Paul Jamiol had this fitting cartoon posted on his Facebook this evening. I couldn’t help but wonder most of the day watching the Inauguration and all of the events, what was running through the minds of many of the Republican naysayers including those who might bemoan that “it seems unfair that Barack Obama should be the source of a new patriotism.” Sphere: Related Content
Sad news… On this momentous occassion that meant so much to Senator Ted Kennedy, news has broken that Kennedy was striken during the Inaugural Luncheon and was taken from the Capitol by ambulance. Senator Robert Byrd also suffered some health problem around the same time as Kennedy was striken. From The Caucus Live Blog of the day’s events: Senator Edward M. Kennedy collapsed during the inaugural luncheon. President Obama began his speech by noting by talking about “Teddy,” noting...
Today will be a day of many memorable quotes no doubt, but this one holds the feelings of so many of millions of people watching this historic day: “This is America happening,” said Evadey Minott of Brooklyn, New York. “It was prophesized by that we would have a day when everyone would come together. This is that day. I am excited. I am joyful. It brings tears to my eyes.” Sphere: Related Content
And so, we begin a new chapter in American history today… One that is filled with the promise of change and new beginnings that clearly offer more hope than America has seen in a very long time. The long collective American nightmare known as the presidency of George W. Bush is over. Bush’s reign has been a long “tragedy of errors,” that has left far too many Americans broke and battered and yet, so many now emerge with the hope...
As they say, my work here is done. My blogging began as a campaign blog in the 2004 Oregon Democratic primary (the centennial of the first primary election in the USA in Oregon) against cronyism, cheating, lying, well, the usual. And campaign finances: My opponent received over 92% of his cash from out of district, and over 75% from out of state. The blog began because the Oregon media was completely uninterested in those hard numbers, but voters were...
It’s been a long time coming. I didn’t think, frankly, it could be done. What things? I honestly underestitmated America and didn’t think an African-American could be elected. I honestly wasn’t sure that we could end this long national nightmare. We could end the Bush Presidency. I knew that reality. But could we start over? Could we heal and become the America we always wanted and some of us spent a lifetime trying to achieve? But could we rebirth...
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