PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA'S CHOICE OF CABINET

Barack Obama has announced his new political team and he has gone for experienced and capable people. It is one of the best moves he can make.

Selecting Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State is the right move. She is a very capable woman and has the experience (and access to the experienced) that is crucial for her role.

Considering that Barack Obama is going into office while the economy is self-pulverized by American businessmen's misguided notion of what pure capitalism should be (i.e. unfettered and unmonitored way of making vulgar profits), he needs able and experienced hands to give ONE-TIGHT-SLAP to the system when the system (and greedy businessmen!) need it.

In life, Barack Obama knows I am sure, intervention is needed so that the less able are taken care of and looked after. Otherwise, the money-begets-money monster squad will leave the disadvantaged behind and you will have a state of union that will be absolutely unacceptable.

It is a challenging time also for Barack Obama because, disturbingly, with the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, it is also a time when the United States is reminded to be ever-vigilant against nutcases who hide behind dubious religious tenets for license to carry out their shitty, murderous work. These religious zealots should be dealt with severely and wiped off the face of this Earth.

(Photo of President-elect Barack Obama's new team by Jim Wilson for New York Times, and photo of Hillary Clinton by Chris Keane for Reuters)

BARACK OBAMA: THE COOLEST PRESIDENTIAL CAT

That Barack Obama is quite a cool cat when it comes to looking stylish.

Whether he is leaving a gym, or is all suited up for the political battlefield, he carries off his clothes very well.

Now for some serious advise for Barack Obama's supporters, and this advise comes because sometimes people mean to do good but they do not know when they are overstepping boundaries.

1. Although it might seem like fun (or even cute for those who have no lives to speak of), stop trying to give Barack Obama's family tips on selecting a dog. Barack Obama has other more serious things to think about and his advisors will do a good job, I am sure.

2. Liberals should refrain from showering Barack Obama with titles like best dressed man, most fashionable man etc in magazines (like GQ etc etc) because it will diminish the credibility of the serious work Barack Obama will be doing. Of course, I admit we must not go overboard in restrain, because that will suck all the fun out of life.... but these things have to be appropriate.

3. Barack Obama is a young, handsome President-elect -- for this reason, all the people around him must protect him while he is in the office. Barack Obama's presidency could turn into a joke if some woman cannot control herself and flings/hurls herself at him and an affair ensues. Life is not textbook perfect -- so anything could happen when the emotions of two people are involved. (Yup, that's why people like Beyonce and other entertainers who want to sing for the new president etc must be closely monitored by the President's people. Heaven knows that the creative types are capable of anything and some do not think with their grey cells at all!)

4. Security for Barack Obama must be at an all time high at AT ALL TIMES! He is a very precious President for the many things he represents and we all cannot have anything happen to him.