Mr. Bush No Longer Lives Here!!!

One sunny day in January, 2009 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, 'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.'

The Marine looked at the man and said, 'Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here.' The old man said, 'Okay', and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, 'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.'

The Marine again told the man, 'Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here.' The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U.S. Marine, saying 'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.'

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, 'Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president, and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?'

The old man looked at the Marine and said, 'Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it.'

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, 'Sir, see you tomorrow, Sir.'

Why I Am Supporting Barack Obama

Being Black and alive to see the first man of color representing a major Party in the general election for President is incredibly amazing! That Obama has made it this far speaks volumes for the new generations of Americans who have found the formula for judging a man by the content of his character. The world is watching with great anticipation and, judging by his popularity overseas, waiting for America to execute what it has preached to others – treat all of your peoples as an intricate part of the whole.

By his accomplishments, and in comparison to his opponent in this election, Barack Obama is a heavy dude. A graduate of Harvard Law Magna cum Laude, President Harvard Law Review are credentials that cannot be ignored no matter who has those labels draped across their chest. Intelligence, resilience, patience, and humbleness are all characteristics of this man. He has a commitment to family values; he is a willing listener; he practices diplomacy at every turn, all traits that leaders exude under pressure. His confidence is refreshing and an assurance that he is balanced and within himself at all times. His presence gives me reason to tear up every time that I hear him orate.

Charisma is the chief commodity of all great leaders. Kennedy had it. Reagan had it. Clinton had it. It is certainly too early to rank Barack Obama in comparison to these great leaders, but he shows all of the hallmarks of being just as great. He is a rock star, having brought all kinds of people out of the woodwork and into the sunlight in support of his campaign. He has people doing things that they never did before in support of any candidate, let alone his candidacy – remarkable, in and of itself!

Now that I have told you how he makes me feel, please allow me to tell you why I feel he is the right man for America here and now.

I have been waiting for the one person that would be a President for the people. I wanted to, for once time in my life; see what a President that put America first could do to make the lives of all Americans better than ever before. How do I know that Barack Obama is that man, will be that President America needs - I feel it with all of my heart?

If I were Barack Obama, having graduated from two of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning with honors, I would be selfishly making all the money that I could make. I am sorry, but I would have put my financial well-being first. Barack Obama turned away from six figure salaries and his pick of the best firms on Wall Street and big industry. He could have clerked for whomever he wished to clerk for; instead, he took a job as a community organizer at ten thousand dollars a year – one sixtieth of what he could have commanded by working in his field.

What does that tell me about Obama, the man? It tells that he is not driven by money. It tells me that he is a willing servant to the people that need his services. It tells me that he is willing to remain a servant to the poor, the needy, those wanting to be free of the constraints that poverty imposes on us. The ability to bring strong guidance to the table in support of the welfare of others while experiencing personal sacrifice is a sign of commitment to others on a grand scale. If he did it for the people of Chicago, he can and will do it for all of America.

I believe in Barack Obama. I believe that he will find a way to bring a better lifestyle to all of America. I believe that he will expand his philosophy of leadership to the world stage in pursuit of peace for the entire civilized world. I believe in the change that is represented by and in the person of Barack Obama. May God bless America by giving her the leader that she needs in these trying times?

Who is the Republican Presidential Nominee...

Who is the Republican nominee for President anyway? It is apparent that Sarah Palin has made ‘celebrity status’ with her nomination to the Republican Party ticket as their Vice-Presidential selection. That is all good, but she is not the one that will be leading this country in the unlikely event that the Republicans win the White House for a third time, or will she?

I think that it is perfectly within the rights of the media to investigate Sarah Palin; after all, she is an unknown and will be sitting in the co-pilot’s seat next in line to be the President should McCain win. The first order of business of the next President is to attempt to bring this nation back from the brink of the abyss. To say that we are in deep trouble economically is an understatement. We have lost credibility world-wide with the Bush Doctrine. Given the present state of our Armed Services, we probably are closer to being vulnerable to attack by another country now more than ever before. Our troops are battle tested, but fatigue has begun to set in within the ranks and with the equipment that they are using in a state of disrepair.

Banking institution after banking institution is failing causing intelligent individuals to wonder if we have not reached a situation similar to the one that preceded the crash of the Stock Market and Financial foundations that have been directly influenced by the Bush-McCain economics. The Bush Domestic Doctrine has been a totally failure and rivals his ‘Bush Doctrine’ for interfacing with the rest of the world for worst thought processes ever to be put forward by the President of the United States.

Who, in their right mind, would want to grant the Republican Party yet another opportunity to correct what is wrong with the country by applying the same thought processes for four more years. What is wrong with this picture is what most of America should be asking itself. The good people of Ohio, bless their hearts, are having a hard time trying to figure out whether they should vote against a Party that took their jobs and sent them overseas. I don’t believe that anybody is that insensitive as to what is an obvious truth – Ohioans, you have no jobs and the present administration has no answer as to how you will ever get jobs in the near future. If you, Ohioans, can’t think with your heads; think with your stomachs – no jobs, no food, no McCain is your mantra.

I urge the media to continue doing exactly what you are doing – bring light to a dark and scary situation – Sarah Palin, President of the United States as a result of the unthinkable happening to Senator McCain were he to become President of these United States. I beg of the Obama campaign to remain focused on what the true goal of this campaign is – educating the voters about the Democratic nominee’s solutions to the problems that confront the next President of these United States.