As a biracial person, I've always been asked whether I identify more with my 'black side' or my 'white side'. It's as if people think my DNA is divided between nucleotides that make me like basketball, fried chicken and R.Kelly and those that make me like hockey, turnips and Bruce Springsteen. Luckily, I learned to ignore this nonsense at an early age and was free to be whoever and whatever I wanted to be.

Obama should play up his mixed-raced background. I like to think that all us biracial people that are proud of their heritage and, at the same time, proud to be individuals should stand up to any group questioning their racial 'credentials'. In the end, if Barack is elected, I think people are going to judge him less by the color of his skin or the texture of his hair and more by what he's actually done with his time in office.

Then let's have it.

The problem with forums is that you have dozens of people that think they know it all, or at least, know it better then everyone else. Maybe Salon could have a War Room feature where two opposing know-it-alls are picked from the letters section and asked to write calm intelligent letters/posts that will be featured and (hopefully) rationally commented on. Let some of these knuckleheads have the spotlight and see how they like it.

Every genre of music has their share of elitists, but it seems that jazz has more snobs then other forms of music. I grew up listening to jazz and while it is still the music closest to my heart, I grew tired to some of the attitudes I encountered within the community. Whether is was the guy with a room full of LP's lecturing me about why his $10,000 turntable will always be superior to a CD or someone else telling me why rock and rap are blights on the American landscape, sometimes jazz seems does seem inaccessable.

I grew to appreciate all forms of music. There is no better or best, there's just what hits the right notes in you.

There will be plenty of shotguns available for the wedding.

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I know there is going to be those that will continue to be skeptical of Obama's ability to lead. More then that, there will be those that will belittle his victory. But to what purpose does that serve? Obama called on all Americans to move forward and tackle the challenges that face our country and our world.

Obama can fail. We can all fail. But what point is there in electing anyone as President if we refuse to pitch in and work on solutions? What's the point of being an American if we won't set aside our differences and focus on the problems that our common to us all?

As much as we will praise and celebrate Obama's historic victory we need to square our shoulders and get to work. We don't need to seek revenge, we don't need to play the blame game. What we need to do is work together.

I would think that you'd get too much 'junk' sucked against the screen, causing blockage of air flow. Like when you pass by a building and see paper, leaves and plastic bags being suck against ventilation shafts. But you're probably right in that this doesn't happen enough to really warrant such measures.

Of course, there is a couple days between now and Obama's inauguration so the news channels will need to focus on something. Why not birds attacking our airplanes? We should definitely install lasers on our planes to keep pigeons and seagulls from killing us!

I seem to remember that on several occasion, Bush and Co. told us about the inevitability of other terrorist attacks. Maybe they intended it as fear mongering but it seems sensible to prepare Americans for another event, be it small or large. Whatever the circumstances, if there is another attack and it's during Obama's watch, the Republicans will blame him for being weak, appeasing the rest of world, or say he's really Osama in disguise. Obama needs to make clear that closing down the prisons, ending torture and reviewing the tribunals is not necessarily going to stop the attacks.

Americans shouldn't go to foreign countries because they'll kidnap white people and sell them into bondage.

I tune in to PBS to watch Bill Moyers, Frontline and Nova. What they have in common is that they often present 'fair and balanced' information, taking the time to hear out all sides of a debate. What bothers me about shows like The Ultramind Solution is that they are not journalism or roundtable discussions but infomercials that would be more at home on QVC then PBS. These infomercials, which accompany fund drives, almost inevitably include membership 'gifts' in which people pony up $150 or more to 'help' PBS while receiving a suitcase full of books, manuals and other materials from people like Dr. Hyman.

I have a question for Dr. Hyman: How much money do you get for every gift that PBS sells? How much does PBS get?

It is possible that there are those who are, perhaps, personally against gay marriage but still believe that Prop 8 violates individuals' rights. I'm not one to force people to change their personal, moral beliefs because that is a right we can never take away. But if we can get people to reconize that whatever they believe, at the very least they can respect and uphold the rights of others, then we'll all be better off.