陽光是這個季節的禮物,
步行是享受它的一種方式,
這時它也跟著移動,
回報以殷勤的對話.
聽聽陽光溫柔地傾訴,
它與萬物共舞的心情.
(今天在FB上貼了這幾句話
有人說我會寫詩
真是有點難為情...)
---0122 2013 二 陰約18度
晚上翻翻戴老師贈的東海風
看林語堂在體育館演講
胡適隔年在藏書館講話....
1922年陳衡哲的詩箋
適之回京后三日，作此送給他
“我們的朋友，
快來和我們分一點景色!
少了一個你，
晚霞的顏色就太媚了，
晨星就笑得太可愛了，
寒林的疏影
也不願在月光之下作態了。’
……
不能再續
只有後來的追想，
像明珠一樣，
永遠在我們的心海裏，
發出他的美麗的光亮。
十一年正月三十一日，8點半才醒新聞酸you tube中的挪威的豪華監獄 是怎樣崇高的國民的理念
明˙李贄˙富莫富於常知足：「朋來四方，聲應氣求，達之至也。」
午四點照例有點累了 (有午睡) 穿新球鞋去校園操場走4-5圈 18度一早我還穿短袖
素食前的老婆一副很自信常染髮的不能捐血. 麥當勞是美國設種種計/條約壓迫台灣才能開設的....
YY 甚妙 將我們的中型大同電鍋與姪女換大型的. 二隻老猴子還需要巨無霸型電鍋?
今有2通電話一是WRONG NUMBER 我很客氣回又有包裹說明午前送來.
重讀戴老師送的東海的第一屆.
最近校友會改組 所以接到多點消息(多不值得保留)
在世堂的FB還可知道林康的捧場.
(前月轉陳其寬夫人給建築系友的信給我班同學.
偶爾也會想起許文雄事件 這怎能讓程海東海安臥 (可憐的東海 連工工系的網站都一年多沒更新)
昨夜的電視節目" 二台罵馬某名嘴說民主制的第二任易跛足 另一則說那可不一定 如Obama 馬自己要往自己的腳開槍 有什辦法
然後是Downton 莊的大戰後的愛情"百態" 在西班牙流感的淫威下更顯突出
接下來是深夜食堂的一種蛋三名治式愛情---
一個多小時的美利堅總統就職記. 這回雖然沒有風寫中的馬友友.
清唱或高歌或吟唱或三番祝導都比不上Obama的演說. (是什麼修煉讓我可以聽懂九成多多的政策宣示?
是東海的大一英文 還是Essex的聽新聞寫稿之訓練
又是什麼家國的含淚的微笑
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment,
and we will seize it - so long as we seize it together. For we, the people,
understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well
and a growing many barely make it."
President Obama renewed his oath of office on Monday and used his
inaugural address to define his version of modern liberalism, with an emphasis
on expanding opportunity.
President Obama's second Inaugural Address makes a compelling case
for a pragmatic and patriotic progressivism.
In his inaugural remarks, President Obama connected three places to
one quest for a better America.
2013/1/21 shiweilo <shiweilo@thu.edu.tw>
Obama Lays Out His Second-Term Goals
President Barack Obama, inaugurating his second term on Monday, set out a vision for tackling a stream of Democratic priorities, vowing to protect vulnerable Americans and to fight for the rights of women, minorities and gay couples.
Speaking on the steps of the Capitol, before hundreds of thousands gathered on the National Mall, Mr. Obama called upon Americans to help him fulfill his agenda. He suggested that official Washington put aside the partisan battles that came to define so much of his first term.
'We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate,' he said. 'We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.'
He referenced the unfulfilled promise of his first term, and asked that Americans seize the nation's potential by working with 'common effort and common purpose.'
But the bulk of his 15-minute address was devoted to ambitions long held by Democrats: protecting Social Security and Medicare, welcoming immigrants, securing equal rights for gays and lesbians and equal pay for women, and promoting sustainable energy sources.
