With God,everything is possible.Thank God it happens when am still alive.

We are living witness to the ultimate American Dream being realised!

Hello from Brunei.
Well done to the US for this historic moment.

Hello from Australia.
Let everyone, across the world give this man a chance.

We in India have people who have been denied education, and all the things that go with education-we call them Harijan, dalits and still many are under this tyrannical yoke of cultural backwardness.I am one among the many who would be happy to see them succeed -ON MERITS-not on political dole outs.If obama succeeded,well , because he was educated, enlightened.But our politicians , want peole like Mayavathi to succeed, not because she has the capability, but because she is a dalit.Only quality can bring changes and anything short of quality, will bring disaster.While I celebrate Obama's success, I am worried about the Indian who may want to ape Obama.

We see Obama ,the first black president of America as a sign of new dimension in the world politic and social interraction of races all over the world. Obama signifies that we can unify together and solve the problems that face humanity intend of focus our attension on those things that devided us like race, gender, tribalisim, religion, colour, politic etc.
For the significancy that Obama case brought for this generation, we hope everybody will make use of the lesson we learn from his episode and bring positive changes to every aspect of humanity all over the world.

Hello from Brazil. From the doorman in my building to the woman doctor who lives next door to me...everyone is absolutely thrilled. I never thought I'd see this happen! I'm dying to go home this year, in spite of all the problems, I want to be there.

United States of America, is the Greatest country on the surface of this planet Earth.

Electing Obama as there first black President, demostrate the Democracy of "Lead by Example and not just by mere word saying"

My respect to all the Citizen of America. They have showed the world, there level of Litetracy.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

Obama has erased the word impossible from the world's political dictionery by defying all odds to become the first african american to clinch the presidency of the US of A.

Congratulations "jakogelo" for winning the presidency.Give the functions of your new office your best shot and make all of us proud.

May GOD BLESS YOU.

Hello from Dublin, Ireland!
This is a truly historic day. We rejoice with the US & all Americans everywhere and wish President Barack Obama a successful administration.

God bless America!

God bless Baraka Obama,
God help us in africa to make our leaders know that holding to power and corruption are not for this generation.

We look up to Baraka Obama help us in Africa atain the democracy we deserve.

God bless you, i finally wish to visit the USA

I see another Lincoln another George Washington in the Making which is hard to belive like Einstien said its hard to believe a man like Gandhi walked on this planet ever.

May all the beings in all the worlds be Happy. Peace ! Peace ! Peace !

I absolutely adore all this joy, hope, confidence, optimism and goodwill that is going on now. We Americans feel like freed canaries, now that Bush is GONE! We have EARNED our joy and exhilaration today. We paid for it during the last 8 years of virtual dictatorship. So if we can't contain ourselves, and can't stop gushing, and overflowing with joy, it's fully understandable!

It's a true delight, also, to see that SO MANY PEOPLE in the rest of the world are as joyful and exhilarated as we are, and wishing my country so much good luck. I honor them all for it. They're showing us once again that most people in this world WANT goodwill, WANT peace, WANT prosperity, liberty, rights and happiness for everyone.

It's emotional overload, but of the beautiful kind.

We must, however, temper our joy with a grim acceptance of the realities existing in my country and in our world today, and we MUST be patient. To expect too much from Obama is to invite disappointment, disillusionment and perhaps even anger, from those who feel he has not tended to THEIR problems soon enough or well enough.

He's only ONE MAN. His detractors said we view him as a Messiah, but I doubt it is true for all of us. He certainly is NOT a Messiah, and we can be deeply grateful that he is NOT. The last thing we need right now is to have MORE religion imposed on us! Nor is he Superman or a caped crusader. He's just a man. But a man of great maturity, wisdom, intellect, scholarship, judgment, compassion and determination to fulfill the goals he set out in his campaign. He WILL work on every one of them, very hard. We can demand no more of him than that.

In the entire history of my country – in the entire history of the WORLD – there has never been a leader like Obama. With all the astonishing attributes he brings to his new job. There have been fine leaders, but this one tops them ALL. So we are perfectly correct in believing that he will bring great things to us all. But we must give him time and world enough to DO his job. And we must ALL – Americans and all other world citizens – do OUR parts, because without US, even Obama's best plans could flounder or fail.

He is now a role model, not just for American black men (although he is CERTAINLY that), but he's a role model for what a good citizen of any nation should emulate, of what a good leader of any nation should emulate.

Compare this man to leaders like Kim Sung Il, Robert Mugabe, Ahmed Ahmadinijad, Omar al Bashir, among others! Next to Obama, they appear as the cheap, shoddy, filthy obscenities that they ARE. One commenter online said that Bush was a "skid mark in American history." Very well said, and it can be said with equal validity of many of today's "world leaders." What the world needs most now is to be RID of ALL "skidmarks".

If I'm right, Obama WILL change the world. Now that the human population can SEE this man's success, the promise that he holds out for America, they can't HELP but want it themselves. And in wanting with this kind of passion, these populations will REMAKE their OWN countries, along the same lines.

You may be thinking, "If America can do it, so can we!" And you'd be entirely right. YES, YOU CAN!

