what a week...

What a week...

1. There is a saying that great Presidents were born, not made. I truly believe that we are finally going to have a great president. Brack is already changing the old ways of Washington my limiting the number of lobbysists and saying that he will not support the funding of them. While history was already made Tuesday electing the first black president, it is the history that has yet to be created that will truly put in the same category and on the same level as John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt and Mr. Lincoln himself.

2. To top off a new president for a new America, the Oregon State Men's Basketball whom is coached by Michele's brother had a huge upset win against top 25 and tied for first in the Pac 10 California. Talk about a good week for Coach Craig Robinson, you just saw your brother-in-law get sworned in to take the reigns of the highest office in the land and you had the unique and amazing pleasure to sleep in the Lincoln Room of the White House to lastly getting your second Pac 10 win of the season against top-ranked Cal in Berkely and coming-from-behind. Dang, what a week!

3. I am back in the Northwest again and it feels so wonderful! I have been trying to get back to Oregon (Corvallis) now for ages and it finally worked out to be this weekend. I have missed the smell and sight of fresh, large trees that heavily populate Oregon. I have missed the tasty, and regularly alcohol beer from local brewerys all around Oregon and lastly I just missed my friends like Kayleen, Elan, Pete, Ryan, Matt, Janelle, Janele, Megan and Andrea. It is so nice to be able to see them again. I have also throughly enjoyed being able to walk everywhere versus drive. What a nice change, and a needed one at that!

Well I am going to soke up more tree smellings, walks, fresh and local beer, and quality people and submerge myself until I cannot breathe anymore! Till next time; peace, love and pancakes!

What would Dr. Martin Luther King JR think?

    On the eve of Obamanation starting up officially and on the day of one of the greatest heroes in American history it made me wonder what would Dr. King be thinking if he was still alive?        For one, I bet he would be smiling and feeling proud to know that we have taken a big stride with electing Barack Obama. While he would be zealous, I think he would also remind us that we still have more bridges to unite.  There is still hate, prejudices, racism, sexism, class conflicts and judgments. It is a proven fact that women are still making less money than men are in the workroom. We need to remember that women in other countries can drive, but they cannot work. We should base our salaries, and our positions in the workplace based on experience, volunteer work, and creativity. We should base our salaries on how hard we work versus our looks or wealth.  It is proven that we have erased our middle class in this country and that the wealthy own much of the power. Where has the middle class gone? We all still want to live the American dream, but without a middle class that dream is more of stretch to reach.  It is proven that organizations like the KKK exists and still preach and act on hate.  It is proven that homophobia exists and often leads to hate crimes against the queer. My brother was a victim of hate crime just before the passage of Proposition 8.  It is proven that we discriminate against people of Islamic beliefs and we associate them to be terrorists. While Dr. King preached about ending all of this, it still exists in our society today.  We need to realize this and make sure that we are doing everything that we can to reverse these proven facts.  It is 2009, and we still have major issues concerning equality and love for everyone. 

  Dr. King would have been 70-years-old today and while he would be rejoicing the day that President-elect Obama would be become President Obama; he would still strive for us to demand and work towards equality for all.  Electing President Obama will help us to continue to move forward and get closer to that ultimate goal of complete equality for all regardless of race, sex, gender, ethnicity, age and whatever else exists. Tomorrow is not only a historic day, but a day in which we can realize just how far we have come since 1968, and how far we still should go! 

   January 20, 2009 will be a day that no American should ever forget.  Without Dr. King, Rosa Parks and others we would not be witnessing this historic, zealous, and hopeful day.  Dr. King is looking down at all of from heaven and smiling knowing that the first African-American President is going to be sworn in to become the 44th United States of America President. 

Obama had a dream, and his dream is about to come true tomorrow!

    To end this entry a phrase that united our country and helped Obama win the White House,  "YES WE CAN!"