Mahatma Gandhi

“The very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation.”

In a not so suprising turn of events Barak Obama was chosen by both popular and electorial vote as the President of the United States over John McCain. There is a lot of fuss about him being the first black president and in a way that does say that the country has come a long way to overcome less pleasant memories in the past. In reality that factor should have no importance what so ever as ability is more important in such cases. As Gandhi said the essence of a Democracy is such that people represent the interests of a nation. At this point in time the United States is a nation with many interests or perhaps concerns is a better word. The economy is in the toilet, there are two wars going on right now, one of which is completely unecessary and a further drain on the economy, that compacted with the number of people loosing their homes and increased unemployment has people wanting change.
Obama has promised such change and the people have taken the bait. The question is, what is that change and how is it to come about? There has been much retoric from Obama but little has been said as to how the change will be acomplished. I agree, change is necessary. That which does not change will die. Let’s hope that Mr. Obama has a bit more of a developed idea than he has let us in on and will bring positive change, not only to the United States of America but to the world. The world has gotten to such a state that anything plus or minus that occurs in one country can very well effect the rest of the world as well. These times are dark but times are never so dark that a pinhole of light can’t shine through. It is only a matter of finding that light and breaking through it. At first the sun is blinding but one becomes accustom to it quickly. Let us hope that this light will be found soon.