Quickies about the man President-Obama !!

The Afro-American, is now the most powerful man in the world - the President of USA.His victory is seen as a hope for change across the world. Here are few interesting facts about him which many of you may not be aware of.

• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics.
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball.
• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili.
• He is left-handed - the 6th post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice creams
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president - he didn't
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds

Barak Obama - The 44th US Prez.

Forty-six years after the late iconic civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King - who was inspired by Mohandas Gandhi - delivered his 'I have a dream' speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Barack Hussain Obama, whose campaign theme was 'Yes, we can," was sworn in at 11.56 am on January 20 as the nation's 44th president.

Obama thus became the first-ever African-American chief executive on the steps of the west front of the Capitol in the presence of over an unprecedented crowd of over two million. Immediately, preceding the presidential swearing-in were performances by Yo Yo Ma, Anthony McGill, and Itzhak Perlman, and just before Obama began his inuaugural address, the US Marine Corps Ban played 'Hail to the Chief,' amidst a 21-gun salute.

Read the entire speech here.

Let us hope he delivers the promises he has made.

God bless Obama & God bless USA !!!