Thursday, May 05, 2005
Chocolate Speech
Today I come before you, not as a mere citizen, but a citizen with a passion for chocolate, not as an advocate for major companies, but an advocate for a necessary change.
Today, May 5, we have a chance to make a difference. We have a chance to make a difference in every home, in every county, and in every state in our great nation. Today we should recognize that it was chocolate that brought us through history and it is chocolate that will bring us through the future.
Your chance to make a change in society, to make a change for small people all over the nation is now. Make today National Chocolate Appreciation Day.
Speeches with parallelism
Fellow Congressmen, May 6, 2005 should be the chocolate lover’s day. In times of despair we turn to it, in times with friends we enjoy it, and in times of withdrawl we cling to it. Chocolate is the backbone of our society. We need chocolate and chocolate needs us. Without this, we would not have desert, without this we would not have snacks, without this we would have to eat our vegetables. Vote May 6 to be National Chocolate Appreciation Day.
Words of Wisdom
We talked today about how wise sayings (epigrams and aphorisms) often use parallelism for rhetorical effect:
“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”
-Samuel Johnson
Then we tried writing some of our own. Coming to a fortune cookie near you!
“Love without perfect trust is love without perfect joy.”
-Cara D.
“Revenge may be sweet, but forgiveness brings joy.”
-Nathanael K.
“True friends have been there in the past, and will be there in the future.”
-Misty G.
“It takes a man to seek out revenge; it takes a hero to turn the other cheek.”
-Dave K.
Earlier: We re-wrote famous aphorisms to make them better or worse.