アメリカのニュース

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Bify_I2GIik
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=_zW8vznGHhE

Obamaのスピーチって聞きやすくていい。

"It is the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled, Americans who send a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states - we are and always will be the United States of America."

"This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can."

英語の全文はこちらから。
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/obama.transcript/index.html
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で、旗竿ってなんなのかね。