夢実現モチベーションシート・通販セミナーの岡崎太郎(Taro Okazaki)のオフィシャルサイト

　彼のスピーチには力がある。意味はよくわからなくてもブルッときます。
　オーディエンスの反応にもよく現れていますね。

　パソコンでは「youtube」で流し聞きできるけれど、英語の勉強も含めて
ぜひとも携帯音楽プレーヤーで聞きたいなぁと思った。

　そこで見つけたのがこのサイト！http://www.tubefire.com/

　時間は少しかかるけれど、「youtube」のＵＲＬアドレスの「v=」に続く
部分を入力して希望する変換形式に変換してくれる。ソフトのダウンロード
は無料というのがいい。

　ちなみにオバマの「Speech in Chicago on November 4th, 2008」は
「v=Jll5baCAaQU&t」だからJll5baCAaQU&tと入力してmp3を指定する。

　たったこれだけ！なんて便利なのだ驚いた。

　ところが「この動画の変換は許可されていません」と出てしまい失敗して
いるではないか！理由は不明。

　そこで「Craving Explorer：クレイビング・エクスプローラー」という
無料ソフトをインストールしてみる。

　ベクターでダウンロードを行い。さっそく画面を立ち上げる。
「youtube」を選択し検索ボックスに「Barack Obama」を入力してお目当て
の動画を見つける。

　下向き矢印の「アイコン」をクリックする。そしてｍｐ3への変換を選択。
通信中のあと変換作業をはじめハードディスクが唸り始めた。どうやら変換
しているようだ。と思ったら、あっけなく作業が終了した。

　ダウンロードされた音声はMy DocumentsのCravingExplorerフォルダーの
downloadの中のmp3フォルダーに格納されていた。再生するとクリアーな
音声でスピーカーから流れ始めた。

　ただ聞くだけでは内容がわからないのでスピーチの原稿をオバマの公式サ
イトから拾ってきた。
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGx3Kc

　皆さんも試してみてください！語り継がれる歴史的な演説ですからね。

　そういえば、僕の友人の池本克之さんがオバマの本を出しました。
講談社から「オバマ「勝つ話術、勝てる駆け引き」

　旬な一冊です。

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オバマのスピーチです。
参考にしてください。

Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama
(as prepared for delivery)
Election Night
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Chicago, Illinois

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place
where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our
founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our
democracy, tonight is your answer.

It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches
in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours
and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they
believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that
difference.

It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and
Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled ?
Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a
collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be,
the United States of America.

It’s the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many
to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put
their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope
of a better day.

It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this
day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long
and hard in this campaign, and he’s fought even longer and harder for
the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of
us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered
by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin
for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to
renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.

I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from
his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets
of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware,
the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my
best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love
of my life, our nation’s next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia,
I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that’s coming
with us to the White House. And while she’s no longer with us, I know my
grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am.
I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod,
and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics ?
you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you’ve sacrificed
to get it done.

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to ?
it belongs to you.

I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn’t start with
much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls
of Washington ? it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms
of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.

It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they
had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their
generation’s apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that

offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved
the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect
strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized,
and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people,
by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth.
This is your victory.

I know you didn’t do this just to win an election and I know you didn’t
do it for me.
You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.
For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will
bring are the greatest of our lifetime ?
two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up
in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children
fall basleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor’s
bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be
created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there
in one year or even one term, but America ? I have never been more hopeful
than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you ? we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won’t agree
with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that
government can’t solve every problem. But I will always be honest with
you about the challenges we face.
I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.
And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation
the only way it’s been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years ?
block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on
this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek ?
it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen
if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility
where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not
only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial
crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street
while Main Street suffers ? in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.

Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship
and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried
the banner of the Republican Party to the White House ? a party founded on
the values ofself-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity.
Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a
great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination
to heal the divides thathave held back our progress.
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours,
“We are not enemies, but friends…though passion may have strained
it must not break our bonds of affection.” And to those Americans whose
support I have yet to earn ? I may not have won your vote, but I hear your
voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.


And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments
and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners
of our world ? our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a
new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this
world down ? we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security ?
we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon
still burns as bright ? tonight we proved once more that the true strength
of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our
wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty,
opportunity, and unyielding hope.

For that is the true genius of America ? that America can change. Our union
can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what
we can and must achieve tomorrow.

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for
generations. But one that’s on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast
her ballot in Atlanta. She’s a lot like the millions of others who stood
in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing ?
Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars
on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn’t vote for
two reasons ? because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century in
America ? the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times
we were told that we can’t, and the people who pressed on with that American
creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women’s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she
lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we
can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she
saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of
common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was
there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved.
Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge
in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that “We Shall
Overcome.” Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was
connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this
election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because
after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she
knows how America can change. Yes we can.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much
more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves ? if our children should live
to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long
as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?


This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. 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 doubt, 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. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.