We go from Martin Luther King day to Barack Hussein Obama day. Are these unique times in the history of America or what? In one of the worst economic times in American history along comes a candidate who would be king (no pun intended) with the message of HOPE! Yes HOPE! Could there be a more prophetic word for NOW, but most importantly, can that message have real content- real CHANGE?
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. thinks so.
Buffett said the nation's economic situation is not as bad as in World War II or the Great Depression, but it's still pretty severe. Buffett said Americans are in a cycle of fear, "which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time. You couldn't have anybody better in charge," Warren said of Obama, who'll be sworn into office on Tuesday.
As one of Obama's economic advisers, Buffett said the president-elect listens to what his advisers say, but ultimately comes up with better ideas. He predicted that Obama will be able to convey the severity of the economic situation to the American people and explain their part in alleviating it.
And isn't it interesting that by the time President-elect Barack Obama is inaugurated, Israel will have all of its troops out of the Gaza Strip, but only if Hamas militants hold their fire, Israeli officials said Monday. Thousands of troops have left Gaza since Israel declared Saturday its intention to unilaterally halt fire after a devastating, three-week Israeli onslaught. Gaza's Hamas rulers ceased fire 12 hours later. Large contingents of Israeli soldiers have kept close to the border, prepared to re-enter the territory if violence re-ignites.
So peace in the Mideast is one of the first gifts to President Obama.
As for Obama himself, the President-elect addressed a roaring crowd after 90 minutes of high-energy acts such as U2, Mary J. Blige, Usher and Beyonce. "Welcome to this celebration of American renewal," he said. "In the course of our history, only a handful of generations have been asked to confront challenges as serious as the ones we face right now. I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure," Obama said. "That it will prevail; that the dream of our founders will live on in our time."
So we go from "I have a dream" to "the dream is NOW and it will live on"!
We can only HOPE and pray....... for CHANGE!
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