Yes, he can

It was a historical night, truly.

Dating back to the 1960s, African Americans had been experiencing racial inequality and elimination of fundamental human rights from the white supremacy for a long period. Countless effort had been contributed in order to achieve their ultimate goal : gaining acceptance, equality and racial harmony. During the 1960s, many civil rights groups were established and led by civil right activists, notably the famous Martin Luther King, Jr. and his inspirational " I have a dream" speech in Washington D.C..Before, African Americans did not even have the right to vote; but this year, on Nov 4th, the Illinois Senator, Barrack Obama, was elected the 44th President of the United States, defeating his opponent, Senator John McCain, with a significant margin.

At UCLA, I could see many students promoting for their candidates and their stances on some propositions. "Hey, did you vote?" was the most common questions being asked on the election day. "Obama" and "McCain" became familiar to everyone in the world due to the influence of mass media, through perhaps some people even know nothing about. It was my first time to experience the atmosphere of presidential election. (you will never experience that in Macau/China) and I was glad that I could witness such a historical moment in the American history. If I were an U.S. citizen, definitely I would go to vote, although I know the fact that the key factor for winning the presidency is electoral votes, not population votes since U.S. is using the system of indirect democracy.

Obama is truly a great communicator indeed. Yesterday, we were watching McCain's concession during dinner, and after that, we watched Obama's acceptance speech and celebration in downtown Chicago. It's inspirational, full of confidence, and wholehearted. Everything is possible here in the United States, Obama had proved it. Now, he is the icon of Americans, with his confident eyesight and smile which is full of hope. From today on, the slogan for African Americans will change from "we shall overcome" to "Yes, we can !" I am so happy for those African Americans. Hey, yoyo man! check it ! Mr. Obama, I am looking forward to what you can really bring to the Americans, how you can restore the poor economy and how you can make your words from presidential campaign come true!

Perhaps the reason for the increasing new register voters is not only for the presidential election after the incredibly poor Bush Administration for 8 years, but for the Proposition 8 in California. Regarding Prop 8, in my own opinion, is "amend the California Constitution to make only a marriage between a man and a woman recognized by the state" but not "eliminate right of same-sex couples to marry." California is well-known for precedents and is recognized as the most liberal state in the U.S.. If gay marriage can not be recognized in California, then it's highly likely that it also can't be recognized in any other states in U.S.. Well, as a Christian, for sure my definition of marriage is between a man and a woman, and according to the Bible, homosexuality is not something that God pleases. However, for those non-Christians, definitely you can have the rights to love whoever you want, guys or gals, that's totally on your own will. I don't care whether you are gay or straight as long as you don't bother me. But for marriage, it should be within one man and one woman only, for the sake of the future, the next generation, the moral value in society, and many other aspects. Imagine a scene that a guy couple holding their daughter's hands walking in the street, who is adopted from a charity organization, how would you feel ? Who is the father ? mother ? or both fathers? It's totally wrong ! I don't wanna see this scene happened anywhere in the world, I want happy family, with father and mother. It's not the right nor the freedom, it's the fundamental moral value in human evolutionary aspect. You can't claim that you have the right or freedom to do whatever you want which is totally for your only good but ignore the severe harm to the entire society and the next generation ! Please don't abuse the your "right" and "freedom".

Congratulation to the Americans

Congratulation to the African Americans

Congratulation to those "conservative" (claimed by those liberals) Californians who successfully secure the fundamental moral value.

God bless America !