He invoked 'Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall,' key moments of the fights for equality for women, African-Americans and gays and lesbians, respectively. It was the first inaugural address to mention gay rights explicitly.
He made an oblique reference to the coming congressional fight over gun control, an issue that was nowhere on his agenda on Election Day. Mr. Obama said that the nation must protect all of its children, including those on the 'quiet lanes of Newtown,' the Connecticut town where 20 children and six adults were gunned down in an elementary school last month.
Other of his lines directly reflected the tone of a presidential campaign that often revolved around questions of taxes and wealth.
'Our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it,' he said to cheers. 'We believe that America's prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class.'
His criticism of Republicans was implicit, as when he said Medicare and Social Security 'do not make us a nation of takers.' That appeared to be a subtle reference to rival Mitt Romney's secretly recorded dismissal of those who rely on government programs.
Mr. Obama vowed to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, taking the oath of office by using his full name. He quoted the Declaration of Independence's promise that 'all men are created equal,' but said it was up to Americans to make good on those ideals.
'America's possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands,' he said.
The address was dominated by domestic matters, light on foreign affairs. He said that under his leadership, the nation would 'remain the anchor of strong alliances in every corner of the globe,' and would support democracy movements across the globe.
Republican reaction was mixed, with some focusing on Mr. Obama's words of unity and others hearing partisanship in the address.
Despite Mr. Obama's references to working together, Sen. John McCain (R, Ariz.) did not read the speech as reaching across the partisan divide. 'That was not in the speech,' he said. 'That's his privilege, but I note that that was not in his speech.'
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich appreciated the address's references to history. 'There were one or two sentences I think conservatives would object to, but 95% of the speech I thought was classically American,' he said.
Mr. Obama placed his hand on two Bibles as he took the oath Monday─the first once belonged to Martin Luther King Jr., and second, to President Abraham Lincoln.
Monday's inaugural ceremonies featured a good deal of pomp, with former presidents, justices of the Supreme Court and members of Congress arrayed on the stage with Mr. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and their families. Singer James Taylor performed 'America the Beautiful' before Mr. Obama's address, and hit-maker Beyonce sang the national anthem after.
Following the public ceremony, Mr. Obama joined members of Congress for a lunch in the Capitol, and then participated in the traditional parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, walking with first lady Michelle Obama part of the way to the White House. The day will end with two star-studded official inaugural balls this evening.
Also after the ceremony, Mr. Obama officially began the work of his second term, signing paperwork to nominate his choices for four key Cabinet posts─John Brennan for the Central Intelligence Agency, Sen. John Kerry for the State Department, Chuck Hagel for the Pentagon and Jacob Lew for Treasury.
Mr. Obama began the day with a morning service at St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House, followed by coffee with congressional leaders at the White House.
The president, 51 years old, was officially sworn in during a low-key ceremony on Sunday, meeting the constitutional requirement that a new term begin at noon on Jan. 20. The public ceremony was pushed to Monday, as have past inaugurations that fell on Sundays. Mr. Biden, too, took his oath Sunday morning.
Monday's crowd was expected to be much smaller than the 1.8 million people who turned out four years ago, and the excitement surrounding the 2009 event could not be matched. Between 500,000 to 700,000 people were expected─far outpacing other past second inaugurals. An inaugural official put the crowd at one million or more, but no official tally had been released by Monday afternoon.
The festivities coincided with the national holiday marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Mr. Obama made explicit reference to the slain civil-rights leader, and his declaration from the Lincoln Memorial across the National Mall that 'our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.'
The president has ambitious hopes for a second term─a deficit-reduction agreement, a tax revamp, an immigration overhaul and new gun-control measures top his domestic agenda. Abroad, he must continue to wrestle with the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea, and with unexpected crises, such as the hostage crisis in Algeria just days before the inauguration.
But Mr. Obama's hopes of creating a new bipartisan tone in Washington have repeatedly crashed, with the political parties barely able to avert economic disasters like the year-end fiscal cliff that were entirely under their control.
