Tonight we had an asado (Argentine bbq and party) at our new home with three roommates... one British, one from New Zealand, and a long time American ex-pat. But tonight, over meat, drinks, and some hope, we were all (along with Irish, Latvian, Norweigian, Argentinian, etc.) citizens of the world. Tonight we watched history. We wished to be a bigger presence in it but had to settle for an absentee ballot in a long-decided district (did DC get over 95%?).
Nonethleless, the experience of watching my city (Chicago of course) shine on BBC worldwide amidst a global audience with the knowledge that I had family and friends present for that historic moment was enough to bring me and our compatriots to tears. It seems it´s not just Americans that want change, not just Americans that are inspired by the words ¨president elect Barack Obama¨, but the world. And tonight, above celebrating in our nation´s Capitol or our new President´s first city, we got to celebrate, cry, enjoy, eat, watch, and wait, with the world. And the world cried with us, celebrated every swing state with us, and will hope with us that the words ¨President Obama¨really will hold within them the hope, the change, the healing of a nation, the betterment of a globe, the new world in living color that we´ve been calling merely ¨Change¨ for so long.
We have thoughts of home. We have renewed thoughts that it´s a place we´ll feel comfortable calling home once again. We miss you. We love you. We´re proud of you.
Yes-we-DID!
Yes-we-WILL!
It´s time to answer the world´s call, the nation´s needs, and the individual´s rights. It´s time to hold President Obama to the standard which he himself has demanded. It´s time to make good on those historic words from our nation´s first president from Illinois, the man who enabled this newest president´s path with a simple statement: ¨a nation of the people, by the people, and for the people.¨ Above all, it´s time we showed the world our non-military strength, our humility, our determination, ¨that unlikely story that is America.¨
Yes-we-can
Yes-we-did
Yes-we-WILL
The job starts now...
3 comments:
How are the people in Argentina reacting? Is it big news? Was the election a big deal?
It was freaking nuts in DC. People were partying in the street like it was martis gras; fireworks, chanting, breasts, etc.
Miss but hate you guys!
You guys still alive?
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