Confronting Disappointment

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Al Gore expresses his disappointment with Obama:

~snip~

Instead of relying on science, President Obama appears to have bowed to pressure from polluters who did not want to bear the cost of implementing new restrictions on their harmful pollution—even though economists have shown that the US economy would benefit from the job creating investments associated with implementing the new technology. The result of the White House’s action will be increased medical bills for seniors with lung disease, more children developing asthma, and the continued degradation of our air quality.

http://blog.algore.com/2011/09/confronting_disappointment.html

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1. "I know why the caged bird sings..."

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings/
That is all.
BHN

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3. For the sake of clarification...

I see President Obama as a "caged bird."
Just wanted to add that commentary.
BHN

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2. W.E.B. Dubois

“To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.”

and so we are.

BHN

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4. Mother to Son by Langston Hughes

Mother to Son
By Langston Hughes
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.

[BeHereNow]

5. Beautiful.

Thank you.
BHN
'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—"

Are you listening President Obama?

BHN