I have always believed in America, despite all the shame and criticism it has been facing over the past years. Listen, guys, we’ve all had our bad leaders! The previous president of Estonia, Mr Rüütel, was not in too much favour. And sometimes, we re-elect our bad leaders – Mr Rüütel used to be comrade Rüütel and head the Communist Party of Estonia when it was still a part of the USSR.

The picture above is taken from Postimees.

What amazes me is how some countries, those which are truly democratic, are able to change. Change in spite of anything. Americans have proven to the whole world that they are able to change. Democracy is not a mere word there, it is reality. This is particularly striking on the background of some other self-appointed democracies, where power swiftly changes from one closet-tyrant to another. Or better yet, where power doesn’t change hands at all, the tyrant changes his titles, so as to keep the nice theatrical smile to the rest of the world, while pointing his finger at a fig-leave constitution.

I am not fond of political speeches, since I’ve written a score and I know how they come about. But this time, I was keeping my breath reading Obama’s victory speech. It was inspiring and sincere. I congratulate Americans on their choice. And I want to thank them too, for, as one of my friends said, I was able to wake up to a bit better world this morning.