Fifty years ago on a bridge in Alabama

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

He quotes this, from the Constitution: "We the People ... in order to form a more perfect union,"

One of his points, restated: it doesn't say 'in order to form a perfect union,' just a 'more perfect' one. There is always room for improvement, and if you love your country, you want to improve it.

Pssst, don't tell Matteos. He thinks "progressive" is a dirty word.

[Pio1980]

I find it significant that I can legally marry my partner of 25 years in Alabama on the 50th anniversary of the Selma march. In some ways we have come a long way here, yet obviously still have a long ways to go with attitudes and practices still long entrenched.

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[CarlV]

And sadly those attitudes and practices are learned ones.


Carl

[bobabode]

Probably one of the best speeches I've heard from this president.

Just got an email from my brother Paul who lives in Memphis, Tennessee who attended the celebration. He's going to walk from Selma to Montgomery tomorrow in our dad's footsteps from fifty years ago.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Probably one of the best speeches I've heard from this president.

Just got an email from my brother Paul who lives in Memphis, Tennessee who attended the celebration. He's going to walk from Selma to Montgomery tomorrow in our dad's footsteps from fifty years ago.

That's pretty cool.

This on the other hand is not cool.

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/201...lma_homes.html

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

That's pretty cool.

This on the other hand is not cool.

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/201...lma_homes.html

The last dying gasps of wretched refuse.

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Probably one of the best speeches I've heard from this president.

Just got an email from my brother Paul who lives in Memphis, Tennessee who attended the celebration. He's going to walk from Selma to Montgomery tomorrow in our dad's footsteps from fifty years ago.

Very commendable!
It takes remarkable character to do not what is popular but what is right in the face of incredibly vicious opposition with uncommon heroic determination.

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[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Probably one of the best speeches I've heard from this president.

Just got an email from my brother Paul who lives in Memphis, Tennessee who attended the celebration. He's going to walk from Selma to Montgomery tomorrow in our dad's footsteps from fifty years ago.

Yew, yer bruther 'n' yer pappy's jes' a pack o' them gud fer nuthin' Yankee trubble makers, ain't ye?

That's very cool. Bob!

John

[Pio1980]

And Republican representation at the event was telling in its absence.
The message is still crystal clear.

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[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Very commendable!
It takes remarkable character to do not what is popular but what is right in the face of incredibly vicious opposition with uncommon heroic determination.

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Originally Posted by Boreas

Yew, yer bruther 'n' yer pappy's jes' a pack o' them gud fer nuthin' Yankee trubble makers, ain't ye?

That's very cool. Bob!

John

Thanks guys. You don't know the half of it, dem apples didn't fall far from the trees.