US: 1, Europe: 0 on this milestone of civilization

An interesting point, though to be fair they're ahead in terms of female heads of state (for that matter, so are Pakistan, Turkey, Bangladesh, India, ...).

Suddenly, it may be cool to be an American again - Yahoo! News

Overnight, Americans did something their harshest critics in Europe have yet to do: elect a person of color as head of state and commander in chief. That gives U.S. citizens some bragging rights, even if a lot of us would just as soon eschew hubris and embrace humility.

I hope the last assertion turns out to be true. I think the jury's still out on that one, as we reward politicians for cheerily imposing "our" (at times woefully misinformed, thanks to a criminally derelict MSM) will and trampling other nations' sovereignty around the globe.

The next, and ultimately more important, milestone: Elect somebody who openly and unapologetically espouses progressive and, brace yourself, non-jingoistic values (not to mention "Christian" ones that Christ might actually recognize). Elect somebody who leads rather than calculates what the market will bear.

That might take 2 more centuries at our current pace of MSM-blunted debate and with this often lilly-livered Democratic Party, but this election is certainly a step in the right direction. 

I just hope President Obama doesn't turn out to be another cruise missile liberal and that he hasn't positioned himself so far to the right on so many things that he can't provide needed leadership without looking hypocritical and seeming to prove his critics' charges of "taqiyya" right. We have a painful history of supposed liberals "proving" their moderation by going way overboard on centrist posturing.

"George", "Thomas", "John", "Abraham", "Theodore", "Ronald", "William", ...umm..."Barack." It's pretty mind-blowing just on the cultural level, and that's without even pondering the middle name.

Comments

[BSc]

Very well said.
You know I also enjoyed (because you say with remarkable clarity) your comment on Shabana's "Lahore ki yaadain'.
I only occasionally get to oyur notes but each time I feel refreshed, May Allah bless you baitay

[svend]

Thank you, Mamujan. I'm glad you liked it.