THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF

OBAMA'S IN THE HOUSE!  So time will tell how he's gonna run "Gang Green".  I know there is and will be some grumbling and hatin' going on by those who have race issues in answering to a man of color. Some of it will be subtle and some of it will overt. I have seen glimpses of it since he was elected.  What will be a proud day for those who are in the military and believe in Obama,  is when his photo goes up on the chain of command photo wall in every unit's building across the armed forces.  Bush will be history after 8 years on these chain of command  photo walls. 

I pray Obama will attract sound military advice that will lead us to resolution/resolve in Afghanistan and Iraq.  War is a business and racket for all sides fighting under their ideology and for some, peace isn't profitable.  Nation building is what we aspire to do but we have to mindful of not being enablers especially when our nation needs major rebuilding as well.  We also have to be mindful of President Eisenhower's prophetic warning of the "military industrial complex" that has been apparent and has grown larger since Vietnam. Time will tell...

Here is a link from the Army Times of what Obama has initially planned to do. The Army Times is written from a Army perspective and provides another point a view that one should consider in their dialogue about the military. 

THE BIG NIGHT PLAYLIST

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH ELECTION NIGHT SOUNDTRACK:
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA PLAYLIST

1. LL COOL J "MOMMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT!"
2. AC/DC "BACK IN BLACK"
3. LAKESIDE "FANTASTIC VOYAGE"
4. ROLLING STONES "PAINT IT BLACK"
5. SAM COOKE "A CHANGE IS GONNA COME"
(HIDDEN TRACK)
6. BOB DYLAN "TIMES ARE A CHANGIN' "
7. JOHNNY CASH "GOD'S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN" (FUCK YOU RACISTS MIX)
8. PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC "CHOCOLATE CITY"(WEDNESDAY MORNING REMIX)
9. JAMES BROWN "FUNKY PRESIDENT"
10. QUEEN "WE WILL ROCK YOU" (VOTER REGISTRATION MIX)
11. TALKING HEADS "ONCE IN A LIFETIME" (INCUMBENT PRESIDENT REMIX)
12. QUEEN "WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"(OBAMA/BIDEN WINNING ELECTION)
13. JIMI HENDRIX "STAR SPANGLED BANNER"
14. ISLEY BROTHERS "HARVEST FOR THE WORLD"(HOPING FOR THE BEST IN THE NEXT 4 YEARS MIX)

CHANGE: T MINUS 72....

CHANGE. The buzzword for almost two years. CHANGE is needed. Our 2 presidental candidates promise it but in the end, who will deliver CHANGE ? Will CHANGE be for the better or for the worse come Tuesday night? A day that will live in infamy to some who won't like CHANGE. I wonder how many times Sam Cooke's soulful " A Change Is Gonna Come" or Dylan's "Times are a Changing" is gonna hit the airwaves? Is CHANGE gonna come to our foreign policy? Will CHANGE get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan where upwards to 12 Billion a month is being spent. Will the casualities both military and civilian from Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom CHANGE? At home, will people address their prejudices and hyprocrisy and hopefully take a chance on a new thought and CHANGE? Will this election CHANGE you, me and everyone else? I hope come Wednesday, November 5th -CHANGE will be in effect. CHANGE is good...and scary too.