It’s been a long time since you, american people, gave me faith in humankind. Of course Obama won’t be able to solve all the problems (Yes, Catinabag and Skrobo, there were issues during Bush administration if you didn’t notice) but he can’t be worse than dubbya or a conservative so called hero (I still don’t understand how people can speak of “war heroes”. How can these 2 words be related in any way is a mystery to me).
Thank you american people, you made my day and, considering your country’s “leadership”, my children early years.
I hope he will lead the US (and the rest of the world) into more peaceful times.
If he hadn’t won these elections, I think there would have been massive riots everywhere in the states, and at least most black people would have been very upset.
Hopefully Obama will be well protected from his enemies.
I was not for OBAMA at all but I am for supporting the commander and chief. The election did not have the outcome “I” wanted but the people of the United States have spoken so we need to support our leader. This really is a defining moment in history. We have had record turn outs for voting and democracy has had its way. I do hope, but mostly pray, that when president Obama takes office he will lead with wisdom AND STRENGTH. I know for the majority of people this is a good day and maybe this will transfer in to the economy and it will start an upward swing.
You almost stole the words out of my mouth. Wisdom is sufficient to me because it includes strenght for the situations that require it. No need to emphasize strength, it’s just a way to slightly put Obama’s future decisions on a path I wouldn’t want him to follow (I mean, if I had been part of his election, of course)
Obama didn’t win by dividing people over minor issues, but by uniting and energizing them with a positive, optimistic message. That was a welcome change.
He is a man who solicits and considers opinions from people who disagree with him. That will be a welcome change.
He is not from the bottom of his college class, but from the top, speaking in paragraphs instead of sound bites. That will be a welcome change.
He has not been rich his whole life, but worked to get where he is, and he eschewed high-paying law jobs in favor of grass-roots community service. That is a most welcome (and huge) difference between him and our current administration.
In the next months and years we’ll see how well he deals with the staggering problems facing the US, but for today…
Don’t you?;)
More seriously, I live in a country where abortion is legal and least we can say is that we aren’t running out of babies: France is the European country with the highest fecondity rate. So sad to see how people can be blind on such important issues…
oh and we don’t eat phoetuses either:D
Obama isnt that red. Here in EU where taxes are sky high, medical care and education is free people are pretty happy. For example Sweden is one of the most “socialist” nation in EU and is has always been one of the top countries in HDI.
Americans don’t want to be happy. Remember our puritan roots. We want to work hard, succeed, grouse about - but secretly be damn proud about - how hard we have to work, and then still be unhappy.
Anyway, if Americans were happy we’d let up our guard and then the world would fall apart.
Col. Jessup said it best in “A Few Good Men”:
Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You?..I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom…You have the luxury of not knowing what I know…You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use then as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said “thank you,” and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to."