2008 - The Year That Was

I think its human nature to look back around this time of the year and try to figure out what the fuck is wrong with the world, maybe make some new year resolutions. In an otherwise boring and sad year, a few bright spots stood out.

2008 will be remembered as the year of BARACK OBAMA, the man with the plan. He went from being in the tenth spot in the Democratic nomination race a year ago to being the president today and he did it all armed with nothing more than unwavering honesty, humility, faith and hope. He did it by preaching the ideas of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi, by writing the most immaculate and honest speeches and then delivering them with so much passion, he sometimes reminded me of Hitler. He was a completely unknown guy a year ago and the most unlikely candidate for president. The first few primaries felt like they were mere formalities before the nomination was given to Hilary Clinton. Then Obama got the opening he so desperately needed when Hilary farted in one of the primary debates when she was asked a serious question by the moderator, viewed by millions of people on live TV ( Yes !!! Farted !! http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=u0aedNpZeOw&feature=related ). Yes my friends, it all began with a FART . This was the first dent in Hilary's armor. The fart that resonated throughout the world and made OBAMA president. Even after he won the democratic nomination, people always felt that on election day he would lose because in a secret ballot the white man would never let the black man win. But his grandma's death a day before the election surely took care of this factor. The FART and the fact that his grandma died one day before the elections is proof that god wanted Obama to be president for the sake of mankind. Obama is the first politician in a long time to actually side with the people rather than special interest groups and lobbyists, he is not afraid to speak the truth and take on Big businesses like banks and oil. This is why I think Obama's biggest threat comes from within the US and not from outside. I hope, for the sake of mankind, that his story has a different ending than JFK.

2008 will be remembered as the year of the Beijing Olympics, the rise of China. The year Usain BOLT became the worlds fastest man and Micheal PHELPS became the worlds fastest fish. The images of a man thumping his chest 15 meters before the finish line in a 100 meter race and still managing to break the world record (The 9.7 seconds barrier) will live in our memories forever, so will this image of Phelps winning the butterfly from Cavic by 0.01 seconds( phelps is on left ) . India tripled the number of medals compared to the last few games :) Bindra won gold. Kudos to the boxing and wrestling Junta.

USSSSSAAAIIINNN BOLT

TOO FAST ,TOO FURIOUS

PHELPS - Probably saved by the middle finger

2008 will also be remembered as the year the Financial crisis began : Bear Sterns, Lehman brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG, Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac, Citigroup. At one point it looked like the collapse would never end. No major bank in the world was spared. Major banking "Corporations" suddenly became financial "Institutions" that needed tax money to survive. Even Goldman Sachs declared a loss for the latest quarter. No one knows how long the US and European Manufacturing industry will survive. The world is facing the biggest financial crisis since the great depression. Unemployment was on the rise throughout the year so were corporate bankruptcies. 2008 was the worst year for stock markets around the world. The amount of wealth destroyed is unimaginable. On the Financial and Economic front ...all news was bad news in 2008. Over 150 years of history turned to dust. I hope 2009 is better in this respect but I'm not very optimistic.

All and all 2008 was a bad year with a few bright spots here and there. One more year of my life that I will never get back ......FUCK !!!