So many thoughts, but how many posts do I start?
I’ll try to condense it into teh Readers Digest verison in a single post.
I saw a lot of very young people with glazed over eyes as they gazed adoringly at the stage awaiting Obama’s victory speech, he has filled Americans with hope, and perhaps that’s what you need. I also have to commend McCain on his very eloquent speech as he conceded the election, he is a man with nothing to be ashamed of, a strong American and someone who is a paradigm of what a true believer should be. He believed in himself, he believed in America and he very graciously believes in Obama, asking Americans to come together and support the new president elect as he leads a very volatile America for at least the next 4 years (personally I think that unless someones assasinates him, or he makes some horrendous mistakes, he will see a term of 8).
I wondered about Canada’s borders, if Obama is going to spend all this extra money on border security, how long is it going to take to get across the line now? Many Canadian supporters didn’t seem to be aware of his intent to increase border security funding, I suppose they drank some cool aid and also stared on with glazed eyes.
And what’s goin got happen with Canadian troops in Afghanistan, from what I understand, Obama wants to extend their duty to help support a greater US presence (which is about 4 years too late).
I then thought about just how much he is going to play with NAFTA and how THAT will effect our economy too, but my own thoughts seemed irrelevant as I started to consider the Middle East, that is the big one we really need to address afterall.
So I dropped by AlJazeera’s website and started to read Middle Eastern news. They seem happy that Obama is elected but they also expect a lot of personal attention from the new president, hope you don’t mind sharing.
First of all, I must say that after reading a lot of Middle Eastern news last night, I find AlJazeera News to be extremely biased towards Obama too, its nice to know that Cool Aid is also available in a variety of flavours in the Middle East too!
[b][u]US Votes: Afghan Hopes[/u][/b]
Increasing insecurity, rising costs and growing lawlessness have left many Afghans sceptical of the US-dominated Western intervention, which began seven years ago….But the infectious enthusiasm of Obama’s supporters seems to have touched Afghanistan too – resulting in a cautious optimism that has been absent for a very long time.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/11/2008115105513722774.html
[b][u]US election diary: Politics of fear[/b][/u]
A pre-election article that truly displays AlJazeera’s favour of Obama.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/10/20081031201745460992.html
[u][b]Gaxa holding scant hopes[/u][/b]
Many Palestinians doubt whether either US presidential candidate can help ease
the crisis in Gaza.
(Includes comments by people of many different walks of life.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/11/200811423287312489.html
[b][u]Poll proposed for Iraq-US pact [/u][/b]
Iraqi’s hold hope that the new president will see that Iraqi’s will have greater jurisdiction over US troops and want a guarantee that US soldiers will not launch attacks on other countries from Iraq.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/11/2008114105325397812.html
The man has his work cut out for him, once American eyes return to their daily duties and the buzz of having a black president (sorry, but he’s NOT an African he’s an American and is black) starts to mellow, will Obama actually step up to the plate and continue to follow through until the job is done?
Only time will tell but I congratulate you all for bringing forth two of America’s finest for a change, what a refreshing election it was, for the whole world, what a glorious face it has given America once again, lets hope it lasts..
With all that said, and if you made it this far down the post,
What are you planning to do with McCain, don’t suppose you’d lend him to us for a few years would you? Y’all can keep Palin though, she’s just a plea for the bleeding hearts, how she ever sat in as a Republican is beyond me, she screams extreme lefty all over, but I’d welcome McCain with open arms he’s a man who deserves to hold his head high and you should all be proud that he’s a humble, fellow American, working for your best interests.
Cheers to 4 good years, the first of 8 where America has a chance to show her true colours once again.
[b]From Rogers Water’s “The Tide is Turning”[/b]
[i]I’m not saying that the battle is won
But on Saturday night all those kids in the sun
Wrested technology’s sword from the hand of the
War Lords
Oh, oh, oh, the tide is turning
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