雲催月上晚坡斜，
野莽孤篷暫作家。
露重風輕撩靜翠，
心酣意醒沁幽華。
鬧喧蛩唱融嘉樂，
冷淡蟾輝透密紗。
不羨姮娥居玉闕，
欲尋村老問桑麻。
戊子十月十八夜於營地
2008/11/17
2008/11/15
放光蟲
「全球一體投機場」中的少數極品級「謀產精英」聰明絕頂，善於設置「環球賭局」，無中生有，發明像CDO, CDS之類千奇百怪的「通產」工具，讓數以萬億美元計的惰性資金，短時期內悄然轉戶，而他們卻在過程中合法謀得鉅財，雖百世揮霍，不能虧竭。
中國人也很聰明，也善於無中生有，然而遠遠比不上那些華爾街的「謀產精英」了。除了發明「三聚氰胺摻奶妙法」一類的「謀財害命」末技，略可一鳴驚人，其餘大抵微不足道，乏善足陳；倒在貪污腐化、弄權報復方面，時出驚世駭俗之舉，似於世界文明，還頗有建樹。比如邇來台灣中華民國當局偵辦「國務機要費案」，朝野雙方，就充分展示了中國人的小聰明。
參與並完成了中華民族歷史上首次政黨和平交替的台灣中華民國前總統陳水扁，因「國務機要費案」，被羈押候審，帶銬入「土城」。 陳氏不承認自己是中國人，他管自己叫個「台灣之子」，然而此子主觀雖無中國人身分，客觀卻屬炎黃血裔，自然也有與生俱來的帶中國特色的小聰明。這種小聰明源自人類求生和繁殖本能，醞釀成熟於受文化薰陶的大腦，卻聽令於原始的「爬蟲腦」，叫人善於唯利是謀。
這個聰明的「台灣之子」，出身貧苦佃農，卻能白手興家，無中生有，在位期間，有能耐、有膽量把大筆來歷不明的美金，存到他的兒媳婦開在瑞士銀行的帳戶裏去，大抵以為神莫能譴，鬼莫能騙，保證可以留待日後和來生慢慢享用了。
現如今東窗事發，陳氏涉嫌侵吞「國務機要費」及其他「前第一家庭弊案」，他的死敵執政黨的有關當局，不顧台灣一島和中華一國的顏面，把這位愛「財」若渴，早把面子拋到九霄雲外的「貪腐」前總統上銬羞辱，「收押禁見」，投諸「土城」，以待起訴。看來定罪勢在必然，鉅產將予充公，大牢不免一坐。
陳氏雖則聰明，卻沒有料到，這區區國民一黨，竟敢冒「台獨天下」之大不韙，不怕有朝一日，綠營捲土重來，不惜自毀以報復；竟對他本人進行「司法迫害」；而下馬之威，已然帶銬入「土」，「收押禁見」。他大抵不堪過甚的羞辱，痛不欲生，在看守所裏絕食，以表憤慨。
此刻司法程序才剛開始，而此子狡黠，並且曾為律師，儘管罪證確鑿，不會全無抵賴絕招。
這位聰明的「台灣之子」，是絕對不可能認罪的。 最終認為陳氏有罪的人們，也只能輕嘆一句：「雞吃放光蟲，心知肚明。」
這句俗話，是用以罵人做了壞事，不肯承認；卻又拿不出真憑實據去指證他，莫奈他何，就只好拿這無辜的雞來打個比喻，說對方自己心裏明白。
放光蟲究竟是個什麼物種，不得而知，猜想是指的螢火蟲，或者有些螢火蟲會發光的幼蟲吧。
有一種螢火蟲很「聰明」，略堪望陳氏之塵而得及，牠一旦被逮，就會裝死，六腳僵硬，讓捕獵者對牠不感興趣，然而屁股之光，卻照放不誤！
哦，離題了。快快返回主題則個。 中國人的「無中生有」，確實有些未到家，竟說雞會吃放光蟲！難怪我國財金精英，至今未能趕上「世界先進水平」，多多創製「衍生謀產工具」，而只會拼命存錢，等著人家西方的「謀產精英」來提取。 這雞嘛，牠幾乎是夜盲的，日落後就上架棲息，絕對吃不上螢火蟲和牠的幼蟲。
不過，陳氏並非中國人，此子的「無中生有」之技，可是有些到家了，不光由佃農搖身一變而為鉅富，而且能讓寶島因他之故，而產生一所「台灣巴士底監獄」。
這位鼎鼎大名的「台灣之子」所涉，據說屬於可處五年或以上的嚴重罪行，經台北法院合議庭三名法官長時間商議後，方以二對一的結果，批准「收押禁見」。 儘管陳氏貴為前總統，還是上了手銬，讓他可以高舉示眾，以博取同路人的敵愾同仇。
