaign generated so much heat it increased global warming.

In the end, my candidate didn’t win. But I’m very proud of the campaign she ran: she never quit on the people she stood up for, on the changes she pushed for, on the future she wants for all our children. And I’m grateful for the chance Chelsea and I had to tell Americans about the person we know and love.

I’m not so grateful for the chance to speak in the wake of her magnificent address last night. But I’ll do my best.

Hillary told us in no uncertain terms that she’ll do everything she can to elect Barack Obama.

That makes two of us.

Confessions

Okay all I’ve got to come clean. In the last 36 hours I learned how to insert You Tube posts and use the social bookmark tool. So, if anything is not working as it should please let me know. Thanks!

Wake Up America

I’ll admit, I like Dennis Kucinich.  I like the fact that he tilts at windmills on a regular basis, knowing that his ideas and proposals are at their heart pure and decent and have no chance in the world of going anywhere.  I love that he looks like an elf and is married to an amazingly hot woman 31 years his junior. And if you love your country and feel like things are going the wrong way you will love this speech that he gave yesterday at the Democratic National Convention in the middle of the day probably covered by C-span. There are lots of empty seats and the  man is as impassioned as if talking to millions. Enjoy!

Endangered Species Act under attack

Salon.com reported this situation on 8/20/08. I have nothing to add.

Aug. 20, 2008 | In the excitement of the Olympics, the run-up to the presidential conventions and the flurry of late summer vacations, it was easy to miss the Bush administration’s stealth attack on the Endangered Species Act last week. A proposed regulation would simply eliminate independent scientific reviews that have been required for over 30 years.

“I have been working on the Endangered Species Act for 15 years and have never seen such a sneaky attack,” declared John Kostyack, executive director of wildlife conservation and global warming at the National Wildlife Federation.

In a proposal, first reported by the Associated Press, biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service would no longer have input into the actions of many other federal agencies in evaluating projects that could impact endangered species.