So, we have come to this day

[jimntx]

I can not believe we have come to this day in my lifetime. Regardless of your politics, this is a day that simply restates the promise of America.

I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama in the 50's and 60's as a white child in what we called "comfortable circumstances." On Sunday morning, September 15, 1963, I was in my freshman dorm room at Birmingham-Southern College. I was showing my new-found independence by not going to church that morning.

My roommate and I heard an explosion, but didn't think much of it. The steel mills were still open then and when a blast furnace is opened there is an incredibly loud sound like an explosion (thus the name blast furnace). When we later turned on the radio, we heard that the 16th Street Baptist Church had been bombed and 4 little girls were killed.

That church is at 16th Street and 4th Avenue North. My father's office was on 17th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Birmingham-Southern's campus was about 3 miles west of downtown Birmingham. The civil rights marches and protests with Bull Connor leading the police charge with hoses and dogs ensued.

That we have reached this day is beyond comprehension knowing what I grew up with. Thank whatever God you may believe in that the United States is able to rise above its past and change.

 

[FWAAA]

Amen.

Regardless of one's politics, it is a beautiful day in America.

 

[restore03]

Today is a new day for both America and the World. Time will be the judge as to whether success or failure began today!

 

[Cosworth]

Good luck too him, he sure as hell will need all he can get. Personally I don't have a good feeling about the whole situation. Something about the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

I believe Obama has a lot of good ideas, but I suspect this nation is not ready for them.

 

[delldude]

Good luck too him, he sure as hell will need all he can get. Personally I don't have a good feeling about the whole situation. Something about the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

I believe Obama has a lot of good ideas, but I suspect this nation is not ready for them.

Wow Cos.........we're on the same page for the most part.

I'm getting a warm and fuzzy feeling all of a sudden.....

 

[Cosworth]

I must admit that the whole ordeal was fascinating to watch. ABC reported that there was an est 1.4 million people just on the mall to be part of the inauguration. That does not include all the people on the parade route, the bridges, streets and who knows where else. History did happen today. Pretty damn neat if you ask me.

I realize that part of the draw is the fact that he is the first minority to be elected to the office of POTUS. There seems to be something more when you look at all the people. Seems that people have placed a whole lot of hope on this one man. They really want him to succeed and to change the way things are done. Ihope he able to do some of what he plans.

I also hope he survives his term. I shudder to think what will happen to this country should something happen to him. I suspect that if a mouse farts with in 10 miles of Obama, the SS will know about it.

Party is over, it's time to get to work people.

 

[southwind]

While it is indeed a proud day for all Americans, showing that we have come a long ways concerning racism, can just one person tell me what in the hell the banner, stretched across a building , stating " Thank You Mr. President " is suppose to mean ? :blink: Is it part of the "American Idol Mentality" that has swept the nation ? :unsure: It was viewed on television while Obama and his wife were walking down the street !

And I'll next months pay-check, it wasn't put there for Bush !

 

[Cosworth]

Yes it was.

"Welcome Mr. President" was for Obama and "Thank you Mr. President" was for Bush. That is how it was intended and that is how it was read by most. Your paranoia is just getting in the way of logical thinking.

 

[southwind]

Yes it was.

"Welcome Mr. President" was for Obama and "Thank you Mr. President" was for Bush. That is how it was intended and that is how it was read by most. Your paranoia is just getting in the way of logical thinking.

No paranoia involved here. I just know how the Annointed One's flock, fawn, pass out and fall over one another.

And in all actually I'm wishing him the best of luck, because for the next four years..............we're stuck with him ! :blink:

 

[tech2101]

While it is indeed a proud day for all Americans, showing that we have come a long ways concerning racism, can just one person tell me what in the hell the banner, stretched across a building , stating " Thank You Mr. President " is suppose to mean ? :blink: Is it part of the "American Idol Mentality" that has swept the nation ? :unsure: It was viewed on television while Obama and his wife were walking down the street !

And I'll next months pay-check, it wasn't put there for Bush !

Are you really that dense?

Please tell me that post is a joke...

And you work on airplanes.

 

[delldude]

I just want to know where do I send my mortgage payment and who's giving out the gas cards?

 

[Cosworth]

No paranoia involved here. I just know how the Annointed One's flock, fawn, pass out and fall over one another.

And in all actually I'm wishing him the best of luck, because for the next four years..............we're stuck with him ! :blink:

Where did you read that it was Obama supporters who put the signs up? Or is this just another item you pulled out of that vast area of BS on your hind side?

 

[Cosworth]

Sorry I just don't get the whole "Black" thing!


What does any of this have to do with his skin color?

No, it seems you do not get it. I suspect you do not get the Jewish thing, the Native American thing, the Mexican thing or any of the other things either. This fictitious guy did not get it either until they came for him .... then he got it.

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.


Not a damn thing. They are two separate issues. One has to due with race issues that have been largely ignored in this country and the second has to do with national/international policy.

 

[delldude]

One has to due with race issues that have been largely ignored in this country and the second has to do with national/international policy.

This may be your finest hour....

Don't know about you Dude....but I grew up in an era where Negroes had separate seating in restaurants and buses and all sorts of other things in our everyday life.It was total bullcrap.
I saw first hand their marches,demonstrations,beatings and murders and the like during the sixties.I never agreed with the White man and his prejudices....his segregated rules.I grew up watching 'Blacks' take back what was taken away from them for generations.I saw the law changed...attitudes changed...lives changed.
Unless you were born in the mid seventies...I can not see how you can say these race issues are largely ignored in this country.

 

[Cosworth]

That is not he race issue I am saying is being ignored. I am speaking of the after math. A lot in this country seem to think once civil rights were granted back in the 60's that fixed everything. I do not believe it did. Yes we now have a minority president. Yes that is a huge step. However that does not man that race relations in this country are a non-issue. I suspect that had Obama had 'dark' skin he would not have been elected. The fact that his middle name is Hussien was a huge issue. It was only a name. Meaningless. And yet it was being used by the opposition to try and derail his election.

Just because we have a minority president does not mean that minorities are still not getting turned down for loans where there white counter parts are not. It does not mean that minorities are still not being being turned away for homes, apartments, jobs, and other opportunities. Yes this country has come along way but we are not done yet. It's like the war was fought but no one bothered to clean up the mess.

Look at Congress, are minorities or women for that matter represented according to their numbers in society? How about at the executive level in corporations? Are inner city schools the same quality as those in Beverly Hills or Bell Air? I have a neighbor who has a restored Mustang. I saw him the other day and he was debating whether or not to take it out. He had one brake light that was out and a back up light that was out. He decided against it because he did not want to get pulled over. He said it happened quite a bit even when the car had no issues. He is clean cut, slender and dresses like a professional. I never would have thought twie about taking the car out in that condition.

We still have issues to deal with and neither side wants to be honest or realistic about what needs to be done.