Ron’s Thoughts …

Obama has won the elections and there is rejoicing all around the world.

The stock markets climbed by 7% yesterday and crashed by 7% today.

The problems of the world do not suddenly disappear because of America’s election results.

Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, DRC, Israel, Palestine, Zimbabwe, etc are all unresolved problems.

The worldwide economic meltdown shows no sign of ending.

Can Obama turn it around ?

He will soon be the leader of the most powerful nation in the world and we all hope that ” YES WE CAN “

We have a day or two to go before we know the outcome of the US. elections.

All the polls indicate that Barack Obama will win and, if that does eventuate, it will be history in the making.

The first “black man” in the White House is a slant that I think should be dismissed as totally irrevelant.

Far more important is that Obama wants to pull the US troops out of Iraq, McCain doesn’t.

Obama want’s America to become a more Socialist country, McCain doesn’t.

Obama want’s to reduce taxes, McCain doesn’t.

Obama with his poor beginnings, (much like many South African supposedly “previously disadvantaged people”), still managed to go to Harvard.

McCain, after all these years, still seems able to present himself as a “War Hero.”

How much is genuine ?

All politicians preach from soap-boxes and these two are no different.

As an outsider looking in, I favour Obama to win, not because of his colour or his electioneering smooth talk, but because he certainly can’t do any worse than Bush has done, (the whole world is in meltdown because of American mis-management.)