Originally Posted by TotallyWicked (Post 1740799)

i'm spreading this like wildfire..we got down to this tune in celebration of this historical moment..don't front like you don't like it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiUxCfh6DMU

Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva (Post 1740732)

At first, I didn't like Michelle's dress, but after a while, it grew on me. She had on a shrug/bolero and that took away from the dress. Without it, the dress was actually nice. I guess it comes down to particular taste.

Originally Posted by deepimpact2 (Post 1740952)

Hmm I must be the only one in the world who hates this song. :D

I concur with those who thought my Soror's dress was not that attractive. I can definitely say that I've seen her in much nicer clothes.

I confess I was a little ignorant today. Not over the top, but I definitely was giving certain people the aha look. If you had walked into my law class today, judging from the expression on some of the faces, you would have thought that someone had died. It was ridiculous. One of them even rolled her eyes and declared, "MY hope is in God. This country is really going to be in for a mess." I said, "honey, my hope was in God too...that's why Obama is our next president."

Originally Posted by darling1 (Post 1740438)

So how many of us will be in DC Jan 09. I will be there with bells on !!!!!!!

To see Jesse in tears, to see young black men at Spelman cheering. It's too much!!

Originally Posted by deepimpact2 (Post 1740952)

Hmm I must be the only one in the world who hates this song. :D

I concur with those who thought my Soror's dress was not that attractive. I can definitely say that I've seen her in much nicer clothes.

I confess I was a little ignorant today. Not over the top, but I definitely was giving certain people the aha look. If you had walked into my law class today, judging from the expression on some of the faces, you would have thought that someone had died. It was ridiculous. One of them even rolled her eyes and declared, "MY hope is in God. This country is really going to be in for a mess." I said, "honey, my hope was in God too...that's why Obama is our next president."

Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974 (Post 1741094)

Seriously, SOME people are really killing me with their reactions. :rolleyes: But I'm glad though. :) I know these reactions are because they perceive this as a threat to their "white privilege" (which many deny that doesn't exist) but I know better.

It's all fun and games until someone loses an....election! :D

Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst (Post 1739784)

I am in favor of state control, because even under state control I am guaranteed my basic rights, freedoms, and liberties as I would under the federal government. The states simply have the right to exercise general powers (with several exceptions), whereas the federal government only had limited powers, again reserved only to what was enumerated in the Constitution.

As far as the basis of my understanding of the Constitution and whether it is a personal understanding of the document, I'm not sure where you're coming from. My basis of understanding as opposed to what other basis?



Again, it is as a means of checks and balances to prevent any possible abuse of legislative power while preserving the rights of the people and of the states.



I hope this sums up your post in a nutshell, but as previously mentioned, the states have general powers, while the federal government have limited powers. However, our Constitution includes stopgaps to prevent the state government from overstepping its bounds and arbitraily infringing on the rights of the people. Essentially, what the federal government is doing (exercising general powers) is actually what the state governments should be doing, but not to the point of infringing on our civil liberties, which is what the federal government is doing.

So this issue is all a matter of recognition and respect of our basic human rights through the freedoms and liberties we exercise as allowed by our United States Constitution, the balancing of power between federal and state to preserve such rights and freedoms, and the enforcement of the Constitution to prevent infringement of such rights.

In 2008 the Constitution has been largely disregarded and/or manipulated to serve the federal government's own selfish ends, hence the numerous dilemmas our country is in today. My vote for Ron Paul served as an appeal for someone to actively (not passively or flippantly) restore our government to follow the laws as enumerated in our Constitution. I can say in all but absolute certainty that Obama and McCain has not addressed this core issue to a lot of America's problems at all.

And THAT is my primary point of contention.



You're quite welcome.

KAP

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest (Post 1741405)

I know what you mean. I work in a big corporate office and until Nov. 5th, all anyone could talk about was the election. I walked in on Nov. 5th and it was the day after the O.J. trial all over again. Nothing but silence except for lots of whispering and side conversations going on. Some people who usually speak to me weren't speaking. It was ridiculous!!! A Black colleague of mine even told me she heard racial slurs in her department and I heard someone speak of assassination and then laugh. Even though they didn't vote for Obama (obviously), they could still be proud of how far the country has come. Sometimes I think that there are some people (maybe many) that could care less how far the country has come. If it were up to them, we might still be picking cotton...:eek:.

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest (Post 1741384)

Did I miss something? Has Michelle Obama taken the oath? If so, congrats! If not...:eek:

Originally Posted by SummerChild (Post 1741429)

I agree with the picking cotton statement. When I walked into my firm on Wednesday, I could hear a pin drop all day long. I thought it was hilarious. I laughed and cried all day long. I even had the pleasure of going into one of the partner's offices to ask him about one of the cases. He didn't want to talk about the case ... or anything else at that moment in time - clearly, he hadn't voted for President-Elect Obama. I could barely keep myself from smirking ... esp b/c he knows that he was my professor and I'm a supporter. LOLOLOLOL.

It's really a shame though, when you think about just how small-minded some people are and how there is a cloud of elitism in this country for some. It is almost as if "how dare he beat one of us." It's ridiculous. The United States really needs to realize that it is one of the FEW countries in the world that maintain racism to the level that we do. The other countries in the world had backed President-Elect Obama MONTHS ago ... and was wondering what OUR problem was - why the race was STILL so close. Tsk, tsk. GET.OVER.YOURSELVES. And they call themselves Americans. Tsk, tsk.

I am proud, however, that CLEARLY he amassed votes of people of all races, religions and creeds in order to whip Mr. McCain like he did. Obviously, America has grown SOME.

I gotta book me a hotel room in D.C. before the prices shoot up.

ETA:
Is anyone thinking about going to the swearing in, an inaugural ball or the inaugural parade? Does anyone know if the websites selling tix are legit?

SC

Originally Posted by TonyB06 (Post 1741639)

Still, none of us should be naive enough to assume that the problems which have plagued the nation since its founding are gone because of one election.

Originally Posted by deepimpact2 (Post 1741709)

As for the websites selling tickets, some Sorors sent out an email saying that the sites are NOT legit. The only way to get legitimate tickets is through your congressional representative.