Huh?

I get...

Mother Teresa
Doctors Without Borders
Martin Luther King, Jr
The Red Cross
Elie Wiesel
Nelson Mandela
Wangari Maathai
Shirin Ebadi
and a host of others.

Today I'm just confused.

Rembering 9/11

"America has its faults as a society, as we have ours.

But I think of the Union of America born out of the defeat of slavery.

I think of its Constitution, with its inalienable rights granted to every citizen still a model for the world.

I think of a black man, born in poverty, who became chief of their armed forces and is now secretary of state Colin Powell and I wonder frankly whether such a thing could have happened here.

I think of the Statue of Liberty and how many refugees, migrants and the impoverished passed its light and felt that if not for them, for their children, a new world could indeed be theirs.

I think of a country where people who do well, don't have questions asked about their accent, their class, their beginnings but have admiration for what they have done and the success they've achieved.

I think of those New Yorkers I met, still in shock, but resolute; the fire fighters and police, mourning their comrades but still head held high."

--British Prime Minister Tony Blair

Celebrating Harriet Tubman Day!

Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist

"I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other." 

~Harriet Tubman

"If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more."

~Harriet Tubman

Born into slavery in 1820, Harriet Tubman escaped and became actively involved in the Underground Railroad.  During the Civil War she worked as a nurse and spy for the Union.  

More info:

American Story 

PBS special on Harriett Tubman

Surprised to see this on national news

Love him or hate him, President Bush has had more impact fighting HIV in Africa then any other president in US history.  To read more.