Comments on: V-Day (updated) http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/ Twisted by Jessica Zafra - Pumping irony since 1994 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: kewlnbubblee http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37883 kewlnbubblee Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:42:03 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1327#comment-37883 i winced when i read this: It would be hard to overstate how fervently vast stretches of the globe wanted the election to turn out as it did to repudiate the Bush administration and its policies. Poll after poll in country after country showed only a few — Israel, Georgia, the Philippines — favoring a victory for Senator John McCain. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/us/politics/05global.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin ganun? i winced when i read this:

It would be hard to overstate how fervently vast stretches of the globe wanted the election to turn out as it did to repudiate the Bush administration and its policies. Poll after poll in country after country showed only a few — Israel, Georgia, the Philippines — favoring a victory for Senator John McCain.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/us/politics/05global.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

ganun?

]]> By: althor http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37877 althor Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:35:58 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1327#comment-37877 Let us just hope Obama lives up to the hope (not the hype) that buoyed his electoral campaign, from the time he took on the Hillary Clinton juggernaut to roundly beating McCain. For all the media coverage, this win appears like the ultimate anticlimax - like watching the Celtics wax the Lakers in a ho-hum six-game series. The crowd may all cheer, but only the true faithful understand how far the winner had to travel just to get to the battleground. Here in the Middle East, the Arabs (at least the ones I meet) are roundly congratulating everyone on the Obama win. Nationalities from other countries are pretty much saying the same thing --- the end of the Republican reign means a fresh start. Life, at least for one day, has suddenly become rosier, and the prospect of a better world isn't all that hopeless. If in this way Barack Obama has already affected the world, just by being there .... well, your post-election speech sums it up. There is hope for us human beings after all. Let us just hope Obama lives up to the hope (not the hype) that buoyed his electoral campaign, from the time he took on the Hillary Clinton juggernaut to roundly beating McCain.

For all the media coverage, this win appears like the ultimate anticlimax – like watching the Celtics wax the Lakers in a ho-hum six-game series. The crowd may all cheer, but only the true faithful understand how far the winner had to travel just to get to the battleground.

Here in the Middle East, the Arabs (at least the ones I meet) are roundly congratulating everyone on the Obama win. Nationalities from other countries are pretty much saying the same thing — the end of the Republican reign means a fresh start. Life, at least for one day, has suddenly become rosier, and the prospect of a better world isn’t all that hopeless.

If in this way Barack Obama has already affected the world, just by being there …. well, your post-election speech sums it up. There is hope for us human beings after all.

]]> By: andreavenge http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37874 andreavenge Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:06:54 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1327#comment-37874 Yes they did! Big sigh of relief there. Sabi nga nila, "Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly..." Was watching the Fox tallies, because it was there when they got it wrong 8 years ago. And was surprised to see that Obama was leading! I saw photos of the masses of Americans, happy and dancing in the streets - I guess they felt like us during EDSA I or II. If the Americans can do it, I'm sure we can do it here to. I just hope there's someone still untainted by Pinoy politics whom we can support. Yes they did! Big sigh of relief there. Sabi nga nila, “Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama’s running so we all can fly…”

Was watching the Fox tallies, because it was there when they got it wrong 8 years ago. And was surprised to see that Obama was leading! I saw photos of the masses of Americans, happy and dancing in the streets – I guess they felt like us during EDSA I or II.

If the Americans can do it, I’m sure we can do it here to. I just hope there’s someone still untainted by Pinoy politics whom we can support.

]]> By: volume-addict http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37873 volume-addict Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:03:16 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1327#comment-37873 We're finally going to turn things around. It's the responsibility of Americans to realize that this is just the beginning. We're now going to have to roll up our sleeves and work on things like Guantanamo Bay, Iraqi occupation, holding multinational corporations responsible for what's happening at the stock market, the election of better quality US supreme court justices, reversing The Bush Doctrine, more sensible measures on US homeland security, and many other important issues. Yes, we did...but it's only the beginning. BTW, I've already downed 2 glasses of rhum and Coke and am now down to one Belgian brew for "washing" before going to bed. I also hope the ballot initiative advocating for more funds to the agency I work for gets approved. It's looking good so far. We’re finally going to turn things around. It’s the responsibility of Americans to realize that this is just the beginning. We’re now going to have to roll up our sleeves and work on things like Guantanamo Bay, Iraqi occupation, holding multinational corporations responsible for what’s happening at the stock market, the election of better quality US supreme court justices, reversing The Bush Doctrine, more sensible measures on US homeland security, and many other important issues.

Yes, we did…but it’s only the beginning.

BTW, I’ve already downed 2 glasses of rhum and Coke and am now down to one Belgian brew for “washing” before going to bed.

I also hope the ballot initiative advocating for more funds to the agency I work for gets approved. It’s looking good so far.

]]> By: Emenn Esse http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37872 Emenn Esse Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:37:29 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1327#comment-37872 Yeah, of course, and then <b>Live As If</b>... Philippines were the United States of America where you can vote for your candidate today and have the result the following day... Yeah, of course, and then Live As If… Philippines were the United States of America where you can vote for your candidate today and have the result the following day…

]]> By: katreyes http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37871 katreyes Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:27:10 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1327#comment-37871 change would do us good. change would do us good.

]]> By: Glenskie08 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37870 Glenskie08 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:34:19 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1327#comment-37870 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/us/politics/05campaign.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1226034000&en=ed50bf72c5e6eaea&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">The New York Times</a> has called the win, or at least implied, "overstated" - which I kind of agreed. Come to think about it, "change" is like the battle cry of so many campaigns you wonder if it still holds anything significant. Then again I'm just v. pessimistic. But like everyone, I join in on the (worldwide, except Georgia) sigh of relief. The New York Times has called the win, or at least implied, “overstated” – which I kind of agreed. Come to think about it, “change” is like the battle cry of so many campaigns you wonder if it still holds anything significant. Then again I’m just v. pessimistic.

But like everyone, I join in on the (worldwide, except Georgia) sigh of relief.

]]> By: Emenn Esse http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37868 Emenn Esse Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:13:26 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1327#comment-37868 This only reaffirms the role - and how so oftenly ignored - of wordsmiths in the gamut of human civilization. That alongside your spacey shamans and burly blacksmiths there is your skittish scribe. Of course, one does not have to be reminded that writers were prophets in Biblical times. This only reaffirms the role – and how so oftenly ignored – of wordsmiths in the gamut of human civilization. That alongside your spacey shamans and burly blacksmiths there is your skittish scribe. Of course, one does not have to be reminded that writers were prophets in Biblical times.

]]> By: scrippsy http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37867 scrippsy Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:30:20 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1327#comment-37867 Yes, we can! Yes, we can!

]]> By: kewlnbubblee http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37866 kewlnbubblee Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:22:49 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1327#comment-37866 OBAMA WON!!! i'm so happy, i'm in tears!!! there's hope in the world :D OBAMA WON!!! i’m so happy, i’m in tears!!! there’s hope in the world :D

]]> By: jediknight http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/11/05/v-day/comment-page-1/#comment-37865 jediknight Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:30:51 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1327#comment-37865 Well, a historic day for the USA. McCain conceded to Obama. Cue in "We Shall Overcome." Well, a historic day for the USA. McCain conceded to Obama.
Cue in “We Shall Overcome.”

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