Congratulations USA!

[Guitartists]

I have thought and wondered of that often.

 

[Backyard Buddies]

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Wow, I'm Canadian and I don't think I'm related to that many of them!

You might be. Heck, you might be related to me. ha ha. My grandmother was born in Canada. Her mom was one of 7 kids and other than my g-grandmother and her sister, the rest of them had a boat load of kids. I have the family tree to prove it!

 

[CrowinKing]

This yr was the first time I ever voted! It was interesting!

 

[adoptedbyachicken]

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Wow, I'm Canadian and I don't think I'm related to that many of them!

You might be. Heck, you might be related to me. ha ha. My grandmother was born in Canada. Her mom was one of 7 kids and other than my g-grandmother and her sister, the rest of them had a boat load of kids. I have the family tree to prove it!

All my Grandparents are English imports, so just 2 generations here.

 

[Backyard Buddies]

It is Timmo. As a lover and studier of history, that hasn't been lost on me either. This stunning loss for the Republican party already has them discussing ways that they need to reform to better address the wishes of the American people. Don't count the Republican party out. I have no doubts that what will arise from this will be a better party in the future. (BTW, I'm an independent, so I wish them all well.)

 

[mom'sfolly]

I'm pleased with the number of people who voted.
Obama, for me, will be the first president that I have anything in common with as a person in terms of where he is in his life. He is the first post-baby-boom president, he is my age, and has children the age of my children. I can relate to him. I think people in my age group and younger have a different world view than people who are well within the boomer generation or older. I know that people 20 years younger than me also have a different mindset having grown up with personal computers, cell phones, video games at home, having parents who grew up in the sixties and seventies.

If any "ism" affected my vote, it was age-ism. McCain is the age of my parents and parents-in-law, and they are old in many, many ways. But that was of minor concern, I voted my conscience.

I was also opposed the Hillary Clinton simply because for the last twenty years we have had two families in the White House, and I didn't think we needed to make it 24 years with two families. There was a reason the founding fathers had a four year term, to limit the power of one person or family. George Washington was offered a throne, and he refused it.

Long and rambling, sorry.....but this is the forum for that.

 

[jnjross]

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Ummm...That's Abraham Lincoln. First inaugural address. Definitely not any German politician of any kind at all. Just sayin', before you make any assertions or repeat any rumors, I believe it was St. Augustine who said in his Literal Interpretation of Genesis that it was important not to repeat or preach things which can, by simple observation, be known by any common person as plainly false, lest one's entire socioeconomic group be thought fools.

Ouch.

yes but you can clearly see i corrected 2 mintue before they post sooo they tryed really hard to make at smarty pants jab.. but i made the correction and admitted my wrong, someone well

 

[dangerouschicken]

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I don't post very often but I would really like to address this post. I think that it is wonderful that young people have been so interested in the election this year. We really needed something to stir people up and encourage them to become involved and engaged in the election/political process. I also must say that I believe that the younger generation is moving in the right direction as far as being more tolerant of people who are different from themselves.

For myself and other African-Americans, the election was not just an election of an African American president, but was an affirmation and a confirmation of something that we have been telling our children for all of the years since Martin Luther King's passing: That our children really CAN grow up to be ANYTHING that they want to be. That society will accept them in any role, even that of the president.

Although we have been telling our children this for years, I don't think that any of us fully believed it, because there is such a thing as racism in America. Now, we are actually hopeful that some of the racial issues in America will be dealt with (on both sides) and that positive changes will come about as a result. I am a believer of the power of diversity of all kinds. Different people bring differing views and more creative solutions to the problems that must be solved.

I am not so much proud of Obama's ethnicity, but proud of the fact that a lot of Americans were willing to come together and vote for a candidate despite his ethnicity. We always celebrate firsts in America. First man, first woman, first naturalized citizen, etc... to be elected. This is just another first for our country. Once Obama is inaugurated, the real work will begin and much of the racial hype will go away. But for right now...we (African Americans) are still celebrating a first that many of us thought we would never see. This party is open to anyone who wants to join in regardless of race, creed and color. In fact, the party only gets better when others join in!

Great post

I have three bi-racial African-American daughters, and I kept telling them, between tears last night, that they CAN do whatever they dream to do, and that Barack Obama was proof of that. They already love Obama. To see everyone cheering for him on TV, they were super excited for him (and his family).

I'm thrilled of the outcome of the election, and thrilled so many people got out and voted. I knew America had it in us to really believe our votes DO matter.

 

[Black Feather]

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Good for you!

*Yawn* Ok, time for me to put my chooks and myself to bed...I was up WAYYY too late last night.

Be nice and don't feed the trolls so I can come back in the morning and continue the conversation. I've actually learned quite a bit from some of the interesting history tidbits

Urban Coyote

P.S: Maybe a Mille Fleur and a Mottled Cochin would be better White House chooks....

 

[gamebirdsonly]

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I would have to disagree. I will leave it at that so the thread doesn't get shut down.