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Happy Birthday Mr. President: Open Thread

by: Mike Hoefer

Wed Aug 04, 2010 at 12:36:30 PM EDT


Happy Birthday Mr. President.
Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor --
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now --
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

--Langston Huges Mother to Son

Please, keep climbing on, reaching landings, and turning corners.

This is an open thread.  

Mike Hoefer :: Happy Birthday Mr. President: Open Thread
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Happy Birthday, President Obama! (0.00 / 0)
Although there are still some doubters, the rest of the country (i.e., the sane part) wishes you a great birthday!

Someone had to say it: (0.00 / 0)
Why must certain Republican candidates use yard-based billboards for lawn signs?

Living in a state of perpetual campaigning (as is our New Hampshire tradition) is starting to hide a significant amount of grass in Manchester.

--
No tea; no decaf.

@DougLindner


Prop 8 struck down! (0.00 / 0)
Details seem to be TBA.

NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08...

Let's see what the birthday boy has to say about it.

--
No tea; no decaf.

@DougLindner



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