I’ll see your Sarah Palin resignation speech, and raise you a Joe Biden commencement address<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I believe so strongly, as you may recall when I was here in October, not in you particularly but your generation…<\/p>\n

…you’re about to graduate into a point in history where everything is going to change no matter what you do, but you can affect the change.<\/p>\n

You’re going to walk across this stage without knowing for certain what’s on the other side.<\/p>\n

…there’s not a single solitary decision confronting your generation now that doesn’t yield a change from non-action as well as action.<\/p>\n

Non-action is action, unlike most generations.<\/p>\n

There’s not a single issue on this President’s plate that will not yield a change \u2014 just merely by ignoring it, it will change.<\/p>\n

They voted for change, not certain what it would mean, but convicted in the assumption that we cannot sustain the path we’re on.\u00a0 (“convicted in the assumption?”)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And our own interpretive muse<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Joe Biden Take 2
\nBy Tarzana Joe<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I\u2019m so glad you could rejoin me
\nTwo days after graduation
\nAnd I thank you so sincerely
\nFor postponing your vacation
\nAnd it gives me satisfaction
\nThat you\u2019ve gathered here today
\nSo I can tell you plainly
\nWhat I really meant to say<\/p>\n

Hey, they call this a commencement
\nBut it\u2019s not a new beginning
\nJust like bringing in a lefty
\nHalfway through the seventh inning
\nSee, the game\u2019s not starting over
\nBut that pitcher hasn\u2019t thrown yet
\nSo the batter\u2019s seeing pitches
\nThat the pitcher hasn\u2019t shown yet<\/p>\n

Just like we can\u2019t see tomorrow
\nBut I\u2019ll bet the sun is rising
\nThat\u2019s why it\u2019s called the future
\nCause its always so surprising<\/p>\n

So the point that I\u2019ve been making
\nIs that change is on the way
\nFor the very simple reason
\nThat tomorrow\u2019s not today<\/p>\n

And each new daybreak dawning
\nBrings with it its own revision
\nConsequently then deciding
\nIs the same as indecision<\/p>\n

But the point about decisions
\nIs that they can be divisive
\nSo if you refuse to make them
\nYou’re not being indecisive<\/p>\n

Are you better understanding
\nAll these concepts I\u2019m expressing?
\nBut, hey people, wait a minute
\nThere I go again digressing
\nI\u2019m not fond of public speaking
\nAnd in point of fact, it hurts
\nYou try speaking off the cuff
\nWhen you\u2019re wearing short sleeve shirts
\nAnd in all my public service
\nNeck pain\u2019s always been a factor
\nAnd as soon as I\u2019m done speaking
\nI go see a chiropractor<\/p>\n

Literally.<\/p>\n

Should I speak a little louder
\nFor the people sitting nearer?
\nWow, I hope you got the message
\n‘Cause I really can’t be clearer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n