THE SYMBOL OF MY NEW TAKE ON LIFE...

Well everyone it is official. Senator Barack Obama can now be considered President Barack Obama after demolishing Senator John McCain about a good 200 electoral votes in the polls tonight.

Now, I'm skeptical.

Don't get me wrong, I am much like everyone happy that a Republican is no longer gonna be in office soon. However, what I don't like is the fact that in my opinion, black people think that now it is their opportunity to fuck around and do whatever they want. For example, on my way home from work, I saw at least three to four sets of people, running around in the streets, celebrating. It went from prideful on one street to ridiculous comin up to my block. I think that the thing that bothers me, especially when it comes to our youth, is that are they really looking at Barack Obama, the man? Or are they looking at Barack Obama, the black man? In other words, you often have to wonder whether or not, they are really looking and examining everything that he wants to bring to the table as President, and not just that they are happy that a Black President is here.

I'm not trying to sound apathetic as I usually do when it comes to politics, BUT I want all black people, white people, hispanics, asians, etc. to understand one thing. You have ONE night to celebrate...to relish this moment...and then....the party's over. It is time that we take the opportunity that Barack Obama has proposed and utilize it to our everyday lives. IF YOU WANT CHANGE THEN YOU HAVE TO EARN, MAKE, AND TAKE IT!!! Change is NOT going to come overnight.

The bottom line is this, Barack Obama is our new President...let's see what he can do with everything that he has promised, as of one night, I have restored faith in my nation, my peers, and in myself, that we can unite and make something HAPPEN!!! There's no denying that we are gonna be looked at with new eyes, that people are gonna be waiting in the distance for Obama to mess up. But I'll say this, one mess-up from Barack Obama cannot measure for the countless FUCK-UPS George W. Bush has made over his eight years in the White House.

Take what I have said to light, even if you agree or disagree.

We could...we did...and now we must....we must continue...in re-stitching the fabric of our country...The future depends on it.