Blue Chamber

So that's it. It's finally over. Only the so-called 'Honeymoon period' to endure now before the world can sleep soundly without millions of Americans obsessing over the names 'McCain', 'Palin', 'Paul', 'Biden'...although I suspect there will be some adoration forthcoming for the name 'Obama' for some time to come.

My sincerest congratulations, President Obama. Now please don't screw the world up any more than your Republican counterparts have done over the last eight horrible years.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy to see Obama in the top job. I'm also ECSTATIC to see his predecessor leave (I can't even bring myself to type his name). But I'm old enough and savvy enough not to get swept along in the tide of hyperbole and rhetoric spewing froth from Obama supporters in veritable torrents. He's decidely NOT the second coming, folks. And just because he's ticking demographic boxes that presidents don't usually tick DOESN'T mean he's not a politician at the core. As tonight's timely Guy Fawkes celebration reminds us, politicians are most definitely not to be trusted:

Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder, treason and plot,
I know of no reason
Why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

Or as popular wisdom has it - Guy Fawkes was the only person who went into Government knowing what he was doing. (I'm trying not to see Obama's ascension on this date as some kind of omen...)

Personally, I believe that the distinction between Republican and Democrat is only a few atoms thick, and all too easily breached by the application of large sums of money (Google the terms 'Republicrat' or 'Demolican' to find others of a similar opinion). Obama, therefore, may only represent a different colour of collar on the same ruling-class dog we all know and despise. Cynicism aside, he must be applauded for his commendably honourable campaign, in stark contrast to McCain and even his Democratic (and I use the word here loosely) opponent Hilary Clinton, who both apparently, and as it turns out erroneously, believed that treating Truth as a dangerous abstraction was the path to power. In my opinion Obama has it all to prove to live up to even a fraction of his much-touted, and admittedly encouraging, potential. But hey, at least he's able to say the word 'Nuclear' properly. We're already better off than we were yesterday.

Time, as always, will tell. [/ALIGN]