America in celebration
I'm just thrilled that Barak Obama is going to be the new president tomorrow. His inauguration is a sign that the United States has come a long way in terms of civil rights. It's also Martain Luther King Day, and the people, black and white, are celebrating in Washington, D.C. For the next couple of days, I have changed my avatar and other details of my profile to celebrate this patriotic moment. See if you can find your own American themed avatar and show them here. See ya'll around.
Oh, and to the African American members of this website, Happy MLK Day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T0Ug0m_Hrc&feature=channel; I just felt like putting this on because its cute:).
Oh, and to the African American members of this website, Happy MLK Day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T0Ug0m_Hrc&feature=channel; I just felt like putting this on because its cute:).
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Anyway, we get to watch the inauguration in school tomorrow, yay!
Too true.
As much as I respect your friends' rights of speech, I am disgusted by that peice of information. As a believer of black civil rights, I decided to make this thread to commemorate the greatest event in African-American history. Next time, be careful of what you type down, because I can't stand sick jokes like that!
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I'm gonna say it.... Sarah Palin. There, I said it. Now let's just steer away from opinions and celebrate. Election's over. I wonder if there is a forum board that encourages debating politics.
And I'll admit it - I started crying during Aretha Franklin's "My Country Tis of Thee". I'm such a girl.
dude, do you go to my school?:)
That's word for word what happened to my school. lol
We got 4 minutes into the speech and the-the---n-it---fr
Well you can't expect everyone to be perfect. All we could do is hope for the best.
Also i am glad to be seeing progress for the minority. I've been getting tired of hearing them calling everyone racists at the slightest different. Maybe this will help?
I am hopeful for Obama, but remember, he is just a human being. Don't put too much hope on one person, that guy needs help:)
HURRAY FOR OBAMA. I'M really happy. I hope he does well, he seems honest, and is a complete opposite of Bush/Cheney.
I am a bit unhappy that Obama said Bush was a good man...but heh.
Bush had horribly low acceptance rates when he left the White House, but most of that is based on the things that happened during his presidency. 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the continuous struggle in Iraq, the country's fall into recession... The sad thing is that most of these things weren't anywhere near his fault, and yet the country blames him for them. I was disgusted by the people at inauguration holding up sign telling Bush to "get the hell out". I'm no Obama-hater, and I'm very glad to see him into office, but I understand the struggles Bush went through, the difficult decisions he had to make, and the blame he took for our nation's crises. Anyone who hates Bush obviously had a bad perspective on what really happened during his presidency...
I heard he's writing a book about his presidency. I hope he calls it "Why I'm Better Than You Think I Am", although that would probably give him an even worse rap.
I beg to differ.
For Hurricane Katrina, people had to wait wayyyy to long for the president to do anything. Yes, the hurricane wasn'T his fault, but he failed at rapid intervention. Mainly because it happened in one of the poorest area in the U.s.a.
The continuous struggle in Iraq, no offense, but it's a war that was started under false pretense. It's known that Saddam Hussain and Ben Laden had no ties, plus they had no weapons of mass destruction. There is no valid reason that there is a war in Iraq. War in Iraq is the biggest mistake since Vietnam.
The country falling into recession is provoced by tons of bad decisions, mainly encouraging outsourcing labor to other countrys instead of taking measures to keep jobs in America. But of course... the consumers have a huge role to play in this situation. But still, governments should set an example... But the problem is that the Lobby's had it's hand firmly set into this puppet presidency. They are going to want to make they're powerfull friends happy over the people. They are corrupted to no ends.
Think for a second, how he is saying that outsorcing jobs is good for the economy since it costs less for the consumer ... yes it costs less, but they aren't made in the U.S.A anymore so, people loses jobs, less money to spend, these people will want to save even more so they shop at Wall-Mart, the wheel turns...more people lose they're jobs... OUTSOURCING ISN'T GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE. People have to learn to watch the bigger picture instead of always thinking of the ME HERE and NOW routine ...
And i could go on and on about 9/11, but i'm sure history will explain itself later. Much later. ( as in, what really happened ).
Don't get me wrong, I like Obama, he seems like nice guy, and I agree that W was a joke. Unfortunately he is a politiciain and all politicians, regardless of race or party, are selfish self-righteous bureacrats who wouldn't know what to do everyday if the didn't have the party line to follow and they are perfectly willing to follow that line all the way into hell and call it heaven.
The only way Obama will ever live up to all the hype is if he ignores the party line and uses some common sense in the bills and laws he passes, because with a Democrat majority in the other houses of government, he cane really screw this country up, just as bad as the Republicans could with the same advantages.
Okay! The inauguration is over, we can disagree all we want, but this is not a political forum. Let's ust close this thread and never bring up politics again!