"The Color Of Victory," local newspaper pics from Switzerland. (dial-up warning)

[Call Me Wesley]

Here are a few pages of our local newspaper today, and I'll keep this issue.

Front page: "The Color Of Victory."



Page two:



Page three, interview with former State Prosecutor Dick Marty, who received 1987 an Award of Honor of the United States Department of Justice and investigated secret CIA prisons in Europe since 2005.

"This is my America," he says.



Below are two quotes from Micheline Calmy-Rey, former President of Switzerland and still head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (the Swiss foreign minister), Social Democrat: "He's one of us," and from Pascal Couchepin, actual President of Switzerland 2008, "Towards new horizons."

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And, of course, this article is titled "End of a nightmare."




So, that's how we feel. Heidi was shopping today, and in the furniture store was 'Yes we can' playing, and the owner of the kiosk greeted her with 'Gobama!.'

[IndyOp]

1. Sorry to be dense, but where are you? I love the idea of being greeted with

GOBAMA when I travel abroad!

:D

:hi:

[kdmorris]

2. Profile says Switzerland n/t

[Call Me Wesley]

3. I edited the title.

It's from Switzerland. :hi:

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

9. I am quite familiar with the Ticino region of Switzerland!

You're near Lugano, right? GORGEOUS place.

[Call Me Wesley]

13. Lugano's over the hill here,

we're opposite of Locarno at the Lake Maggiore. :hi:

[AzDar]

4. Wowzer! I am absolutely astounded by the resemblance of Chimpolini in that

last photo to dear Bela Lugosi in his latter days.

"Listen... My children of the night, what beautiful music they make...":wow:

[Call Me Wesley]

6. Hey, you just insulted Bela Lugosi!

;)

I know what you mean, pretty creepy. :hi:

[LeftinOH]

11. To be fair, Lugosi in his final years was a drug-addicted, washed-up has-been...

hey, just like *!

[Call Me Wesley]

14. LOL! I know how he ended,

but I felt sorry for him. I don't feel sorry for * ... ;)

[unhappycamper]

5. That's awesum CMW.

If you have any extras, can you send me one?


And naturally k&r.

[Call Me Wesley]

7. You'll get one.

Along with other goodies. :)

:hug:

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

18. Me too? I'll gladly pay postage!

[Call Me Wesley]

22. I see if I can gather some more.

I'll let you know by PM. All stores were already closed when I posted. :hi:

[City Lights]

8. Great stuff! Thanks for sharing! nt

[Call Me Wesley]

10. You're welcome.

Great stuff indeed. This election has moved the whole world for sure, breaking the fear mongering and insulation attempts of eight years of darkness. :hi:

[City Lights]

19. America is back!

And I couldn't be prouder.

Where in Switzerland are you? Switzerland is one of the countries I'd like to visit during my next trip to Europe (still years away though).

[Heidi]

20. Ticino, in the southern part,

about five minutes by car from the Italian border. :hi:

[City Lights]

21. Sounds splendid!

:hi:

on edit - Upon closer look...at the headline rather than the pictures...there it is..."laRegioneTicino." :blush:

[unhappycamper]

24. Happy Days, my Friend. n/t

[treestar]

12. I think I just learned the meaning of the Italian word "incubo"

:rofl:

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

17. Glad to be of help. ;)

Exactly it would be 'incubus,' but wouldn't make sense. It's also the word for nightmare. :hi:

[Heidi]

15. I cried a little in the furniture store, I have to admit.

I thought, stupidly I guess, that the song, "Yes, we can," was a strictly American thing. Then, when the guy in the kiosk greeted me with a kiss and "Gobama!" I pretty much lost it. I don't care much whether I'm liked personally, but it's difficult to ignore those little signs that we as Americans have elected someone who is restoring RESPECT to us.

Thanks for photographing our local newspaper pages and posting them, love. I think we Murkins might sometimes overlook what our decisions in the voting booth can mean to the rest of the world.

[cwydro]

16. Thanks for posting those!

I bought a bunch of papers yesterday.

I think the whole world is happy.

[Call Me Wesley]

23. Yes, the whole world is happy.

Bush was an international nightmare. :hi:

[cwydro]

29. It really was amazing to watch coverage

from around the world.

What a great thing has happened!

[Call Me Wesley]

30. Agreed, nothing like we saw when Bush was elected.

Most coverage then was about Gore and the popular votes.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

25. Thanks so much for posting these.

I can't tell you how happy it makes me that not only is our world wide humiliation over with, but we're also on our way to being respected again.

:hug:

[Call Me Wesley]

27. I can absolutely tell you

that the view on the US, and the US people has changed since Tuesday. I can't imagine what would have happened when McSame had won. It is a bright opportunity for healing all the wounds.

Hey, can I wake you up now? It's almost over! :shake: :shake: :hug:

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

31. I know! Do I need to change my nic?

And what should it be?

[Call Me Wesley]

32. Hmm, start a poll?

:rofl:

[WePurrsevere]

26. Thank you! This warms my heart to see. Too many

Americans think what other countries think of us isn't important but they don't seem to realize how interconnected we are and how important it is to have others on our side so we can work together towards issues that touch us all instead of them thinking we've lost our collective minds.

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

28. That's what I said above,

about the insulation that the Bush regime brought this country to. The US isn't an island, unless you want to be one, but then be prepared to be very alone. This election has shown otherwise and opened itself to the world, or this one planet we all inhabit, again. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My dear Call Me Wesley!

Oh, sweetie!

Thank you for posting these!

It's great to see how much love there is internationally for Obama!

We truly have taken a very important and gigantic step towards restoring our very tarnished image...

And we've done it the best way: By electing a man who truly IS just what he has represented himself to be.

Thank you, thank you!

And a shout-out to Heidi!

K&R

:hug:

[Call Me Wesley]

34. Thank you!

:hug:

It was a gigantic step after all these years for sure, and not only in one circumstance.

I'll deliver the shout-out. :)

[greatauntoftriplets]

35. Had an email from one of my cousins in Luxembourg.

The reaction there is similarly jubilant.

Interestingly, because it was one part of an email to several relatives on family geneaology, it started an email exchange between me and a cousin in Philadelphia who I've seen once in maybe 25 years.

She is as excited as I am.

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

39. It's all over Europe as far as I can tell.

Truly opens up new horizons and opportunities. :hug:

[anneboleyn]

36. I would love to visit Switzerland. Thanks for the pics!

[Call Me Wesley]

40. Flights are pretty cheap. ;)

But right now it gets pretty cold. :hi:

[Bryn]

37. It's Very Very Very Nice. Thank You!

I am so excited that Obama and his team will be in charge. Bush Administration has been a nightmare for us here...for 8 loooong years!

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

41. Bush was an international nightmare;

turned the World into division and war. Time to change that. ;)

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

38. kick. n/t

[Call Me Wesley]

42. LOL!

Thanks! :hug:

[Franco72]

43. Yesterday it was "Barack-Day", today

it's "Michelle-Day", Switzerland fell in love with your "First Family"

That's from today, "The new Chief in the White House":

http://www.bazonline.ch/ausland/uswahlen-2008/hintergrund/Die-Chefin-im-Weissen-Haus/story/31499302

[Call Me Wesley]

44. Thanks for the link!

And welcome to DU! :hi: