Estranged

[quote name='Drizzt Do'urden']Though I've been torn on President Obama since the get go, one thing you can't argue is his message. His message has instilled hope in millions of people, as you've stated, around the world. I do have to say though I think once everything gets underway, and people realize that there isn't this instantaneous change, he'll be looked down for it. But I do wish him the best, and I hope, eventually, everything he's promised comes to fruition...otherwise he'll have some issues.[/QUOTE] The only people that say things would change right away is his biggest detractors. Every single person that i know who voted for him knew that things would not change right away. People like Rush Limbaugh and what not however made up lies saying they thought he would, though.

It turns out many people in Japan are inspired in a somewhat surprising way. In high school English classes in Tokyo they have this program where they play his speeches through a computer, as they also write stuff down in this Obama book or something. Their textbook is an obama book and CD set featuring his speeches. They mimick his speaking style and take grammar quizes on all of it. The book isn't just a hit in high school either, it's a best seller all across Japan. The book has sold so well that they followed it up with a sequal, feating his his innaugral address. The first book is #1 on Japan's version of Amazon and the sequal is #2 based on book reservations alone. The publisher of the books said that many people were moved by the books and even cried, giving the japenese people hope.