I appreciate him starting with black people.

Also, Disabled People: *sigh*

American state, before and while explaining that the political machine that beared his name fell well short of that ideal by, its own machinations.

You have to do the same with Kennedy and even Lincoln, so it's not asking for special treatment or anything.

The most successful form of your argument acknowledges "Obama the president", while separating it from "Obama the presidency"; that is, acknowledging the material quality of his vessalization of the desired ascension of hope and youth and peace and non-whiteness to full and upstanding values of the

understand that his presidency and perceptions of its outcome were taken as a referendum on blackness and progressivism (whether or not he exemplified either). Malignant elements indeed used that as a cover for their activities, yet it remained a real concern for any number of righteous interests.

Consider that, instead, you were looking at a well-intentioned, intentional bias away from Obama's faults in order to counteract the raft of baseless criticism he received for being black and a Democrat.
You're correct if you hold that you can't "net out" his failures and abuses, but please

We do be listening for that howl-back, don't we? :( youtube.com/watch?v=aa45...

Now, THAT'S the attitude I like to see.

Why would you want it to be? 83

otanjyoubi omedetou, chiharu saaaaan! (I'm SO late, sorry!)
A late October birthday somehow feels like "resoluteness".

...I could have sworn I pasted in the link, wtf.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2M1...

What I'm saying is that, if I ever go back to school, expect my graduation to coincide with a Coldplay single drop.

The Feist song has resonated for almost 2 decades. Even back then, still a teenager, I had deep regrets about time wasted & the utter unshakeability of things that left me unfinished.

Frankly, if we're being real...

~5 months later~

Beggin' (beggin'), ooooh,
Put your lovin' hands out baby
Beggin' (beggin'), ooooh
Put your lovin' hands out baby
I need you to understand
That I tried so hard to be a man-

~43 months later~

SHE DREAMED OF PARA(para)PARA(para)
PARADISE-

And I only found out about it because another co-star was one of those wrestlers, who did an ad for a local theme park.

Hahah, I had doubts myself when I realized I was 100 pounds heavier than the last time I'd been on. Realization hit as the ride started moving. Oops. (Still had fun.)

Aw, it's just a bigger version of the flying carousel near the entrance. :P Though, you really did get, uh, pretty high up there... 😅