Obamania

So, the repulsive unelected emmissary of Satan has gone and we have a new ray of hope in the White House. I think expectations are so high that it will be very, very difficult for Obama to match them. But, we can hope for more. For more humanity, for more understanding of what it is like to be disadvantaged and more empathy for a wider range of political and social views. At the very least he will be a much less force for bigoted, divisionary evil as Bush, a more palatable version of the US force of global power domination. The daily images of the new First Family being Afro-American can also do nothing but good for racial equality and acceptance in the US and in other countries Anglo-Saxon dominated countries with other minorities. The US will see itself in a very different light in the media mirrow from now on, being unable to escape from its multi-cultural present and from its past built on racial inequality and suffering. Every time Obama is on TV, every time his family are shown together, the history of slavery and segregation will be reviewed and the notion that the US has moved away from that will be reinforced. It was an emotional inaugaration to see Jesse Jackson, to be reminded of how recently in terms of family members so many people in the US had suffered from and stood up against segregation and racism.

Here is wishing Obama all the best in turning over not only 8 years of neo-con misrule but 200+ years of inequality.