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I don't know what to say, my thoughts and feelings are racing through my endocrine and nervous system like a herd of Wildebeest escaping the grasp of a starving lion. The dust hasn't settled yet, but I maintain my optimism for peace, unity, and a new era in thought throughout our nation. It's true, I'm extremely elated that an African-American (one generation removed from Africa) has proven MLK's words "I have a dream that my children will not be judged by the color of their skin, but will one day be judged by the content of their character.", to be true. Alas, I do not agree that the most important racial point about President Obama is the fact that he is black...it is the fact that he is a mixture of black and white, that his milestone carries the ultimate proof that all colors are biologically compatible....thus making us ONE. In a world when I was called a nigger as a child...and heard those like me maliciously called niggers as soon as Nov. 1st at a bar in Arlington, TX, it brings a peace in my heart to know that there are a majority of Americans that think beyond those filters. In a world when I was not allowed to be around when a girlfriend's parents were around because I was the color of a pinto bean, lol.

In a country where anti-miscegenation laws were deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court when President Obama was 6 and my mother was 17...both products of miscegenation.

In a city where I was asked if I was a blood or a crip by police as a teenager on multiple occasions, based solely on the color of my skin....(I know, laughable isn't it?)

We have finally proven that character is more than pigmented reflections of the light spectrum.

Beyond the obvious, I honestly feel that American foreign and domestic policy will change for the better. I'm looking forward to the expanding of the Federal Employee Health care Benefits program to all those who cannot get health care from their employer. I'm saying this as a current government employee that worked his first year helping disaster victims without the possibility of affordable health care and racked up over $3,000.00 in medical debt as a result (temporary employee).

I'm looking forward to a leader who understands that Bin Laden is not in Iraq...and that our current doctrine of conjuring fear, preemptive strikes, civil rights infringement, and genocide ignoring is the wrong path for a nation that is based on liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness.

I'm relieved that we have a leader with no ties to the fossil fuel industry and realizes that our grandchildren and great grandchildren need a better alternative.

I'm looking forward to observing a leader ignite the world again.

I pray that we can all work together to make things right. I pray that our opponents can shed the shackles of hate, misunderstanding and spin that has driven them throughout this election period.

I pray that I can not only live up to the example set by President Obama, but that I can live up to the expectations of my great-grandfather, who posed as a white man to complete his Doctorate in medicine, my grand fathers who worked blue collars jobs and fought for our country but could not vote or eat in the presence of the majority, my father who fought for this country and has dedicated his life for the betterment for those who have not and have less, and my mother whose optimism was dashed by an adolescence of prejudice for her skin being to dark.

I urge all to seriously consider community service again, whether it be through organizations...stamping out hatred....or by simply reaching out a helping hand to a neighbor.

I think I've said enough now, honestly I'm tired. I will amend as thoughts proliferate.

*Nov.4th....written the night we made history...never amended it....just let it marinate with what I was feeling at the time.*

"The genious of our country is our ability to change."

-Sen. Barack Obama, President-Elect