A belated thanks from across the pond...
 

...I know it's a bit late, but to all of you Yanks, well done on electing someone all of us can get excited about as President. I'm as cynical as they come, and the hopes that have been invested in Obama are unrealistic, but he's still an amazing human being (not just relative to his predecessor), someone who can change the landscape of our troubled world, and a man who deserves our best will. Good luck Barack, good luck America!

'We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist'. Tremendous.


Sorry for sounding a bit soppy!

:zz: :wf

Harry,

We'll do anything here to get you to start posting your punts again!

Steve, sorry should have posted this in pol/soc in the first place.

Really enjoyed your 'Newest Column' on the homepage re stewards. You'll be unsurprised to know that the same problems abound over here. From a bettor's viewpoint all you can ask for is consistency, and that's the one thing we lack. Stewards over here appear to be privileged members of the aristocracy who enjoy a free lunch/drink before casting their untrained eyes over proceedings. There is recourse for appeal, but that will happen several weeks after and, if the verdict is overturned, it doesn't change a losing ticket into a winning one. You lose on the day, you've lost. I can think of three instances where I've backed a horse who, weeks later, has been awarded the race yet I've had to mark down as a loser. Stewards are the bane of my flippin' life!


As for my punts, you may know that I'm predominantly a jumps man nowadays, and all I can suggest is that you back Diamond Harry for the Ballymore Properties Hurdle at Cheltenham in March. In my life I've never been so excited about a horse before. On the Flat, the horse to follow in Europe this year very much is Crowded House; the guy who owned Wilko and Red Rocks has him, and he just looks monstrous.

can i puke now or do i have to wait for the first 100 days.:wf :wf :wf

I'm puking now. :wf

since no one else has the manners, i'll say thanks.

most of us feel pretty good about having someone who can string words together into coherent sentences and sentences into coherent thoughts in the white house.

i'm sorry but i've had my fill of everyone acting like this guy is the second coming of christ.:wf

Truth be told, I'm a staunch conservative, but now that Obama is in office, I wish him the best of luck. Just makes me a little weary when everyone and their mother from other countries actually likes America's choice of President. Guess I've grown accustomed to being hated and feel more comfortable that way. :D

Yeah, that's clearly what Harry said. :rolleyes:

the only people acting like that are the right winger's trying to stuff the characterization down everyone's throats.

i'm happy we have a thoughtful moderate president. that's good enough for me.

i guess maybe i'd set up straw men to battle if i was out of idea's. but i hope i never find out.

Barakovich
 

yes, Fidel Castro is all giddy as well

here's where you are wrong and maybe it's because you are on the west coast and i'm 90 miles away. people here or that have been passing through making him out to be the "greatest" already, how's he's going to save the world.

the disrespectful display that obama supporters put on whistling, booing and cheering President Bush and Mrs Bush's appearance as the left was awful at best! they even chanted and sang "good-bye".
i'll stop before i get myself in trouble.:L: :wf

i hate rudeness.

that's why i thanked the op for his kind thoughts and didn't post anything about barfing.

Bush was (so glad I can finally use the past tense) a disgrace, so he deserves to be treated disgracefully.

Ah reckon' I'd have to agree with you there's God :)

Since the President doesn't make laws which is under the direction of Capital Hill, his main function is to set the mood and tone of the country internally and the world. As those that remember JFK and the influence of the modern media (TV), projecting the right image and tone are critical.

Obama does a great job. JFK, Regan, and the President on West Wing also did. Conversely, Bush was a very sad joke.

I would sincerely like to know what is amazing about him. Outside of just running for office I see zero.

Thanks, but don't get too used to it. There are a number of different reasons why it happened. He's the smartest we've got, and when things get this fkd up, that's what people look for. The South is the South. They will get back to imposing their religious values on the rest of the country, but right now, everyone pretty much wants a leader(regardless of agreeing with him.) To turn an economy around, you need a leader. Most all the others were trying to be leaders. He's a natural leader. The brother won the state of Indiana. Bush won that by 20 points in 2004. He ain't Jesus, but that lil trick was pretty damn impressive. Cost me 2k (in winnings.) Brother's got skillz.