On Barack Obama

"I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed --- "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today" ~ Martin Luther King Jr. 1963

"Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned - Everywhere is war! Until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes -Me say war." -- War ~ Bob Marley 1976

Even if you are of the school of thought that holds that Barack Obama is the end of our country, you cannot reasonably think that his election was a bad thing. The two above quotes (only 45 and 32 years old respectively) show that even if he fails as a president he will prove something about our country. Considering that just 50 years ago a black man couldn't even ride a bus with a white man, and now a black man is president, is enough to make even the most ardent america haters to be proud of this country.

This is the first time in quite awhile that I've felt compelled to say it:
God Bless America.