I am still in a daze....

[jayne_190]

Every so often, I have to pinch myself that an African-American has been elected president of the United States. I know I shouldn't be shocked, but it is a little bit of a jolt to the system and will take some time to get used to

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[maquisleader]

The reason there's such a media blitz is that MSM is in love with Obama, if they could, they'd enshrine him as God. They helped get him elected, even if they and the Democrats don't want to admit it. We'll just have to see how good a job he can do, because the press can't help him there. Tho Chris Matthews over at MSNBC seems to think that's his job, no kidding he said they (the press) would have to help Obama during his presidency. Then again, the guy is a bit egotistical, even for a reporter.

The one nice thing about this election was that it was history in the making either way it went. It's very, very cool to look back even to when I was a kid and see the changes.

You know, no offense here, but you keep saying you need to pinch yourself and all that as if we're a country of barbarians over here. We're not that bad, tyvm. We do have our moments. Despite the pictures that some people like to paint of us, we're not an uneducated bunch of bigots and skinheads. *steps off soapbox*

I haven't seen the Ken Burns documentary. I'll have to see if it's at the video store. Just so long as he told it accurately and without slant. If you want to see an eye opening documentary, there's one that the BBC did called The CSA: The Confederate States of America. It's a fake documentary that's supposed to cover US history after the South won the Civil War. It comes complete with fake commercials and a fake presidental election. At the end, they tell you which commercials were for real products and what parts of the documentary are actually true. It's a Spike Lee movie, and really well done. And funny, and ironic.

[jayne_190]

I wasn't trying to imply that Americans are barbarians at all; I would think that Canadians have been catagorized as being barbarians too at times. I know that there are some that are a little off their rockers at times, but I would never say that Americans are barbarians.

I know that not all Americans are skinheads and bigots.

I have questioned American policy, especially in the last 7 years, same as I have questioned why my own particular government has done certain things. And if the Obama administration does something stupid, I will question them too; I am not so enamoured like some that if they screw up, I wouldn't be blind to what went wrong.

Oh, you can get The Civil War through the public library; it would be much cheaper.