I don’t envy Obama

Even if it was the angry old white man in the White House, I wouldn't envy anyone in that position right now. The US economy is in a recession, major corporations are closed or closing, and the world is not very amused with George W Bush.

(Aside: Thank GOODNESS he's gone. I mean, seriously? How badly did he screw up?)

So now it's Obama, the …

(Aside: Sorry, my fingers are refusing to write the same clichés everyone has used to describe a man whose father was born in Kenya.)

So now it's Barack Obama, the new president, who has to clean up the mess. It's almost New Deal territory. The entire First World is broke. Interest rates are hovering around 1%. In South Africa, we've just had our prime interest rate slashed to 14%.

I don't envy Obama. Not only does he have to single-handedly convince the USA he's not a socialist (and even if he is, who cares?), but he has to sort out the nonsense in the economy, and indirectly the healthcare and education crisis in that country too.

Would you want that job? No wonder the poor guy fluffed the "faithfully" line in his swearing-in ceremony.