In the two and a half months since his re-election, Mr. Obama has struck a confrontational tone with Republicans, forcing them to back down in a year-end deal averting an across-the-board tax increase, and vowing to take his case to Americans rather than try and negotiate with adversaries.
Still, for all the disappointments of his first term, Mr. Obama begins his second with some brightened prospects. The economy, far from fully healthy, is no longer in a tailspin. The war in Iraq is over, and the 11-year war in Afghanistan is winding down. Mr. Obama has already accomplished signature legislative achievements on health care and financial regulation, and his administration is now focused on implementing them.
Mr. Obama's recitation of the oath of office on Monday was to be his fourth─matching President Franklin D. Roosevelt's mark─delivering it twice in 2009 and now twice in 2013. In 2009, he repeated the oath in a private ceremony after lawyers concluded that the muffing of the exact words during the public event by both Chief Justice John Roberts and then Mr. Obama could create a challenge to his authority.
LAURA MECKLER
奧巴馬在國會大廈的台階上面對數十萬名聚集在國家廣場上的民眾發表了演講。他呼籲美國民眾幫助他實現目標。奧巴馬建議華盛頓的官員擱置黨派鬥爭。黨派鬥爭是奧巴馬第一任期內的一個嚴重問題。
他說﹐我們不能把專制當原則﹐用作秀代替政治﹐或是把中傷視為理性辯論。我們知道我們的工作不會完美﹐我們必須行動。
他提到了第一任期沒有實現的承諾﹐要求美國人以共同的努力和共同的目標發揮國家的潛力。
不過﹐他在15分鐘的演講中﹐大部分時間都在談論民主黨長期以來持有的宏偉目標：保護社會保險和美國聯邦醫療保險(Medicare)、容納移民、保護同性戀人士的平等權益、婦女同工同酬﹐促進可持續能源的使用。
他提到了“塞尼卡福爾斯(Seneca Falls)、塞爾瑪(Selma)和石 (Stonewall)”﹐這些分別是歷史上為婦女、非裔美國人和同性戀爭取平等權益的重要時刻。奧巴馬是第一位在就職演說中明確提到同性戀權益的美國總統。
他間接提到了國會即將圍繞槍支管制展開的論戰﹐這一問題並不在他大選時提出的日程里。奧巴馬說﹐國家必須保護所有兒童﹐包括在紐敦(Newtown)安靜小路上的兒童。上個月在美國康涅狄格州的紐敦﹐20名兒童和六名成人在槍擊中遇難。
奧巴馬的另外一些演講內容直接反映了這次常常圍繞稅收和財富展開的總統大選的基調。
他說﹐如果只有越來越少的一小部分人生活富裕﹐而越來越多的大多數人勉強溫飽﹐我們的國家就無法成功。我們相信美國的繁榮必須依靠一個崛起中的中產階級的寬闊肩膀。
奧巴馬還對共和黨人提出了隱晦的批評﹐他說﹐聯邦醫療保險和社會保險不會使美國淪為一個索取者的國家。這顯然是在暗指總統選舉競爭對手羅姆尼(Mitt Romney)私下裡貶低依靠政府項目的人被曝光一事。
