Friday, August 8, 2008

I have a dream..

Barack Obama's oratory skills are often compared to those of Martin Luther King for obvious reasons. The other day, Dr. King's historic"I have a dream" speech came to mind when I met a newly-recruited volunteer for the Obama campaign here in Albuquerque who goes by the name of Shree.

Shree is a middle-aged black lady from New Orleans who is a professional Hindu high priest. Her name is the Hindu tranlation of the word, priest. Apart from her religious officiating, she also runs an online pet-minding business on the side to make up for the low-paying priest wages. Her stated reason for volunteering for the campaign is that God came to her in a dream and told her to follow Obama "to the end of the Earth". The very next day she presented herself to me to be trained in on how to make campaign calls.

Amongst her colourful skills set, she claims to be able to speak in the tongue of Sanskrit, the Hindu language, even though she has never studied it. When talking about racial tensions in the US she informed me that, in her opinion, Obama is racially inferior because he could only claim two racial backgrounds whereas she had eight among which Chinese, Irish, French Creole and Jewish blood were prominent.

In the photograph below, she is channeling positive energy into my soul to give me strenth and stamina for the fight. Praise the Lord!


2 comments:

Unknown said...

Good old David, What about your dream? I hope you never forget your mission in life? To be cool, to have fun and be inteligent, i think it as ;-)

Nice to hear that your alive and you have my support in your work for a better world.

Ciao

Daniel M

Unknown said...

Hi David,
This is really great. I am really enjoying reading about your experiences on the campaign - great insights. Keep it up!

We will have lots to talk about when you get back. I am with you in spirit.

Take care,

Fidelma