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Michelle is simply amazing, and I sincerely hope she becomes America’s First Lady. She will do us proud, and with any luck – not disappear the way Laura did for so many years.

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Thank you, Mayhill, for reporting on the interfaith conference. I wish I could have been there. For a very brief while, I was a member of Paster Daughtry’s father’s congregation. Today i am Baha’i, but I still would have loved to hear Rev. Daughtry preach.

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Too cute! I wish the video had captured the moment. Still – they are darling little girls.

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Amen to the poster asking about the whereabouts of the screaming protests about the genocide in Darfur.

Here’s a HuffPost article refuting the charges: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/04/the-next-smear-against-ob_n_116891.html

and here’s a key quote:

“One significant problem with Hudson’s logic is that it requires comparing apples to oranges. The Illinois and federal bills differed not only in language, but regulatory impact. Critically, the Illinois version of the bill that Obama opposed was also bundled with other proposals that would have put doctors at risk of prosecution, which led the Illinois State Medical Society to oppose the measure along with Obama. The state bill also carried greater influence in terms of enforcement, since states had been granted greater leeway in regulating abortion practices ever since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1992 ruling in the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey.”

Critics of Obama state that the bill carried protections against overriding state law – but that isn’t the case – the bill that passed in Illinois, with those required protections – passed AFTER Obama had already moved on to the US Senate.

Simple to remember – a pro-choice democrat could not reasonably support this bill prior to 2005 – and Obama wasn’t there in 2005 to support the amended version.

Spread the truth…
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“…On the appearance of fearful natural events call ye to mind the might and majesty of your Lord, He Who hearth and seeth all, and say “Dominion is god’s, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation.”"

–Baha’u'llah, Kitab-i-Aqdas

There is a tornado happening about 20 miles out of Denver, CO – moving away from the city. My prayers are for the safety of the convention attendees, and the people of the town of Parker, where this tornado is happening.

There are some who are praying for torrential rains to wash out Obama’s speech. I’m praying for God’s will to be done – and for the safety of all.

As a side note – my father is dying – he is currently in a coma, and it will fall to me to decide when to disconnect him from life support. I am at a loss to understand how anyone who has experienced any kind of loss could be praying for someone else to do so.

QT

Biden is a consummate career politician – and I’m a huge fan. I am really thrilled that he’s on the ticket.

OTOH – I found his numerous errors with Barack’s name funny. My favorite one? “Barack America.” I may call him that from now on….

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I know it’s always clever to find ways to mock the faith of others, but frankly I’m not among those who find it funny. I count myself as 100% in Obama’s camp and wish I could be at this historic event. But I won’t mock FotF for petitioning God for whatever they would want, and it is well within God’s right to grant as He sees fit.

There is a story in the Baha’i Faith that gives me courage to pray for those who believe it right to wish harm upon others. The story is about Baha’u'llah, Prophet and Founder of the Baha’i Faith:

“Among the crowd, which hurled abuse at Bahá’u'lláh and pelted Him with stones, was an old woman. She stepped forward with a stone in her hand to strike at Him. Although frenzied with rage, her steps were too weak for the pace of the procession. ‘Give me a chance to fling my stone in His face’, she pleaded with the guard. Bahá’u'lláh turned to them and said, ‘Suffer not this woman to be disappointed. Deny her not what she regards as a meritorious act in the sight of God.’ Such was the measure of His compassion.”

(H.M. Balyuzi, Baha’u'llah – The King of Glory, p. 77)

If Jesus can yield to crucifixion and Baha’u'llah to stones, I can yield to someone wishing me rain!

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Thank you, Tamar, for sharing this story. It brought a few tears to my eyes. I definitely feel their pride and while I, as an African American can point to no place on the continent of Africa which would be an ancestral home, it means all the world that Obama, with such a strong connection to Africa, may one day be president of the United States. Just for today, I am cousins to the Kenyans.

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Ok – I’m watching it on DVR and some comments:

First – floor show was simply awesome. Wow, wow, wow! And – it was really a good way of using a small fraction of their billions of people.

Second – lots of gender separation in China. 2008 performers in several segments – each time male. Or is this reflection of the long term one child policy producing too many males?

Third – really interesting to look at the faces from Africa. I’d noticed folks from Asia looking really different from one anothe rin some cases (Chinese don’t look like Koreans, for instance), but I’d not noticed this as much in Africa until this time. I wish I could see the difference between Americans and Canadians. Almost, but not quite.

OK – Hungary. What. Were. They. Thinking? Those were the ugliest suits on the planet.

Mostly – I love to watch the people. As much as we may disagree with nations and national policies, and of course the Chinese Olympics come at the people’s expense. But you can’t look at the faces, yes, even of the Chinese, and not feel their sense of hope – their sense of accomplishment. The Olympics are truly wonderful not for what governments do – but for what people do. One can hope, that as is always the case – the intermingling of young people at the Olympic Games opens up possibilities in the minds, and helps spread ideals of openness, fair government, and human
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