YES WE DID!!!

Barack offers us hope for a brighter future.

Words can’t express how I feel. From the moment I woke up this morning (5am) to vote until moments ago when the word was final that The 44th President of the United States will be Barack Obama I have been so excited & overcome with a number of feelings. I am Proud, Hopeful, Elated, Glad & so much more for so many reasons.

I literally ran to the polls this morning, and joked to my sister “You know I love Barack Obama, I don’t even get up early in the morning to run for my well-being, and I’m running for him”. LOL. I’m so overwhelmed so forgive me if I’m all over the place right now, I’m unsure of how to express myself, but will try my best. I have no idea where to start.

I am most grateful and appreciative to those who gave up their lives & rights so that I might partake in the history that I did today. I am so happy that my grandmother who lived through the Jim Crow Era had a chance to cast her ballot for an African-American & see him become President-Elect. My Great-Grandparents who were considered 3/5s of a person have the opportunity to see this day come into fruition.

I am grateful to my parents who instilled the importance of carrying myself with respect & always encouraging us and leading us to believe that we might be able to do something of this caliber. I’m grateful & Thankful to those who found it not robbery to cease this opportunity and exercise their right to vote. Without your or my vote, this momentous occasion would not have been possible.

And I am grateful to President Barack Obama for risking his life to make a change & accept his charge from God so that his will be done. I’m proud, not that Mr.Obama is African-American, but because of how he carries himself & he has become the epitome for lots of people especially, young adults that ANYTHING IS INDEED POSSIBLE! His demeanor, message, and example are impeccable. BUT let us not get so wrapped up in Mr.Obama that we not hold him accountable for his promises, messages, and what his responsibility is as OUR president.

Today was a wonderful day in every sense of the word, and the beginning of a new day. I look forward to what the future brings, and can go to bed without a care in the world. Thank God!

Doesn't he remind you of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King III here?

Back At It Again…

So it looks like the state of Florida is up to their old tricks again…

So, check this out. Deerfield Beach, Fla. is one hour south of Palm Beach. Nearly 400 people were planted firmly in line at 6:15 this morning, waiting for the polls to open at 7:00 AM. There is one voting machine to accommodate all of them.

The area almost entirely African American. Many of the people never have voted before. One woman was 101 years old. She was wheeled into the polling place and on her way out she said that before she died, she wanted to vote for a black man.

Election monitors noticed a man in line who appeared to be a voter. Turns out he was a saboteur, telling people the Democrats were supposed to vote at a different location.

Some of the voters said they were robocalled last night. The message — Democrats weren’t supposed to vote until Wednesday.

Was just reading this over at TMZ, which I normally don’t patronize due to their obvious racism sometimes that I simply do not agree with, but this was very much worth sharing. Remember, Remember….

No Time?!?

Although I am still pretty much preoccupied with school I felt it was my responsibility to use my voice in regards to the upcoming election. I’m BEGGING that you please exercise your right & make your voice heard and vote for whomever you feel is the best candidate. I myself have no shame in declaring that I WILL be voting for Barack Obama for a number of reasons which I will definitely be let known once I have the time, that in and of itself deserves an essay, and anyone who knows me knows I’m really not a writer.

I wanted to use this platform to express how important it is that you please vote! I didn’t think that in this day & age, and for this pivotal election I would hear someone state “They didn’t have the time to register”?! Pivotal not because, it is historical, pivotal not because many a individuals true colors & feelings have arisen, but pivotal because this Country is no longer the respected force it once was. We need a President who understands this, and will do his part in bringing us back in that direction & can began to reverse the damage that the last treacherous 8 years has brought on because this definitely cannot be undone in one term or by one President.

I was truly bothered & upset when I heard that young adult in the elevator on my way to class make that horribly ignorant statement. Our forefathers & ancestors laid down their lives just so that we might have the POSSIBILITY to vote, and here we have the right & you feel you didn’t have the time to register?! MLK III along with Medgar Evers and even your grandparents or great grandparents, along with countless others probably would’ve turned in their grave to hear you make that statement.

For that young girl who made that statement: When you’re complaining that funds have been cut & you’ve lost your financial aid, or the rise of housing continues to rise so it is difficult to make ends meet, or even when taxes have been risen so you can no longer afford that designer handbag, I don’t have the time to hear your complaints neither will the person who you’re going to for help because you “didn’t have the time” to register to vote.

Young, Old, Black, White, Republican, Democrat No matter what you are PLEASE make it to the polls to vote on this Tuesday, November 4,2008.

OBAMA for Change, YES WE CAN!!!

True Story

So, I literally just got home from class & saw something that definitely made me think twice about the current state of the economy. Unlike President (Don’t give a F%$!)* Bush would have you to believe, trust we are in a recession and it is serious. As I was on the train it made me realize it’s not only effecting most people’s pockets but their morals/personal views as well. Any other time, people see panhandlers coming and along come the waves or the grunts or the turning up of the volume on their ipods, nowadays I know people are saying a silent “I feel you”. All jokes aside, the other day my sister & I were walking and some seemingly well to do young lady asked us not for directions, but a dollar?! Crazy!

But anyway, tonight I’m sitting on the train and two adults, along with a young boy, no older than 6 or 7 boarded the train with a boombox. Now if you’re a true New Yorker & have riddent the subway at least once you know the side doors are like revolving doors when it comes to panhandlers. After the train took off, they started to do the obvious & dance. Now under any other circumstances, my first thought would’ve been “Shouldn’t that kid be in bed for school tomorrow?!” Today, all I could think was “Sucks, times is soo hard even the kid has to work late nights & hustle”Lol. To be honest it’s not even funny, but all I know is that if McCain gets in, it WILL be 100x worst. So please do your part November 4th, and get out there & cast your vote for the better candidate.

OBAMA

YES WE CAN!!!