[kictanet] Obama Speech puzzle: read, memorised or simply no script?
S.Murigi Muraya
murigi.muraya at gmail.com
Fri Jan 23 17:01:22 EAT 2009
Well said and forever settled in heaven!
Crystal Watley wrote:
> Faith without action is dead. Full stop.
>
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Akich Kwach
> <kwach at archway-productions.com <mailto:kwach at archway-productions.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Eric,
>
> Thanks very much for a very realistic observation of the African
> situation and I trust our fellow Africans got your message right.
>
> Good weekend to all as the world celebrates the Obama's impact
> globally.
>
> Akich Kwach
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Eric M.K Osiakwan <mailto:emko at internetresearch.com.gh>
> *To:* kwach at archway-productions.com
> <mailto:kwach at archway-productions.com>
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
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> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2009 10:33 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Obama Speech puzzle: read,memorised
> or simply no script?
>
> Akich,
>
> While i uphold the participation of the Almighty in the
> affairs of men on earth, i think in Africa we make God work
> "overtime", to quote a friend mine.
>
> If only we could work as much as we pray and lay emphasis on
> God, Africa would have changed big time. Americans have
> applied themselves to create a system that allows Obama to
> emerge as a prepared leader by God. We need to apply ourselves
> to the development and growth of institutions that establish
> and uphold the state in Africa so that the already God given
> leaders in Africa would emerge and not be kept in obscurity by
> our own undoings. The amount of time Africans spend praying
> and sitting in church auditoriums without much action
> afterwards is unbelievable, for me, the more closer you are to
> God, the more productive you should be.
>
> Finally, i think we need to vacate this mentality of one day,
> suddenly a saviour would emerge and everything would change.
> Change is a process and we need to work towards it. Obama did
> not suddenly show up, read the 200 plus years of effort and
> commitment to a cause that we see today. Lets work at building
> our institutions and allow the rule of law to work.
>
> Eric here
>
>
> On 23 Jan 2009, at 10:01, Akich Kwach wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> In my view, the content of Obama's message was great, it
>> matters less whether
>> he read it from the telepromoters or memorised from his
>> mind, he looked
>> natuaral and at peace with both his soul and conscience. We
>> should remember Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr gave
>> memorable speeches many years back when such technologies did
>> not exist. Thousands of miles
>> away from the Land of Opportunity (US), Mahatma Gandhi did
>> the same in India
>> while sometimes barefooted after losing his home made shoes
>> after a train
>> journey. Mandela did the same just a decade ago in South
>> Africa, while those who
>> were keen listeners received the soft words spoken by Mother
>> Teresa.
>>
>> These are men and women besides other great world leaders
>> whom have been
>> gifted to be used by God. I humbly believe God is using Obama
>> to reshape
>> America (how interesting) and the rest of the world. When you
>> have the most
>> powerful man on earth declaring you do not need mighty army
>> to win war
>> against the enemy, it means he knows where the power is
>> coming from.
>>
>> Let us trust one day, God shall present us (NOT GIVEN) with a
>> leader in
>> Kenya who will inspire Kenyans to have a common purpose and
>> move forward as
>> one people.
>>
>> Akich Kwach
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <dmakali at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:dmakali at yahoo.com>>
>> To: <kwach at archway-productions.com
>> <mailto:kwach at archway-productions.com>>
>> Cc: "kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
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>> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Obama Speech puzzle: read,memorised
>> or simply no
>> script?
>>
>>
>> Thea were two thin, blue, telepromoters on the two sides he
>> kept looking at.
>> And they would be seen everytime the cameras went into long
>> shot mode!
>> Ict imesonga mbele, bro.
>> And thea was no pt showing the cutlery wen all eyes were on
>> the food.
>> D
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Maina Samson <esmainah at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:esmainah at yahoo.com>>
>>
>> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:42:34
>> To: <dmakali at yahoo.com <mailto:dmakali at yahoo.com>>
>> Cc: <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
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>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Obama Speech puzzle: read,
>> memorised or simply no script?
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