liberty and justice

Today, we celebrate our freedom and independence.

The crowd belted out The Battle Hymn Of The Republic, the words projected onto a large screen behind the choir.  Beneath the words, as their background, an American flag waved with a cross imposed over it.

Ok, there are an infinite number of ways…place a bag of Oreos or a carton of Ben & Jerrys on it, have one or more dark skinned, muscular spanish-speaking men sit there first, or, do it my way:

It was mentioned in the comments of another thread that Sen. Obama's recent speech on Race hadn't been posted so ... here it is (please forgive any formating issues - this was pure cut n' paste):

Transcript of Obama's speech - CNN.com

R. Neal has problem with the way the Tennessee Republican Party is using the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King:

Instead of exploiting the occasion to advance a divisive agenda, let’s embrace Dr. King’s message of unity. Let’s reach out to each other, and remember what we have in common in our shared struggle for liberty and justice for all.

The Tennessee study committee met for two days this week and heard a variety of testimony from local and national witnesses on the state of the death penalty in Tennessee. A few highlights: