and now, on politics...

... since the matter is pretty much unavoidable today, isn't it?

for example, my friend guida is rather excited about barack obama. she and the rest of the europeans, it seems. oh well. i'll be honest: i do like john mccain. he's just out of time: he would have been a great president if he had won in 2000, instead of george bush. but i do like him. obama, on the other hand, doesn't inspire much trust in me. i mean, the big change he will do is the fact that he's black. positive discrimination, in the end. his speeches are good and enthralling. some of his ideas are good as well. but would they have the same impact if he was the classic wasp?

i guess not.

i'd like to see mccain winning these elections just to see the european left-wing hitting the ceiling (few things amuse as much as the left-wing folks hitting the ceiling, i swear). but they will hit it with obama nonetheless. first, because obama, no matter what he says, is american. and secondly, because he won't change a damn thing. the american army won't be out of iraq tomorrow. america's energy policy won't change within this week. the financial crisis won't be over till the end of november. change? what change?

at least, the u.s.a. are giving europe - yet again - another lesson on democracy. we could start learning something - for a change.