Are we there yet?

for ideas flourish in the new

      were dreams

                           and grew

for  the  old  come  the  new 

President Bush was attacked today with shoes. 

Puts a whole new meaning on "Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made? Algernon Sydney

According to CNN.com a local election board denied Democrat Al Franken’s request to include 12,000 ballots thrown out on election day.

With only 80 percent of the revote already taken place, and 5,000 or more ballots being challenged on both sides the recount can take a few more weeks to complete.

The candidates on the ballot are Democrat Jim Martin and Republican Saxby Chambliss.

According to CNN.com 53% of voters in November’s election were women and out of those women 56% voted for Barack Obama, 43% for McCain, and 1% other. Out of the overall 47% of men voters 49% of them went for Obama, 48% for McCain, and 3% for other.

I woke up today not realizing the massive loss we all feel. I asked myself what happened today 40 years ago, I was off by 5 years. I could not imagine the loss of my President. It would be too hard to snap back from.

The ACLU of Illinois is standing up for fairness in the Land of Lincoln
Goals: ILLINOIS FREEDOM AGENDA

“As President, I will close Guantánamo, reject the Military Commissions Act, and adhere to the Geneva Conventions”
– Barack Obama, 8/1/07

With the first multi-racial President comes the history of race in America. Missouri was originally a slave state when it was admitted in the United States in 1821.