Here's a few of mine...
I'm glad there is a new US President. Although the whole process was long and drawn out and, to be quite honest, I didn't really understand it all, I am happy with the result. If I was an American, I would have voted for Obama... I just hope he does everything he said he would... And more!!! (No pressure)
I will admit though, that I AM going to miss Mr Bush! He had so much entertainment value, didn't he? The way he mangled the English language was, and still is, always good for a laugh... My personal favourite? "There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."—Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002"
(http://www.slate.com/id/76886/pagenum/all/#p2) I still get tears in my eyes thinking about that one!!!
Someone I won't miss though, if they ever manage to remove him, is Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe. Did you know that there is now a Z$100 trillion note? Purely out of interest, I converted the Zim dollar into Aussie dollars... As of today's date, the SMALLEST amount that actually registered was Z$1,000,000.00 and, believe it or not, is only worth AU$0.05! That's correct folks! 5 Australian cents!!! There's a slight better result for the South African Rand - ZAR0.30
Now taking into account that US dollars are really the only accepted payment in Zimbabwe, it's mind-numbing to see that the same above amount is only worth USD$0.03! Quite obviously the monetary value is not even worth the paper it is printed on!!!
And don't get me started on the rest of the problems in the country!!! Cholera (but no functioning health system), food shortages, dysfunctional schools, crime... the tip of the iceberg but the list goes on. One wonders how people actually survive there...
Really does make you appreciate the little things in life! Safety, security, freedom, education, medical, food choices, technology and telecommunications really do get taken for granted - don't they?!?!
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