Obama and McCain in Singapore

Our congrats to the new President-elect Mr. Barack Obama, who made history by becoming the first African-American to lead America. Our wishes to Mr. John McCain, who came close in popular votes in spite of everything stacked against him. Obama's younger feel combined with the economic crisis and unpopular Bush government has led to the fall of McCain. He tried to distance himself from Bush' policies, but in vain. Obama has won, but the real battle starts from now. He has made it to the helm at the toughest possible time. He need to bail US, and the world, out of the current financial turmoil. He needs to get his act together quickly regarding the policies in Afghanistan and Iraq. Hope we will become one of the great Presidents. Our wishes to him.

What are they doing in Singapore?
Yesterday, I was at the Bugis Junction and took by surprise when I saw advertisements displaying Barack Obama and John McCain. Naturally, I got interested and got closer to take a look.



I am not the only one to be surprised. I could see many taking pictures of the advertisement and I even noticed youngsters posing besides Obama with a victory "V" sign.



The cool advertisement can be seen at "Hip Diner USA" restaurant at Basement B1 of Bugis Junction.



Great timely idea, well received by Singaporeans. This is the first time I noticed that an American restaurant exists in Bugis Junction.

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DMK wins TN Assembly elections 2006

The DMK alliance wins the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2006 by winning 163 out of a total 234 seats. The ADMK alliance has secured 69 seats.

Finally, the Tamil Nadu people has given a verdict which leads to a coalition government for the first time in Tamil Nadu history. Can DMK survive for next 5 years? We have to wait and see. It seems certain that Congress will be joining the government and others like PMK and the Left parties will give unconditional support from outside.

Congress will use this opportunity to increase its support and vote share in the state. DMK will not worry too much until the next Lok sabha elections. The state Congress will not give any problem as long as DMK returns the favour to the cental government.

All the Best to the new government! Let us hope that TN will progress further under the new leadership.

ADMK has not fallen back too much. The difference in vote share between the winning alliance and the losing alliance is only about 5%. They have a strong opposition in Assembly. I hope they will act as responsible opponents, supporting the government in good schemes and raising their voice when the government is not doing the right things. The people of TN has not allowed the ruling party to retain power in any elections after MGR passed away.

The new entrant to TN politics is actor Vijayakanth. Congrats to him for winning the Vriddhachalam constituency. His party also has won a considerable amount of votes. We need to wait for another 5 years to see where he will progress from here.

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