There are very few of us who don’t feel angry sometime. It may be because you feel your child is being unfairly treated in school. It could be because you feel that your public servants are not providing necessary facilities such as a hospital in your area. Then there are the bigger issues. You may feel furious when you see fat men pontificating about world hunger. You may feel outraged when you think of cruel regimes or people being tortured. Turn your anger into action.
You should find out all the facts and go to your child’s teacher. If you don’t get satisfaction you should go to the head teacher or the Board of Management. Keep fighting your child’s cause and if you don’t win you can still move your child to another school. The whole point is you can do something.
You may need political push to get that hospital. There’s nothing to stop you practising those election campaign speeches by a candidate in local election. You may even decide to aim higher and practice campaign speeches for Mayor. You could start a pressure group to ensure you get that hospital. If you feel angry about hunger you can donate to a charity or raise the issue locally by writing to the paper or going on radio to voice your concerns. There are cruel regimes all around the world but you can contact your parliamentarians and demand that your government protest and keep protesting about inhuman practices. Alternatively, you can join Amnesty International who work on behalf of prisoners of conscience. So don’t just fume, do something positive. Every great movement starts with just one person who wants change.

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We’ve heard President Obama speak and his talk of hope seems to have given a lift to people who were sorely in need of one. He didn’t hide anything but spoke frankly of the economic situation and of the difficulties to be overcome. He spoke of the need for all Americans to pull together and for all peace loving countries to work together. His speech was a speech intended to inspire his citizens to meet the challenges ahead.
Soon we will have the Oscars and another lot of speeches. Wouldn’t it be great if the winners took a leaf out of the Presidents book and gave inspiring speeches? Wouldn’t it be marvellous if the boring “Thanks you’s” were replaced with something more positive?
At a time of recession surely more stirring talks about the industry and the employment if could create would be more appropriate. Straitened economic times mean people opt for home entertainment rather than expensive nights out. There will a demand for more and more films as people seek a few hours escapism. The Night of the Oscars is a showcase for the film industry. While it is fitting that it should award the cream of the industry it should also try to ascertain that the industry actually has a future.

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An acceptance speech was given
T’will go down in our history
As Obama was duly elected
The new hope for democracy.
He promised troops out of Iraq
But to keep them in Afghanistan
He’d make America great once more
His party political fundraisers saw that he ran
On a ticket that promised great reform
Of tax and health and that he would storm
With his election campaign he’s surely be
In the White House claiming a victory
But McCain says the same, they’re neck and neck
Exciting times ahead surely by heck!

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Even on vacation you cannot avoid the American Presidential election. Every newspaper, television and radio programme has a programme or an interview about it. It seems most people have an opinion on the candidates although there will always be the “Don’t knows”. The stakes in that election are very high, of course, but there are others where it is prestige rather than power that is at stake. Such is the case where candidates vie for election in a Club or association committee election campaign. This might be for the Presidency of a charitable organization such as the Lions club or for the chairman of a business association.
The American presidential election is, of course, the big one but there are also elections for Mayor in countries all over the world. While his or her influence might not be so far-reaching he or she can make a huge difference locally.
We often forget that electioneering starts at school level with student election to college council campaigns. The stakes may not be as high but the rhetoric and the
heckling are just as exciting and the campaign doesn’t cost millions!

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A politician can gain kudos by being honest. Many of them make the mistake of avoiding issues in their speeches. It is far better for them to admit that they cannot see the possibility of a new hospital in the area than to pretend that its going to be built. They can sweeten the pill by giving the good news that there is a new fleet of ambulances or a helicopter service to bring patients further away. People prefer you to be straight with them. They like to know where they stand.

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I listened to a politician giving an election speech today. I noticed that he kept repeating himself over and over. He was trying to get a certain message across but he overdid it. It got boring. There are lots of ways to say the same thing in an interesting way. Why didn’t he use them and keep his audience enthralled instead of switching them off?

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