世界へ広がれ！ 「Yes, We Can」

I like Obama　Welcome new President!!

オバマ大統領のシカゴでの演説に感動とこの人は本当に謙虚で率直で

白人層では出来ないことを出きると感じさせてくれました

同じくして日本テレビのニュースでF1のハミルトン選手のコメントが・・・

私がなぜ　このような記事を書きたくなったか・・・

それは　世界中で黒人の方々にも楽しい笑顔や、お世話になったからなんです

年越しの夜　海で家族で喜ぶメラネシアンの子達。

クリスマスのテーブルに入れてくれたグループ＾＾

テキサスで見かけた彼とその仲間♪

みな凄く実直で努力してるのが私の目には焼きついてます

他にもたくさんの黒人の方との思い出があります。

そして・・・ATPの試合のアンパイアも黒人の方ですと対応が素晴らしいです

おそらくトラブルの仲裁に慣れてるといいますか・・・当たり前のように対応できるんです

私は彼らの中にいつも強さを感じてます。

テニス選手でもアーサーアッシュ選手（故人）や

ウイリアムス姉妹という異色のスターもいます

そして以前からの愛用の冬服も・・・

ALL BLACKS

そしてアメリカ嫌いなフランスでも今夜は大騒ぎのようです

フランスでもたくさんの黒人の方にお世話になりました

そして移民の２００人からなる緊張感のある団体も見かけました。

そういう彼らも　先に定着した黒人の方と

おかげで無事に元気に移動も出来ました

そして全身的な感情表現で励ましてくれたフランスのCDGの

【MAXIM】の黒人のウエイトレスさんが忘れられません♪

負けたマケインさんの共和党での挨拶も素敵でした。

負けた相手に協力をすると　会場でいいブーイングを制した

彼のトークもオバマさんの人間性に対しての褒章だと思います

２つの戦争の解決！　アメリカ国内の金融不和対策

ゲイ、ストレート、民主党、共和党、白人、黒人、

そんな垣根を越えたヒーローの登場です

アメリカのすべての人もひとつになれたと思います

これをきっかけに世界がまとまっていく気がします。

ヒスパニック　プエルトリカン系の方や母国ケニア経由での

注目も上がりアフリカ政策もいっそう改善されていくと思います

そして彼のフセインといった名前から中東諸国でも皆目が向いてると思います

そして　彼は謙虚、実直、素直さがある大統領。

レンガを丁寧にひとつづつ積み上げだし、いつの日か達成に向かって、もしくは

後継者の大統領が達成する日に、そして世界の人々が手をつなげるようになることに

凄く世界の団結が固まりつつあるのを感じました。

AP correspondents worldwide contributed to this report.

PARIS – Barack Obama's election as America's first black president unleashed a renewed love for the United States after years of dwindling goodwill, and many said Wednesday that U.S. voters had blazed a trail that minorities elsewhere could follow.

People across Africa stayed up all night or woke before dawn to watch U.S. history being made, while the president of Kenya — where Obama's father was born — declared a public holiday.

In Indonesia, where Obama lived as child, hundreds of students at his former elementary school erupted in cheers when he was declared winner and poured into the courtyard where they hugged each other, danced in the rain and chanted "Obama! Obama!"

"Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place," South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, said in a letter of congratulations to Obama.

Many expressed amazement and satisfaction that the United States could overcome centuries of racial strife and elect an African-American as president.

"This is the fall of the Berlin Wall times ten," Rama Yade, France's black junior minister for human rights, told French radio. "America is rebecoming a New World.

"On this morning, we all want to be American so we can take a bite of this dream unfolding before our eyes," she said.

In Britain, The Sun newspaper borrowed from Neil Armstrong's 1969 moon landing in describing Obama's election as "one giant leap for mankind."

Yet celebrations were often tempered by sobering concerns that Obama faces global challenges as momentous as the hopes his campaign inspired — wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the nuclear ambitions of Iran, the elusive hunt for peace in the Middle East and a global economy in turmoil.

The huge weight of responsibilities on Obama's shoulders was also a concern for some. French former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said Obama's biggest challenge would be managing a punishing agenda of various crises in the United States and the world. "He will need to fight on every front," he said.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he hoped the incoming administration will take steps to improve badly damaged U.S. ties with Russia. Tensions have been driven to a post-Cold War high by Moscow's war with U.S. ally Georgia.

"I stress that we have no problem with the American people, no inborn anti-Americanism. And we hope that our partners, the U.S. administration, will make a choice in favor of full-fledged relations with Russia," Medvedev said.

Europe, where Obama is overwhelmingly popular, is one region that looked eagerly to an Obama administration for a revival in warm relations after the Bush government's chilly rift with the continent over the Iraq war.

"At a time when we have to confront immense challenges together, your election raises great hopes in France, in Europe and in the rest of the world," French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a congratulations letter to Obama.

Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski spoke of "a new America with a new credit of trust in the world."

Skepticism, however, was high in the Muslim world. The Bush administration alienated those in the Middle East by mistreating prisoners at its detention center for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and inmates at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison — human rights violations also condemned worldwide.

Some Iraqis, who have suffered through five years of a war ignited by the United States and its allies, said they would believe positive change when they saw it.

"Obama's victory will do nothing for the Iraqi issue nor for the Palestinian issue," said Muneer Jamal, a Baghdad resident. "I think all the promises Obama made during the campaign will remain mere promises."

In Pakistan, a country vital to the U.S.-led war on the al-Qaida terrorist network and neighbor to Afghanistan, many hoped Obama would bring some respite from rising militant violence that many blame on Bush.

Still, Mohammed Arshad, a 28-year-old schoolteacher in the capital, Islamabad, doubted Obama's ability to change U.S. foreign policy dramatically.

"It is true that Bush gave America a very bad name. He has become a symbol of hate. But I don't think the change of face will suddenly make any big difference," he said.

Obama's victory was greeted with cheers across Latin America, a region that has shifted sharply to the left during the Bush years. From Mexico to Chile, leaders expressed hope for warmer relations based on mutual respect — a quality many felt has been missing from U.S. foreign policy.

Venezuela and Bolivia, which booted out the U.S. ambassadors after accusing the Bush administration of meddling in their internal politics, said they were ready to reestablish diplomatic relations, and Brazil's president was among several leaders urging Obama to be more flexible toward Cuba.

On the streets of Rio de Janeiro, people expressed a mixture of joy, disbelief, and hope for the future.

"It's the beginning of a different era," police officer Emmanuel Miranda said. "The United States is a country to dream about, and for us black Brazilians, it is even easier to do so now."

Many around the world found Obama's international roots — his father was Kenyan, and he lived four years in Indonesia as a child — compelling and attractive.

"What an inspiration. He is the first truly global U.S. president the world has ever had," said Pracha Kanjananont, a 29-year-old Thai sitting at a Starbuck's in Bangkok. "He had an Asian childhood, African parentage and has a Middle Eastern name. He is a truly global president."