Comments on: If you live in this world You’re feelin’ the change of the guard http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/ "...a somewhat popular blogger" Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:59:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: LesMisFreakout http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/comment-page-2/#comment-20775 LesMisFreakout Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:27:38 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/#comment-20775 <p>Great article TBogg.</p> <p>Check out: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1exiyBYnJ00" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1exiyBYnJ00</a></p> Great article TBogg.

Check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1exiyBYnJ00

]]> By: Snowbird http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/comment-page-2/#comment-20754 Snowbird Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:58:18 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/#comment-20754 <p>I am a white 70 year old and my husband is 79. We both voted for Obama as did both of our kids and their spouses. It is the first time our whole family has voted for the same person. I am so proud to have voted for this man.</p> I am a white 70 year old and my husband is 79. We both voted for Obama as did both of our kids and their spouses. It is the first time our whole family has voted for the same person. I am so proud to have voted for this man.

]]> By: abogato http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/comment-page-2/#comment-20749 abogato Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:01:28 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/#comment-20749 <p>Maulmom @ 97….my grandparents lived in Houston and we would go visit them in the late 50’s/early 60’s. I vividly remember driving by a building and I asked my grandmother what it was…..she told me it was a school for “colored children”…..as a 5 year old, I then said…..”the green kids go there?”</p> Maulmom @ 97….my grandparents lived in Houston and we would go visit them in the late 50’s/early 60’s. I vividly remember driving by a building and I asked my grandmother what it was…..she told me it was a school for “colored children”…..as a 5 year old, I then said…..”the green kids go there?”

]]> By: xpurg8d http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/comment-page-2/#comment-20742 xpurg8d Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:03:22 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/#comment-20742 <p><em>RIP Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham. So Sad. Grandmothers for Obama.</em></p> <p>I’ve thought often in the past year how proud that woman had to be to see the boy she raised doing so well while behaving like the decent man she taught him to be — never once stooping to the depths that others tried to lead him to.</p> <p>Although it made me terribly sad that she couldn’t live to see him actually win, my husband says, “She knew. She knew.” And I believe he’s right.</p> <p>Perhaps she simply said, “I’m so tired now, and my work here is done.”</p> RIP Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham. So Sad. Grandmothers for Obama.

I’ve thought often in the past year how proud that woman had to be to see the boy she raised doing so well while behaving like the decent man she taught him to be — never once stooping to the depths that others tried to lead him to.

Although it made me terribly sad that she couldn’t live to see him actually win, my husband says, “She knew. She knew.” And I believe he’s right.

Perhaps she simply said, “I’m so tired now, and my work here is done.”

]]> By: NelsonAlgren http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/comment-page-2/#comment-20730 NelsonAlgren Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:10:46 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/#comment-20730 <p>Woohooo!! That’s sweet. TBogg taught you well. </p> Woohooo!! That’s sweet. TBogg taught you well.

]]> By: Buckley http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/comment-page-2/#comment-20717 Buckley Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:46:24 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/#comment-20717 <p>I knew you were talented, I just didn’t know it was a whole lot deeper than king of the snark.</p> <p>Well written, my friend.</p> I knew you were talented, I just didn’t know it was a whole lot deeper than king of the snark.

Well written, my friend.

]]> By: paulbeard http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/comment-page-2/#comment-20716 paulbeard Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:41:04 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/#comment-20716 <p>Oh, that’s good. Thanks for the laugh and chance to see those hateful things as a child would.</p> Oh, that’s good. Thanks for the laugh and chance to see those hateful things as a child would.

]]> By: Mauimom http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/comment-page-2/#comment-20715 Mauimom Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:32:49 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/#comment-20715 <p>I too am a bit older than you, TBogg. </p> <p>We moved from CA to TX [Houston] in 1954. I remember seeing the “white” and “colored” signs on water fountains for the first time. It took my brother and me a long time to figure out that “colored” did NOT mean that colored water came out of that fountain. We tried a lot.</p> I too am a bit older than you, TBogg.

We moved from CA to TX [Houston] in 1954. I remember seeing the “white” and “colored” signs on water fountains for the first time. It took my brother and me a long time to figure out that “colored” did NOT mean that colored water came out of that fountain. We tried a lot.

]]> By: Lesley http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/comment-page-2/#comment-20701 Lesley Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:34:06 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/#comment-20701 <p>L&T, thank you for contributing to helping the better guy win. When I was your age I rarely voted or had any interest in ‘establishment’ politics. But then that was the 70s when peace, light and liberalism was par for the course. Where I lived, anyway.</p> L&T, thank you for contributing to helping the better guy win. When I was your age I rarely voted or had any interest in ‘establishment’ politics. But then that was the 70s when peace, light and liberalism was par for the course. Where I lived, anyway.

]]> By: LAndTCasey http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/comment-page-2/#comment-20700 LAndTCasey Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:09:07 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/11/02/if-you-live-in-this-world-youre-feelin-the-change-of-the-guard/#comment-20700 <p>Awesome post dad…. As a college student in Hawaii, I have come to realize the huge impact he has had on this state just by being from here and also the fact that he is African-American. My entire campus has been buzzing for the past three weeks about this election and we even had an all- campus poll about who is voting for who, which Obama won by a landslide. Although, I do have a few friends who will be voting or already have voted for McCain, most of them have admitted that it would be an amazing opportunity for this country to have a man like Obama running our country. He does have a lot of work to do, but he really is the man for the job. This is my first election and I voted weeks ago and it was honestly one of the most amazing things I have ever done. I was and am extremely proud to have contributed to this historic event.</p> Awesome post dad…. As a college student in Hawaii, I have come to realize the huge impact he has had on this state just by being from here and also the fact that he is African-American. My entire campus has been buzzing for the past three weeks about this election and we even had an all- campus poll about who is voting for who, which Obama won by a landslide. Although, I do have a few friends who will be voting or already have voted for McCain, most of them have admitted that it would be an amazing opportunity for this country to have a man like Obama running our country. He does have a lot of work to do, but he really is the man for the job. This is my first election and I voted weeks ago and it was honestly one of the most amazing things I have ever done. I was and am extremely proud to have contributed to this historic event.

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