Foxy at least one of the posters you tangle with here has no intention of seeing anything Obama does as good.
Strange even bizarre America has alternative leadership much like ours.
Trying to fuel false fear, failing to understand they lost.
America and Australia took a new direction.
Just sadly at a time the world markets crashed.
In our country at least the alternative government is pushing for an election of both houses, by this time next year, no later they will have lost yet another election.
Badly lost, Obama will continue to take America in new directions, he will keep his promises.
I doubt KMB wanted to thank Obama on his placement, the reverse is true.

About the usa and it's puppy dog.
Australia consistantly supports any damn thing the usa does internationally! And that in itself is a big problem.

We talk about the third world or countries with no ' pseudo democracy' as we have in the west and their human rights values, yet we adopt the same policy as the usa ' exporting our own 'born here' citizens to countries of their ancestral origin as a way of not bothering to take responsibility for them.

Did anyone watch the documentary of the usa citizens exported to some country they are not citizens of or have never been to? I can understand the dark side of the money makers how they need war to keep the coffers topped up, but no excuse for turfing our people out into 'nowhere'.

Australia and it's irresponsible citizens are a 'lulled' people we have never had a war in this country and the next one will be some other country against the usa as they have once again usurped oz for their military base in the pacific.

Better off moving to 'dontevercomehereistan' where the media prints the truth and govts represent the people.

Belly,
I believe in giving credit where credit is due and not simply fawning over some-one because they're the right colour.
Obama did the right thing when he changed his mind on releasing those photos.
Foxy,
<<How could a black woman who attended Princeton and Yale on route to the highest echelons of the legal profession possibly compete with these men?>>
So Sotomayor is black now and not merely latina?
That makes her even more eligible for the Supreme Court then.
Your in-depth research certainly has given you insights that the rest of us can only dream about.
But I think I'm beginning to see what makes you tick.
I notice you enjoy quoting lofty rhetoric such as Obama's "We uphold our most cherished values, because doing so is right..." and Sotomayor's "All judges have cases that touch our passions deeply, but we all struggle constantly with remaining impartial and letting reason rule."
Such meaningless sound bytes are designed to influence people like you.
You need to look at their actions and past history, but that might shatter your illusions.
At least you're living your dream.

Dear KMB,

OOOOps I meant to say 'Latina,' not black.
-It was late and I was tired.

And I Thank You for even bothering to read
my quotes. I'm impressed.

And yes, I am living my dream, and very grateful
that I'm able to do it in this great country of
ours.

"Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly."
Langdon Hughes.

Foxy,
While we're sharing quotes,
this one makes me feel good:
"listen to others, even the dull and ignorant;
they too have their story"
Max Ehrmann

I am more than willing to consider a president by his actions
I wish it were true all the good promise comming from an obviously well intentioned good man. The Western world needs a hero.
However will he achieve his promise or will we see in the next 100 days even more backtracking on his promises.
For an indepth discussion on President Obama from and Australian perspective check out John Pilger's critique of the new American administration.
We need a western hero but are the American people willing to pay the price?? I do not think so.