Black President

I'm a big a fan of Obama as any. I think he's great, what he represents is historic, and I'm optimistic about the next 4 years. However, I think some people are getting carried away.

Exhibit A: Perry County, Alabama has declared the second Monday in November "Barack Obama Day." My objection here isn't that you have to do something really incredible to have a day. When I lived in Illinois, we always got the day off for Casimir Pulaski Day. I'm still not sure who that is. However, shouldn't you at least wait until Obama has done something? Yes, yes, I realize he's made history. Seems like you could study him in your schools and then after his administration you can have a holiday. And, if you want a holiday for him, shouldn't it be August 4 on his birthday?

Exhibit B: Some school in New York has changed its name to Barack Obama Elementary. Again, seems premature. This is even weirder because in order to name this school after Obama, they had to un-name it after Robert Ludlum, famous American novelist. They could have at least named a new school after him.

Exhibit C: People naming their children Barack Obama. Seriously? The only thing worse than naming your child after a famous person is when famous people name their children anything (google: Apple Blythe Alison Martin). Their whole life those children will have to deal with "any relation?" and "are you actually the first black president of the US?"

All of these people are going to have to pray Obama doesn't majorly screw up. I'm confident he won't, but heaven forbid he turns out like W.