by Stephen Greenwood
On Tuesday, I found myself looking around at the scene that was unfolding before me, and deeply regretting that I had not taken the time to prepare for such a historical event by bringing my (remaining) camera. So again, I turn to writing, to see if I can capture it as well as I remember it…
The inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America, from the L.A. Live Center in Los Angeles…probably one of the most powerful and moving speeches I’ve heard…(since Barack Obama’s election acceptance speech)
My watch reads 5:23 AM. I’m spread across a foam mattress on the concrete floor of the Children for Children’s Future center in Arusha town. A single fervent voice awakens me, whispering something about Obama… It’s the evening of the presidential election in America, and the morning of November 5th in Tanzania. My eyes are heavy. I don’t want to wake up. I stayed awake until 2:13 AM the night before, to indulge in as much mainstream media speculation as channel TBC1 would allow to take over their airtime. When it abruptly switched back to a slew of amateur Tanzanian soap operas I decided it was time to go to bed. There is a finite limit to how much swahili television a mzungu can watch. And yet as I sat there engulfed in a dark room with the lazy flicker of poorly produced television, I didn’t grasp that I was spending my last moments in the world as I had known it for 22 years.
Just thought I should post a quick note as I’m waiting for some files to upload before going to bed tonight. We don’t get an absurd amount of election coverage over here, but everyone knows that America’s election is tonight. It seems that everyone that knows I’m American wants to know my opinion on the election and if I think Obama is going to win. It’s really an exciting time over here. If Obama wins, people will be generally happy and that worldwide affection toward America is going to be closer to being regained… Continue reading ‘Election Day’
So I’ve heard some rumors that there’s an election coming up this week, in some far-away country called the United States of America? I’ll be taking a poll of my own this week in Arusha so you can see a preview of who would win if the election was held here. I think I already know the answer.
Until then I want to share a fun article that solidifies why I believe Barack Hussein Obama is the right man to turn our country around. ESPN : Life of Reilly
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