Returning to Democratic Vistas

Like Wendy read in class, the Whitman passage from Democratic Vistas that sang to me was "We have frequently printed the word Democracy.  Yet I cannot too often repeat that it is a word the real gist of which still sleeps, quite unawaken'd, notwithstanding the resonance and the many angry tempests out of which its syllables have come, from pen or tongue.  It is a great word, whose history, I suppose, remains unwritten, because that history has yet to be enacted."  I love this passage because it embodies not only Whitman's great optimism, but the optimism that really defines America.  I like how he portrays democracy as a process, not a static state.  He embraces the agency we have here to change democracy's meaning and continually work on creating a better country.

Also-I went bowling over the weekend, and we had to wait until after 8:30 to go because of league bowling.  I instantly thought of AmCon and now have a good feeling that league bowling is still going strong in suburbs of Minneapolis. :)

awesome velcro bowling shoes