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Getting busy?

Three or four months without a posting? That is pretty long for me, but since podcasting and blogging isn’t my life - I have to forgive myself for slacking off. Much has happened during this hiatus. First, I gave in to the temptation to get a smartphone (T-Mobile Dash) and unlimited data package. I am glad that I did, this allows me to have wireless and internet access everywhere I go (as long as there is T-Mobile service, usually near a Starbucks). I also got my version of CS4 Master Suite installed and am loving the complete integration, especially the Contribute plug-in to IE and Firefox. Add to this, coordinating the conversion from WebCT 4.1 to ANGEL Learning 7.3 and you should realize that I have been  a busy camper. The real topic though is American Hisyory and the latest developments in the social and political arena.

Here is the manuscript for the podcast.

Are you ready for an American History kburst?

In the course of human events, it becomes necessary to support social movements and democratic decisions because it is these that define us as a free people. Accept this as fact - in a free society, no single ideology can govern every decision. What makes this nation powerful are our choices. Add to our choices a collective voice and majority rule, and you see that FREEDOM is a reality not just a catchword to ease our fears of monarchy or oligarchy.

• 13th Amendment (1865)
• 14th Amendment (1868)
• Voting Rights Act (1965)
• Pre-Clearance
• Gerrymandering
• Multilingual Balloting
• Suffrage movement
• Fundamental right to vote

I am proud to defend the rights of my countrymen to exercise their freedom of speech and action. I am proud that no single voice is more valuable than another. In this recent election, I am proud that many people, from all communities, were empowered and energized by renewed hope that their voice would be heard and the otherwise thought impossible would become reality. In the year 2008, history will reflect a renewed interest in those values that have sustained us - not “hope” but “CHOICE”!