Today I did not workout at the Y, instead I told my nephew I would help him stucco a commercial building.  We left Osawatomie for the job at 6:30 in the morning.  The job is in Lee’s Summit.  Unfortunately, the construction material had not been delivered to the job site, so we didn’t get a lot done today.

Tomorrow, I hope to be at the Y at 5am to swim at 5:30, but I may be going to the school to get in line for President Obama’s speech. The Y will close from 7 am to 2:30 pm for President Obama speech at the High School.  The Y is attached to the High School.  President Obama did not want the school or the Y to close.  The school will remain open during his speech, but the city police told the Y personnel they had to close the Y.

I think it will be very interesting tomorrow to listen to President Obama. I read Theodore Roosevelt’s speech and I think I will read it again tonight before I go to bed.  If you would like to read Roosevelt’s speech, please click here.

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President Roosevelt in Osawatomie

Below is a quote from Roosevelt’s speech. It comes from the end of the speech. I believe everyone needs to read Roosevelt’s speech, it was a speech to bring the warring G.O.P back together and it was a speech to spark interest in his re-elect which of course did not happen. President Obama sure would be surprised if he was able to do something that Roosevelt was not, bring the G.O.P. back together as a cohesive unit so a Republican could win the White House this next election. Roosevelt failed and Wilson won the 1912 election.

Don’t wait for any politician to help you, remember what Roosevelt said, you must provide a quality service. Start your own business. Take control of your life and sit back and watch the Republicans and Democrats fight, they have been doing it from day one. All the resources we need are in the mind. – Theodore Roosevelt

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“I stand for the square deal. But when I say that I am for the square deal, I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the games, but that I stand for having those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunity and of reward for equally good service.

One word of warning, which, I think, is hardly necessary in Kansas. When I say I want a square deal for the poor man, I do not mean that I want a square deal for the man who remains poor because he has not got the energy to work for himself. If a man who has had a chance will not make good, then he has got to quit. And you men of the Grand Army, you want justice for the brave man who fought, and punishment for the coward who shirked his work. Is not that so?” President Theodore Roosevelt

It is true. It is official. It’s in the local newspaper.

President Obama is indeed coming to my hometown, Osawatomie, Kansas on Tuesday, the 6th of December, 2011.

Why, I’ve been wonder since my friends and I started hearing the rumors down at the local cafe, the Whistle Stop, where we meet each morning for coffee and conversation.  We joked and ask, doesn’t he know Kansas is a Republican state.

Here it is 4am, it’s raining and I woke up my usual time to go to our local Y to workout, but its Saturday and it’s my rest day. So I thought I would fix me a cup of coffee and share a few of my thoughts about President Obama’s visit to Osawatomie.

Before I begin, I would like to share the history behind our name. Osawatomie is named after the Osage Indians and the Powwatomie Indians. Click the play button on the blue audio player below to hear the correct way to pronounce Osawatomie.[audio:http://duanespears.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Osawatomie1.mp3|titles=Osawatomie]

I’m glad President Obama is coming to my hometown. I have deep respect for the office of the Presidency of our great Nation and it is an honor when the President decides to pay our town a visit. I also have respect for President Obama and believe he wants what he believes is in America’s best interest.  This is where I have to respectfully disagree with him. I believe our country needs to go in a different direction then the one he is taking us. I do not believe he shares the same views as President Theodore Roosevelt. Here you decide. Click here to read President Roosevelt’s speech that he gave in 1910 in Osawatomie, Kansas. Read the rest of this entry