奧巴馬發誓要恪守、保護和捍衛美國憲法﹐並以自己的全名宣誓就職。他援引了《獨立宣言》(Declaration of Independence)中“人人生而平等”的承諾﹐但說那些理想要由美國民眾來實現。
他說﹐美國有無限可能﹐因為我們擁有這個沒有邊界的世界所要求的全部品質。
就職演說以美國國內事務為主要內容﹐在外交方面淺嘗輒止。奧巴馬說﹐在自己的領導下﹐美國將仍是世界各地強大聯盟的基石﹐並且將支持全球範圍的民主運動。
共和黨人對演說的反應不一﹐有人側重於奧巴馬團結一致的話語﹐有人則聽到了黨派偏見。
儘管奧巴馬談到了兩黨合作﹐但在亞利桑那州共和黨參議員麥凱恩(John McCain)看來﹐這份演說並沒有跨越黨派分歧。他說﹐這一點並沒有體現在演講中﹐這是他的權利﹐但我注意到他的演講沒有體現這一點。
前眾議院議長金里奇(Newt Gingrich)對奧巴馬就職演說中對歷史的引用表示欣賞。他說﹐其中有一兩句話我認為保守派人士會反對﹐但95%的內容我覺得都是美國經典文化。
奧巴馬週一宣誓時把手放在了兩本《聖經》上﹐第一本曾為馬丁•路德•金(Martin Luther King Jr.)所有﹐第二本曾為美國前總統林肯(Abraham Lincoln)所有。
週 一的就職典禮非常隆重﹐多位前總統、最高法院法官和國會議員與奧巴馬、副總統拜登(Joe Biden)以及他們的家人並列站在台上。歌手詹姆斯•泰勒(James Taylor)在奧巴馬發表就職演說前獻唱了一曲《美麗的亞美利加》(America the Beautiful)﹐知名歌手碧昂斯(Beyonce)在奧巴馬演講結束後唱了美國國歌。
公開就職典禮結束後﹐奧巴馬與國會議員一起在國會大廈用午餐﹐然後沿著賓夕法尼亞大道參加了傳統的巡遊﹐並與第一夫人米歇爾•奧巴馬(Michelle Obama)步行了一段距離﹐來到白宮。週一晚上﹐還有兩場眾星雲集的官方就職舞會。
就 職典禮結束後﹐奧巴馬正式開始了第二任期﹐簽署書面文件﹐提名布倫南(John Brennan)擔任中央情報局局長﹐克里(John Kerry)任國務卿﹐哈格爾(Chuck Hagel)任國防部長﹐雅各布•盧(Jacob Lew)任財長。這是四個非常關鍵的內閣職位﹐他們都為奧巴馬欽點。
週一﹐奧巴馬首先到白宮對面的聖約翰聖公會大教堂(St. John's Episcopal Church)進行早禱﹐然後與國會領導人在白宮共飲咖啡。
51歲的奧巴馬在週日舉行的低調就職典禮上正式宣誓就職﹐滿足了憲法規定的新的任期必須從1月20日中午開始的要求。和以往就職典禮恰逢週日的情況一樣﹐奧巴馬的公開就職典禮被移到週一。拜登週日上午也宣誓就職。
預計週一觀禮的民眾比四年前的180萬人少很多﹐可能與2009年就職典禮的熱烈程度無法相比。預計今年有50萬至70萬人觀禮﹐遠遠超過以往的總統連任就職典禮觀禮人數。一位負責就職典禮的官員估計觀禮人數有100萬甚至更多﹐但截至週一下午沒有公佈官方統計數據。
此次總統就職典禮適逢馬丁•路德•金日(Martin Luther King Jr. Day)﹐奧巴馬明確提到這位遭暗殺的民權領袖﹐以及他在國家廣場對面的林肯紀念堂發表宣言時說到的“我們個人的自由與地球上每個靈魂的自由密不可分”。
奧巴馬對第二任期有著宏大的希望──減赤協議﹐稅改﹐移民法改革以及新的控槍措施都是其國內議事日程中的首要任務。在海外﹐他必須繼續與伊朗和朝鮮的核野心角力﹐與意想不到的危機做鬥爭﹐比如就職典禮之前幾天阿爾及利亞剛剛發生的劫持人質危機。
但奧巴馬爭取在華盛頓創建一種兩黨一致的新基調的希望卻一再破滅﹐兩黨差一點未能避開原本完全在他們控制中的年底財政懸崖這樣的經濟災難。
奧巴馬獲得連任以來的兩個半月中﹐他對共和黨議員採取對抗態度﹐迫使他們在年底一項避免全面增稅的協議中做出讓步﹐他還誓言要向美國公眾證明自己的主張﹐而不是努力與反對派協商解決。
不 過﹐儘管奧巴馬的第一個任期中有諸多令人失望之處﹐他開始第二任期時部分領域的前景卻更加光明。美國經濟雖然遠未完全恢復健康﹐但卻不再走下坡路。伊拉克 戰爭已經結束﹐歷時11年的阿富汗戰爭正在收尾。奧巴馬已經在醫療和金融監管方面實現了標志性的立法成就﹐其政府目前將專注於實施工作。
奧 巴馬週一念的就職誓詞是他的第四次──和羅斯福(Franklin D. Roosevelt)總統一樣──他在2009年念了兩次﹐2013年又念了兩次。2009年﹐律師認定公開就職典禮上最高法院首席法官羅伯茨(John Roberts)和奧巴馬念就職誓言時吐字不清﹐可能給他的權威帶來挑戰﹐於是他在私人典禮上又念了一遍誓詞。
時瑋向漢清與小燕問好!
