Making History

"Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. ... We - even we here - hold the power, and bear the responsibility ..."

From Lincoln's annual address to Congress, December 1, 1862



A screen shot from my iPhone, on November 4, 2008 at 8:01pm PST, when Barack Hussein Obama was predicted the winner of the presidential election.