A DAY IN THE LOUNGE - MONDAY, JULY 7, 2003 - THE DAILY THREAD

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A DAY IN THE LOUNGE - MONDAY, JULY 7, 2003 - THE DAILY THREAD

MONDAY "IN" THE UNDERGROUNDRAILROAD (A Day In The Lounge)

UNDERGROUNDRAIROAD FROM THE GIT-GO

HELLO EVERYBODY and welcome to LATE EDITION OF MONDAY "IN" THE UNDERGROUNDRAILROAD ! . Guess what! Today I will be serving ICE CREAM SODAS in the DU LOUNGE! WHO WANTS ONE OR TWO? Let me know your favorite ice-cream flavors and I will hook you up!

I hope your are enjoying our brand new DU2 Message Board and all the new features.

Now, grab your ice-cream Sodas and let's go check out the Monday daily!
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Black Girls Can Become Presidents

When I was a little black girl in the 1950's a teacher once asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. My answer? "President of the United States". My teacher told me to sit down and think of another answer, "colored people can't become Presidents". After class, the teacher took me aside and said "don't you EVER say something like that again!" I went home crying and told my mother what the teacher said. My mother, also a school teacher, told me "do you actually believe what she told you?" My mother knew all too well about being black and being a success. When my mother was a student teacher, she was also told the identical same thing. My mother later dealt with my teacher but I would learn a valuable lesson, black students could be easily discouraged and still are to this day.

Senator Carol Moseley-Braun is a candidate for President of the United States. She reminded me of that incident in my childhood. A woman of many historic titles, Ambassador Moseley-Braun seems like the kind of person you can approach with a hug, share a cup of tea, and talk for hours about public school education. Make no mistake, this African-American woman is one of the most brilliant high ranking public servants of all time.

Carol Moseley-Braun's vision for this country is vast. As she states: "I believe this country is on the wrong track. As a loyal American, I consider it my patriotic responsibility, at this critical time to stand up and speak truth to power."

Truth to Power? Now when is the last time I have heard the word "TRUTH" coming out of the mouths of our current administration? In fact, the very "election" of this pResident speaks "power" to manipulate "truth" and that is not what this country is about.

Carol Moseley-Braun knows how to run a country and she is very well qualified to do so.

Consider her extensive, extraordinary background.

Ms. Moseley-Braun graduated from Chicago Public Schools. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois in 1969, and her law degree in 1972 from the University of Chicago. She joined the United States Attorney's office in Chicago in 1973 where her work in housing, environmental policies, health care reform, and civil rights won her over three-hundred (300) awards for achievements in public interest.

In 1978 she was elected to Illinois state legislature, the General Assembly. As a State Representative, she became recognized as a champion for education, governmental reform, and civil rights. In 1984 she proposed a moratorium on the application in Illinois of the death penalty. And in what became a landmark reapportionment case, Crosby vs. State Board of Elections, she successfully sued her own party and the state of Illinois on behalf of African American and Hispanic citizens.

In 1992 another historic first! Ms. Moseley-Braun became the first female, first African-American Democratic senator from Illinois. In the Senate, Carol Moseley-Braun built an exemplary legislative record, serving among others on the Finance, Banking and Judiciary Committees.

In 1998, after Carol Moseley-Braun was narrowly defeated in her race for re-election, President Clinton named her special consultant to the Department of Education on school construction - one of her longtime special concerns. She was then nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, and confirmed by a vote of the full Senate, 98-2. In New Zealand, she was made an honorary member of the Te Atiawa Maori people.

When her ambassadorial assignment ended, Ms. Moseley-Braun returned to Alabama to rehabilitate and rescue her family farm. During that time, she started her business consultancy and began to teach political science. Carol Moseley-Braun returns today to the national forum animated by a sense of duty to the nation and a patriotic desire to serve. She is a self-made woman with more qualifications and more intelligence than the "selected" pResident that now occupies the White House.

Senator, Ambassador Carol Moseley-Braun is a candidate for President. From where this little black girl sits in the classroom, I feel vindication. I wonder if that teacher is still around?

CAROL FOR PRESIDENT

Undergroundrailroad
Undergroundrailroad For President!
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Remembering Barry White

It was a retro kind of Saturday for this Miss "Thang", as I was often referred. Black turtleneck, black bell bottoms and a fluffy fro. Oh, and the touch to finish it off, HUGE gold hoops adored my ears. As I inspected myself in the mirror, I nod with approval, 'yes, that's much better. I'm now rolling in a Apple Red shiny new Ford Pinto, stick. I was da bomb! I had my 8-track booming Barry White's sexy voice to the tune of "SATIN SOUL". I had to keep that jam going by the time I picked up a certain young man that I wanted to impress with both my sound system and my car. IT WORKED! Romance VIVA Barry White.

Now my beloved Barry is gone. He died Friday on the 4th of July 2003 at the age of 58.

For more on Barry White check out this link.

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THE BOONDOCKS by Aaron McGruder

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QUESTIONS OF THE LATE DAY

1. What Barry White songs do you like ?

2. What are your dinner plans for tonight?

3. What are YOU wearing right NOW?

OK GANG, I'M OUTTA! SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON MONDAY "IN" THE UNDERGROUNDRAILROAD !

Undergroundrailroad