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Today we celebrated my dad’s birthday, which was actually yesterday. We took him to the Tennessee Aquarium’s IMAX theater in Chattanooga to see the fantastic IMAX movie “A Beautiful Planet” in 3D. It is a very moving film that takes place on the International Space Station. Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence narrates this story of how our planet is a wonderful but fragile place that is our home. The space station is a really cool place where important work is being done. Those who call the station home come from different places and when you are in space borders don’t matter much. Their work has a common goal of making the world a better place. One big point the movie makes is that our planet’s resources are being used at a very high rate and that threatens us all. Seeing the changes from above can change your perspective on your life.

We are to be crew members on planet Earth in taking care of each other. The notion that it’s every person for itself is wrong. You don’t get a free ride but you are responsible for one another and you have to care about the place you live before it is lost forever.

Here’s The Trailer for the movie…

Source: “Make America White Again” campaign sign causing controversy in – WRCBtv.com | Chattanooga News, Weather & Sports

This campaign sign is posted in Polk County, TN which is near Chattanooga. Here is what I have to say about it.

Can someone tell me what century we live in again? There is so much to say about this. For one, America was not “white” to begin with. Two, this sign is a reminder of how selfish and ignorant people choose to be. Three, this man as well as others of his kind should repent for their sad, broken, pathetic hearts. Four, it’s a hard reminder that America will never be great as long as people like him are considered for leadership of this country. I should feel sorry for him but I don’t because he is on the wrong side of history. People like him are a relic of a horrible part of our history where people were lynched, spat upon, called names. The America he wants is one where “colored” people still sit in separate sections of restaurants, restrooms, buses and other public places. As long as racism, homophobia and discrimination are a part of the fabric of America there is little hope of greatness. Anyone who defends this man reveals their true character.