Obama is Green

Everyone wants hope, and "Hope", says Obama, and we all on our toes.
I remember a different black man saying "Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane." That was Morgan Freeman as Red, the unforgettable 1994 life-time prisoner of the movies. He was Black too. Or so it seems.

We are all excited of the thought that a black man is going to run the world. But I don't think Obama is black. And it's not a race issue. George Washington was green. Andrew Jackson was green. Even Lincoln was green. But what we will make of Obama? Is he green too? Barack H. Obama! Please! Don't forget! You are on a mission! Before your holy blackness, you have to be green!

America is green and the green now is pale. The Dollar on its knees bagging for us – Shop! Own! Manage! And Obama is the Dollar, grinning to us directly.

Obama has to be green. It's in his blood as an American President. His first challenge is to solve the crisis in the bloody financial world. Will he make it? He has too; a failure will not be found in the brand new "out of the box" president's dictionary. But till then, he is green - pale green as the Dollar.

Only when the Green Dollar will make its comeback in full capacity - and only then - Obama could be black again.