the stick, the stone and the puddle

the most anticipated election in the united states have come and gone, but they’ve done so with a ‘boom’. history was written, the first african-american president of the united states was chosen by his ‘peers’ to lead them through what is described as the worst financial crisis (by the president-elect himself) of the last century. a ‘to-do-list’ undesired by most is about to be taken on by a man who leads by inspiration. on november 4th the americans have finally made a decision that any other ‘reasonable’ human being would, and turned the white house into the blue house. a leader said to be ‘one of their own’ is, after almost 2 years of campaigning, now set to take the reigns of a country on the verdge of a major collapse. thanks to the current president, no names required i hope, the united states did what most of the international world expected them to.

approximately a 66% attendance, the highest since the early 1900s, showed up to vote yesterday. many for the first time. their reason, they wanted change. they desired and demanded change. one man promised it now the burden of proof is on him. to say that the magnifying glass has just increased 1000x when analyzing the president-elect’s new few moves is an understatement. his victory speech provide more proof as to why this one man should be given the chance to re-built and repair the country that a texan so easily destroyed.

canadiens on their part were far more interested in the elections down south than their own. rightfully so, who wouldn’t sit and watch as history unfolded before their eyes. watch a leader move and inspire. watch a person that sparked an interest with the younger generation. the generation that eventually gave him the support he so desired. the minorities feel he’s one of their own. statistically speaking the younger generations supported the democrat candidate. the only generation that gave the majority of its votes to the republican are the ones over 50. a promising wave of change seems to approach.

the university of victoria even went a step forward and prepared a once-in-a-life-time class for this current semester, called ‘obama vs. mccain’. a political class that was set up and provided with these elections in mind.

the americans ‘demanded’ change, now we all wait and hope it is delivered. the opportunity presents itself, and now it’s the president-elect’s chance to make good on his word. no need to doubt, but afterall it’s still the united states. the same country that so eagerly goes to war for peace, the same country that sees nothing wrong with owning ‘x’ number of guns in the house for protection, the same people that believe the world revolves around them. 2 years of campaigning? seriously, how much money can one waste? wouldn’t 6 months be enough? pre-election of the candidate, numerous trips from state to state and simply to many ways to manipulate the thing americans pride themselves the most with, democracy. if there’s anything more confusing than the way the elections are conducted in the united states it’s probably why the current president was elected twice. i guess it’s never to late to admit wrong-doing, too bad the lives lost in useless wars can’t be recovered. each candidate visited about 7 states on november 3, and i highly doubt they drove a hybrid car. i wonder if there’s anyone out there willing to estimate not only the money wasted on fuel, but the impact on the environment due to the burned fuel and other wasted produced. last i recall, the green movement was ‘big’ on the political agendas, then again i guess one would really say anything to get elected.

the votes are in, the majority decided and the president-elect of the united states is barack hussein obama II. now we wait.