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May 1, 2010
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CARPET CLEANING
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Pre-Spray Traffic Areas
(Includes: I sm all H allw ay)
1 Cleaning Area (only)
$40.00
Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area
(Hallway Extra)
Stairs (12-16 stairs - With
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Area/Oriental Rugs:
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Area/Oriental Rugs (Wool):
$40.00Minimum
Heavily Soiled Area:
Additional $10.00 each area
(Requiring Extensive Pre-Spraying)
UPHOLSTERY
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Sofa: $69.00
Loveseat: $49.00
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■ ■ ■ ■ H a M M B a M M m M M M m a M ta M N I
Still Have Hope for a Better Day
A rough period for
equality and justice
by D r . E. F aye W illiams
T h e sta te o f e q u a lity
an d ju s tic e in A m e ric a is
s h a m e fu l-e s p e c ia lly
s in c e th e e l e c t i o n o f
P resid e n t B arack O bam a.
U nlike m any o f m y friends
w h o th in k A m e ric a is
g o in g to h ell in a h a n d b a sk e t, an d h a v e g iv en
up th in k in g th in g s w ill g et b e tte r fo r th o se
w h o ’ve b een m a rg in a liz e d fo r so lo n g , I still
h av e h o p e fo r a b e tte r day .
W hen B arack O b am a w as ru n n in g fo r P resi
d en t o f th e U n ite d S ta te s, a c lo se frien d to ld
m e, "M ark m y w ord. W h en S e n a to r O b a m a is
e lec te d , so m e p eo p le w ill go a b so lu te ly c ra zy ,
an d a fte r h e 's re -e le c te d , th ey w ill go m ad !"
H is ra tio n a le w as th a t th e a v e ra g e w h ite p e r
son h ad n e v e r h ad th e o p p o rtu n ity to w ak e
up e v e ry m o rn in g an d see a b rillia n t b la ck
m an on te le v isio n w h o w as th e m o st p o w e rfu l
m an in th e w o rld ! U n le ss th ey w ere w ed to
F O X N e w s an d th e O 'R e illy , H a n n ity , B eck ,
V on S u ste rn p ro g ra m s, th e y w o u ld le arn so
m u ch a b o u t us, so m an y g o o d th in g s th ey
h ad re fu se d to a c k n o w le d g e b efo re.
S o m a n y o f o u r p e o p le are b rillia n t in w h at
th e y d o , b u t n e v e r h ad a fa ir c h a n c e to be seen
in a p o sitiv e lig h t in th e ir d a ily n e w sp a p e rs o r
on m a in stre a m te le v isio n o r h e a rd on m a jo r
ra d io sta tio n s.
N o w , here w e are a fte r the O b am a victo ries.
H e ’s th e re e v e ry sin g le day! T h e m a d n e ss
re a lly sw u n g in to h ig h g e a r w ith th e T e a
P a rty , M ic h e lle B ac h m a n , S arah P a lin , Sen.
T e d C ru z an d a w h o le lo t o f o th e rs. S o m e I
d id n 't m e n tio n b e c a u se th ey w ere a lre a d y on
th e list o f w h a t m o st o f us h a v e c o m e to k n o w
as th e " c ra z ie s," su ch as R u sh L im b au g h and
h is h o rrib le ilk.
B la c k w o m e n like o u r F irst L ad y M ic h e lle
O b a m a h a d n o t o fte n b e e n se e n o n th e
e v e n in g n e w s, e x c e p t w h en they w ere th ere
c ry in g o v e r a son o r d a u g h te r w h o 'd been
sh o t o r a c c u se d o f b e in g in v o lv e d in som e
k in d o f w ro n g d o in g . N o w , h ere she w as-
b e a u tifu l, sm art M o m -in -C h ie f p re sid in g o v er
so c ia l e v e n ts fo r w o rld le ad e rs an d th e ir first
la d ie s. S he w as d e a lin g w ith real A m e ric an
c h allen g e s-su c h as m ilitary fam ilies and c h ild
h o o d o b e sity . S he w as o u t m a k in g sp ee c h es
a n d in sp irin g w o m en o f all b a c k g ro u n d s.
W ith p e o p le w h o c o u ld n o t sta n d all th ese
p o sitiv e scen es and u n b e lie v ab le a c c o m p lis h
m e n ts, in s a n ity set in, an d in ste a d o f g rin n in g
a n d b e a rin g th e strid e s A m e ric a w as m a k in g ,
th e y b e g an try in g to set us b a ck to w h a t th ey
c a lle d "the g o o d ole d ay s."
S om e m ake every e ffo rt to send b lack people
to th e b a ck o f th e b u s, sen d im m ig ra n ts o f
c o lo r b a c k to fro m w h e re v e r th e y h a d c o m e,
sen d g ay p e o p le b a c k in to th e c lo se t, and
fo rc e w o m e n to g o b a c k to th e k itc h e n ! T h e y
b e g a n ta lk in g a b o u t ta k in g b a c k th e ir c o u n try
as th o u g h th e y d id n 't ta k e it fro m th e N a tiv e
A m e ric a n s an d as th o u g h im m ig ra n ts an d
e n sla v e d p e o p le h a d d o n e n o th in g to b u ild
th is c o u n try .
M any in the U .S. H ouse o f R epresentatives
and the U .S. S enate tried to blo ck everything
President O bam a supported, even if they had
supported the sam e things in the past. T hey
w ere tone d e a f to the phrase "W here there is no
ju stice, there w ill be no peace!"
W ith a P resid e n t w h o tru ly tried to m ak e all
le v e ls o f g o v e rn m e n t lo o k lik e A m e ric a by
a p p o in tin g w o m e n , H isp a n ic s, A sia n s, g ay s
an d le sb ia n s, D e m o c ra ts an d R e p u b lic a n s
an d b e in g to ta lly in c lu s iv e o f all o f us, th o se
w h o 'd g o n e m ad d id n o t u n d e rsta n d th a t you
c a n n o t p u t a g e n ie b a c k in th e box.
W e m ay be g o in g th ro u g h a ro u g h p e rio d
as fa r as p ro g re ss on e q u a lity an d ju s tic e , b u t
I still b e lie v e th e re are e n o u g h g o o d p e o p le
w h o w ill w o rk th ro u g h th e ir p re ju d ic e s an d
b ia se s w ith w h ich th ey w e re re a re d as they
u n d e rsta n d th a t th o se o f us w h o 'v e p re v i
o u sly b e en le ft o u t, w o n 't tu rn b ack .
I still have hope. N o one can change the
change fo r w hich w e've w orked so hard.
Dr. E. Faye Williams is national chair o f the
National Congress o f Black Women.
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