The President Elect
posted by EdGray4America.com at
8:40 PM
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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We who believe in freedom cannot rest.Look what we can do. Obama 08 !
Happy O night !
Obama Obama Obama!!!!
President of the United States of America NOW !
"Everyones'" new President, Obama!
Wow, Tiger Woods, The Williams sisters in tennis, Muhamed Ali, and the beat goes on ~~~ Martin, R. Parks, Astronauts, Mayors, Govenors, CEO's, only in America!
Purple Reign?
No, not Purple Rain by the musical genius Prince. We did not elect a Prince as our President although Barack Obama is a Prince of a man. America, in one defiant swipe against its past and its protocol dyed its colors and milled its most beautiful fabric to date.
And if we can capture and keep this memory, that the blending of the red and the blue create a royal and majestic purple, Americans and all of mankind can reign for generations to come. I pray that God will bless America so that it may be a blessing to the world. And if we learn from this experience our purple may reign forever!
Vincent Hall –
Mr. President Elect Obama,
You ran your campaign on fixing the economy and created jobs in the U.S. Here are my suggestions:
1) Do not fall back on the old methods of job programs and corporate welfare. Jobs will be created when there are manufacturing and construction needs in the economy and industry will train the workers they need when the economic incentive is there.
2) Place a 2-year moratorium on all H1-B visas and any guest worker programs. Let’s get our citizens to work before bringing in supposed low cost labor. The market collapse has erased many Americans retirement portfolios. Many experienced technical workers, such as programmers, machinists, engineers, etc. will need to work another five years to regain sufficient funds in there retirement accounts.
3) With the above in mind, you should pursue legislation to allow all 401-K, IRAs and other similar retirement accounts to be rolled into tax free retirement plans with no penalty.
4) Don’t give out any corporate loans or subsidies, instead, BUY STUFF. Don’t give GM a loan, buy thousands of Hybrid Tahoes and Chevy Volts. The day after you enter office, give GM a PO for a fleet of Chevy Volts and retire all the vehicles in the Government Fleet. Buy Toyota Priuses as well and vehicles like them, but stipulate that the vehicles have to be built in the U.S.
5) Increase, don’t decrease the number of F22s and F35s to be purchased so that aging planes in the Air Force and Marines can be retired.
6) Rapidly modernize the Navy.
7) Begin immediate construction of 35 Nuclear Power Plants as U.S. Gov’t Facilities. Treat these plants like many of the Dam Projects of the 1930’s especially Hoover Dam, where the government generated energy is then sold to commercial providers. This will solve the problem of over regulation of the inception of the project, and the need for industry to have the capital resources available upfront for projects of this scale.
8) Let the oil producers drill off shore and in ANWR.
9) Build high speed rail lines across the country and when complete lease the tracks to the railways. In this way the government covers the initial cost of construction of the rails, which is the huge upfront cost in high speed rail. This initial cost can be recouped over time through the leases. It will also create a long-term revenue source for the government. This will also allow the government to kill AMTRAK and get out of the passenger train business.
10) Do not attempt to save the Airline Industry. Let the dinosaurs die. The high speed rail above will solve a lot of domestic connectivity issues. The Southwest Airlines of the world will become larger regional carriers and then there will be some Trans-Continental airlines. The moneys that would go into bailing out the airlines should instead go into upgrading the aging Air Traffic control system. The one thing that can be done for the airlines is to allow them to purchase new airplanes and tax-free, (they all get around paying the tax anyway) and allowing them to expense the new planes very rapidly. The only problem with this proposal is that there is only one domestic plane manufacturer that could benefit from this. (SO WHAT?) Again, put Americans to work. While you are at it, the tax free purchase of the Aircraft should apply to any Aircraft purchased in the U.S. by anyone. This will create a huge renaissance in the U.S. Aerospace industry.
11) Finally, anyone wanting to build a manufacturing facility in the U.S. should be granted a five year tax abatement across the board on their investment. This means the building, fixtures, equipment, etc.
I believe these proposals cover all aspects of the U.S. Economy and will have a greater impact than any jobs program ever considered.
Rick Sala
Grand Prairie Texas
City Councilman
well said .....
I had great pride last night as I watched this generation’s Malcolm X/Martin Luther King rise to the highest office in the land. We no longer have to lie to our children when we say you can be anything you wish to be. We can finally point to the highest office when we need to show our children a role model outside of the home. However, it did not come without great amounts of work. I am reminded of something my grandfather told me until the day he died, “You have to work twice as hard, just to be considered equal.” Brother Obama still had to raise and spend twice as much money, obtain twice as much air-time and had to convince his own party that he was the best candidate. He did all of this with his head held high, while not lowering himself to the level of his detractors.
With that said, we must now keep the energy going. We must and shall keep our youth engaged in political discourse. We must and shall continue to keep the issues that affect our community on the frontal lobes of our senators, representatives and other elected officials. Also, we must continue to allow our own beacons of light to shine for our mentors, new faculty and staff, and for each other.
It is truly the dawn of a new day and you will still find us working the fields; however, instead of working cotton plants, we are cultivating young Black minds to grow ripe with Knowledge and Pride.
