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I think that the Edmund Pettus bridge is as necessary to our future as is the presence of GW at the march and at most state functioning events.  

Often I have thought of what path I have taken.  One that took me through college and other places.  One that moved me in with someone's wife while only 20 years old.  One that pushed me to work for the government and then for a bank and all the while maintaining my openness for my brother and my sister and their endeavors to get along with most citizens here in Jacksonville.  

I wonder at what paths I have taken but I know that the man I am is a result of the choices I have made.  Now you might be thinking of that GEICO commercial where "people in horror movies make poor decisions" and yeah most of those commercials including the ones from Progressive seem to be about my life or could be interpreted that way, but fact is I would rather have the knowledge I have and not have children, than to have children and NOT have the knowledge or lessons that I have been through, and then have to LEARN some of those lessons at their expense.  

Remember that my motto is 50/50.   YOUR motto should be that too.  Don't regret TOO MUCH your choices and sober up if they have taken you away from the public trust because the people the police want to catch are NOT the criminals that have done bad things in the past, they want the ones that CONTINUE to do things like they are from another country, maybe like I did, organizing and perpetually flouting the law as though it was made for the LESSER beings.  

So I am on a road of redemption.  If you are in my way, well, then get OUT of my way please.  I never meant to lose the trust people had in me and if I have to work at it to earn it back then so be it.  

OH, right, the President, well he gave a great speech in Selma I thought so today I thought I would say that and add that even though GW seems out of place, he's not out of place.  He has learned his lessons and he is the symbol of the lessons we and the world have learned.  The state of the world is HIS fault and he knows it, and we know we let him do it and even advocated that he do what he did.  

So don't rename the Edmund Pettus bridge.  We need to know why it was named.  We need the reminder.  Don't rename Forrest High School, which was also a school named after a famous KKK member.  People need to ask about it and learn and be shocked and as much as people know there are good examples of our past, they should learn of the bad ones.  

Don't be shy about your past, it's only with it intact, like Picard said about unraveling his "tapestry" in the episode Tapestry, that you realize you could not be a great man, without lessons to remind you of... well, of PAIN!