Obama, Inaugural Speech

Missed it on Tuesday, but I’ve just listened to it on youtube. Probably all inaugural speeches by recent American presidents sounded a bit like sermons from national pontiffs. This one, too. But what a great line for that matter:

“We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things.“

That’s no seamless continuation of Yes-we-can, which was appropriate at its time. But if Barack Obama becomes a successful president, his eloquence will probably be an important factor in it.

Trust’n Banks

Until recently, many people probably felt that you couldn’t trust a bank which was your debtor, but that you could trust one which was your creditor. *)

Now, more people than before probably won’t trust them either way.

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*) These impressions don’t take the small print into account