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Nope, quite the opposite I think. I dont think he is the messiah :eek: but when the world is chaos then it is at least good to have someone in the US who is at least articulate! ;)

OBAMA is President elect - fantastic!!!!!

Yes, the concern about policies is real, and he will need to surround himself with talented people to deal with this. But right at this moment, the US as a people and a country need a person with Vision, and who has the power to make people feel as though they have direction and leadership...

I think there is a new world order emerging; the ancient cultures of China, Vietnam, and India, and (fingers crossed) a responsible US. Hoping for Obama; how the world has changed for us oldies who saw some of the KKK atrocities - a black American President - please please....

Chinese (Mandarin) was compulsory at both our son's schools from Year 1 (and they are both adults now!) On the other hand, I am doing some online surveys in China at the moment and the locals speak Cantonese not Mandarin! Sigh.

And greed has been a great driver too - almost like the nouveau riche phenomena - or that of a child who inherits a great deal of wealth from a parent/grandparent - abundant opportunity but dont really know how to manage it.

Actually, I thought it might be automatically censored, because I said the word "screwed" - you know, words like pussycat end up looking like *****cat automatically.

Isn't there also a saying 'Land of wealth and plenty' somewhere in their Anthem? Given that, and their propensity for firearms (and every man can bear arms to protect life an property) if this financial disaster doesn't blow them away, there will be someone with a firearm that will do the job...

I was thinking that the US was born, thrived and died within 200 years. Must make ancient cultures (like China) just look back and ask, Why?