lovestruck

photo by brian velenchenko | courtesy of princeton university


Yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

There was a panel on CNN yesterday from Howard University. Cornell West gave perhaps the GREATEST quote of the day.

. . . crucial dimension among Dr. King Jr. legacy in the age of Obama, and Martin Luther King Jr. didn't want us to be color blind, he wanted us to be love struck. He wanted us to embrace our humanity and to do it in such a way that we focus on poor people, focus on working people, on the precious children, on the disabled, on the elderly, on the widows, those who are often pushed to the margins, not just here but in Asia, in the Middle East, in Latin America. This is an interdependent world that we live in. And now that we've got a black face in a high place, head of the American Democratic project and also the face of the American empire, the question is, can we meet the challenge of Sly Stone? Can we focus on everyday people?

I'm on my 3rd house sitting gig in a month and a half, you can tell by the frequency of the blog posting that I haven't been home much. But I have been able to watch a lot of CNN. I miss the Stevens House, my "family" but I'm loving this dog and the CNN.

Happy Inauguration Day.