二十餘年以前，此君當律師時，也曾下獄，那是誹謗罪。
坐牢哇，這可不是鬧著玩的，尤其被扔進政治落後、司法不全的地區的監獄裏。受刑人不管是罪有應得，還是蒙冤下獄，不管性格多麼堅強，經受牢獄生涯的「磨煉」，個人尊嚴往往遭到蹂躪，心靈受創，無法復原。 這其中有些人，從此會對社會和群體懷有不同程度的否定和仇視。姑名之曰「坐牢後遺症」。儘管有些受教育較多的，懂得把情緒隱藏，只讓仇恨之火在內心暗燃，至死不滅。 既然認定社會和群體對自己有所虧欠，就會時刻致力討回「公道」，以作補償；為了取得形形色色的「公道」，往往不惜代價，不擇手段，甚至累人害己。
陳水扁在任期間，多有乖言異行。 我猜此君心靈創傷嚴重，乃有這種表現，也許正是年輕時短暫的牢獄生涯所致。 萬一貪污罪成，我建議聘個臨床心理學家，以心理異常為理據，請求減免刑罰，總比叫囂被投「台灣巴士底監獄」來得實際有效。
陳氏又說這是馬英九和大陸合作的結果，是國、共兩黨的政治報復和迫害，是「司法迫害」和「政治追殺」。
對陳氏的指控，北京作出駁斥，發言人指陳氏之說「純屬造謠，他的意圖，相信大家都會看穿」。
然而，可以想像，陳氏的憤慨和指控是有其邏輯性的。沒有北京的國際作用，像瑞士司法機關的主動向台北查詢，並提供「密帳」那樣的關鍵證據，大抵是難以無端發生的；國民黨當局恐怕到了陳氏百年之後，依舊懵然不知。 這是聰明的陳水扁萬萬沒有料到的。 台北司法機關要偵辦的，可不是一個普通官僚，而是這位絕頂小聰明，頭腦冷靜，能以最優異成績畢業於台灣大學法律系的「敵黨」骨幹兼前總統！
然而執政黨的現任總統，卻也並非等閒之輩，他擁有美國哈佛大學法學博士的崇高學位。為了不致過分辱沒人家西方名牌學府的校譽，猜想這位現任總統，大抵懂得知所進退，不會讓事情弄至太不像話、太滑政治之大稽的地步。
這位「英屬九龍之子」，有責任善待那位「台灣之子」，儘管他貪污腐敗，製造國恥！這不能全怪的他，他一路走來，到了這步田地，社會也有責任，民族也有責任，黨國也有責任。
中國人也很聰明，也善於無中生有，然而遠遠比不上那些華爾街的「謀產精英」了。除了發明「三聚氰胺摻奶妙法」一類的「謀財害命」末技，略可一鳴驚人，其餘大抵微不足道，乏善足陳；倒在貪污腐化、弄權報復方面，時出驚世駭俗之舉，似於世界文明，還頗有建樹。比如邇來台灣中華民國當局偵辦「國務機要費案」，朝野雙方，就充分展示了中國人的小聰明。
參與並完成了中華民族歷史上首次政黨和平交替的台灣中華民國前總統陳水扁，因「國務機要費案」，被羈押候審，帶銬入「土城」。 陳氏不承認自己是中國人，他管自己叫個「台灣之子」，然而此子主觀雖無中國人身分，客觀卻屬炎黃血裔，自然也有與生俱來的帶中國特色的小聰明。這種小聰明源自人類求生和繁殖本能，醞釀成熟於受文化薰陶的大腦，卻聽令於原始的「爬蟲腦」，叫人善於唯利是謀。
這個聰明的「台灣之子」，出身貧苦佃農，卻能白手興家，無中生有，在位期間，有能耐、有膽量把大筆來歷不明的美金，存到他的兒媳婦開在瑞士銀行的帳戶裏去，大抵以為神莫能譴，鬼莫能騙，保證可以留待日後和來生慢慢享用了。
現如今東窗事發，陳氏涉嫌侵吞「國務機要費」及其他「前第一家庭弊案」，他的死敵執政黨的有關當局，不顧台灣一島和中華一國的顏面，把這位愛「財」若渴，早把面子拋到九霄雲外的「貪腐」前總統上銬羞辱，「收押禁見」，投諸「土城」，以待起訴。看來定罪勢在必然，鉅產將予充公，大牢不免一坐。
陳氏雖則聰明，卻沒有料到，這區區國民一黨，竟敢冒「台獨天下」之大不韙，不怕有朝一日，綠營捲土重來，不惜自毀以報復；竟對他本人進行「司法迫害」；而下馬之威，已然帶銬入「土」，「收押禁見」。他大抵不堪過甚的羞辱，痛不欲生，在看守所裏絕食，以表憤慨。
