The year is 1958

The year is 1958; a young boy was given a class assignment of what you want to be when you grow up. The young child wrote down on paper that he wanted to be President of the United States.  His teacher picked up the piece of paper and made him stand before his classroom of 34 students as she proceeded to explain to him in no uncertain terms that it was impossible for him to become president. Furthermore, he should not even think about going to college. He should think about doing something practical like a service job, or   driving a truck. This little child went home heartbroken, and very upset where as his mother asked him what was wrong. He showed her the paper with a failing grade on it and his mother did her best trying toexplained why he couldn’t have that particular dream. In her own way she tried to offer alternatives like becoming a pastor, owning a funeral parlor, his grandmother offered her advice by telling him that barbers do ok. And there is nothing wrong with being a cook.  If you finish school, you may luck out and get a job as a garbage man for the city.

You see folks I was that child. A black kid with a lot of dreams and everywhere I turned there was always people putting obstacles in my way. You see I am a black kid from Chicago and my teacher was white. She, like my mother and grandmother never in their wildest imagination would ever believe a black person would be running for President of the United States. That was then this is now. On this day, June 3, 2008, as I witness a dream become reality and hope become alive.  I realize that Senator Barack Obama has a long way to go.  I understand that there are many who came before him.  I, better than most, understand knowing the mood of this country that he may not make it to the final goal. I hope and pray that he succeeds.  I believe he will be great for America and great for the world. I understand if he doesn’t because as Ted Kennedy once said… “the hope still lives and the dream shall never dies.”

On this particular day, Senator Obama has given new life and hope to that dream. From this point on black kids, Hispanic kids, white kids, male or female can stand up and say they want to be President of the United States and his or her teacher will have to look at that child straight in the face and say yes you can.

Remember Villagers treat folks the way you like to be treated.
Good Night. . . Jimbo

Global Village Monitor congratulate Senator Barack Obama

Global Village Monitor would like to congratulate Senator Barack Obama for winning the Democratic nomination for President. We would also like to congratulate Sen. Hillary Clinton for her heroic run.  Both of these individuals changed history forever in their own unique way. From this moment on, when a teacher asks a student what they want to be. That child can raise their hand and say I want to be the President of the United States. That teacher can look into that child’s eyes and say… yes you can. You can be anything that you dream to be no matter if you are black, white, brown, male or female.

June 3, 2008 is the day that changed history and the state of Montana (the big sky state) will forever be linked as the state that made it possible for the 1st African American to become the leader of a major national political party. I am truly stunned; I didn’t think he would ever get this far. Once again congratulations on a job well done.

At least 28 die in Sudan air crash disaster

At least twenty-eight passengers on a Sudan Airways aircraft were killed when the Airbus veered off the runway and burst into flames shortly after landing at Khartoum airport in a sandstorm.

The aircraft was arriving from Amman, the Jordanian capital, carrying 203 passengers and 11 crew. The plane’s emergency chutes enabled the survivors to escape. Most of the passengers were believed to be Sudanese.

A security official said he had taken part in the rescue operation …[Read More]

By Times Online | Posted: 11 June 2008

Bomb kills leader of Saddam Hussein’s tribe

Iraq — The leader of Saddam Hussein’s tribe was killed by a bomb Tuesday, after speaking publicly in favor of reconciliation with the government in Baghdad.

Sheik Ali al-Nida, head of the Bani al-Nasiri tribe, which dominated the government under Saddam, was killed by a bomb attached to his car, a police official in the northern Salahuddin Province said.

The bomb detonated while he was driving near his home in the village of Ouja near Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit on the Tigris River. [Read More]

By Andrew E. Kramer | www.iht.com | Posted: 10 June 2008

Operation Lets Muslim Women Reclaim Virginity

France — The operation in the private clinic off the Champs-Élysées involved one semicircular cut, 10 dissolving stitches and a discounted fee of $2,900.

But for the patient, a 23-year-old French student of Moroccan descent from Montpellier, the 30-minute procedure represented the key to a new life: the illusion of virginity.

Like an increasing number of Muslim women in Europe, she had a hymenoplasty, a restoration of her hymen, the vaginal membrane that normally breaks in the first act of intercourse.

“In my culture, not to be a virgin is to be dirt,” [Read More]

By Elaine Sciolino and Souad Mekhennet | New York Times | Posted: June 11, 2008

Bank of America sells its equity brokerage to BNP Paribas

Bank of America is selling its prime brokerage operation to BNP Paribas for around $300 million after a six-month bidding process, according to people briefed on the deal.

The sale is the latest evidence that Bank of America is retrenching after a disastrous effort to build a global investment bank from scratch. As the credit crisis has worsened, Bank of America has dismissed many of its equities research analysts, scaled back its trading activities and focused more [Read More]

By Eric Dash | www.iht.com| posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2008

President Bush regrets his legacy as man who wanted war

President Bush has admitted to The Times that his gun-slinging rhetoric made the world believe that he was a “guy really anxious for war” in Iraq. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international diplomacy for tackling Iran.

In an exclusive interview, he expressed regret at the bitter divisions over the war and said that he was troubled about how his country had been misunderstood. “I think that in retrospect [Read More Story...]

by Tom Baldwin and Gerard Baker in Ljubljana | From The Times | 11June 2008

Merkel emerges as Germany’s anchor

Germany–After narrowly scraping a general election victory in 2005, few believed Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, would achieve much. The low expectations for her fractious “grand coalition” have proved overly pessimistic. Despite the constraints, Ms Merkel has emerged as Europe’s foremost political leader, more reassuring and dependable than her predecessor, Gerhard Schröder. The test now is whether she can turn that authority – and Germany’s economic resilience amid a global downturn – into a platform for a second term in office.

Ms Merkel has learnt the lessons of that flawed campaign. [read more]

by The Financial Times | Posted: 10 June 2008

Let the markets solve the energy crisis

When I became BP chief executive just over a year ago, I warned that the supply and demand balance for energy was very tight. But, in common with most people, I never expected to see the oil price go quite as high, quite as rapidly, as it has in the past few months.

Unsurprisingly, with consumers and businesses everywhere facing much higher fuel costs, emotions are running high. … Governments and the energy industry are urgently looking for solutions. [Read More]

By Tony Hayward | www.ft.com | Posted: 10 June 2008

Taiwanese envoys arrive in China

Negotiators from Taiwan have arrived in China to resume formal talks after a gap of almost 10 years.

China — The talks, set to last until 14 June, are expected to result in agreements on direct passenger flights and tourism.

Dialogue was suspended in 1999 as Taiwan’s leaders began to lean towards formal independence, angering China’s government. [Read More]

But the election in Taiwan of Ma Ying-jeou earlier this. .

by BBC NEWS| Posted: 11 June 2008

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