This day has long been anticipated around the world. I can only imagine what John and Barack are feeling this day...fatigue, nausea, anxiety, fear, etc. It will be good to have it done. Whatever the outcome of this election though, there is sure to be change.

So since it is Election Day here in the Good Ole USA, I thought I would share some Constitutional History with you.

The Declaration of Independence started it all when it declared that "all men are created equal." We have been trying to decipher that statement for the last 232 years. What did TJ mean when he penned those words? Over time we have decided that he meant everyone who appears to be related to the human race, even the unborn have some rights.

The Constitution went on to define the rights of citizens here to be those of a Republic. We have the right to vote and decide what we want to happen in our country. But as soon as that was enumerated as a specific right, we had a fight on our hands.

You see some people who belonged to the human race, and were citizens of our country, were not being afforded the rights as such. Many people took up the cause of freedom for peole of all colors, and the 1820s and 1830s saw a rise in men and women speaking up for the rights of slaves.

The Civil War brought about changes in our country, and eventually in our Constitution. In 1870 black men were given the right to vote. They couldn't really practice the right, since people around them were sneaky and mean, but they did have the right.

Women found it offensive that they had not been included in this granting of voting privileges, and the true fight for a woman's right to vote began in full force. Small ground would be taken in some western states where they needed women, but little progress was really made. It took until 1920 to get the right to vote for women. That means that my grandmothers were born without the right to be fully participating citizens in their own country.

It took 144 years for women to be considered remotely "created equal." The fight would continue, for both women and minorities, until the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That would be 188 years after the Declaration of Independence declared us all "EQUAL."

True, life-altering change comes slowly.

This land was made for you and me.