Photo of the Day: Fearless
I don't know about you, but I've shed a lot of tears over the last 10 days. Some have been tears of grief and some of joy. It's hard to miss that we're going through a great historical moment in this country.
And so I wanted to mark this occasion with a few important words that have been written about it.
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Ten Days in June by David Remnick
What a series of days in American life, full of savage mayhem, uncommon forgiveness, resistance to forgiveness, furious debate, mourning, and, finally, justice and grace. As President Obama led thousands of mourners in Charleston, South Carolina, in “Amazing Grace,” I thought about late 2013 and early 2014. Obama’s Presidency was surely dwindling, if not finished. His mood was sombre, philosophical—which is good if you are a philosopher; if not, not.
Obama described himself to me then in terms of his limits—as “a relay swimmer in a river full of rapids, and that river is history.” More than a few columnists believed that Obama was now resigned to small victories, at best. But pause to think of what has happened, the scale of recent events.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court (despite an apocalyptic dissent about “pure applesauce” and “interpretive jiggery-pokery” by Justice Scalia) put an end to years of court cases and congressional attacks against the Affordable Care Act, which means that millions of Americans will no longer live in a state of perpetual anxiety about health costs.
On Friday, the Supreme Court (despite a curiously ill-informed dissent about Kalahari, Aztec, and Han mating rites by Chief Justice Roberts) legalized same-sex marriage nationally—a colossal (and joyous) landmark moment in the liberation of gay men and lesbians.
The theme, of course, is that we have been led both to and through these last 10 days by a great man...one who has been fearless.
Many great links here: http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2015/06/photo-of-day-fearless.html
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That image tells the story.
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Bold Angry Determined.
brer cat, one of my favorite posters. 
and probably despair as well. The burning of black churches after the Emmanuel AME massacre is a hard blow to overcome. He is limited in what he can do, but he will never give up or give in on this fight. I can't image a better person to be in charge these days.
Back at you, sheshe. 
Saving this....
You are welcome, Blanche. A moving article and a powerfully moving 10 days.
Who'd have thought, 10 years ago?
This almost makes me want to figure out how to turn on the tv, to watch it all!
But I find out what I need from you and the other good folks here... 
I have turned on my TV a few times in the last 4 years, ya it takes me a minute to figure out how to do it.
You~
