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There is an old song with the line, "Let's get it all out in the open." I keep hearing Bobby Blue Bland, but it could be Johnny Taylor. Any of ya'll know? Anyway,...I've gone from troubled to angry and just a little bit skeered ya'll. Can somebody please clarify for me just who the... we have become? Not just as black folks but as human beings. Just who was it, which god, that delivered the call to manifest hate, inequity and hypocrisy?

 

Ya'll do me a favor? If you have a mirror handy, please go get it. I want to ask you a couple of questions, and I want you to be able to look into your

I have to admit something here.  Yes, I voted for Barack Obama and yes I fully believe in his ability to lead this country.  Further prior to election day I believed Barack Obama would win fair and square.  However, I didn't believe that today we'd be celebrating this historic, monumental victory.  To be honest, I was prepared for an even bigger fight.  I thought today and the next few days would be spent recounting votes, investigating fraudulent voting activities on and on and on...

Ultimately I believed in President-elect Obama, but I had no faith whatsoever in this country. None. Even as I

  Everywhere we look, there are long lines of voters participating in this historic election. People are waiting 2, 3, ,4 and sometimes up to 6 hours.  That is a long time to stand around without a plan.  I received this helpful advice from Colorofchange.org that will help you to be prepared when you go to vote.  This election is too important to let anything turn you around.  Here are a few things to keep in mind to make sure you successfully cast your vote, and to help others do the same.

Be Prepared, and Conquer the Lines.

We can't let long lines stop anyone from voting. There are several

We are all focused on the Presidential contest involving Barack Obama and John McCain.  Often, people ask "What's in it for me?"

Beyond the major policy positions on taxes, healthcare, social security, national defense, and education, the outcomes starts to become fuzzy for most voters.  It is difficult to articulate how a victory for Barack Obama will translate into a specific benefit for an individual voter.  For those going to the polls, we have to look beyond the top of the ticket and focus on those elections that represent our local interests. The Senate and House of Representatives

Very much like Usain Bolt, who broke two world recods at the recent Olympics, we must run all the way to the finish line to ecure this victory for Barack Obama.  Unlike the primaries, where there were many contests to build a commanding lead, this comes down to one race to the finish -- Winner take all. 

I went to the Obama Campaign Office today and volunteered to help get out the vote in Columbus, Ohio. 

I committed to make phone calls to people in this urban community, even though I live in a suburban community.  I joined others who are making hundreds of phone calls to encourage people to

My wife and I have been engaged in the Obama Campaign since early in the Primaries.  We have canvassed out neighborhood, we have made phone calls, we have hosted parties, we have volunteered at rallies.  One of the things that has characterized the effort of supporters of this movement is a single-minded commitment to leave no stone unturned, because no one wants to ask tomorrow, the day after the election --  "What more could we have done?"

Without this fully committed effort, there is no way a young, first term Senator from llinois could achieve the improbable -- to win the Democratc Party

In a CNN Commentary, Roland Martin puts race, age, and gender on the table.  We identified race as the "elephant in the room" in a previous blog.  With these observations, Martin lays out the full spctrum of biases tht might affect how we vote.

It's wonderful to talk about the economy, immigration, the war in Iraq, health care and education, but we can't be naïve to the reality that when voters go into that voting booth, they will, as one person told me during an interview, "vote with their tribe."

We are seeing remarkable bias playing strongly in this election. Exit-polling data in the