Hate in 08'

Now see, I don't know what the world is coming to. I am a bit upset right now tho. I was all excited this past Friday night because I finally got my Obama lawn sign to put up in front of my house. I proudly took time out of my busy day to carefully place the sign in the middle of my front lawn for all to see. My mom and I stood on the sidewalk staring at the simple sign and smiling for a few minutes and everything; we really had a moment, ya'll. So this afternoon my sister came over and the first thing out of her mouth, since she saw I was watching campaign coverage on CNN, was to ask if I had heard about how people were stealing Obama signs from people's yard and burning them. What the hell??!!!! Automatically I went outside to check our lawn and to my surprise, it was totally empty!! Our sign was gone. It was just as if it had never been there. >:-I


Now, I live in the town of Irondequoit in Rochester, NY. This area is known in these parts to be very white,very not anything else, and very proud of it. Given the reputation of the area, I wasn't surprised when driving down the street that I didn't see a lot of Obama support being displayed in my neighborhood (I didn't see much McCain support either for that matter so maybe the people in my area just don't vote, who knows). With that being said tho, I mean damn!! Can I live??!! It's ok to disagree. Everybody is entitled to their opinions. I may feel people are less than smart if they choose to support McCain and Palin but whatever, that's just me (and many others, lol). But to steal a sign off somebody else's property and possibly burn it....that's going a little far if you ask me.

Personally, I felt violated. Like somebody I didn't know had just covered their mouth while coughing and then put that same hand over mine right when I tried to voice my political loyalties. It was just plain old wrong and nasty. Those that know me can attest to the fact that I am by no means a fighter (violence is never the answer...except in physical self-defense is what my mama always told me) but this crap left me wanting to beat somebody down. I love Mr. Barack Obama! This is the year that history will be made. I refuse to let somebody who has no respect for me or my property silence me and my public voice.

Regardless if they stole my sign, I'm still voting. I'm getting another sign too. They can steal it if they want to but at least a few people will see it and maybe that will give them the push they need to support our future president. So I really could care less. I'm sorry ya'll, I just had to vent real quick. People are really crazy these days. I guess some things never truly change.

Get out and vote on November 4th. This is the year we can make a difference and try to stop the Hate in 08'.

Dueces!! :-)