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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 6:47 am
Yeah I'm not sure I can watch the movie.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 10:29 am
I am with Mocha, I will cry so I don't know if I can watch it.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:13 pm
November 4, 2008 - America elects Barack Hussein Obama as President
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:23 pm
 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:25 pm
I'm so glad. Ladytex, I was reading what you wrote about the water fountain in the election thread and I cannot even imagine. It makes me so sad. I'm so glad that things have changed for the better.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:35 pm
A truly great moment that we will all remember for the rest of our lives. I find it wonderful myself but I can only imagine how special this is for you.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:38 pm
I'm Proud to be alive during this historical event. It has been long over due.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:48 pm
Wow. Just wow.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 11:10 pm
There's been so many amazing things written in this thread, but that, Lady, is probably the best.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 11:13 pm
What Wargod said. 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 12:18 am
Amen, LadyT!
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 2:16 am
can't even fall asleep .. this is just way too exciting. I am speechless. and so proud of my country.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 8:27 am
"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America -- I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you -- we as a people will get there,"
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 8:38 am
And a sistah is 1st Lady!!!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 8:45 am
Mocha, your 6:56 am post just made me cry all over again. I may not be a sistah, but I am so very proud of this man and what he has accomplished. And what our future holds. Dang, the future's so bright, I really do gotta wear shades! 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 8:46 am

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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 8:51 am

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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 9:15 am

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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 9:15 am
Snippets from an article... "This vote is the answer to the prayers of slaves who died on the middle passage," said Bethel AME's pastor, the Rev. Frank M. Reid III. "It's about a new era in our struggle. ... We need to take responsibility for our future." <snip> "It's not about the fact that he's black. When you feel the spirit of God working through people, it's different than a man working on his own. I could see that spirit. It was not just a matter of black and white." http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-te.race05nov05,0,545232.story
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 9:40 am
Still I Rise You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Weakened by my soulful cries. Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard 'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own back yard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise. Maya Angelou
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 9:42 am
A little bit of MLK's dream come true. It's a start.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 9:43 am
OK I gotta stay outta this thread. Y'all are just making me cry like a baby!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 9:45 am
<passing the tissues>
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 9:48 am
Hey, I even got all forklempt last night during his speech. This is truly a historic, proud time in our country.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 9:52 am
We need an African American smiley! I tried to make one, but I am not on my Mac and I am not having any luck.
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