In Celebration of Today and Tomorrow

I had a post all planned for today about my weekend, but then I realized what today is, so I will postpone the weekend post for a couple of days.

Today we celebrated the life of a great man. A man who stood for equality. A man who stood for peace.

It seems only fitting that Barack Hussein Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America the day after the country paused to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I have no true memories of Dr. King. I was not yet 1 when he was murdered in Memphis. I can not imagine the horror, for the country, for the world, for his family. But I know that he was a great man. I know that he was a strong man. I know that he was an honest man.

And while electing an African-American man to be President is not the end of the hate. It is not the end of racism, of bigotry, but it is an enormous step in the right direction.

I only wish that Dr. King were still here to enjoy how far we've come.

And to help us see how far we all still have to go.

Barack Obama Makes the Tough Decisions

I know we are in the middle of the worst economic crisis in almost a hundred years. I know that we are in an illegal war where men, women and children are dying and are hemorrhaging money like there is no tomorrow. But President-elect Obama knows how to guarantee my vote in his NEXT election, if he can just get this done!*



This was apparently part of his Monday Night Football interview on 3 November, which I missed, but it was replayed this morning on ESPN's GameDay with Chris, Kirk and Lee.

*Really, I am joking. I can live with the BCS throughout his entire FIRST term if the can get us out of Iraq and turn the economy around. I expect playoffs in his second term though!