Even though Democrats under Nancy Pelosi dropped the ball when in came to impeachment hearings for the war criminal GW bush regime following evidence of violations of the Geneva conventions, and an illegal invasion of Iraq based upon fabricated evidence (some gained under false confessions of tortured al-Queda senior members), there still can be an international war crimes tribunal that tries the outgoing Bush administration for war crimes.

This war crime trial would also send a message to the incoming Obama administration that the people of the U.S. take their Constitution seriously and any leader who attempts to revoke Constitutional Rights (wiretapping, spying on citizens, etc...) in the name of "war on terror" or some other concocted scheme will face the full wrath of a citizen's trial of their leaders for their betrayal of the public trust..

In addition an international trail for violations of the Geneva conventions by frequent and endorsed (by Rumsfeld, Cheney, etc...) use of torture against detainees in U.S. custody, or transfer of prisoners from U.S. custody to other nations that allow torture during interrogations..

We're all very pleased that an African-american is now elected as President, this shows the people of the U.S. are letting go of racism and other outdated concepts, however gradual this may be, the election of an African-american as President is a symbolic victory that can be seen internationally..

However, that in itself doesn't ensure that Mr. Obama will perform as expected by the people who elected him there. We can also view the appointment of Condoleeza Rice to Sec. of State as a victory for African-americans, though her performance alongside the antics of Cheney and Bush is anything but admirable..

We also need to remind ourselves that Mr. Obama is in the pocket of the Democratic Party, and their behavior in following along behind the GW bush war machine (green light for invasion of Iraq, taking impeachment off the table, etc...) isn't worthy of being considered role models either..

BTW, my vote went to Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney, who is also African-american though has far more reasonable political views than the winning Democratic party who may also be controlled by AIPAC and globalist corporations, just more well spoken than Bush could ever hope for..

Yes, i'm one of those ideological wierdos who actually votes my conscience and based upon issues, not just for whomever is the most likely to win, the lesser evil or who has the biggest campaign contributions..

If the first item on Mr. Obama's agenda is a massive bailout for the corporate banks, i will gladly step up as a critic of the first African-american President because i will remain an ideological wierdo attached to debating issues, not another rah-rah cheerleader in the latest popularity contest of corporate media fueled propaganda. Need we remind ourselves with the unwitting eagerness that the corporate media supplied to GW bush's invasion of Iraq before all the evidence of Bush regime's deception and fabrication of evidence emerged??

Needless to say i'm not the biggest fan of GW bush retiring to Texas for clearing brush and shooting at armadillos. My suggestion would be for a war crimes tribunal to be organized on an international level, or else something may pop out of the Texas brush besides an armadillo!!