tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post1000511487598555128..comments2023-09-23T04:08:41.258-05:00Comments on billieblog: A Historic DayBillie Mercerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-58559629072919282872009-01-23T08:17:00.000-06:002009-01-23T08:17:00.000-06:00I join you on the Tiger Woods thoughts.I join you on the Tiger Woods thoughts.Billie Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-12447455113052286232009-01-23T06:54:00.000-06:002009-01-23T06:54:00.000-06:00"I don´t think our racial issues are over with." T..."I don´t think our racial issues are over with." <BR/><BR/>They will never be over with. It is human nature to notice differences between us.<BR/><BR/>To Alfredo, people´s seeing the multi-racial Obama as black is the same as the old Jim Crow take on things: Even a touch of black blood makes you black. It would be nice to get away from that.<BR/><BR/>That`s one element. <BR/><BR/>Another is that it´s "cool" to be black these days. Well, unless you´re in the Klan.<BR/><BR/>But the fact is that Obama is a multi-racial man, a political Tiger Woods.<BR/><BR/>I sure hope he can be president like Tiger Woods hits that little white ball.Michael Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720359542700663699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-62096247081003617272009-01-22T14:18:00.000-06:002009-01-22T14:18:00.000-06:00Billie, I marched for civil rights in the early 19...Billie, I marched for civil rights in the early 1960s and registered black voters in the later 1960s. I have been dedicated to the promotion of equality from the time I understood that some people were considered to be less than others. <BR/><BR/>Inauguration Day 2009 and the feelings it engendered are, as you said, inexplicable in their transcendence and power.<BR/><BR/>One of my favorite quotes of this time is, "Crispus fell so Rosa could sit; Rosa sat so Martin could march; Martin marched so Obama could run; Obama ran so our children could SOAR." Amen, amen.<BR/><BR/>I watched the inaugural proceedings from earliest morning until the last of the balls. I had to keep a box of Kleenex close at hand. So many tears of joy, so many!<BR/><BR/>CristinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-68470307788812787872009-01-22T13:28:00.000-06:002009-01-22T13:28:00.000-06:00I just want to add another "Amen" to your prayer, ...I just want to add another "Amen" to your prayer, Billie.<BR/><BR/>I also have difficulty putting into words the strong emotion of watching this man take the oath of office. We are blessed that he came along... <BR/><BR/>On of my favorite images of the inauguration was seeing a middle-aged black man in the crowd, standing with his hand in a tight salute throughout Obama's entire speech. <BR/><BR/>And so, again, Amen.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409270814501963624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-11792770268144974152009-01-21T21:19:00.000-06:002009-01-21T21:19:00.000-06:00Billie, you are a true lady. Your post was gracefu...Billie, you are a true lady. Your post was gracefully said. I read many blogs and feel they are a daily friendly encounter however, today many of them wrote hateful things on their blogs. All political persuasions are not the same, too bad when politics enter an otherwise fun hobby.Ginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17488884353620091685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-68165153333749336182009-01-21T14:36:00.000-06:002009-01-21T14:36:00.000-06:00Alfredo, Well first of all he sees himself as a bl...Alfredo, Well first of all he sees himself as a black man. But secondly his skin is darker than most white men so I think he would be seen as black no matter what he says. And as far as I am concerned, who cares, white, black or brown. I'm more concerned about other attributes.Billie Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-46587694812842928902009-01-21T11:27:00.000-06:002009-01-21T11:27:00.000-06:00Well said Billie, well said......Well said Billie, well said......Howard Grillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07734927360682514496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-61155758695220703412009-01-20T17:15:00.000-06:002009-01-20T17:15:00.000-06:00AMEN, Billie.AMEN, Billie.GlorV1https://www.blogger.com/profile/06789212398770555465noreply@blogger.com