With great Blessings and Pride,
As a naturalized US citizen (Canadian origin) this has been an emotional experience for me and my family. I never realized how acrimonious and polarizing politics could be. This stuff is deeply personal as practiced in the US of A.
None of my Republican colleagues have even mentioned the President-elect to me. It’s like Tuesday never happened. These are the same people who were literally screaming at me a week ago about being a “damned socialist” (as someone who has experienced many cultures I always thought that people who made more than $250,000 would have an “attitude of gratitude” and joyously share the wealth – not so much!)
On the other hand, when I woke up on Wednesday morning my BlackBerry was full of messages from my colleagues around the world: London, Jeddah, Paris, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong, Johannesburg. I saw my family and colleagues in your pictures.
Contrary to popular legend, I do not see our new President as a messiah. I view him only as a human; however, he fills me with hope and has recaptured the idealism that defined my life since the early 60’s (I still have my JFK campaign button).
I am, of course, fully aligned with what my Republican friends have been telling me for the last eight years: “...he is our President. We must support him. It would be unpatriotic not to do so!”
I have lived to see seven Presidents. I never thought that I would see the day that a man in my own image would be leading this country. I'm proud to be an American. I wish that my dad Joe Gray and my grand parents John & Hattie Richardson and Lawrence & Selma Lane could have seen this day. Now our children can now say "I AM OBAMA" and achieve thier own dreams.
This is a beautiful reality enjoy and stay blessed!
We Must See Ourselves Differently - and Act Accordingly
Date: Friday, November 07, 2008, 3:40 pm
By: Judge Greg Mathis, Special to BlackAmericaWeb.com
The world celebrated when Senator Barack Obama ascended to the presidency of the United States, the first African-American to do so. His election not only marked a new era in American politics but also a giant leap forward for race relations. Obama, his campaign staffers and his supporters have done what many thought was impossible. Collectively, we all worked together and made history. Now it is time for us to individually do our parts to make sure we, as African-Americans, continue to progress forward.
There are certain moments in U.S. history that have signaled a positive shift in the way Americans view race and injustices. The 1955 kidnapping and murder of 14-year Emmett Till for allegedly whistling at a white woman brought to light, for many white Americans, the constant fear blacks in the South lived in. In 1965, 600 peaceful marchers were attacked by state and local police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama with billy clubs and tear gas. Television cameras captured the attacks and broadcast them to the nation. Many were horrified by what they saw and became active in the civil rights movement gained newfound support. More recently, Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath and the government’s failure to assist the people of New Orleans has renewed discussions around racial, social and economic injustice. Along the way, there have been leaders who have represented each step in America’s move toward true racial equality. President-elect Obama is that latest symbol of hope. But he needn’t stand alone.
As individuals, we have a responsibility to ourselves and our communities to guide this country in the direction of openness and fairness. For the most part, white people have, at a very basic level, done theirs. Sixty-one percent of those who voted for Obama were white. It has taken centuries, but now, finally, the majority of white people in America are comfortable with the idea of a black person leading this nation. This shows that old stereotypes are, if not erased, fading.
We can help eradicate these stereotypes by not playing into them. Young men: Put down your guns, pull up your pants, and pick up a book. Take your education seriously. Aspire to greatness. If you are a father, be responsible. Support your child financially and emotionally. Young women: Turn off the radio when a sexist and demeaning song comes on. It doesn’t matter if "the beat is hot;" you must have more respect for yourselves. If you don’t, how can others? Parents, raise your children. Don’t let the television or video games replace family time, time that can be used to guide and educate your child. Become active at their school, get to know their friends. Studies show that children with fully involved parents do better in school and are less likely to go to prison.
America is far from perfect, and Obama’s election alone won’t "cure" racial injustice. But it can change perceptions. If whites are already beginning to see us differently, it is high time we begin to see ourselves differently. And we must act accordingly.
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Judge Greg Mathis is national vice president of Rainbow PUSH and a national board member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, U.S. SENATE
Published: 11-13-08
With the election of our first African American president, Barack Obama, the United States has achieved a significant historical milestone and reaffirmed the American ideal that any individual, whatever his or her background, can ascend to the highest office in our land. That fact alone is cause for great national pride, regardless of party affiliation.
Obama ran a strong campaign, emphasizing the need for change. I share his hope that there will, indeed, be a change in the rancorous tone and partisanship that has stymied productivity in Washington for too long. The best way we can build bipartisanship is to rally around sound principles that focus on the concerns of American families.
The Culture War and Barack Obama
By Bill O'Reilly
Published: 11-10-08
The fascinating thing about Barack Obama's election is that few Americans seem to know exactly how the man is going to govern. Will he be a Nancy Pelosi enthusiast, a far-left guy? Or will he move to the center like President Clinton did? Even his devoted followers don't really know how he will initially use his power.
There's an old country saying: "You dance with the one who brung ya." Just hours after Obama's victory, the far-left MoveOn outfit issued a press release saying that during the campaign it had raised an astounding $88 million on behalf of the president-elect. The timing of MoveOn's statement was no accident: It was a subtle reminder that payback is expected.
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