That certainly seems the way it is to me Bobert.

Sad that Obama got voted in yet it seems the bully-boys in the playground don't want to play - they'd rather throw their weight around and hamstring a good man with a good idea.

A decent person with a social conscience, no matter what their political colour, surely wouldn't allow America to grind to a halt just because they disagree with a policy.

Well actually it seems that they would. They have.

I don't pretend to know much a all about American politics, and what I do know I've learned from the BBC, but Obama seems to be a good man with a social conscience.

I'm sure Obama's not perfect (who is?) but he's done an enormous amount to improve much of the world's impression of America. Certainly a majority of British regard him as the best thing that could have happened to the USA.

I can't help wondering whether many of those who DON'T like Obama might just have the teeniest, weeniest problem with the great man's colour. Sorry, color.

Right, I'll get off my soap-box now and go back into that darkened room. Talking politics makes my brain hurt.

JJ