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Originally posted by DANNY:
Can you still recall the social revolution of Martin Luther King?
If Dr King's legacy is to be more then just one day...
We all must remember the struggle we overcame in a peaceful protest way
The youth of today may not remember the fight
But for some of us it remains in our sight
So on his holiday and all throughout the year, be with your family and remember his cause
Take time to listen but let us not pause
We must continue to demand equal rights wherever injustice grows deep
Or the roots of human cruelty will again in our lives seep
So let us praise Dr King for taking a stand
And maybe modern day society will see the true greatness of the man.

Daniel

Daniel,

Nice job!!

SHUTTLE LANDS SAFELY TO END BIG YEAR


By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press Writer
Sat Dec 23, 5:43 AM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA began 2006 having flown only a single space shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster three years earlier. After Friday's landing of space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts, the U.S. space agency will end the year with three successful shuttle missions under its belt and the resumption of construction on the international space station.

"Yes, this was a big year," NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said after Discovery touched down. "Each and every time we do this, it is a minor miracle. It is the hardest thing that human being have yet learned how to do."

Discovery safely returned to Earth after some last-minute suspense over which landing site to use, ending a smooth, 13-day mission during which the astronauts rewired the space station and delivered U.S. astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams to the orbiting outpost for a six-month stay.

It was not until about an hour before the landing that NASA decided where to bring the shuttle home. There were showers over Florida, which forced NASA to bypass the first opportunity to land, and crosswinds at the usual back-up landing site, Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert.

NASA was not thrilled about the next-best landing site, White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, where the weather looked good. Only once has a shuttle landed there, in 1982.

Ultimately, NASA gave the go-ahead for a Florida landing when it appeared the rain would not reach Cape Canaveral. The shuttle came in through scattered clouds and touched down on a floodlit runway in the early evening darkness.

"It's a thrill to have you in Florida," Mission Control said.

After the shuttle rolled to a stop, ending its 5.3 million-mile journey, Discovery commander Mark Polansky said: "You have seven thrilled people right here. ... I think it's going to be a great holiday."

Less than two hours after touching down, Polansky and four other crew members _ pilot William Oefelein, and mission specialists Robert Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham and Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang of the European Space Agency _ walked around the shuttle and inspected it under a light drizzle and blustery wind.

Missing from the walk-around inspection were U.S. astronaut Nicholas Patrick and German astronaut Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency, who came back from a six-month stay at the space station and felt the pull of gravity Friday for the first time since July.

"Nick was feeling slightly, just a bit woozy as well," Griffin said. "He's doing just fine."

Discovery's crew made four spacewalks, installing a two-ton addition to the space station and switching the orbiting outpost from a temporary power source to a permanent one. The fourth spacewalk was an impromptu affair, added when NASA was unable to get an accordion-like solar array on the space station to fold up.

Two spacewalkers tightened wires and nudged the panels, finally getting the 115-foot-long array to collapse into its compartment like a jack-in-the-box.

"In a tough situation like this, they figured out what the problem was ... and continued with the rest of the construction," said former shuttle commander Eileen Collins, who now serves on a NASA advisory panel. "I'm really proud of the guys."

Other than that, the mission was practically flawless.

Curbeam took part in all four spacewalks, setting a record for the most in a single shuttle mission. Fuglesang, the first Swede in space, took three spacewalks.

The rewiring job set the stage for two new major additions to the space station from Europe and Japan that will be installed over the next two years. Five shuttle flights to continue space station construction are scheduled for next year.

"We've had a fantastic year," said Kirk Shireman, space station program deputy manager. "Next year is going to be bigger."

Thanks for sharing Daniel!!

Another poem I share with thee to express in words just how much you mean to me
Thou has brought me through darkness to see the light
It lies there in your arms, your hugs, the comfort of your sight
And when we are together, that my dear this`is how you have helped me most
Just feeling the softness of your skin, knowing that there is love in your eyes
This has kept me going through the sadness and the sighs
I want so much to make you see that I am reaching out to others now to tear down this block in me
This hesitation that you see in me is more so fear of not knowing how much I can`do and who I can be
All this love that exists in my heart was there from the beginning as you gave me a new start
I always give freely my soul to those for whom I love and I care
But it often causes me heartache, depression, and despair
But what I have found in you is a love that is pulling me through
So forgive me love, if I haven't said the words you long to hear nearly enough
But I want you to know you are my Juliet, my Princess and my Queen
You have given me a love that I have seldom seen
And I still long for the day when our bodies are together
So I can once again feel your warmth as you take me to forever.

Whats so funny about peace, love and understanding?

In this other world where a sin is sometimes seen as a pleasure
This is the new world that I want you all to treasure
Let's fly away.....High away ....and never come down
For what we continue to see is universal love....it's all around
It's here...its there for the taking for all to astound
So escape with me and you too will be feeling
How much love means to us and the power of its healing.

Her face was glowing as I touched her skin
Her body was warm as I began to enter from within
How can one resist the beauty of a woman
The feel of her kiss upon your lips
As she opens her heart and her soul to your being
These are the expressions of love that I keep seeing
As you open her lips and spread her wings
You fly away in desire bringing warmth to your body and soul
As you escape from your everyday world into the beauty of her hole
This passion from which I speak, some may call sin
But I say its the beauty of love that often lies within
So escape with me now and open your heart
And this world that I speak of may give you your start


Together in a world where souls seek the truth
The love that you make will bring you your youth

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VIPER..... You're the only one in this club that gives me inspiration to continue on with my writing and singing....

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Peace, Love, and Understanding,

Danny