More Thoughts on Obama
How Far We Former Slaves Have Come
> > America have
> > achieved the almost unthinkable, electing one of their
> own
> > as
> > president
> And
> > as the leader of the
> > most free country in the world, Barack Hussein Obama
> really
> > has
> > present-day roots in Africa. Legally, however, he is
> an
> > American
> > citizen even though some people question whether
> > President-elect Obama
> > is really a true American citizen if he has
> present-day
> > tribal roots
> > in Africa and living relatives there. They also
> question
> > whether he is
> > really a Christian or a Muslim, and they label him a
> > socialist.
> >
> > South Africa's first black African President,
> Nelson
> > Mandela, was also
> > put through the wringer on how he would govern. Many
> stated
> > that he
> > associated with communists and that he would throw the
> > country into
> > turmoil and turn South Africa into a Communist and
> Marxist
> > nation.
> >
> > You know what happened? Nothing. And so it will be
> with the
> > administration of Obama.
> >
> > People have and will continue to find fault with our
> > soon-to-be
> > commander-in-chief. It's par for the course. Try
> as he
> > may, the person
> > that America elected to be its 44th president will not
> be
> > able to
> > please all of America. But even now, he is not content
> to
> > wait until
> > he is officially sworn into office to start working on
> > issues of a
> > still-failing U.S. and world economy and on issues of
> > American troops
> > still fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
> > Personally, I have roots going back to some of the
> > indigenous people
> > of North America, the Cherokee nation. Now that Obama
> has
> > knocked down
> > the barrier for those of African descent ascending to
> the
> > highest
> > office in America,
> perhaps one day a Cherokee or other
> > North American
> > native will sit in the seat of power. Perhaps a woman
> will
> > sit in the
> > seat of power, or someone even younger than
> President-elect
> > Obama.
> >
> > America has destroyed the glass ceiling that Shirley
> > Chisholm, Jesse
> > Jackson and Al Sharpton could not break through. This
> is
> > truly a great
> > time to be alive, to be an American, to be an African
> in
> > America.
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Obama proposes 'change' round two
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| Published: Thursday, January 28, 2010
Updated: Thursday, January 28, 2010
While it's an embarrassing example of disrespect to see senators texting on their cell phones during Obama's State of the Union address, we can sympathize with their boredom after listening to his several examples of families suffering from job-loss and his repetitive statements trying to reassure Americans he will lead the way to better times.
Yet, once Obama stopped repeating how much the economy affected the American people and how the devastation among our people remains, the pep rally began.
The president repeated several times that America would be number one, regain itself and rise above every other nation. Who wouldn't cheer to those optimistic statements? It's a breath of fresh air to listen to a charismatic speaker who listens to his government and public, but where's the stance? What are the plans?
It seems as