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[Clifford Thornton]

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From: eyle at reconsider.org
To: Tony at Dukes.com; efficacy at msn.com; afschofi at hotmail.com
Subject: Fw: Milestone
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:52:48 -0500




Milestone





 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Gene Tinelli 

 
Subject: Milestone



In a few short days, an African American man will move from his 
private
residence into a much larger and infinitely more expensive one owned 
not
by him but by the taxpayers. A vast lawn, a perimeter fence and 
many
well trained security specialists will insulate him from the rest of 
us
but the mere fact that this man will be residing in this house 
should
make us all stop and count our blessings - because it proves that 
we
live in a nation where anything is possible.

Many believed this day 
would never come. Most of us hoped and
prayed that it would, but few of us 
actually believed we would live to
see it. Racism is an ugly thing in all of 
it's forms and there is little
doubt that if this man had moved into this 
house fifteen years ago,
there would have been a great outcry - possibly even 
rioting in the 
streets.

Today, we can all be both grateful and proud 
that no such mayhem will
take place.when this man takes up residency in this 
house.
This man, moving into this house at this time in our 
nation's
history is much more than a simple change of addresses for him - it 
is
proof of a change in our attitude as a nation. It is an amends of 
sorts
- - the righting of a great wrong. It is a symbol of our growth, and 
of
our willingness to "judge a man, not by the color of his skin but by 
the
content of his character".

There can be little doubt now that the 
vast majority of us truly
believe that this man has earned both his place in 
history and his new
address. His time in this house will not be easy - it 
will be fraught
with danger and he will face many challenges. I am sure there 
will be
many times when he asks himself how in the world he ended up here 
and
like all who have gone before him, the experience will age him 
greatly.
But I for one will not waste an ounce of worry for his sake - 
because in
every way a man can, he asked for this. His whole life for the 
past
fifteen years appears to have been inexorably leading this man 
toward
this house. It is highly probable that that in the past, despite all 
of
his actions, racism would have kept this man out of this house. 
Today,
I thank the lord above that I am an American and that I live in a 
nation
where wrongs are righted, where justice matters and where truly 
anything
is possible.

Who is this man you ask? (see attached 
picture)





 
 
 
 
 
 
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