CSPAN VIDEO: Sen. Barack Obama's Full Speech to the DNC

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) accepts his party's nomination for President and speaks to the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

This is the full CSPAN video with no edits or cuts. If you want to see the video in smaller bite sized pieces please go here.

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FULL Barack Obama DNC Acceptance Speech Denver August 28th

Part 2 of Obama speech 9.54

Part 3 of Obama speech 9.59

Part 4 of Obama speech 9.45

Part 5 of Obama speech 2.15

Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention yesterday was Charismatic, rousing, inspirational, emotional, high on Hollywood style and had words of impact, given it was 45 years to the day that Martin Luther King, gave his "I have a Dream".

What it lacked though was any content and that folks is the problem with wee Barry.

He is as empty as his emotional charged words and his suspect backing from the corrupt Clinton's and Al Gore.

Cross your fingers my American readers. Barry's dream could be your nightmare if he is elected.

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Martin Luther Kings' "I Have a Dream"

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VIDEO: Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"

My curiosity has been piqued by Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention yesterday.

The Internet has allowed me to check out, in full, Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech given on August 28 1963-2 years before I was born.

Of course I have been aware of the various famous quotes from his speech, repeated over and over for the last 45 years but looking at the full extended play it really does hit you full in the face, heart and head.

In comparison to Barack Obama's verbose grandstanding, flashy style and little substance, Luther King's speech is not only stirring and inspirational but it contains well thought out content that Obama lacks in spades.

Have a watch, it is truly one of history's great speeches.

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Charlies juices through the shareholder cash

I have never liked Marc Ellis or his schoolboy type self promotion. It is very hit and miss.

While managing to garner alot of attention for short period of time, Ellis' promotional activities lack substance and I doubt do well in the long term for the business or product being promoted.

His university degree is in commerce at Otago University, majoring in marketing and management, so there is no surprise as to why marketing is at the forefront of his business regime.

His Charlies Group Juice Company [CHA.NZX] seems to be a case in point.

The announcement last week of a NZ$425,000 FY loss to June 2008 mounts on top of other losses incurred since it listed in 2005.

Charlie's was started in 1999 by Stefan Lepionka, Marc Ellis and Simon Neal and has grown rapidly in sales since its listing but has failed to sustain any profitable growth.

Its sales come from its Charlies brand juices and a number of other brands, in New Zealand and Australia.

Charlies seems to have the Burger Fuel or 42 Below approach to business-growth without profit- but that runs at odds with the way most business operates and the way I like the businesses that I own to run-at a profit, for the majority of the time.

I might have this all wrong though, as I could with Burger Fuel.

Charlies might be a big company in the making or a business that Ellis and his mates will flog off to a large conglomerate like Coca Cola Amatil [CCL.ASX] as one of Marc's fellow directors Stefan Lepionka did with his Stefan's Orange Juice which was purchased by Frucor Beverages in 1997.

However, there has been little sign of a good sustained profit thus far and they seem to be chewing through shareholder funds rapidly in the objective to grow yet bigger.

I would love to be proven wrong.


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