U.S House of Representatives apologize for slavery......

The House on Tuesday issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws.
The resolution, passed by voice vote, was the work of Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen, the only white lawmaker to represent a majority black district. Congress has issued apologies before — to Japanese-Americans for their internment during World War II and to native Hawaiians for the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom in 1893. In 2005, the Senate apologized for failing to pass anti-lynching laws.

Five states have issued apologies for slavery, but past proposals in Congress have stalled, partly over concerns that an apology would lead to demands for reparations.
The resolution marks the first time Congress has ever formally apologized for America's past history of enslaving and discriminating against blacks

Obama Campaign Blast New Yorker Magazine covers....

Barack Obama's campaign blasted Monday's satirical cartoon on the cover of The New Yorker magazine showing the Democratic presidential hopeful wearing Islamic dress while his wife holds a Kalashnikov. The cartoon drawn by Barry Blitt shows the couple standing in the White House's Oval Office with an American flag burning in the fireplace under a portrait of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. While i am no big fan of the Senator, I just thought The new yorker was way over the line here, if it was meant to be funny, well it was not, maybe it was meant to scare Americans from voting for a Black person, The Senator lack of experience is enough to not get him elected, the New Yorker did not have to bring this garbage into the fray, the cartoon was frankly disgusting and tasteless, and should have no place what so ever in American politics.

Happy birthday America.................

Independence Day is more than a chance for family and friends throughout the country to gather for barbecues and fireworks displays, it is an annual celebration to commemorate the courage and faith of the founding fathers in their pursuit of liberty. So to the greatest and most generious country on the face of the Earth, i say happy birthday...... and happy 4th of july to all you good folks who take time to read my blog, may you and all your families be safe as we all celebrate the greatness of this country....

Here are some great patriotic quotes..

"If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace." Hamilton Fish.

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Nathan Hale.

"When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country." Andrew Johnson.

"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." Bill Clinton.

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty." John F Kennedy.

"Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country." Lewis, Sinclair.

"I shall know but one country. The ends I aim at shall be my country’s, my God’s and Truth’s. I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American." Daniel Webster.

"Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be." John Wayne.

Happy 4th of july everyone.