Nov. 4th 2008 – Barack Obama elected as POTUS, the first African-American. Prop 8, which bans same-sex marriage, passes in CA.
May 26th 2009 – Obama nominates Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and the 3rd woman, to replace Justice Souter on the US Supreme Court. CA Supreme Courts upholds Prop 8 denying the Gay/Lesbian community equal rights.
As if we couldn’t love him enough, POTUS Barack Obama slayed at the annual White House Correspondence Association dinner this past Saturday. It’s been a while since there has been a President that I could watch without wanting to: a) throw up b) throw the TV against the wall c) throw a shoe at. So it is a refreshing change to have one that I look forward to seeing. As hoped, Pres. Obama delivered a great comic routine at the WHCD aka Nerd Prom.
It was interesting to see all the coverage from this dinner which had an increased number of celebrities attending. The inter-webs were all a twitter about it also. To the point that the C-Span twitter feed included the #nerdprom hashtag alongside the more official #whcd hashtag and MSNBC made jokes about it.
I am overcome with emotion and joy with the election of our 44th POTUS, the first African-American POTUS – President Elect Barack Obama.
I’m still crying tears of joy as I write this with echos of fireworks coming from the street. Our hope has beat the odds and is a testament to how great this country can be. He moved this country like no one could have. He will change the world like no one we have seen before. We, the people, are starting to heal as we speak and the rest of the world is sitting up and taking notice.
I was born in the Philippines and moved to the US when I was five years old. Because we moved around so much due to my step-father being in the Navy, my mother had to keep re-petitioning to become a US Citizen. By the time we settled in one place long enough for her to become a Naturalized Citizen, I was already 18 and had to petition on my own.
I was in college now and believed in finding my true roots as a FIlipino-American. Maybe you could say I had anarchist tendencies at this point when I was searching for truth. I was studying different religions, forms of government, the Illuminati and the lies our public school systems taught us. At 18, I had no desire to become an American Citizen because I felt the US had done so much wrong in the past. I didn’t believe in our government. I didn’t believe even if I could vote, that it would count for anything. So why bother? As an activist, I felt I could do just as much good fighting for the causes I believed in and spreading truth where I could.
If you haven’t already seen it, please take the time to watch this…and vote Obama/Biden on Nov. 4th. And tell them Hillary sent you.
Sorry..I couldn’t help myself. I’m still a Hillster at heart.
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