Obama has set new standards for leadership, responsibility (of politicians AND citizens), even before he has performed his first official act as the new President of the U.S. It is hard to believe that this won't continue for the next four years. He WILL do things that some of us don't like. He WILL make mistakes. But he WILL also admit them and labor to set them right again. Unlike Bush, he'll never take a posture that he should never need to apologize for an error or admit to having made any.

We are ALL truly fortunate this fine day.

To all people, everywhere in the world, who share our joy and wish us well, I humbly extend my gratitude and deep respect. Together, all of you, and all of US, CAN make things better, everywhere. I want the benefits which I believe Obama will bring to my country to be delivered to people in every nation of the world. It CAN happen. Because it just DID. We cried out, "YES WE CAN!" And now we can cry out, in great joy, "YES WE DID!" So can YOU, no matter where you live!

This is from Ethiopia, a lot has been said about the great support every African community expected from President Obama. But what about the people who make up the United States? Over the years, their dedication & commitment never wavered. And as time went by, I began to think of the people at America, as to me one cannot talk about Obama without also mentioning People of the United States (their great contribution)…Dear President, thank you for taking care of all the young people and nations in this century and I look forward to your continued success & wishing you the most wonderful time as you are serving as a precedent.

As an Englishman living in Asia, it is gratifying to see such a well rounded human being in the most powerful position in the world. The man is a statesman and I feel quite sure that he will conduct himself with the dignity that the office really requires.

Let's not make too much of the colour of his skin, he would be Presidential whatever his background may have been. Let's also not expect too much from him too quickly, there are only so many hours in a day and his challenges are monumental.

I think we can all hope once more that the USA will consult with others and take the lead again, not dictating policy arbitrarily as it has for the past 8 years.

Hello from human world ! Very well done president Barak Hussain Obama. We are all equal and have equal rights irrespective of race, colour, religion, gender or power. Please do not forget this over coming years and prove it by your principles, actions and kindness. You will be a great president and great human being in human history if you can prove this. I am sure you can do things what others could not even dream before.
God bless Obama.

I will give Obama a chance but i still don't see how race didn't play a factor. Over 80% of all blacks and hispanics that voted voted for him because he is black. Now 20% of people in general voted for him because they thought that John McCain will die because he is to old. Have you ever thought that John has been in the white house for so long is because he is doing a good job and that is why he should be presedent. Obama's words are like fire, they will soon lose there flame and just become coal.

I am not saying that he is bad I'm just saying that he is for abortion and abortion is one of the main reasons why this countries economy is so bad. The families are spending the money on an abortion instead of letting a family who can't have kids, who would care for the child have that chance to become great.

Some tempering thoughts:

1. I'm an American long resident in Asia. The excitement President Obama has brought people I know is extraordinary - and I don't mean fellow expatriates.

2. As one Black leader who contributed a short comment to the special inaugural issue of TIME notes, President Obama is not an African American. He is, lest we forget, also half white, and was raised by his white American Mother, not his Kenyan Father. (I'm making no judgemnt about the family situation that led to that fact, only to the fact.)

3. As a few have noted here and elsewhere, the expectations are overly high. Despite all the resources at his command, President Obama himself is not a god. We need to lower our level of expectation.

4. Further to 3., there are no quick fixes to *any* of the problems we face. No matter how brilliant the President's and his advisers' decisions may be, they won't make the world some sort of Fantasy Island in a day or two.

5. The President needs to continue reaching out to the Republicans, as well as to Independents and fellow Democrats who decided not to support him. And they need to listen, but that doesn't mean for them to abandon their core principles. Intelligent debate can always hold the potential of helping.

6. And something that hasn't received as much heavy publicity as I think it deserves: who sped the confirmation of Secretary of State Clinton through the Senate? None other than John McCain, who groused, basically, "The election's over. The American people have told us to work together and to start to do it now. So stop playing around seeking to delay things." McCain is an honorable man, and those of us who voted for Obama should never forget that.

7. It's critical that the President, when he was still contesting the election, never said "Yes, *I* can." He said "Yes, WE can." And that means we Americans certainly need to become engaged, and I hope it means the world will become engaged as well, both for the benefit of America and for the benefit of the world at large. (And the countless remarks I've read sure seem to support the notion the world is engaging, just as my Asian friends have so indicated face to face to me.)

Congratulations, Mr. President. And thank you, Senator McCain .

Re Obama

Sorry folks, you've just elected the anti-christ as John McC ' advertized last summer.

A man who condemns a baby aborted alive to death (as Illinois state senator) is also capable of condemning many other innocents to death likewise. Check out the other specifications in the Bible. The timing = See Luke 12 and Revelations 13 & 14, Daniel, etc.

The countdown begins now.

Yes, God bless America, and be merciful in judgement.

I left India and came here to eventually become an Amercian citizen. Nice to have this inaguration validate the best decision I ever made.

re:- Mekhong Kurt, John Funk....
Hear ye Hear ye Hear ye.... Don´t desper folks, we still have Hillary... thanx to John.... and a FEW others [;-) -
P/S:- Thanx Jonathon.... for opening Pandora....