Obama is beautiful world!
Written by Jeshii on 2008.11.05 – 21:49 -
Obama wins the election. Thank goodness. I’m very excited to see what he can accomplish.
It is an odd feeling for me. I’m such a Japanophile, that I’ve hardly ever been proud to be American. But today, I feel good about it. It’s a strange, unfamiliar feeling, to be sure. So, I turn to the Japan blog community for reactions…
- Free Beer in 小浜市 (Obama-shi).
- Some relevant ニコニコ動画 videos.
- Video round up from Japan Probe.
- Speaking of Japan Probe, they also collected news stories about Obama and the far east.
- The fun Obama is Beautiful World video:
And last, the Japanese news paper picture from this awesome list:
Lastly, I bought this coffee just in case I had to be bitter about the election. Luckily, I didn’t need to!
Unless you count California (and numerous other states) writing discrimination into their Constitutions. Oh boy. But, what about gay marriage in Japan? According to this site, it is in the constitution that marriage is between a man and a woman and there are currently no laws for civil union cases when both are the same gender.
We still have a ways to go, I guess.
On the plus side, at least California is getting a 新幹線 (shinkansen)!!!
Tags: bitter, coffee, election, gay marriage, happy, music, obama, Obama City, president, president elect, prop 8, video, 同性結婚, 小浜
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By john turningpin on Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
LOL, that coffee is too awesome. Don’t recall having seen it around these parts.
By Jeshii on Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
I think it is Korean, but the fact it says コーヒー on it makes me wonder. Probably for the North American market or something.