Matchmaker, Matchmaker,
Make me a match,
Find me a find,
catch me a catch
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Look through your book,
And make me a perfect match

Hi Esete ,how sweet, are you Cupid or Matchmaker?:), go ahead and make me a match, I have a very short list with only two items on it: personality and character, if they match get to work, must warn you though… things go awry where I am concerned, last time I tried to make me a match, love of my life ,both matchy personality and character were there, even the soul-matey depth business was there, still went wrong though regretablly, maybe it is time to give the job to Matchmaker I don’t think am up to it….

I for one am very happy to know my kids will grow up watching a very kind, intelligent, honorable and responsible man that resembles them leading this nation. congratulations to all that voted for him and there is no doubt in my mind those who didn’t will have a change of heart in the years to come. Big step for human kind. I was proud to be part of that moment on Tuesday night. Hidaya are you married? I’d love to have you for a sister in law! i have a brother who is single:)

Nolawi, now is the time for you to get married and have a baby so you can tell your kidsyou were born when we had the first Arican American president

Yes we can. We elected the best person to lead the nation….bar none.

Hi Tsedey..yep said hello to history with a proud grin literally and the other figuratively lol, you know I didnt notice the link:) you’re observant.. Congratulations people of America I am gonna keep saying that to anyone from America lol…

Just me, that’s brilliant.

Hidaya..what a bright idea of going to the Dentist prior to witnessing history with a big grin:)

OMG …Nolawi , where are you ? Did you jump of a building or sth out of excitment:)
Obama Won and Bernos still says “Proposal” Minamin?
Congrats eshi

Oh my God I cant believe this even as I keep saying… Obama is president of the US, wow!!!

Good morning people of America thank you all for coming out in your millions to have your say, we can now stop stalking the news and start having a life again lol….yesterday in London people talked of nothing else even my dentist got in the act so excited he sounded at an America lead by B.O.and he is from Armenia, at least he was at his workplace whereas I decided to give mine a wide berth and instead become part of American history the remote way after the dentist visit…

I headed for the American Embassy in London to stand around at the embassy gates and do it that way, luckily earlier in the day as I was buying a paper and muttering to myself “please Americans vote for Obama” a middle aged lady also buying a paper heard me and smiled at me, I smiled back and as she spoke I realised she had an American accent and was also heading to the embassy to vote, I was terrified she might be a McCain supporter,but not only was she a Democrat and Obama supported, but also turned out to be an immigration human rights specialist lawyer who lived in London for over 20 years she said.pfffff sigh of relief on my part by not sharing a train journey neither a Republican nor a banker lol…

Many people had the same idea as me, I assume most were Londoner Americans a bigger community than I knew of ,but many others were British people and tourists too, gawping but actually not gawping I think most were driven by genuine curiosity and well wishing, it was amazing as I always assumed that continental European had more hardened racial attitudes than in the UK where it is a lots and lots different but no amazingly I saw Germans and Poles wishing Obama to come to power, and the French and the Italians too, I could barely believe my ears…., anyway to make a long story short I wasn’t allowed in the Embassy itself since I had no practical business to take care of, but I did wait for my new friend to come out after the vote, those who didn’t feel like aimlessly going to the American embassy even though they had no business there sat all afternoons, evening and late into the night in pubs glued to the tv and their drinks presumably….

Than God this is over, I have never been so anxious about an election in America or even here, normally I don’t care , I vote and that is it I expect nothing much will chance ,…but years from now when people ask me where I was as Obama was being voted for, I can tell people ..I was standing right outside of the AE, must be careful to be specific and say not the entire time because some of that time I was glued to my laptop….So now it is over, and history has been made ..I am glad I was here to have lived through it, albeit remotetly ..

In years to come this day would be poignant for many in the world, but for BO it will be bittersweet, in less than 48 hours he has experienced great sorrow for the loss of his grandmother followed by great joy by making history as the first AA president in American history….The Gods they give and they take….I cant stop chanting President Obama, President Obama….

Sorry for the rant guys I am happy and have a bigger grin than a Cheshire cat that’s why lol….

