Merry Christmas, everyone.  May there one day be peace on earth, good will towards man.

Here's a reason to hope ... thank you, Michael.  I love you. 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=F0LgjBauf70

We can now project that Barack Obama has been elected the forty-fourth President of the United States.

Do you remember?  Close your eyes, feel it again.  Hear the cheers, the joyous exhaultation.  Open your eyes, see it again.  People crying, holding strangers, hardly able to comprehend the words.  Remember.  Just for a moment, as you belittle everything since and scream that it's not going your way, remember.  Hope.  Just for a moment, as you allow disappointment to consume and anger to wash you away, hope.  Believe.  Just for a moment, as you question every decision and proclaim your might is right, believe.

A new year awaits.  A new President awaits.  Remember.  Hope.  Believe.  We've all waited long enough.