I have never felt so patriotic in my life and I find it humoring that my pinnacle of patriotism occurred while chugging beer in close proximity to a diverse group of cal students at bears liar. Around 8pm Tuesday night, it became official that the next four years America will be led by Obama. Honestly, even as an American born citizen, I was never too compelled to cheer on USA (not even in the Olympics or in any other occasions) because of the skepticism that I feel is well justified.
So this must of been the feeling people felt when the Berlin wall was torn down, except this was the wall that was dividing our united states between democrats and republicans. There was an air of not mere pride for the United states this early Tuesday, but justifiable pride because we have finally began to bridge the long gap of differences between all people, democrats, republicans, white, black, Asian, Hispanic, pink, orange, etc.
I certainly had my doubts the day of the election. I did not predict, unlike many of the people I spoke to that this election would be a decisive victory for Obama. It must be a certain alignment of the stars that caused the perfect circumstance for such a unique and nontraditional figure such as Obama to intervene successfully. The economy is at it's worse, jobs are being lost, the war needs to be ended, and Bush has the worst ratings ever in the history of America. In no way do I doubt Obama's capabilities, but I believe there is a lot of work to be done. Our monumental issues will take a lot more than one man to accomplish but I am glad that we have appointed someone like Obama.
Not only is there a lot of problems that will remain in Obama's administration, our citizens have just passed a stark violation of equality rights in my eyes, proposition 8. As a disclaimer, I think I understand both sides of the issue correctly and sincerely. However, what I propose is that we ought to start looking at this issue as a power and equality issue of society, rather than a moral issue based on personal beliefs. With that in mind, there is much to be done for the next 4 years and I am curious to see how the stars will realign.
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it was a message inherent in our national colors. the blue states and the red states were separated by the white people, haha.
seriously, i hope that we as Americans can keep our heads up despite the crisis and our eyes open in light of it. i think you bring up a good point about the severity of our problems and it reminds those of us who think that cures are elected, that transitions are overnight, and that our prayers have somehow been answered. rather they have simply been acknowledged and this is only the beginning. and i will be looking up with you at the skies to see where this may all head.
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