My blackberry battery died and the best of my message under the influence got lost. I try later

Ok folks this may not come out right but if u ever felt infior now u have no reason if u ever felt traumatized u have overcome it. This is the human race now and the symbolic most powerful man in the world is the son of a patriotic african and a humanist european. I am celebrating and I hope we all go and do great things for the people that we love and the country we love

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vote today and make a difference
gObama!

Anonx,

Thanks Getu and Anonx…..

I am well aware that whatever we say about these big topics has at least 80% chance of being wrong…:)

LOL @Getu… good call on your part as well.

And I go ahead and retract my silly remark as well.

However D, your econ view does sound eerily like a village agriculture economy: ezgo maharena kristos… when the rain fails. Thats not as bad as the new age gurus who say whatever you want, sent out a message to universe… in my view its still bad though because although when and how rain falls is uncontrolleable, efficiency in rain water use, preventing soil erotion, foresting and deforesting is within the villager’s control and no amount of ezgo maharena kristos is going to change it.

Dinich,
Good call! My apologies for the name calling… As an unreasonable person, I didn’t think I’d be dealing with a reasonable person.

Getu,

U have a good point but I dont understand the name calling part…

Dinich,
“Obama’s supprot especially in the primaries came from three areas. Blacks, educated folks and the younger generation. The balcks are racially motivated. Period.”
So what type of racial motivation did blacks have when over 75% of them voted for Clinton in 96?
Also, its interesting how the three groups are mutually exclusive. Black and educated folks belonging to two separate groups…. I guess just like the youngsters, blacks can’t be educated.
Dinich, its only because you’re so full of urself that u make a fool of urself…

On an unrelated topic, how do you publish something? I’ve not actively used the Bernos blog, though I’ve followed the posts for a while.

“The economy? It is managed by the devil or God depending on the luck of the president.”

I agree D. I see them on the newspaper everyday. Do you know a good lawyer?

Nyala,

“Things might appear to change for the better but ultimately it wont last too long unless his supporters do something about it. Otherwise, by the time every one wakes up from this love affair, it will be business as usual.”

Agree 200%

But I think Obama has made a big dent in the fight against racism. The fight is a long journey and takes generations and Obama has contributed more than his fair share to the cause. I think he has taught both sides of the fight a lesson or two…that is what I would say is his legacy…more along the lines of Marthin Luther etc…

In terms of policy minamin…It is all the work of the party and the advisers around him. But I give him big credit for surrounding himself with smart ppl and having the modesty to listen to them….Smart ppl know how little they know…

The economy? It is managed by the devil or God depending on the luck of the president. I hope luck is on his side. There is little the governmet can do about the mess. Everything he says he will do about the economy is too shallow and politically motivated…but I guess they r under the gun and they have to make these shallow promises…

Obama’s supprot especially in the primaries came from three areas. Blacks, educated folks and the younger generation. The balcks are racially motivated. Period. The young and the educated are able to see the person beyond the color. I would say this is more of a testament to the generation than Obama. This is a liberated generation where a black guy would have a white girlfriend, a spanish roommate and a chinese teacher.

But yaeh Obama is an extraordinarily balanced human being having the potential to be the greatest president america has ever seen…

I like the nation’s article tpeace, thanks for bring it up. No question BO takes the marketing man of the year award. He built up on a an early example of the power of the internet in getting people involved, as its called on the numerous emails ‘ownership of this campaign.’ I wait to see to what that ownership translates. One legacy he can count already is that noone can win without internet donation, its addictive when they tell you… look the other guy is beating us on the money game, you stand to loose your stakehold if you don’t double up. Double-up immediately. Its similar to a gambler who goes deep in the hole for a slice of the whole pie or a slice of it or mildly, a shareholder in a stock who continues to add money to recoup lose. The point is that they figured out a way to work in not just interest, but also pychology into the donation game.

I thought only our economy works on “irrational exuberance”… Our politics does too

response to one of the things u mentioned datdude

Education:
Obama would eliminate subsidies to private student lenders, which will save ~$6 billion dollars per year, savings to be invested in additional student aid. He would establish a new American Opportunity Tax Credit worth $4,000 a year in exchange for 100 hours of public service a year. universal and refundable credit is done to ensure the first $4,000 of a college education is free.
Consolidating programs under the Direct Loan program, instead of private bank lenders could help save $4.5 billion.

Chck out LBJ’s speach about the great society in 1964.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/lbjthegreatsociety.htm