‘Jon Favreau (26), chief speechwriter to Senator Barack Obama’ NY Times, What Would Obama Say? “Mr. Favreau, or Favs, as everyone calls him, looks every bit his age, with a baby face and closely shorn stubble. And he leads a team of two other young speechwriters: 26-year-old Adam Frankel, who worked with John F. Kennedy’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'speech'
In Event of Moon Disaster
October 25th, 2007
In Event of Moon Disaster: “Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.” (Via Cynical-C Blog.)
Tags: apollo 11 · bill safire · buzz aldrin · lunar landing · nasa · neil armstrong · richard nixon · space · speech
The lost art of great speechmaking
April 20th, 2007
The Guardian: “The days when great parliamentary orators would hold audiences rapt for hours are long gone, replaced by the incoherent impulse of the digital age, writes Simon Schama.” Met een mp3 van Winston Churchills fameuze ‘We shall fight on the beaches’, 4 juni 1940.
Tags: rhetoric · simon schama · speech · uk · winston churchill
links for 2006-09-12
September 12th, 2006
Ultimate Secure Home located in Durango Colorado “The exact location of the house will only be revealed to serious, pre-screened, and financially pre-qualified prospective buyers at an appropriate time.” (tags: security house design) YouTube – Rare Hitler Video Lachen met Adolf (tags: hitler speech)
Tags: architecture · de horror · design · hitler · security · speech
links for 2006-03-10
March 10th, 2006
“Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: FDR’s First Inaugural Address “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” (tags: history speech audio fdr us retorica) R-win.com [weblog] [...]
Tags: creative commons · history · nl · rhetoric · speech · usa