Congratulations Obama. This is a great day for the world - and I am being semi serious about that. Wherever and whoever you are, it is easier to smile again - some feat, at a time when the financial system's pyramid selling spree has ended in collapse; the workforces of the world are looking over their shoulder for the impending boot; wars are going horribly wrong...

Mr Obama has created history and done what no other Kenyan American has ever done - spent over $600m on advertising and campaigning! Thankfully it was money well spent, as he won an election, secured a puppy for his kids, and had the grace to speak with such power and conviction, that even this old cynic believes he brings genuine hope. We opened a bottle of bubbly and toasted the new US president. I am a teetotal blogger and woke up with a headache, but I'll live.

Cheers.