President Obama, finally.

“what’s required is a new declaration of independence — from ideology and small thinking, prejudice and bigotry.” President Obama

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At last, some Law & Order and good riddance to uncurious george! I thought he’d never leave.

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These are some pictures from today’s  New York Times and they are telling…

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The euphoria was not diminished because of the bitter cold, and the whole world smiled on tuesday— a cautious sigh of relief for never having to listen to another incoherent sentence from that idiot bush or to accept some blatant  injustice shoved down our throat.

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Americans feel proud again and there is this beautiful aura of hope over everybody—in spite all other major problems—a little break.

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May all this great energy take care of some of the world’s problems…

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I am allowing myself to be hopeful—for a cynic like me, it’s not easy…

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January 20th 2009: the End of an Error

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President Obama, the world is smiling…

This is a collective smile, thousands of miles long…

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Take a look at these pictures of the big smile here and read about it from Christiane Amanpour here.

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A paradigm shift my friends, a paradigm shift of biblical proportions…Read Thomas Friedman’s excellent article here and Judith Warner’s amazing piece here.

“We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.” Barack Obama