I despise Obama.
But I think this is really kinda cool!
I agree. I once had a Tuskegee airman as a home patient. He was a true gentleman, educated, refined and classy. GMAs Robins Roberts’ father was a Tuskegee airman. I don’t like her political views, but she comes from a well respected family.
The old folks are nothing like the young Turks. 0bama can not hold a candle to any of these fine men.
“But I think this is really kinda cool!”
Yeah, me too.
I did some cross country traveling and saw where they were barracked and trained.
For their accomplishments alone, they should be recognized.
(they did more than the current P-E)
I keep hoping for the day when it's the content of one's character and not the color of one's skin that matters. But this is a two-way street that needs to be clear in bother directions; that day seems still to be a long way off.
“Not only is McMahan agreeing to fly the airmen to Washington, but he also is paying their airfare from California to New Orleans on Sunday. And they will stay at his Hattiesburg home until they leave for Washington on Monday morning.
“I’m glad that I survived this long to be able to witness the inauguration,” said Higginbotham, 82, a retired orthopedic surgeon.”
I agree, but especially, because I'm an H'burg native! Haven't lived there since 1976, when hubby and I left for him to do PhD work, then paying work, but we're moving back to MS as soon as we can get our house ready to sell, then sold, in MA.
I'll have to ask my cousins who live there, if they know Dr. McMahan. The name sounds very familiar, and he doesn't look much older than I. A couple of my cousins work for doctors in town, so they probably do know him, or know of him.
I just think it's an awesome thing, and just another way to show folks above the Mason-Dixon line that not all Southerners are knuckle-dragging bigots.