此刻司法程序才剛開始，而此子狡黠，並且曾為律師，儘管罪證確鑿，不會全無抵賴絕招。
這位聰明的「台灣之子」，是絕對不可能認罪的。 最終認為陳氏有罪的人們，也只能輕嘆一句：「雞吃放光蟲，心知肚明。」
這句俗話，是用以罵人做了壞事，不肯承認；卻又拿不出真憑實據去指證他，莫奈他何，就只好拿這無辜的雞來打個比喻，說對方自己心裏明白。
放光蟲究竟是個什麼物種，不得而知，猜想是指的螢火蟲，或者有些螢火蟲會發光的幼蟲吧。
有一種螢火蟲很「聰明」，略堪望陳氏之塵而得及，牠一旦被逮，就會裝死，六腳僵硬，讓捕獵者對牠不感興趣，然而屁股之光，卻照放不誤！
哦，離題了。快快返回主題則個。 中國人的「無中生有」，確實有些未到家，竟說雞會吃放光蟲！難怪我國財金精英，至今未能趕上「世界先進水平」，多多創製「衍生謀產工具」，而只會拼命存錢，等著人家西方的「謀產精英」來提取。 這雞嘛，牠幾乎是夜盲的，日落後就上架棲息，絕對吃不上螢火蟲和牠的幼蟲。
不過，陳氏並非中國人，此子的「無中生有」之技，可是有些到家了，不光由佃農搖身一變而為鉅富，而且能讓寶島因他之故，而產生一所「台灣巴士底監獄」。
這位鼎鼎大名的「台灣之子」所涉，據說屬於可處五年或以上的嚴重罪行，經台北法院合議庭三名法官長時間商議後，方以二對一的結果，批准「收押禁見」。 儘管陳氏貴為前總統，還是上了手銬，讓他可以高舉示眾，以博取同路人的敵愾同仇。
二十餘年以前，此君當律師時，也曾下獄，那是誹謗罪。
坐牢哇，這可不是鬧著玩的，尤其被扔進政治落後、司法不全的地區的監獄裏。受刑人不管是罪有應得，還是蒙冤下獄，不管性格多麼堅強，經受牢獄生涯的「磨煉」，個人尊嚴往往遭到蹂躪，心靈受創，無法復原。 這其中有些人，從此會對社會和群體懷有不同程度的否定和仇視。姑名之曰「坐牢後遺症」。儘管有些受教育較多的，懂得把情緒隱藏，只讓仇恨之火在內心暗燃，至死不滅。 既然認定社會和群體對自己有所虧欠，就會時刻致力討回「公道」，以作補償；為了取得形形色色的「公道」，往往不惜代價，不擇手段，甚至累人害己。
陳水扁在任期間，多有乖言異行。 我猜此君心靈創傷嚴重，乃有這種表現，也許正是年輕時短暫的牢獄生涯所致。 萬一貪污罪成，我建議聘個臨床心理學家，以心理異常為理據，請求減免刑罰，總比叫囂被投「台灣巴士底監獄」來得實際有效。
陳氏又說這是馬英九和大陸合作的結果，是國、共兩黨的政治報復和迫害，是「司法迫害」和「政治追殺」。
對陳氏的指控，北京作出駁斥，發言人指陳氏之說「純屬造謠，他的意圖，相信大家都會看穿」。
然而，可以想像，陳氏的憤慨和指控是有其邏輯性的。沒有北京的國際作用，像瑞士司法機關的主動向台北查詢，並提供「密帳」那樣的關鍵證據，大抵是難以無端發生的；國民黨當局恐怕到了陳氏百年之後，依舊懵然不知。 這是聰明的陳水扁萬萬沒有料到的。 台北司法機關要偵辦的，可不是一個普通官僚，而是這位絕頂小聰明，頭腦冷靜，能以最優異成績畢業於台灣大學法律系的「敵黨」骨幹兼前總統！
然而執政黨的現任總統，卻也並非等閒之輩，他擁有美國哈佛大學法學博士的崇高學位。為了不致過分辱沒人家西方名牌學府的校譽，猜想這位現任總統，大抵懂得知所進退，不會讓事情弄至太不像話、太滑政治之大稽的地步。
這位「英屬九龍之子」，有責任善待那位「台灣之子」，儘管他貪污腐敗，製造國恥！這不能全怪的他，他一路走來，到了這步田地，社會也有責任，民族也有責任，黨國也有責任。
2008/11/07
此也總統，彼也總統
美利堅合眾國透過全民民主選舉，選出了立國以來的第一位非純粹白人血統的總統巴拉克˙奧巴馬。 美國人又寫出了讓他們自己，和子孫後代感到自豪的歷史篇章！
