Will.i.am's follow up video to his original one. He's also one of the guys at Black Eyed Peas that I also like a lot. Check Shut UP !
4:38am, the election is not yet over. Currently: Obama 207-McCain 135
Just back from a night watch at the Harry's Bar in Paris. The crowd was huge, packed, with an overwhelming feeling of Joy at the prospect of Obama's presidency. it's really incredible that folks that have no right to vote in the USA, are so keen on electing their candidate. I felt they were really "voting" FOR Obama, and not against McCain.
Really impressive, decisive moment in world politics.
Obama's campaign was centered on domestics issues. I expect him to raise to a world-class leader of a major super-power, and address some of the planet's issues.
Finally, I resent the fact that he is always refered to with regard to his skin colour. Who cares ? Obama has not campaigned for 20 months for nothing as he was already a mixed race candidate. He's where he stands tonight, because he brings hope, youth, energy, and a better value set.
Nevertheless, a half black president of the USA is an overwhelming symbol to all of us. Yes We can. Yes He can.
Very impressive personnality. He touches upon very important issues :
- economy
- education
- energy
- healthcare
- IT infrastructure
- military
I think he forgot to talk about:
- human rights around the world ?
- solving global conflicts ?
- foreign policy : the US evolve in a global environment, that includes the European Union, Africa, Latin America, China... What's his views on the role of the US ?
- global warming and environment : the problem is not only in the US, but a global problem
- I'd like a more balanced view on how he's not only going to reboost the US economy, but restore its trade deficiit and foreign debt, since that impacts everyone of us
- innovation ? anything happening in science with Barack ?
- poverty ? how is he going to cater to the homeless ? global hunger ? water shortage ?
- global trade ?
All in all, he's addressing domestic problems but he needs to be elected by domestic voters. But the US president will have to deal with global problems and his view on that will be paramount.
watching Barack's acceptance speech again. More on barackobama.com.
Researching my trip in a couple of weeks...
(BTW, I'm surprised I can't find a feature to blog directly from within youtube. is that normal ?)




