Brenda in Japan

Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Brenda McKinney is an American living and working in the Kansai region of Japan. This is an account of her life and adventures among the fine people of Nihon.

Saturday, February 09, 2008

YES WE CAN!

Whether you are an Obama supporter or not, it's hard to deny that this is beautiful.  Forget Camelot, this definitely brings back memories of Dr. King.  



Amazing that this was created in only 3 days.  Passion makes it happen, ne? Thank you to LK for bringing this to my attention :)

Here is a little background on the inspiration for the song, by Wil.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas
I was sitting in my recording studio watching the debates... Torn between the candidates I was never really big on politics... and actually I'm still not big on politics... but 4 years ago, me and the black eyed peas supported Kerry... And we supported Kerry with all our might... We performed and performed and performed for the DNC... doing all we could do to get the youth involved...  The outcome of the last 2 elections has saddened me... on how unfair, backwards, upside down, unbalanced, untruthful, corrupt, and just simply, how wrong the world and "politics" are...  So this year i wanted to get involved and do all i could early...  And i found myself torn... because this time it's not that simple... our choices aren't as clear as the last elections ... last time it was so obvious... Bush and war vs. no bush and no war...  But this time it's not that simple... and there are a lot of people that are torn just like i am... So for awhile I put it off and i was going to wait until it was decided for me...  And then came New Hampshire... And i was captivated... Inspired... (read the rest)

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