Iowahawk (recently added to the blogroll along with a few others I’d been shamefully neglecting) has a brilliant piece summarizing what significance this election has in addressing accusations of racism, and other perhaps even less pleasant accusations entitled – and if the title alone doesn’t get your mouth watering, I don’t know what will – America Can Take Pride In This Historic, Inspirational Disaster:
Although I have not always been the most outspoken advocate of President-Elect Barack Obama, today I would like to congratulate him and add my voice to the millions of fellow citizens who are celebrating his historic and frightening election victory. I don’t care whether you are a conservative or a liberal — when you saw this inspiring young African-American rise to our nation’s highest office I hope you felt the same sense of patriotic pride that I experienced, no matter how hard you were hyperventilating with deep existential dread.
Go. Read. Now.
haha… that made me laugh. as made obvious by the haha.
i’m on your blogroll!! my blog is so lame. i hope nobody clicks on me.
and re: the bill quick thing, that’s awesome. my favorite book (well one of them anyway) is a delicate fade by ben devries, and i had him on my blogroll for a while, and he definitely emailed me. twice. and he was published by zondervan! it was pretty sweet. i felt like a starstruck fourth-grader. still, it was awesome.