President Barack Obama

[JaneDead]

discuss

[phee]

Its all over DGN... heh

But I am glad that the international community is also happy about the win

[Nightgaunt]

Same old establishment, new face. I predict a short honeymoon.

[JaneDead]

i know, but i won't read those other posts it is on dgn so i started my very own and hope some people post here so i just read it in this one place. ha.

[phee]

I think he will be gone in four years because he won't be able to fix all the damage that was done

[JaneDead]

no one will be able to fix all the damage that was done. not in four years. no one.

[Rev.Reverence]

Same old establishment, new face. I predict a short honeymoon.

+1

.........how's that go..."Hope for the best...but prepare for the worst.."

.......In other words...I predict the same things as you..................but........I REALLY HOPE WE ARE WRONG..

(don't know if I've wanted to be wrong this much EVER.)

...& at least we don't have to LOOK at McCain for 4 years straight...

[JaneDead]

...& at least we don't have to LOOK at McCain for 4 years straight...

hell yeah. or listen to palin!

[phee]

I am glad we don't have a helicopter riding moose slayer in the whitehouse

[Rev.Reverence]

hell yeah. or listen to palin!

TOO RIGHT SIS...

...her voice HURTS! Like the late winter depression kinda' all-over body pain...concentrated into your inner ear..

[Rev.Reverence]

I am glad we don't have a helicopter riding moose slayer in the whitehouse

[Goth Brooks]

But I am glad that the international community is also happy about the win

Really? It scares me...

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

I really hope I'm wrong about Obama. I really do.

Yet, I will not be surprised when people start waking up and going "What the fuck were we thinking?"

[phee]

I really hope I'm wrong about Obama. I really do.

Yet, I will not be surprised when people start waking up and going "What the fuck were we thinking?"

If you are wrong... do you think you would be able to tell?

[honeymustard02]

The blog I wrote this morning

History has been made

So as most of you know Obama is now our new president. But not only that he's our first black president.

Now this to me is pretty cool. It shows that little by little the racism is being pushed out. BUT not as much as it should be in the year 2008. BUT this has also got me to thinking on things.

I will say that for the most part I really was on the fence about who to pick once Hillary was out of the picture. The lesser of two evils debate really. Towards the end I was leaning for McCain. Yea that made me like 1 of 15 people in the state of Ma I know.

Here's why.

For one why did you vote for a man who refuses to salute the flag of the country he will now be running for the next 4yrs? How dare you stand before the United States of America and disrespect our flag. The flag that stands for everything we believe in. The flag that lets us have the freedom of speech. The flag that made it possible for his family to immigrate here. See links ( warning turn ur sound down!)

http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=1010181

Not to mention he doesn't like our national anthem. He says that its too war based or something to that extent. He says he'd rather something catchier. Now forgive me but you don't like the antem of the country you're now going to run. This was written about when we won our freedom. Of course it's going to be based on war. But also winning and over coming. Any true american hears that song and your hand is automatically over your heart and you're standing proud.

Google this stuff people This is who you put into office!!!

http://mklasing.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/m...ational-anthem/

Another thing brought to mind that bothers me. Think on this one for a minute. Has he been elected into office because he is who you want to run this country or is it just so we can now say we have a black president. Really? Did you elect him because of the color of his skin and the thought of it being cool or is he really worthy of running this country? The color of his skin has no play when it comes to passing laws and deciding taxes. It doesn't mean he'll be better then bush or even worse.

He's also against passing a law that would make gay marriage legal. You would think that someone who just made that huge step for his race would not want to hinder another minority. Hmmm........Doesn't sound right to me. I don't care if you yourself are for or against. But it matters to me that he gets to decide this. To me its his personal call not what's good for one and ALL.

Now if all you're going to say is I'm racist then you can just take a long walk off a short pier. I think this is an amazing huge step in our history. But with the wrong man.

If he proves that he is going to be the "change" we need over the next 4yrs then kudos to you. But I have a funny feeling it won't work out. Not to mention if he makes it through his term without being killed. Again google that because there has already been a twarted attempt on his life by 4 white guys people. He's not even if office yet and people are looking to take him out.

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

Yes.

My family and I wont be in re-indoctrination camps learning how to think "properly".

I'll still be able to own a gun.

I'll still be able to talk critically of the government without fear of inprisonment or worse.

We wont have an un-constitutional civilian "security force" enforcing the will of the Messiah.

I'll notice if I still have my freedom.

[phee]

Yes.

My family and I wont be in re-indoctrination camps learning how to think "properly".

I'll still be able to own a gun.

I'll still be able to talk critically of the government without fear of inprisonment or worse.

We wont have an un-constitutional civilian "security force" enforcing the will of the Messiah.

I'll notice if I still have my freedom.

Fair enough

[Simon Bar Sinister]

28 years of conservative bullshit is OVER!

[Rev.Reverence]

Yes.

My family and I wont be in re-indoctrination camps learning how to think "properly".

I'll still be able to own a gun.

I'll still be able to talk critically of the government without fear of inprisonment or worse.

We wont have an un-constitutional civilian "security force" enforcing the will of the Messiah.

I'll notice if I still have my freedom.

[candyman]

I would rather have conservative than socialist. Making socialism work along with our basic rights and the constitution that we have had for so long is going to one hell of a trip. Its just too bad that we are the only country is the world with problems. We shoulda voted for Gore so we could be in Super-happy-perfect land just like the rest of the world. Every person and country on the face of this planet could use change. The only problem is when that change is not possible due to the existence of reality. Don't get me wrong, I would love to have world peace with everyone sharing but I can also watch a movie like Star Wars and realize that it is not reality.

