Revelation

History was made yesterday at about 1020PM CST. I was watching it live and although the candidate I voted for did not win, I saw a couple of things that caused me to have a revelation.

1. My candidates concession speech not only stunned me, but apparently got a lot of stunned silence from the Obama fans as well.
2. I watched am African American become the 44th president of the United States
3. I was stunned by his acceptance speech, as were many McCain fans.

The revelation was this:

I have been privileged to see some amazing things, the birth of my daughter, the marriage to my wife, seeing 34, traveling the world, serving my country, starting a new millenium, watching man made machines land on Mars.

I have been horrified but other things I have seen, Genocide in Kosovo/Bosnia, death of children, the trade centers falling, a president's (Reagan) attempted assassination, President Sadat's assassination, the challenger explosion, Dahmer.

Through out Man's(and Women's) History, it has always been pock marked with violence. I have no doubt this will continue. And even though I have witnessed and even been a part of that violence, I have been hoping that a day would come where the violence I so adamantly think is necessary today, would somehow lead to a peaceful resolution in the future.

Although I had initial doubts about Obama, the fact that he was elected tells me that through our history of violence, whether in combat or civil, we have somehow become a country, after years or segregation, that is not only changing, but willing to change.

To me, it means that when I think to myself at night, have I done the right things or would I do them again, after last night's history making election I can now say yes....the sacrifice of me having to worry about my actions in uniform is far outweighed by my belief that what we do in uniform has provided the environment for us to not only to have an African American president, but one where I personally would give my life to defend him. Not because of his race but because he is an American. A president that WE as a people put in office, not because of his race, but because he was the right man for the job.

For those who know me, they now I am not racist. Brought up in Southern Louisiana, it surprises me that my parents were able to curb the influence to be racist that surrounded me daily in the boonies. Therefore, if you are to read this and think for a second that somehow this is biased, do not hesitate to post. However, I would like to make something clear....regardless of how you read this, it is not racist, I am not racist and I would got to my death to prove that I am not. So, if you read this and get to thinking that there is some underlined tone, then I apologize for somehow not wording it properly and would gladly accept any editorial remarks on how to correct it.

With that out of the way, I look forward to the "changes" that we are going to see. I look forward to hearing from all of you about Obama, and I look forward to the future that he will bring us.

As they say in the Navy when you shove off to a new port.

"Haze grey and underway!"