I know I know. I am kinda’ late in talking about this piece of news: President Obama awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as announced on 9th October 2009. Double happiness for the president, now that the healthcare bill has been passed through as well (not surprisingly to know). There were mixed reactions around the world on President’s winning of the Prize. There seemed to be 205 nominees for this award in this year (according to some Google search results). I really like the facts from the Wikipedia’s write-up. So if it’s true, President Obama not only becomes the first U.S. president who is a black by race, but also the first to win a Nobel Prize in his first year of term. I can offer my congratulations, sincerely.
Yet, I think there is still more to offer from the Nobel Prize winner. Let’s not forget that we are still in the early stages of a big change coming. As we begin to see the big plans being laid by the US government, we have to step up and move the implementation forward in order to see the effects of the change. There is no guarantee on the effects. There got to be good and bad ones: a mixture to be exact. It’s only the strength of which will topple the balance on the whole. Early victories for the Obama administration don’t warant total victory. All’s well that ends well.
The world is watching closely for sure. Now, many countries are starting to bet big on the few big things the Americans are on: energy, financial reform and healthcare. Not that they are the first to enforce these, they can provide the momentum much needed and perhaps the technical prowess required for the job. It’s true that more nations are giving or having international problems such as nuke threat, terrorism and natural disasters. This isn’t very much different from what we have with any other US presidents.
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