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I envy the celebrations baseball players have over a walk-off home run or a no hitter. It would be so nice if the same happened when you met your metrics at work or completed a project.

I wish time travel was possible; I would have flown home and been in church to see my father recognized for his work in his community. He is still my hero.

When I was a child, I loved to sit and listen to my mom play the piano and sing. I'd just come into the room with a book or a pillow and lay back listening to her belt out holy tunes. Those moments make me look forward to heaven, I'm sure it's a place that is also full of song.

I gave advice to a friend; I told him, "Great risk, great reward - little risk, little reward," then I cowered at the prospect of having to follow it myself.

In 1855 Joseph Scriven penned the lyrics, "O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer." I'm finding that to be true. There is nothing worse than knowing the answer to a problem and refusing to use it. Some people call that stubbornness, rebellion, independence, a free spirit; the only word that's befitting the omission is stupidity.

One thing I admire about America is the freedom to which we can openly criticize, objectify, and lament over what we consider absurd, sophomoric, indisputable ignorant acts of the president without taking a minute to realize that he was re-elected; as bad as people feel he's been, how bad must Kerry have been not to have won?

I hate that critics say Barack will get the black vote, as if blacks will blindly vote for the only person of color on the ticket. The Rev. Al Sharpton, nor Jesse Jackson were able to make it this far in their bids. For as long as I can remember, my family had open discussions about presidential canditates, watched the debates and would sit around amongst ourselves to talk about the issues and who best represents what is important to us as individuals. I don't believe this time to be any different, and I do not speak for all Black Americans, but when the term is used it includes me. This will be an historic election for a multitude of what can be defined as firsts:
1. If McCain wins he'll be the oldest person to be elected president.
2. If Obama wins, he'll be the first African American to be elected President.
3. Should McCain win, Palin will be the first female vice president.

Personally, McCain's reluctance to generate new ideas, or probable solutions is infuriating...Senator McCain, why do you feel the bailout package failed to pass...well, thank you for asking, when I was in Vietnam...I don't believe this is a time for story telling.

What I love about politics and religion is the devotion its parishiners retain - in politics and religion, you believe that that which you believe is the absolute truth. I guess that's why opposing opinions and views are so polarizing.

I like that absolute morons have a chance to win multiple thousands of dollars by making a fool of themselves on national television. Our country is so media obsessed that I sit here judging those who purposely objectify themselves, then pass judgment on them, while they're sitting at home with a nice nest egg for a lifetime of humiliation - doesn't seem like a fair trade to me...