Who is Barack Obama?

Who is Barack Obama? I don’t know myself, but America seems to be gripped by Obama hysteria. And for some reason I’ve been stunned and excited at the same time. Stunned that America could even think of electing a black president, and excited at seeing what he represents. This man might just become the most powerful man in the world, and he seems to be such an enlightened soul. He has written two bestsellers, both of which seem to be semi autobiographical inspirational books. He openly admits to have smoked marijuana in college. He is a religious man, but not of the George Bush overly Christian kinda religious. Perhaps like Gandhi was religious. His father was born in Kenya, and his mother was a white woman. He seems to be a humble soul. He quit a lucrative career to get into public service. I don’t know much about him, but just his name by itself seems to send me vibes.

I think there is a possibility that great men are all born of dark skin. Krishna is famous as being dark skinned, and he is painted blue in most painting. Jesus was supposed to be brown rather white, though none of the Christian paintings show it. I think its probably cause that religion was taken over by the followers. Mohammad was a brown man. Buddha also must have been brown, being an Indian, though he is also generally shown to be quite fair. Gandhi, Martin Luther King…so many others. I guess I must start browning my skin more to achieve the greatness that I aspire for ;-)