I am now officially a US citizen... Me and 6117 other people...
It was at the convention center in downtown LA and I accidently got in line for America's Got Talent for 5 minutes (insert your own punchline here) until I realized everyone was:
a) dressed like a freak
b) carrying a musical instrument
c) both the above...
After realizing my mistake I joined another huge mass of people across the street but I arrived just at the right time because I was dead center for the citizenship ceremony...
"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America."
Barack Obama (2009)
1 comment:
that bit about the wrong line is hysterical, not to mention telling...
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