"What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide." Henry VI

Not that I'm any great historian or philosopher or seer but I believe the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States was the most astounding event in the history of the world. And after all, my blogs are simply a record of my own opinions, and my skill in having opinions goes back a millennium ago to when I was five. But Obama's election was more incredible than an asteroid wiping out the dinosaurs; more unimaginable than Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt; more stunning than the assassination of Julius Caesar; more unbelievable than Israel winning a six day war against millions of Arabs; more impossible than the Greeks overcoming the Trojans with a wooden horse; more awe inspiring than landing a man on the moon; more implausible than knocking down the Berlin wall; more inconceivable than Hannibal leading elephants across the Alps; more improbable than my book becoming a best seller. And now that I have exhausted the thesaurus, perhaps there is an answer to this event of the centuries.

When television broadcasts projected and announced that Obama had won the election, millions of people--not only here--but around the globe were dissolved in tears. A man of color, a black man, an African-American had somehow become the President of the United States in a country where men like him had once been slaves and where minorities like him had suffered discrimination and prejudice since the Emancipation Proclamation. How is it then, that Obama was nominated to run, let alone win the election? Is it because the country was fed up with George Bush and the Republican party? If so, why not a white nominee?

Why not Hillary Clinton? Is it because Obama has a mesmerizing charisma? A hypnotic style of speech? His ability to raise millions of dollars from public contributions? Will anyone ever know how this all happened? Will the answer ever pop out of Pandora's box along with her economic evils? Yes. Perhaps in years to come, but not right now. Am I happy with the result of the election? Yes, very much so--and I'm hopeful that Obama will be able to fulfill the dreams that Americans have in him. And for those whose hopes rose and fell with John McCain, perhaps they will support and board Obama's train.