美國有總統選舉二百餘年了，難怪他們選得那麼文明，選得那麼有趣，而又讓世人嘆服。 然而，僅僅半個世紀以前，在這位總統獲選人還是娃娃的那個年代，黑人公民並未有完整的投票權！
馬丁˙路德˙金不惜犧牲性命，爭取黑人民權的年代，奧巴馬才只是個小孩。 而今天，只有47歲的他，竟當選為美國第44任總統。
美國的民主，果真發展到了一個新里程了。 美國的這個民主黨，能讓這麼一個一臉黝黑的人物出選，而最終贏得總統之位，看來堪稱一個「偉大的、光榮的、正確的黨」！
反觀我們中國的共產黨，也許自有它的偉大、光榮和正確，但它不搞全民選舉，也不選總統，因此無以和這花旗之國作對比。 然而中國確實也有總統，那就是在台灣海峽彼岸的中華民國總統。
在台灣的中華民國嘛，曾經出了一個叫陳水扁的總統，這位總統可不怎麼樣了，竟因涉嫌貪腐，卸任後被當局追查，看來就算逃過繫於縲紲，難免身敗名裂。
這位總統來自一貫主張台灣獨立的民主進步黨――民進黨，此黨執政期間，台灣沒有什麼「進步」，人民並不滿意，國民黨透過選舉把它擊敗，馬英九登上總統之位。 在野黨透過民主選舉重獲執政權，這是在中國土地上，有史以來的第一次。
馬英九出生在「英佔香港」的九龍的一家醫院，顯而易見，這肯定是名字的出處。 這個名字，隨一般「美國綠卡」西化之俗，或可稱為「英九馬」。 這就很有趣了，因為美國的候任總統也叫個「馬」，那是奧巴馬。 這可是有些巧哇，原來「英九馬」和奧巴馬都出身哈佛法學院。
但此馬畢竟不同於彼馬，台灣海峽對岸的英九馬，和太平洋彼岸的奧巴馬，實在不可同日而語。 奧巴馬雖然比英九馬年輕十一歲，卻將成為世界上綜合國力最強的美國的總統，有國土九百多萬平方公里，人口逾三億；英九馬卻只有一島之地，實際管治三萬六千餘平方公里，人口兩千多萬。
昨天英九馬――不，還是回復漢式叫法馬英九吧――他會見訪台大陸海協會會長陳雲林，陳會長送給馬英九一幅圖畫，上有一匹駿馬，可見情意深長。但是會見的場所固然不能在總統府，而陳會長也不能稱呼馬英九的事實職銜，而只能叫個「您」。 顯然雙方心裏都明白，這一步，走來不容易；這麼著，大家都感到可以了，有些別的話，就不必多說了。
嗐，中華民國！ 雖說堂堂一介總統，看來還是缺點體面，難怪陳水扁索性顧不上那許多了，反正大牢並非沒坐過，趁機帶順便，好幹一番，發將起來是正經。
馬英九當年在哈佛學成後回台，抑不知是不是因為他母親追隨國父的足跡，把他生在了英屬香港的九龍，而不是美屬夏威夷的檀香山，讓他平白失去了參選美國總統的機會？
美國有總統選舉二百餘年了，難怪他們選得那麼文明，選得那麼有趣，而又讓世人嘆服。 然而，僅僅半個世紀以前，在這位總統獲選人還是娃娃的那個年代，黑人公民並未有完整的投票權！
馬丁˙路德˙金不惜犧牲性命，爭取黑人民權的年代，奧巴馬才只是個小孩。 而今天，只有47歲的他，竟當選為美國第44任總統。
美國的民主，果真發展到了一個新里程了。 美國的這個民主黨，能讓這麼一個一臉黝黑的人物出選，而最終贏得總統之位，看來堪稱一個「偉大的、光榮的、正確的黨」！
反觀我們中國的共產黨，也許自有它的偉大、光榮和正確，但它不搞全民選舉，也不選總統，因此無以和這花旗之國作對比。 然而中國確實也有總統，那就是在台灣海峽彼岸的中華民國總統。
在台灣的中華民國嘛，曾經出了一個叫陳水扁的總統，這位總統可不怎麼樣了，竟因涉嫌貪腐，卸任後被當局追查，看來就算逃過繫於縲紲，難免身敗名裂。
這位總統來自一貫主張台灣獨立的民主進步黨――民進黨，此黨執政期間，台灣沒有什麼「進步」，人民並不滿意，國民黨透過選舉把它擊敗，馬英九登上總統之位。 在野黨透過民主選舉重獲執政權，這是在中國土地上，有史以來的第一次。
