Our Afroplitan President was relected. Hooray! Awesome :) Shame on Mitt Romeny who actually suggested that President Obama won by "buying" the vote. Rather, giving certain blocks of the electorate, namely black and Latino and young voters, "gifts" such as healthcare to ensure they vote for him. This is absurd. First of all, anyone who considers healthcare a "gift" to be handed out is not living in reality. Its a human right that everyone deserves. Second, its very condescending to the president and the electorate to suggest that President Obama bought any votes to win the election. Sigh. I so glad Election 2012 is over! I know the mainstream media aren't. They wanted a recount battler to go on into Christmas Day! Ratings - cha-ching!
African Renaissance
Its been amazing watching the progress on the continent the last few years. After being there for over a year, I was so impressed by the advances. I got to travel to Zambia, made a 15 hour visit of Adis Abbaba, Ethiopia and took a days long drive through a bao-boab filled valley in Tanzania. Wow. I'm back home in my other home California, but man I miss Africa!
I miss the colors, the sounds, the cadence of people's voices, the fruit! Things are looking up for the Continent--no matter what you've been told.