Here we are, two weeks after the 2008 elections, and one can not even turn on the television without hearing about our new 'President Elect' Barack Obama.  No matter where I turn, I hear things such as 'First African American President' and 'Changed the face of this country instantly.'

Let me start with that first comment I mentioned.  'First African American President'.  Now, I may be out of touch somewhat, but the last time I checked, people were fighting so hard to make this a 'colorblind' society.  We say it, but it seems that no one really means it.  In fact, shortly after the results were announced, members of the Obama campaign stated, 'This election was racial in all the ways that mattered'.  Seems to me, getting rid of racism is something only white people have to do.  As far as I am concerned, Barack Obama is nothing more than the 44th President of the U.S.A.  I could not care less what blood he carries, the only thing that concerns me, are the policies he plans to put in effect once inaugurated.  What those policies are, and what I think of them are something for another time and another place.  Suffice it to say, I feel there was no need for anyone to include race as a factor for his victory.

As for the second comment, about changing the face of this country, I have a slight problem with that.  The man has not done anything for this country other than spend millions in campaign money, and yet I have already heard him touted as the second coming of Christ.  In fact, turning on the television yesterday, I was bombarded with a 'Once in a lifetime offer' for a golden 'President Barack Obama' coin.  First off, the man is not President yet, he is the 'President Elect', second off, what are these people going to do if his policies turn out to be no good for our country?  The people of the United states have jumped the gun.  November fourth was not a historic day, it was another election.  The truly historic day will be when we have a president that does not screw some part of this country in some way or another.

So, I ask the people to ease of the 'Obama Fever' and wait to see how he commands this country in January.  I ask the Media, stop saturating our lives with the day to day affairs of the Obama Family, no one cares what restaurant the kids ate at on whatever day, or how expensive their clothes are.  Cover important matters, like the Exit Strategy that has come into effect for Iraq over the last year, and the advances in security that have been made in the Middle East.  At the very least give the world an update on the status of places like Kosovo, who are wel on their ways to becoming countries of their own.  Let Obama be the 44th Leader of the Free World without all these preconceived notions of 'change' and 'history'.  Is it really so hard to let a man be a man without all this hype?

I thank those of you who read this all the way through for hearing my thoughts on recent matters.