Friday, November 7, 2008

THE JUBILANT BIRTH OF THE OBAMA ERA

by: Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch.com

Election of Obama brings hope.
(Photo: www.joshlanier.com)

Citizenship is a passionate joy at times, and this is one of those times. You can feel it. Tuesday the world changed. It was a great day. Monday it rained hard for the first time this season and on Election Day, everything in San Francisco was washed clean. I went on a long run past several polling places up in the hills around my home and saw lines of working people waiting to vote and contented-looking citizens walking around with their "I Voted" stickers in the sun and mud. READ IT HERE»

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