John, I think in this instance the word ‘Presidentship’, meaning ‘the office or term of a President’ works fine, equally as much as ‘Presidency’ – it could possibly come down to our differences in cultures in my choosing that particular work – but I thank you for pointing it out.

Steering clear of semantics though, yesterday was an inspiring day for most of the world, so kudos to the American people for giving us something to relish in. It’s a welcome change to the doom and gloom of our family and friends in Iraq and the developing credit crisis.

The world is on a positive footing today and that makes it a good day to put recent worries behind us, look forward and believe how progressively events can change for the better when we apply ourselves.

Is bi-racial the new politically correct buzz word for mixed race?

That’s what they call it in the UK.

In Northern Ireland (where I’m from) they call the child of a catholic and protestant a ‘dolly mixture’, not very politically correct but funny all the same and not offensive at all.

For this reason US citizens do not apply for the jobs and in turn the tech firms can advertise the positions under the H1-B programme.”

translation: because the pay doesnt fairly compensate the citizen, the government allows the company to discriminate against US citizens. And by the way, it’s bunk that citizens aren’t applying for these jhobs

Matt Hanson