Mark Knows It All

I never thought I would live to see the day when a black man could be elected President of the United States. Barack Obama is a symbol for all that is great about America. He has demonstrated that in America, all things are possible. He represents the pinnacle of the civil rights movement. African-Americans have served this nation well at all levels…and have risen to the top of American political life in the Armed Forces through Colin Powell, the Supreme Court through Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas, and in the Cabinet through Condoleezza Rice, just to mention a few. We, as a nation, are the better for it. Abraham, Martin, and John, along with Bobby, are walkin’ up over that hill today….smiling. The entire country wishes President-elect Obama good luck. He is going to need it. The problems facing the nation, although not the worst I have seen in my lifetime, are formidable and fraught with considerable consequences if he gets it wrong. Energy, the economy, foreign policy, infras