I know a lot of people might feel like this is all being blown way out of proportion, but personally, I feel like shit has gotten so bad around the world that this is somewhat the one thing we can hang on to to drive us upwards.
I'm not even American, I'm French, but I spent my teenage years living in the States and I've come to love it as much as I love my own country, which is why I'm putting so much hope into all this. On the other hand, American or not, the American presidency affects everyone.
I hope my trust wasn't misplaced, and that unlike the past 8 years we start to see some positive changes.
Thoughts?

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Bush had a tough 8 years and it would have been tough on anyone. Yes, he made some bonehead decisions but so does every other president. He didnt get impeached so it wasnt that bad. It wouldnt have mattered much regardless of who was in office.
At least we had a tough guy for a while!

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Kali Mist/Colombian Red Haze journal

Here's my last grow AK47 and PPP in hempy journal

Ya know, I do have some sympathy for Bush, because essentially I don't think he's a bad guy, but I also think if he had such a hard term, it was often the result of his own decisions. Anyways, I'll stop myself there and stop looking backwards, start looking ahead!

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This moment really is spectacular. Even if none of those super class surrounding Obama care about American people.

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"And those who resisted were dragged out from their homes. This necklace was fashioned out of their teeth and bones."

I say be optimistic, give the new administration a chance. If I understood you correctly and you're talking about the new cabinet, then I agree that it might not be what I had hoped exactly, but they are people with influence and I hope Obama uses them to enforce good policies that benefit even the least fortunate.

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http://www.rollitup.org/grow-journal...ml#post1937985

amazing speach


"we are a nation of christians muslims jews and hindus and non belivers"



"you cannot break our will and you will not outlast us"


"every tribe will be disolved"

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brought me to tears.


great im a fucking bleeding heart liberal



for real i got teary

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To use the words "least fortunate" is to imply that those who are doing well owe it all to luck. People who are poor are usually poor because of their own bad decisions, not because of luck. People who do well usually do well because of their own drive and determination. I don't think fortune has a whole lot to do with it.

i think hes comparing kids who may have grown up with good parents in good areas compared say kids who had unbalanced up bringings in bad areas and mostly bad parents



like barak was less fortunate to have only his mom to raise him whom she got preg very young. he was born into a shitty position by no fault of his own

compared to someone who is born with mom and dad who both work and can send thier kids to college


i think he wants more kids like him to make it. i see his point. it would be meesed up if he got in there finally and did not pave the way for more people of his backround

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My mom got pregnant at a very young age too, but I'm not less fortunate for it even though we grew up on a very limited budget. What would be messed up is if he made the decision that the tax payers should foot the bill to make it better for these so called unfortunate people.

The government already has programs set up for people who want to go to college, etc. who can't afford it. It's called financial aide, scholarships, and grants. The one criteria that must be met is that the individual show they have the drive to do well by keeping up their grades and to fill out the applications. The schools EVEN have programs to pay for the application fees for them to apply and to take their SAT's and ACT's. What more do they want. . . to sit back and have the tax payers fill out all the paper work for them, take the tests and go to the courses for them too?