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Obama, straight down the middle:
No such thing as a miracle
Republicans find this intolerable, hence their
strength of feeling. Already back in June 1951, there had been a
Democrat in the White House, Harry Truman. As President, he had
devoted himself to the fight against communism and the Soviet Union,
the defence of the empire and the profits of General Electric.
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On the voter and ‘the morning after’
Presidential elections are not like
parliamentary elections, provincial council elections or local
government elections. In these other (and lesser) elections,
candidates can legitimately dream of consolation prizes.
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Struggle for independence and freedom in education
The highly integrated four major groups of
Siv-Helas: Rakshas - Yakkas, Nagas and the Ariyans evolved a common
language - Sinhala. Sinhala nation and the langauge that evolved
over the past thousands of years is heir to a civilization, that has
its origins going back to over 20,000 years.
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Exercising the Power of One
Now that we have voted to elect the President to
lead us and will be voting hence to elect more to support him
subsequently, what we must do in earnest is to keep a strong vigil,
be aware, study, understand and be on top of issues to our best of
ability, so we could make a strong call at all times to protect ‘our
power of one’.
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