I have in the past couple of months been a captive of television, while spending 18 hours a day in a hospital bed. It is time that we look at the title of my thread (U.S.) We have got to learn that we are the us in that title. One man can not change a world at least not right now, and then it will be Christ. If Obama had a more normal sounding name for us to refer to him I feel half of the fight he had to win would not have had to be fought. I spent my working years on a farm and in the army and as a construction worker and carpenter. I come from a southern family so I had to change alot of ideas when I left home. Judge each man on his own terms, not by what color, or colors flows through his blood because I promise you if they are cut they bleed red. Every group, race, and religion has it share of fools who think a loud noise is better than the truth. George W Bush was used by so many folks it is unreal. He trusted to well, to soon. And if we as a nation are to move forward it will have to be on the basis of WW2 lets get this thing fixed and forget the petty stupid things that so easily divide us. Obama can not do this in four years but he along with the rest of (US) can lay down a foundation to work on. Our world changed this past week let pray it is for the better.