Originally Posted by Doug Loudenback

I try, most of the time, to avoid politics since by not restraining will detract or diminish what I'm purposefully trying to do on the web -- promote my city's history, and yours, the new great city of the 21st century, regardless of political persuasion.

But, just having heard Joe Biden and watched events unfold tonight, I am unwilling to impose self-restraint. Joe Biden (I mention him 1st with respect to this thread's subject) + Barach Obama = a great team ... OBAMA + BIDEN = a changed America, and one we will be proud to have and have our children and grandchildren be a part of and grow up in as us older folk fade away and die, as is our destiny. But, that fading away makes me proud that the times have changed as much as they have. It does appear that in my time that the phrase, "All men are created equal" (notwithstanding the "men" part), has come to match words with reality.

These are historic and heady times for the US of A. I am well aware that many here and in Oklahoma will see these things 180 degrees differently than I do. But, hang around for a couple of years, keep an open mind, and maybe you'll come to agree ... not with me ... but with the dramatic progression of Americana that has emerged in the year 2008, and that the change is all to the good.