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i feel as though, if i lived in a different state i would not have to defend the way i feel about our president-elect this morning. talk radio in tennessee is something that i have learned to ignore during my afternoon coffee at the fear of becoming annoyed to the point of anger. there is a lot of talk about the young vote and how "we" do not know what we are doing, we do not realize the consequences of our actions and how a vote for obama is not just a "cool" thing to do and we do not realize the impact.

let me breathe and say . . it amazes me how the adults in our communities, the very people who taught us as children- to dream . . . that we can become anything we want . . . and there is no difference in black and white . . . are now the very people who are questioning the intelligence of the youth they raised.

looking back at the presidents that i remember growing up in my twenty three years, i can only recall three that stayed present in my memory. Bill Clinton, George Bush and John F. Kennedy. The first two because I have actually been alive for their terms, but the later because his memory has never faded, his impact has never died. and often times as a child when I heard of his legacy, I wondered what it would be like to be alive when this country truly supported a leader.
there are only a few things that come to mind that I even remember of Clinton and Bush before I was of age to vote. That being one of them caused a large scandal and evidently had a weight problem and the other lied to us and brought us into a war to show how powerful he is . . . and still they wonder why the youth vote was never motivated or excited about its government?? really?? i am aware that both clinton and bush did do a good thing or two for our government, but when society spends more time focusing on the negative politics they bring into office instead of the good they brought about, something is wrong.

and so i suppose, after 23 years,
i never knew i could feel proud to be an american.
i'm happy and a little nervous that we now have a new president-elect, barack obama. however i hope that people do not wake up today thinking that the whole world is on their side and everything is going to be easy now.
because NOW- is when the real work begins.
and for every person who voted for this change, and hoped for it, it is now time to live for it.
one man did not do this alone and one man CANNOT do this alone.
if you have a dream in the world you believe in, then the time has come to do your part in making it come true.
for this, i am truly excited.
but do not sit back and watch for another four years and then wonder why the world isn't changing like you had hoped.
hope is a feeling & we now need action.

.thanks.