I also noted a Letter to the Editor in the Panola Watchman this week...

Dear Editor:

Did I miss something?

I normally read the Panola Watchman online. In the January 21, 2009 edition, I and many others who read The Panola Watchman expected to see headlines, as in most other newspapers around the world about the makings of history and the United States of America electing a new president.This truly was a historic event. There has never been an African-American elected as president of the United States of America, but there was still a story to be told.

Not only is he the first African - American elected to the highest office in the land, but also American citizens were spread out for miles on the National Mall in Washington on January 20, 2009 as displayed by the tears of the people who were present and just being hopeful that there will indicate a change for America. Also, foreign countries were celebrating the election of our new president.

A man by the name of Barack Hussein Obama is now the President of the United States of America. He came in as an outsider in a nation of outsiders and he has turned this country upside down. His leadership should be a testament of American open-mindedness.As with the Democratic campaign the majority of our nation has come together to be united and get this country back to caring about its people and doing what is in the best interest of the people of this country.

Nearly 30 years ago when Ronald Reagan’s administration heralded in the onset of the conservative age by saying that “government is the problem”, President Obama is announcing the arrival of a new liberalism in his speech by declaring “The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, healthcare they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.”

Yes, people of Panola County who weekly read the Panola Watchman the election of President Barack Hussein Obama is newsworthy.

Paulette Gladney-Goree