---0122 2013 二 陰約18度
晚上翻翻戴老師贈的東海風
看林語堂在體育館演講
胡適隔年在藏書館講話....
陽光是這個季節的禮物,步行是享受它的一種方式,這時它也跟著移動,回報以殷勤的對話.聽聽陽光溫柔地傾訴,它與萬物共舞的心情.(今天在FB上貼了這幾句話有人說我會寫詩真是有點難為情...)時瑋向漢清與小燕問好!
Obama Lays Out His Second-Term Goals
President Barack Obama, inaugurating his second term on Monday, set out a vision for tackling a stream of Democratic priorities, vowing to protect vulnerable Americans and to fight for the rights of women, minorities and gay couples.
Speaking on the steps of the Capitol, before hundreds of thousands gathered on the National Mall, Mr. Obama called upon Americans to help him fulfill his agenda. He suggested that official Washington put aside the partisan battles that came to define so much of his first term.
'We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate,' he said. 'We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.'
He referenced the unfulfilled promise of his first term, and asked that Americans seize the nation's potential by working with 'common effort and common purpose.'
But the bulk of his 15-minute address was devoted to ambitions long held by Democrats: protecting Social Security and Medicare, welcoming immigrants, securing equal rights for gays and lesbians and equal pay for women, and promoting sustainable energy sources.
He invoked 'Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall,' key moments of the fights for equality for women, African-Americans and gays and lesbians, respectively. It was the first inaugural address to mention gay rights explicitly.
He made an oblique reference to the coming congressional fight over gun control, an issue that was nowhere on his agenda on Election Day. Mr. Obama said that the nation must protect all of its children, including those on the 'quiet lanes of Newtown,' the Connecticut town where 20 children and six adults were gunned down in an elementary school last month.
Other of his lines directly reflected the tone of a presidential campaign that often revolved around questions of taxes and wealth.
'Our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it,' he said to cheers. 'We believe that America's prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class.'
His criticism of Republicans was implicit, as when he said Medicare and Social Security 'do not make us a nation of takers.' That appeared to be a subtle reference to rival Mitt Romney's secretly recorded dismissal of those who rely on government programs.
Mr. Obama vowed to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, taking the oath of office by using his full name. He quoted the Declaration of Independence's promise that 'all men are created equal,' but said it was up to Americans to make good on those ideals.
'America's possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands,' he said.
The address was dominated by domestic matters, light on foreign affairs. He said that under his leadership, the nation would 'remain the anchor of strong alliances in every corner of the globe,' and would support democracy movements across the globe.
Republican reaction was mixed, with some focusing on Mr. Obama's words of unity and others hearing partisanship in the address.
Despite Mr. Obama's references to working together, Sen. John McCain (R, Ariz.) did not read the speech as reaching across the partisan divide. 'That was not in the speech,' he said. 'That's his privilege, but I note that that was not in his speech.'
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich appreciated the address's references to history. 'There were one or two sentences I think conservatives would object to, but 95% of the speech I thought was classically American,' he said.
Mr. Obama placed his hand on two Bibles as he took the oath Monday─the first once belonged to Martin Luther King Jr., and second, to President Abraham Lincoln.
