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Let me finish tonight with this. A sixth of our country is now of hispanic background. 1 in 6 and growing, imagine the enhanced dignity they must feel today after what happened late yesterday in rome. The election of pope francis is something so new it may take a while to get our heads around it. It wont take that long for people who come from latin american backgrounds. All the people here in our country from Central America and the caribbean, they must be thrilled. And the cardinal from buenos aires was a surprise last night. He wasnt even mentioned of the possible popes of the newspapers. M...

1 in 6 and growing, imagine the enhanced dignity they must feel today after what happened late yesterday in rome. The election of pope francis is something so new it may take a while to get our heads around it. It wont take that long for people who come from latin american backgrounds. All the people here in our country from Central America and the caribbean, they must be thrilled. And the cardinal from buenos aires was a surprise last night. He wasnt even mentioned of the possible popes of the newspapers. My sense is hell be very offbeat from what were used to in politics in this country. Usu...

Numerals with its xs and is and ds and cs and ms. Whats great about our numbers system is the ease with which you can haggle like in an arab marketplace. The guy says the item will cost you 9. You say 7. He says take it for 8. Beautiful. So the republicans want to cut spending. The democrats said they want to raise taxes, especially on the well off. They both say they want to cut the deficit. Stop adding to the national debt. So fortunately, we have a perfect Number System to do it. The conservatives say the federal government should only be spending one out of five dollars produce the by the ...

Just for me, but for our state, im hopeful now for our nation that people will recognize we shouldnt be discriminating and have laws on the book that discriminate against our friends, our neighbors and fellow citizens. What you did yesterday in minnesota is something i have never seen. It wasnt just a public apology, but you did it in the body you used to work. What was it like to go back in there in that role and tell them what you had to tell them . It was very freeing. The emotion came because it literally occurred to me as i sat down, this is a public apology. I was there to say trust me w...

Let me finish with this. When you look at the faces at st. Peters square how can you not have hope . Those faces glisten with the excitement and possibility that the Worlds Largest church could have a lead history will deliver us to an era of openness, honesty, compassion, and social justice. All this could happen because francis i, thats the name he took, holds tremendous power. As we watched him tonight present himself, we saw how he was calling the shots minute to minute, not operating according to the prescribed choreography directed to him by the vatican officials there. I believe thats a...