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| Guest |
HistorySo, the election is over. Shall we shut down this topic and resume being neighbors?
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| Guest |
Not just yet. Well, we can resume being neighbors, but now that we are all purple, I think it may be fun to talk about what is going on the next few months. It certainly can't be as volatile as the last few have been. |
| The Harlander |
I would like to take this time to relate a story in my life.
I was about four years old on a Tramway bus in Denver. It was about 1950 or 51. We were at the back of the bus and an elderly black woman went to the back of the bus as directed by the driver. I was seated and my mother ordered me to surrender my seat. Was it because she was black or because I was to respect my elders? I think of that moment often. It has, in great part been, one of the most important moments of my life. It taught me that we as people must have respect on so many different levels. I am glad we have elected an African American as our President but, I also hope that was not the only reason we elected him. I myself am the product of a mixed racial union. It is my sincere hope that this event burries the racial hatchet. If for no other reason than that I am proud to claim this man as my President. Let us judge him as that, a person no different than you or me. No more perfect or flawed. A person that we have decided to lead our country for four years. A new age has dawned and the problems it presents will not be decided by an African American man but an American who happens to be a man of African decent. |
| Reflections |
A portrait of our Presidents:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBrSgyPgwYg |