What a day this has been!!! I have been literally glued to the television since 6:30 this morning. I cancelled my classes exam they were scheduled to take today and instead we watched history unfold before our very eyes. I have tried my best all day to impart to the future generation the importance of today. Not just an African American elected to the presidency but the democratic transition of power. No where else on earth is power transferred as it is in the United States of America. The whole world is watching today. Along the Gaza strip there is no fighting (for today) in honor of what is taking place here in America. Nobody does it like us. That is why people all across the world are so interested. A peaceful transition of power. No bullets. No chaos. No coup d'etat. No bitterness from the power that is leaving. A coming together of people from different walks of life, different beliefs, different ethnicities, different socio-economic backgrounds and different politics. What a sight. Unity. Democracy. Freedom. Every time a new president takes office, the American people demonstrate the one thing that makes us so different from other countries..we lay aside our differences and our politics to embrace a new leader. We hope that he or she (someday) will be successful. What a testimony to our forefathers and the foundations upon which this country was built. There are many wrongs in our country but on this we get it right. And even with the troubles that plague us....I wouldn't live anywhere else. After all, there is no place else on earth like us. God Bless America and God Bless our new leader President Obama.
Amen!
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