Monday's inaugural ceremonies featured a good deal of pomp, with former presidents, justices of the Supreme Court and members of Congress arrayed on the stage with Mr. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and their families. Singer James Taylor performed 'America the Beautiful' before Mr. Obama's address, and hit-maker Beyonce sang the national anthem after.
Following the public ceremony, Mr. Obama joined members of Congress for a lunch in the Capitol, and then participated in the traditional parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, walking with first lady Michelle Obama part of the way to the White House. The day will end with two star-studded official inaugural balls this evening.
Also after the ceremony, Mr. Obama officially began the work of his second term, signing paperwork to nominate his choices for four key Cabinet posts─John Brennan for the Central Intelligence Agency, Sen. John Kerry for the State Department, Chuck Hagel for the Pentagon and Jacob Lew for Treasury.
Mr. Obama began the day with a morning service at St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House, followed by coffee with congressional leaders at the White House.
The president, 51 years old, was officially sworn in during a low-key ceremony on Sunday, meeting the constitutional requirement that a new term begin at noon on Jan. 20. The public ceremony was pushed to Monday, as have past inaugurations that fell on Sundays. Mr. Biden, too, took his oath Sunday morning.
Monday's crowd was expected to be much smaller than the 1.8 million people who turned out four years ago, and the excitement surrounding the 2009 event could not be matched. Between 500,000 to 700,000 people were expected─far outpacing other past second inaugurals. An inaugural official put the crowd at one million or more, but no official tally had been released by Monday afternoon.
The festivities coincided with the national holiday marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Mr. Obama made explicit reference to the slain civil-rights leader, and his declaration from the Lincoln Memorial across the National Mall that 'our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.'
The president has ambitious hopes for a second term─a deficit-reduction agreement, a tax revamp, an immigration overhaul and new gun-control measures top his domestic agenda. Abroad, he must continue to wrestle with the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea, and with unexpected crises, such as the hostage crisis in Algeria just days before the inauguration.
But Mr. Obama's hopes of creating a new bipartisan tone in Washington have repeatedly crashed, with the political parties barely able to avert economic disasters like the year-end fiscal cliff that were entirely under their control.
In the two and a half months since his re-election, Mr. Obama has struck a confrontational tone with Republicans, forcing them to back down in a year-end deal averting an across-the-board tax increase, and vowing to take his case to Americans rather than try and negotiate with adversaries.
Still, for all the disappointments of his first term, Mr. Obama begins his second with some brightened prospects. The economy, far from fully healthy, is no longer in a tailspin. The war in Iraq is over, and the 11-year war in Afghanistan is winding down. Mr. Obama has already accomplished signature legislative achievements on health care and financial regulation, and his administration is now focused on implementing them.
Mr. Obama's recitation of the oath of office on Monday was to be his fourth─matching President Franklin D. Roosevelt's mark─delivering it twice in 2009 and now twice in 2013. In 2009, he repeated the oath in a private ceremony after lawyers concluded that the muffing of the exact words during the public event by both Chief Justice John Roberts and then Mr. Obama could create a challenge to his authority.
