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America ... the Beautiful

Barack-A-Sorros Wrote: Jul 07, 2009 11:06 AM

Only in America can a poor black kid, grow up to be a rich white guy like Michael Jackson.

The Sarah Saga isn't going anywhere and can wait for another day. Today, I want to tell you a story about an Independence Day from more than a decade ago.

If you've every watched PBS on July 4th, you know that for many years your local affiliate has broadcast the "Capitol Fourth" program which is the concert on the West Lawn of the Capitol building followed by the fireworks which are beyond the Washington Monument on the far end of the Smithsonian Mall.

Our first Fourth of July in Washington, DC was in 1978. The woman who would become...

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