Yeah like jumping on that Obama bandwagon is thinking outside the square.

Dear Houellie,

It's not about jumping on anybody's band wagon -
but actually weighing up all the pros and cons.
Of acknowledging that to most people what
doesn't change if the will to change. Of
recognising that there are positive alternatives
available on this planet, all that is needed is
to find them and take direction.

"Somewhere there must be a place
Called Little Peace
Where men with little humanity
Do not have the power
To make great decisions.
Where little fears do not lessen
The so small span
Of our lives,
Where
For once
We can know peace.
Just a little.
To know the taste of it."

(Maurice Strandgard - "Little Stringy Bark Creek").

Foxy

I find President Obama inspiring, while the Nobel Committee have made some bad calls, this is not one of them. Although the timing could be a little better.

Heard the following on the radio this morning (when you get your new PC - look up Laurence Olivier narrating "Time") and thought you'd enjoy it as well. My perennial favourite inspiring verse remains Desiderata, but I think this is worthy as well.

BTW, does Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? Yes he will!

Houllie, go have a beer or a ciggie or whatever it is you do when stuff gets deep and meaningful.

Theme from the play "TIME".

Stand before me on the sign of infinity,
all you of the earth.
With the granting of the law of provination
comes the application of change.

I will give you the key.
And with this knowledge, please realise,
comes the responsibility of sharing it.
I will show you the way.

It's very simple. Throughout the universe
there is order.

In the movement of the planets, in nature
and in the functioning of the human mind.
A mind that is in its natural state of order,
is in harmony with the universe
and such a mind is timeless.

Your life is an expression of your mind.
You are the creator of your own Universe -
For as a human being, you are free to will whatever
state of being you desire through the use of your
thoughts and words.

There is great power there.

It can be a blessing or a curse -
It's entirely up to you.
For the quality of your life is brought about
by the quality of your thinking -
think about that.

Thoughts produce actions -
look at what you're thinking.

See the pettiness and the envy and the greed and the
fear and all the other attitudes that cause
you pain and discomfort.

Realize that the one thing you have absolute
control over is your attitude.

See the effect that it has on those around you.
For each life is linked to all life
and your words carry with them chain reactions
like a stone that is thrown into a pond.

If your thinking is in order,
your words will flow directly from the heart
creating ripples of love.

If you truly want to change your world, my friends,
you must change your thinking.

Reason is your greatest tool,
it creates an atmosphere of understanding,
which leads to caring which is love.

Choose your words with care.
Go forth ... with love.

Depth? Fractelle put your Tarot cards away for a second so I can stop laughing.

Don't buy that Harbour Bridge Foxy, I'll sell it to you even cheaper.

My ponderings while sitting back having a beer are 10 times deeper than...
a) I would ever share with a bunch of anonymous website posters
b) a pair like this, akin to two pretentious uni students enthusiastically quoting Keats

Foxy,

I think Obama is great, has a lot of potential, and probably will go on to do great things. But that is completely beside the point.

I have googled Obama's achievements and as of yet I cannot see any that merit a Nobel peace prize.

As he is not an old fossil, in 8 years from now I am sure that he will have clocked up some heavy weight achievements, and could be given the prize on merit.

If the prize is awarded on potential it could be routinely given to every new president. Imagine that twit GWB with one.