LAURA MECKLER
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一宣誓就職並開始第二任期的美國總統奧巴馬(Barack Obama)提出了完成民主黨一系列首要任務的願景﹐承諾將保護美國的弱勢群體﹐為婦女、少數族群和同性戀的權益而戰。奧巴馬在國會大廈的台階上面對數十萬名聚集在國家廣場上的民眾發表了演講。他呼籲美國民眾幫助他實現目標。奧巴馬建議華盛頓的官員擱置黨派鬥爭。黨派鬥爭是奧巴馬第一任期內的一個嚴重問題。
周一宣誓就職並開始第二任期的美國總統奧巴馬提出了完成民主黨一系列首要任務的願景，承諾將保護美國的弱勢群體，為婦女、少數族群和同性戀的權益而戰。他說，美國有無限可能，因為我們擁有這個沒有邊界的世界所要求的全部品質。
他提到了第一任期沒有實現的承諾﹐要求美國人以共同的努力和共同的目標發揮國家的潛力。
不過﹐他在15分鐘的演講中﹐大部分時間都在談論民主黨長期以來持有的宏偉目標：保護社會保險和美國聯邦醫療保險(Medicare)、容納移民、保護同性戀人士的平等權益、婦女同工同酬﹐促進可持續能源的使用。
他提到了“塞尼卡福爾斯(Seneca Falls)、塞爾瑪(Selma)和石 (Stonewall)”﹐這些分別是歷史上為婦女、非裔美國人和同性戀爭取平等權益的重要時刻。奧巴馬是第一位在就職演說中明確提到同性戀權益的美國總統。
他間接提到了國會即將圍繞槍支管制展開的論戰﹐這一問題並不在他大選時提出的日程里。奧巴馬說﹐國家必須保護所有兒童﹐包括在紐敦(Newtown)安靜小路上的兒童。上個月在美國康涅狄格州的紐敦﹐20名兒童和六名成人在槍擊中遇難。
奧巴馬的另外一些演講內容直接反映了這次常常圍繞稅收和財富展開的總統大選的基調。
他說﹐如果只有越來越少的一小部分人生活富裕﹐而越來越多的大多數人勉強溫飽﹐我們的國家就無法成功。我們相信美國的繁榮必須依靠一個崛起中的中產階級的寬闊肩膀。
奧巴馬還對共和黨人提出了隱晦的批評﹐他說﹐聯邦醫療保險和社會保險不會使美國淪為一個索取者的國家。這顯然是在暗指總統選舉競爭對手羅姆尼(Mitt Romney)私下裡貶低依靠政府項目的人被曝光一事。
奧巴馬發誓要恪守、保護和捍衛美國憲法﹐並以自己的全名宣誓就職。他援引了《獨立宣言》(Declaration of Independence)中“人人生而平等”的承諾﹐但說那些理想要由美國民眾來實現。
他說﹐美國有無限可能﹐因為我們擁有這個沒有邊界的世界所要求的全部品質。
就職演說以美國國內事務為主要內容﹐在外交方面淺嘗輒止。奧巴馬說﹐在自己的領導下﹐美國將仍是世界各地強大聯盟的基石﹐並且將支持全球範圍的民主運動。
共和黨人對演說的反應不一﹐有人側重於奧巴馬團結一致的話語﹐有人則聽到了黨派偏見。
儘管奧巴馬談到了兩黨合作﹐但在亞利桑那州共和黨參議員麥凱恩(John McCain)看來﹐這份演說並沒有跨越黨派分歧。他說﹐這一點並沒有體現在演講中﹐這是他的權利﹐但我注意到他的演講沒有體現這一點。
前眾議院議長金里奇(Newt Gingrich)對奧巴馬就職演說中對歷史的引用表示欣賞。他說﹐其中有一兩句話我認為保守派人士會反對﹐但95%的內容我覺得都是美國經典文化。
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美國總統奧巴馬週一宣誓就職。
週 一的就職典禮非常隆重﹐多位前總統、最高法院法官和國會議員與奧巴馬、副總統拜登(Joe Biden)以及他們的家人並列站在台上。歌手詹姆斯•泰勒(James Taylor)在奧巴馬發表就職演說前獻唱了一曲《美麗的亞美利加》(America the Beautiful)﹐知名歌手碧昂斯(Beyonce)在奧巴馬演講結束後唱了美國國歌。
