In case you haven't heard, Barak Obama is our 44th president.



if you want a taste of the type of speeches that helped win him the presidency, take a look:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#27546437

The buzz here in Australia has been very much in favor of Obama. For obvious reasons the world has been watching our election and tonight they saw, at the very least, history in the making. Optimistically, they watched what we all hope is the end of eight years of painful grief. Eight years of frustration. Eight years of madness. Eight years of eight fucked up years.

Well, now he's president. Now he's the man. He made it clear that change won't come from him alone; that we're all going to have to pitch in. But even though, all eyes are on him. Not averted, as i got real used to doing every time Bush came on TV. But we're all going to watch this man when he speaks. Maybe because we're interested in what he has to say. Maybe because we've never seen a black man lead the country. But most definitely we'll watch because change has indeed come.