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I suppose no matter what way you look at it, the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the US is monumental.. and I welcome it.

But let there be no question that he’s inherited a mixed bag of political and socio-economic horrors.
It is also worth pointing out, that despite the uber-blah of record turnouts etc, Obama polled WORSE than recent Democratic, Presidential hopefuls Gore and Kerry in the south.
And despite the fact that Obama is of mixed racial descent, make no mistake, America is still a deeply divided nation.

Cynics would also point to the fact that Obama has no real record of maverick policy flourishing. Some go so far as intimating that he has no history at all :roll: . Pretty much falling in with his party’s mantra for most of his short career, some may say he seems a curious drone like creature catapulted to high office through a mixture of clever campaigning, commercial sanctioning, the “He’s not Bush” factor (stable doors and bolting horses come to mind) and general “safe-betism”. The latter being an interesting paradox considering his very, very short time on the political landscape. It is here (and in the natural charisma stakes) where he falls short of the likes of say.. a Bill Clinton and in certain respects to a John Kennedy, though JFK was a relative newcomer also.

Similarities with Kennedy are significant though. Chief among them being that Obama is a remarkably eloquent and assured public speaker. His victory speech the other evening/morning was exceptional. There is no doubting the man has presence.. and purpose.
It is an interesting, tragic curio that as the new African American President stood on the threshold, carnage and craziness continued in the Congo.
Hopefully the niggling (and, to be honest, quite natural) reservations people have with his meteoric rise to power can be more or less put to bed once the serious work begins.
The world waits.

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My apologies for being unable to make it last night . :?

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@chathostuk wrote:

I always used to be a Kiddies Super Mix fan but now I do have a soft spot for the Starmix; I just wish they would put the Haribo Jelly Babies in there. So much better than the ‘real’ Jelly Babies.

That being said, I also like the Tangfastic! =P~

And there was me thinking about getting ya a copy of this DVD for Xmas…

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Scarpers…

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Happy Birthday NCb :)

Hope you’re having a great one xx

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Fare thee well for now Mims xx

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that

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@minim wrote:

Do you have big Bosoms?

:P …Which brings us back to the original thread…
I miss Shaz

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I blame that Hadron Collider thingy at CERN for all this inexplicable post loss :-k

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What the hell?

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Well, personally I’m not the type to “overact with teeth gnashing and wailing” :lol: .. As BM quite rightly states it’s Sharon’s farewell thread.
I briefly touched on the tragic state of affairs that precipitated her decision, though without apportioning blame or resorting to any flourishes of grief or dramatics.
I’m not leaving… but I think the manner in which Shaz has deserves quite a bit of respect. I particularly liked her “Nobody’s dying” stance. Surely even the least assiduous amongst us would note that as decidedly ANTI hysteria?
As I said, I do think her contributions will be sorely missed.
So, with regard to this thread, I don’t see any mass dramatics and I fail to see the veracity of the “Princess Diana” analogy :-k

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