馬英九出生在「英佔香港」的九龍的一家醫院，顯而易見，這肯定是名字的出處。 這個名字，隨一般「美國綠卡」西化之俗，或可稱為「英九馬」。 這就很有趣了，因為美國的候任總統也叫個「馬」，那是奧巴馬。 這可是有些巧哇，原來「英九馬」和奧巴馬都出身哈佛法學院。
但此馬畢竟不同於彼馬，台灣海峽對岸的英九馬，和太平洋彼岸的奧巴馬，實在不可同日而語。 奧巴馬雖然比英九馬年輕十一歲，卻將成為世界上綜合國力最強的美國的總統，有國土九百多萬平方公里，人口逾三億；英九馬卻只有一島之地，實際管治三萬六千餘平方公里，人口兩千多萬。
昨天英九馬――不，還是回復漢式叫法馬英九吧――他會見訪台大陸海協會會長陳雲林，陳會長送給馬英九一幅圖畫，上有一匹駿馬，可見情意深長。但是會見的場所固然不能在總統府，而陳會長也不能稱呼馬英九的事實職銜，而只能叫個「您」。 顯然雙方心裏都明白，這一步，走來不容易；這麼著，大家都感到可以了，有些別的話，就不必多說了。
嗐，中華民國！ 雖說堂堂一介總統，看來還是缺點體面，難怪陳水扁索性顧不上那許多了，反正大牢並非沒坐過，趁機帶順便，好幹一番，發將起來是正經。
馬英九當年在哈佛學成後回台，抑不知是不是因為他母親追隨國父的足跡，把他生在了英屬香港的九龍，而不是美屬夏威夷的檀香山，讓他平白失去了參選美國總統的機會？
May the American Dream come true!
The people of the United States of America have just made history, by doing one of the simplest things on earth to cast a simple vote for a man called Barack Obama, simply agreeing to let him be their first ‘black’ president.
Literally this 47-year-old ‘black’ president-elect is no simple ‘black’. He is at least a little bit more than simple in terms of the ‘black and white’ makeup, still more so culturally. It is almost impossible to define him accurately except to say simply that he is a highly civilized modern man, who belongs to a very smart, courageous and confident kind, of course. And he is to be the supreme commander of the United States, the largest racial melting pot on the face of the globe.
Through this American presidency he will also be a de facto world political leader too, standing among many elder rulers of many nations, of all races and all types, all over the shrinking yet divided world.