[Jessika Fxckin rocks (1)]

I am very happy!!!! I wish I could have hoped a train down to chicgo to be there when he won but sadly i had to work most of the day

[phee]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_...ions_world_view

PARIS – Barack Obama's election as America's first black president unleashed a renewed love for the United States after years of dwindling goodwill, and many said Wednesday that U.S. voters had blazed a trail that minorities elsewhere could follow.

People across Africa stayed up all night or woke before dawn to watch U.S. history being made, while the president of Kenya — where Obama's father was born — declared a public holiday.

In Indonesia, where Obama lived as child, hundreds of students at his former elementary school erupted in cheers when he was declared winner and poured into the courtyard where they hugged each other, danced in the rain and chanted "Obama! Obama!"

"Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place," South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, said in a letter of congratulations to Obama.

Many expressed amazement and satisfaction that the United States could overcome centuries of racial strife and elect an African-American as president.

"This is the fall of the Berlin Wall times ten," Rama Yade, France's black junior minister for human rights, told French radio. "America is rebecoming a New World.

"On this morning, we all want to be American so we can take a bite of this dream unfolding before our eyes," she said.

In Britain, The Sun newspaper borrowed from Neil Armstrong's 1969 moon landing in describing Obama's election as "one giant leap for mankind."

Yet celebrations were often tempered by sobering concerns that Obama faces global challenges as momentous as the hopes his campaign inspired — wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the nuclear ambitions of Iran, the elusive hunt for peace in the Middle East and a global economy in turmoil.

The huge weight of responsibilities on Obama's shoulders was also a concern for some. French former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said Obama's biggest challenge would be managing a punishing agenda of various crises in the United States and the world. "He will need to fight on every front," he said.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he hoped the incoming administration will take steps to improve badly damaged U.S. ties with Russia. Tensions have been driven to a post-Cold War high by Moscow's war with U.S. ally Georgia.

"I stress that we have no problem with the American people, no inborn anti-Americanism. And we hope that our partners, the U.S. administration, will make a choice in favor of full-fledged relations with Russia," Medvedev said.

Europe, where Obama is overwhelmingly popular, is one region that looked eagerly to an Obama administration for a revival in warm relations after the Bush government's chilly rift with the continent over the Iraq war.

"At a time when we have to confront immense challenges together, your election raises great hopes in France, in Europe and in the rest of the world," French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a congratulations letter to Obama.

Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski spoke of "a new America with a new credit of trust in the world."

Skepticism, however, was high in the Muslim world. The Bush administration alienated those in the Middle East by mistreating prisoners at its detention center for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and inmates at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison — human rights violations also condemned worldwide.

Some Iraqis, who have suffered through five years of a war ignited by the United States and its allies, said they would believe positive change when they saw it.

"Obama's victory will do nothing for the Iraqi issue nor for the Palestinian issue," said Muneer Jamal, a Baghdad resident. "I think all the promises Obama made during the campaign will remain mere promises."

In Pakistan, a country vital to the U.S.-led war on the al-Qaida terrorist network and neighbor to Afghanistan, many hoped Obama would bring some respite from rising militant violence that many blame on Bush.

Still, Mohammed Arshad, a 28-year-old schoolteacher in the capital, Islamabad, doubted Obama's ability to change U.S. foreign policy dramatically.

"It is true that Bush gave America a very bad name. He has become a symbol of hate. But I don't think the change of face will suddenly make any big difference," he said.

Obama's victory was greeted with cheers across Latin America, a region that has shifted sharply to the left during the Bush years. From Mexico to Chile, leaders expressed hope for warmer relations based on mutual respect — a quality many felt has been missing from U.S. foreign policy.

Venezuela and Bolivia, which booted out the U.S. ambassadors after accusing the Bush administration of meddling in their internal politics, said they were ready to reestablish diplomatic relations, and Brazil's president was among several leaders urging Obama to be more flexible toward Cuba.

On the streets of Rio de Janeiro, people expressed a mixture of joy, disbelief, and hope for the future.

"It's the beginning of a different era," police officer Emmanuel Miranda said. "The United States is a country to dream about, and for us black Brazilians, it is even easier to do so now."

Many around the world found Obama's international roots — his father was Kenyan, and he lived four years in Indonesia as a child — compelling and attractive.

"What an inspiration. He is the first truly global U.S. president the world has ever had," said Pracha Kanjananont, a 29-year-old Thai sitting at a Starbuck's in Bangkok. "He had an Asian childhood, African parentage and has a Middle Eastern name. He is a truly global president."

[Enishi]

We wont have an un-constitutional civilian "security force" enforcing the will of the Messiah.

This is what worries me the most. If the civilian security force turns into Soviet style PC thought police and starts accusing anyone who criticizes Obama of racism, my worst misgivings will have come to pass...

[Winter Steele]

I think all the promises Obama made during the campaign will remain mere promises." If you think for one moment that everything is cumming up roses; just remember the thorns are what will remain for four years and beyond ! What scares me the most is the U.S. may become the New USSRA United States Socialist Ruining of America . We all will have no freedoms, gas will skyrocket, and horseback or bike will be our transportation. I suppose vodka will also be our drink of choice instead of coffee, red bull, or MT. Dew.

[phee]

I think all the promises Obama made during the campaign will remain mere promises." If you think for one moment that everything is cumming up roses; just remember the thorns are what will remain for four years and beyond ! What scares me the most is the U.S. may become the New USSRA United States Socialist Ruining of America . We all will have no freedoms, gas will skyrocket, and horseback or bike will be our transportation. I suppose vodka will also be our drink of choice instead of coffee, red bull, or MT. Dew.

As opposed the freedoms we been granted under the current administration?