公開就職典禮結束後﹐奧巴馬與國會議員一起在國會大廈用午餐﹐然後沿著賓夕法尼亞大道參加了傳統的巡遊﹐並與第一夫人米歇爾•奧巴馬(Michelle Obama)步行了一段距離﹐來到白宮。週一晚上﹐還有兩場眾星雲集的官方就職舞會。
就 職典禮結束後﹐奧巴馬正式開始了第二任期﹐簽署書面文件﹐提名布倫南(John Brennan)擔任中央情報局局長﹐克里(John Kerry)任國務卿﹐哈格爾(Chuck Hagel)任國防部長﹐雅各布•盧(Jacob Lew)任財長。這是四個非常關鍵的內閣職位﹐他們都為奧巴馬欽點。
週一﹐奧巴馬首先到白宮對面的聖約翰聖公會大教堂(St. John's Episcopal Church)進行早禱﹐然後與國會領導人在白宮共飲咖啡。
51歲的奧巴馬在週日舉行的低調就職典禮上正式宣誓就職﹐滿足了憲法規定的新的任期必須從1月20日中午開始的要求。和以往就職典禮恰逢週日的情況一樣﹐奧巴馬的公開就職典禮被移到週一。拜登週日上午也宣誓就職。
預計週一觀禮的民眾比四年前的180萬人少很多﹐可能與2009年就職典禮的熱烈程度無法相比。預計今年有50萬至70萬人觀禮﹐遠遠超過以往的總統連任就職典禮觀禮人數。一位負責就職典禮的官員估計觀禮人數有100萬甚至更多﹐但截至週一下午沒有公佈官方統計數據。
此次總統就職典禮適逢馬丁•路德•金日(Martin Luther King Jr. Day)﹐奧巴馬明確提到這位遭暗殺的民權領袖﹐以及他在國家廣場對面的林肯紀念堂發表宣言時說到的“我們個人的自由與地球上每個靈魂的自由密不可分”。
奧巴馬對第二任期有著宏大的希望──減赤協議﹐稅改﹐移民法改革以及新的控槍措施都是其國內議事日程中的首要任務。在海外﹐他必須繼續與伊朗和朝鮮的核野心角力﹐與意想不到的危機做鬥爭﹐比如就職典禮之前幾天阿爾及利亞剛剛發生的劫持人質危機。
但奧巴馬爭取在華盛頓創建一種兩黨一致的新基調的希望卻一再破滅﹐兩黨差一點未能避開原本完全在他們控制中的年底財政懸崖這樣的經濟災難。
奧巴馬獲得連任以來的兩個半月中﹐他對共和黨議員採取對抗態度﹐迫使他們在年底一項避免全面增稅的協議中做出讓步﹐他還誓言要向美國公眾證明自己的主張﹐而不是努力與反對派協商解決。
不 過﹐儘管奧巴馬的第一個任期中有諸多令人失望之處﹐他開始第二任期時部分領域的前景卻更加光明。美國經濟雖然遠未完全恢復健康﹐但卻不再走下坡路。伊拉克 戰爭已經結束﹐歷時11年的阿富汗戰爭正在收尾。奧巴馬已經在醫療和金融監管方面實現了標志性的立法成就﹐其政府目前將專注於實施工作。
奧 巴馬週一念的就職誓詞是他的第四次──和羅斯福(Franklin D. Roosevelt)總統一樣──他在2009年念了兩次﹐2013年又念了兩次。2009年﹐律師認定公開就職典禮上最高法院首席法官羅伯茨(John Roberts)和奧巴馬念就職誓言時吐字不清﹐可能給他的權威帶來挑戰﹐於是他在私人典禮上又念了一遍誓詞。
陽光是這個季節的禮物,
步行是享受它的一種方式,
這時它也跟著移動,
回報以殷勤的對話.
聽聽陽光溫柔地傾訴,
它與萬物共舞的心情.
(今天在FB上貼了這幾句話
有人說我會寫詩
真是有點難為情...)
---0122 2013 二 陰約18度
晚上翻翻戴老師贈的東海風
看林語堂在體育館演講
胡適隔年在藏書館講話....
1922年陳衡哲的詩箋
適之回京后三日，作此送給他
“我們的朋友，
快來和我們分一點景色!
少了一個你，
晚霞的顏色就太媚了，
晨星就笑得太可愛了，
寒林的疏影
也不願在月光之下作態了。’
……
不能再續
只有後來的追想，
像明珠一樣，
永遠在我們的心海裏，
發出他的美麗的光亮。
十一年正月三十一日，
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