Dear President Obama...

We join people in your country and around the world in congratulating you on becoming the President-elect of the United States. Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place. We note and applaud your commitment to supporting the cause of peace and security around the world. We trust that you will also make it the mission of your presidency to combat the scourge of poverty and disease everywhere. We wish you strength and fortitude in the challenging days and years that lie ahead. We are sure you will ultimately achieve your dream, making the United States of America a full partner in a community of nations committed to peace and prosperity for all.

- Full text of a message from Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa, to Senator Barack Obama

Dear President Obama....

Please don't let Rahm Emmanuel completely dominate the US's reaction to the Israel/Palestine situation...

I came here 25 years ago to live in the countryside and raise my family. We wanted to resettle the whole land of Israel. But now when I see how our soldiers treat Palestinians at the checkpoints, I am ashamed. I want us to get out of here. I want two states for two people. But I can’t get any money for my house and I can’t leave.

-- David Avidan, an Israeli living in the Jewish settlement of Rimonim. He is one of 280,000 Israeli settlers living on Palestinian lands in occupied West Bank territory. (200,000 more Israeli Jews live in East Jerusalem, also captured and occupied since 1967.) According to Avshalom Vilan, an Israeli Parliament member from the left wing Meretz Party, “Half the settlers beyond the barrier are ideologically motivated and do not want to move. But about 40 percent of them are ready to go for a reasonable price.” (Source: The New York Times)

Interesting video from The Young Turks, a YouTube news media group. In this installment they took footage from Al-Jazeera news media to show some of the comments being made by McCain-Palin supporters at a rally.

You know for months, I heard that the media was being unfair in their treatment of the election campaign, yet footage like this was hardly released. What's even more troubling was that the majority of these supporters come from the Bible Belt of America. I guess it no longer puzzles me why we have the international reputation that we do...

Great video of folks in Watts, South Los Angeles, talking about the election

Obama Art Part V

Obama Art Part IV

Obama Art Part III

Obama Art Part II

Obama Art Part I

Colin Powell reacts to the election results!

Condi Rice talks about the historic election results!

Obama's Infomercial

The thirty minute commercial that ran the other day...

The Economist Weighs In

Count The Economist among the official endorsements for Obama. Here's the article:

The Economists Endorsement for Barack Obama

Obam's Economists

A List of some of his Economic policy advisors:

- Jason Furman
- Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago tax policy expert
- Karen Kornbluh
- David Cutler, Harvard health policy expert
- Jeff Liebman, Harvard welfare expert
- Michael Froman, Citigroup executive
- Daniel Tarullo, Georgetown law professor
- David Romer, Berkeley macroeconomist
- Christina Romer, Berkeley economic historian
- Richard Thaler, University of Chicago behavioral finance expert
- Robert Rubin, former Treasury Secretary
- Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary
- Alan Blinder, former Vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve
- Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute labor economist
- James Galbraith, University of Texas macroeconomist
- Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Federal Reserve 1979-1987
- Laura Tyson, Berkeley international economist, Bill Clinton economic adviser
- Robert Reich, Berkeley public policy professor, former Secretary of Labor
- Peter Henry, Stanford international economist
- Gene Sperling, former White House economic adviser
- Heidi Hartmann, President, Institute for Women's Policy Research

Other prominent economists who support Obama:

- Brad Delong, Berkeley macroeconomist
- Joseph Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel laureate
- Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel laureate
- Ray Fair, Yale macroeconomist
- Dan McFadden, 2000 Nobel laureate
- Robert Solow, 1987 Nobel laureate

Prominent finance people who support Obama (not actual economists):

- William Donaldson, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair 2003-2005
- Arthur Levitt, SEC Chair 1993-2001
- David Ruder, SEC Chair 1987-1989
- Warren Buffet, investor, richest person in world.

One of the things that have caused my support for Barack Obama is his thoughtfulness. His candidacy represents a marked departure from "Bush-like" political action mired in stubbornness and an inability to admit failed policy. With this supporting cast and Obama's ability to process and think through decisions, I find comfort. =)

Colbert Report: Socialist Candidate for President?

Stephen Colbert asks the Socialist Candidate for President why he's running against the Socialist Obama... Brilliant!

Obama on the Daily Show last night

A Compilation of Obama Tunes

"We are the one's we've been waiting for."

American Prayer by Dave Stewart



Choose to Unite



Reason to Believe by Ari Hest



Yes We Can by Will.I.Am



Change by Aron Leigh



Go Tell Mama, I'm For Obama



Politics by Ludacris



Something About The Man



We Are The Ones by Will.I.Am

Obama Addresses Why He's A Communist (lol)

From his speech today.... "They think I must be some kind of secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten. Because I shared my peanut butter and jelly."

Bill Maher
You might not agree with everything he says; but you often have to admit that the man has a point. Some clips for your viewing pleasure...

What the hell is elitism anyway?



On Obama being a "Muslim"



On terrorism and the Constitution




On Sarah Palin

Powell: I Support Senator Barack Obama

This is a man with an impeccable record of service to his country; he is wise, thoughtful and sensible. What I appreciate specifically in this YouTube clip is his thoughts on members of the GOP demonizing Muslims. He articulated far better than I could have, the discomfort with generalizations and fear tactics. Worth a watch.