tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003984496714508533.post8965398019301689878..comments2023-08-23T04:14:57.259-04:00Comments on Gone to the Dogs: On Balance in 2009Omahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04303885955119165822noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003984496714508533.post-67267371740685465832009-01-19T19:10:00.000-05:002009-01-19T19:10:00.000-05:00I take it as a really high compliment when a perso...I take it as a really high compliment when a person more than half my age asks me to be her Friend on Facebook, or exchanges many emails or is really keen on what I make. For to them I must look 100 years old and potentially so past it!Barbara Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05463074148195784152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003984496714508533.post-29909676437625676042009-01-19T18:52:00.000-05:002009-01-19T18:52:00.000-05:00An 18 year old friend who is also a beacon of hope...An 18 year old friend who is also a beacon of hope is on her way down to the inauguration. I think you are right. The future is in the hands of the young and there are still those who have managed to maintain their integrity, their sense of responsibility and their believe in a better world. And they are the ones who will respond to what Obama has to offer.<BR/><BR/>Layla is carrying my hopes for a better future with her.Omahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04303885955119165822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003984496714508533.post-61911171554980341102009-01-19T15:32:00.000-05:002009-01-19T15:32:00.000-05:00With Obama at the helm, I want to be a better pers...With Obama at the helm, I want to be a better person. <BR/><BR/>The roll-up to tomorrow has been unbelievably moving for me (born in America, now with dual citizenship) and I am close to tears just thinking about his job ahead. Obama is equipped to make the changes that have to be made. But are we?<BR/><BR/>We are a selfish, willful, pampered lot, but I am audaciously hopeful...and I do feel a seismic shift in attitudes, esp. among the young who have to take over now.<BR/><BR/>Also, he understand the power of the Internet. He is the first President to have a computer on his Oval Office desk -- hard to believe.Barbara Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05463074148195784152noreply@blogger.com