Despite foreseen and unforeseen local and global difficulties waiting to deter and temper this young president and commander in chief, be he competent or not, his calling the White House home for at least four years is no doubt a significant change with profound meanings, especially for all those who either have difficulty yet to, or insist to refuse to acknowledge, or believe in racial equality.
When this ‘ black’ president-elect was born to his 100% ‘white’ mother, who studied anthropology, less than five decades ago, the ‘black’ citizens of this democratic nation were still struggling hard for genuine voting right. Now that boy with a dark skin has grown up to be elected the nation’s president, even a few years before he is to turn fifty. It could be as fast as a nation could change not by way of revolution.
And it is just as good as it could be that Obama is half ‘black’ and half ‘white’, and better still he does not have a single slave as forefather, so that no single ‘white’ racist could possibly embarrass this ‘black’ president by claiming that his ancestors once owned Obama’s. ‘White’ racists might not feel shameful for what their forefathers did with slavery, they might even feel proud instead.
Other than all kinds of challenging political and economical difficulties ahead, Obama will enjoy his presidency together with a mission to bridge the still existing racial gap. He as the president could be the most suitable one for trying to accomplish the impossible mission that Martin Luther King had once as a short-lived dream.
May this American Dream come as true as King wished soon!
By the way, some lines of the president-elect’s speech of triumph seem worth quoting:
“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
“It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
“It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled, Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals, or a collection of red states and blue states, we are, and always will be the United States of America.
“It’s the answer that let those who’ve been told for so long, by so many to be cynical and fearful, and doubtful about what we can achieve, to put their hands on the arc of history and bend toward the hope of a better day.
“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because what we did on this date, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.”
“This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight’s about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
“She was born just a generation past slavery, a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman, and because of the color of her skin.
“And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America: the heartache and the hope, the struggle and the progress, the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
“At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot.
“Yes we can.
“When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose.
“Yes we can.”
Literally this 47-year-old ‘black’ president-elect is no simple ‘black’. He is at least a little bit more than simple in terms of the ‘black and white’ makeup, still more so culturally. It is almost impossible to define him accurately except to say simply that he is a highly civilized modern man, who belongs to a very smart, courageous and confident kind, of course. And he is to be the supreme commander of the United States, the largest racial melting pot on the face of the globe.
Through this American presidency he will also be a de facto world political leader too, standing among many elder rulers of many nations, of all races and all types, all over the shrinking yet divided world.
Despite foreseen and unforeseen local and global difficulties waiting to deter and temper this young president and commander in chief, be he competent or not, his calling the White House home for at least four years is no doubt a significant change with profound meanings, especially for all those who either have difficulty yet to, or insist to refuse to acknowledge, or believe in racial equality.
When this ‘ black’ president-elect was born to his 100% ‘white’ mother, who studied anthropology, less than five decades ago, the ‘black’ citizens of this democratic nation were still struggling hard for genuine voting right. Now that boy with a dark skin has grown up to be elected the nation’s president, even a few years before he is to turn fifty. It could be as fast as a nation could change not by way of revolution.
And it is just as good as it could be that Obama is half ‘black’ and half ‘white’, and better still he does not have a single slave as forefather, so that no single ‘white’ racist could possibly embarrass this ‘black’ president by claiming that his ancestors once owned Obama’s. ‘White’ racists might not feel shameful for what their forefathers did with slavery, they might even feel proud instead.
Other than all kinds of challenging political and economical difficulties ahead, Obama will enjoy his presidency together with a mission to bridge the still existing racial gap. He as the president could be the most suitable one for trying to accomplish the impossible mission that Martin Luther King had once as a short-lived dream.
May this American Dream come as true as King wished soon!
By the way, some lines of the president-elect’s speech of triumph seem worth quoting:
“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
“It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
“It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled, Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals, or a collection of red states and blue states, we are, and always will be the United States of America.
“It’s the answer that let those who’ve been told for so long, by so many to be cynical and fearful, and doubtful about what we can achieve, to put their hands on the arc of history and bend toward the hope of a better day.
“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because what we did on this date, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.”
“This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight’s about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election, except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
“She was born just a generation past slavery, a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman, and because of the color of her skin.
“And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America: the heartache and the hope, the struggle and the progress, the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
“At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot.
“Yes we can.
“When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose.
“Yes we can.”
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