Cadillac One: Obama's new wheels
Inside and out, the Cadillac Presidential Limousine includes many of the brand's signature design elements, such as the dual-textured grille and the dinner plate-sized Cadillac coat-of-arms badge that are the hallmarks of the CTS sport sedan and Escalade. Vertically oriented head- and taillights mirror those used on production models. Compared with the outgoing Cadillac-supplied Presidential Limo, Cadillac One is slightly more upright, though both vehicles occupy roughly the same overall footprint on the road, with a similar size and proportion.
The car was designed, developed, and tested by specialists who adhered to an extensive set of specifications. It was subjected to an extreme testing regimen to ensure performance that achieves precise functional requirements. In doing so, security provisions were undertaken at all times during development to ensure the car's functional capabilities are preserved and confidential. Translation: GM and the Secret Service aren't telling us anything about the power train, safety features, or cabin tech.
posted by M.C. at
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May I unpack Barack Obama's speech? Well I won't totally unpack the entire speech here, since I've written an entire article about it. Yet I will say that I believe the reason that the media jumped on the bandwagon almost immediately attesting that it wasn't a Home Run speech was that it contained a lot of references to lowly slaves, especially at the beginning and first half, and yes, I'm suggesting that perhaps some latent racism had a hard time celebrating the truth about the horrors that America's slaves endured.
I think we were so used to Obama's prose and his cheerleading, that the repeated stark reminders of what some slaves endured decades ago--providing the very foundation for all of us--being revisited in vivid language was insufficiently uplifting to garner a home run accolade.
Believe me, in reading the text, there are significant and repeated references to those who fought for all of us--military and slaves.
He invoked God's promise that "all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness."
Ours has "not been the path of the faint-hearted...but rather the risk takers, the doers..men and women obscure in their labour who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom."
"They toiled in sweatshops....endured the lash of the whip" all referred again to the foundation that was laid largely by the slaves in this country. Remarkably we celebrated the Inauguration on property and buildings where slaves once worked, and "worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life."
He chastises those who have short memories, forgetting what "this country has already done," and urges us to consider "what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose and necessity to courage."
"We have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord" was surely a line that will be quoted for decades. "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America" was another.
He masterfully wove a thread of hope through an assessment of America's systemic wreckage, beseeching each of us to do our civic duties, to step up and act, and to make long overdue hard decisions.
I thought he did a masterful job, and so again, I disagree with the media.
Congratulations President Barack Obama. And congratulations Malia; your dad's speech more than fulfilled your "it better be good" challenge.
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