America, be color-blind!

November 05, 2008
Current mood: hopeful
Category: adament Dreams and the Supernatural

On Sunday, November 02nd, I'll go to sleep in a country that has legislatively lost it's way. All the past week, I've sadly, incredulously, listened to "educated", and yet incredibly ignorant white people talk out their fears...fears of being "enslaved," if a black man was elected President, a belief that a "muslim" in methodist's cloak, will lead us to hell, that we would be lead by a "terrorist" into a nightmare of wars and self-destruction...not one of these "intelligent" people talked about the issues: the inequitable distribution of power and wealth, or the lack of over-sight that led to the biggest financial crisis since the depression, about the undermining of the basis of our democracy-the Constitution--or the war, the deaths, the cutting of V A benefits, or the foreclosures, or the underfunding of education, or the job losses..instead of issues, they talked out of their own ignorance and bigotry:fear of color...lies lies lies, all paid for by the RNC ...hate ads everywhere...
Now, at bed time, I will light a candle and turn on Maria Callas...I"ll shut off the tv and pray to whatever collective goodness might exist, be cogent of our dire needs, hope that somewhere, out there in the cosmos, something listens...I will pray for a wake-up call for fearful, racvially divided America. I will pray for open confrontaion of and discusion about our history of hate and fear and violence against peopke of color fed by the white powers that be...I will say fuck racism...and hatred and fear about other Gods..
I predict that I will wake up Tuesday morning and go to vote, the lines will be wrapped around the park andf the school I vote at. The people will believe in change and hope.. young and middle age voters will let the old ladies and old men, the mom's with kids go to the head of the line. They will sit on the grass and talk to eachother, hopeful...white black, brown... All will sense that things must change. I will drive around the city...I will see lines full of young, old, people of all colors, all incomes, all religions, trying to create change one vote at a time...

This election, I know that no-one will sit quietly by, if anyone tries to steal this election a quiet assertion and promise to riot in the streets this time...I will take it to the streets myself if that happens...I see in the majority of voters, new and old, a determination to make sure that this historic election is played out fairly and openly...

On Wednesday, I will wake up to a new political world. It will be a hard slog, but the times and mindset of greed and self-centered interest will be replaced by the realization that it is how we share our prosperity and grow it through that sharing that makes us greater and a real world power..

I will drop to my knees and be thankful for Change and I will do everything I can to help our government make this a reality.

AMEN!