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Whew! indeed, Stephen. I think many feel the same way, with the dark knowledge that he has a really tough row to hoe. And very hard times ahead. One of the best things about this vote is that it was also for intelligence & education against ignorance & lack of curiosity about the world. Doug On 5-Nov-08, at 12:20 AM, Stephen Vincent wrote: > I don't know how many of us share my feeling that Obama's victory > feels like we - as a republic (and, perhaps, the globe) - have > (finally) been pulled out of an iron-lung, one in which we have been > encased for 8 long, paralytic years. > I am in San Francisco - and earlier this night in Berkeley - but > there is music and dancing in the streets. Astonished all & happy > happy happy! > I know so much needs to be rebuilt, etc., etc., etc. but what is now > feels good, good & real good. > > Whew! > > Stephen V > http://stephenvincent.net/blog/ > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html We now know that 95 per cent of the universe is made of the something other than those 12 particles. And we have very little idea what the other 95 per cent is, which is kind of embarrassing. Brian Cox