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Just now spelling-checking a document the words "Barack" and "Obama" are questioned... Could it be that spell-check's lineage goes back to the infamous Diebold Corp.? Gerald S. He mentioned Science and Imagination in his speech which is always a good start. Also, I'm with the boring bit. Exciting leaders tend to leave bodies in their wake. Morgan Freeman was also a great president. 24 hours really did make torture acceptable. Roger On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Tina Bass <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Judy, > > I don't know if Obama is going to make the world a better place; I really > don't. As a non-American, all that I can only hope is that he doesn't > sleep with any buttons under his pillow and that he pauses to finish his > breakfast before making any life and death decisions. Boring. That's it. > I dearly wish that Obama turns out to be really, really ponderous and > boring. > > Tina > > p.s. > I remain convinced that 24's David Palmer character has gone a long way to > making a black president a reality. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > [log in to unmask] http://www.fatmandancing.co.uk > http://www.myspace.com/fat_man_dancing > Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 > 13:07:43 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Barack Obama> > To: [log in to unmask]> > I just listened again to the > President-Elect's speech of last night in> Chicago, my son's birthplace. > And just for you I decided to count the> tissues I used. Twelve tissues.> > > > The years, the repression, suppression, anger, frustration, > hopelessness,> division, outrage, pain, work, work, desperation, the oh so > many years that> we began to---not doubt, but worse---we began to feel as > if worthy, loving,> hardworking, generous, selfless elected officials > didn't exist for us here,> here in a country that had grown to be an > embarrassment to us, a blight and> blindness of misguidings and ignorance. > Yet I never never wept----not until> it became clear that one person was > committed to showing us our home again.> > > We are home again.> > Judy -- My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ "I began to warm and chill to objects and their fields" Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds