You need to care (even if you can't do anything about it) who leads America. It does have a lot of influence on your life. The US dollar performance, Aid money, fuel prices, war, etc All these things are under the influence of the US president
Here the effects are food prices, fuel prices, even taxes (Govt needs to raise more/less money if more/less aid money comes in) J On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:47 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Honestly I personally have no interest in whatever the Americans decide and > who ever leads them, but I am happy that the page has been turned during my > generation, its more kabozi for me to give my children, but that's about it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joseph mpora > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 9:43 AM > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > Subject: OT: Re: [LUG] OBAMA > > I really don't see the cause for all the excitement. I can understand > why African-Americans are excited, it's the first time the US has > picked a president from a minority (can't remember the exact > percentage but its around 20%) > > For Africa, it probably bears not real significance. Obama is > American, his priority is America. I believe his dad (the Kenyan) > abandoned his family and Obama has only visited Kenya a few times. > > Would we be this excited if it had been Hillary Clinton, an election > which would have been just as historic? > > PS: I was routing for Obama, mostly because what he said made sense, > not because he is black (ahem, African-American) > > J > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Dennis M S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Need i say more....history has been made ,now every down trodden >> fellow can dream....it can only b USA >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
