2008
Welcome to the year 2008. A year which is still young and innocent, and not abused and wrecked as its predecessor 2007. But it is also the time of year where we look backward and notice what we did, and what we did wrong. What did right is not so funny, is it?
2007 saw a lot of tragedies, but none that stands out so we can remember them. More of the more exciting events was the beginning of the US President Campaigns for 2008. And in a country where it is all about having the most money to appeal the voters and telling them what they want to hear, it is important to start early. To make the primaries which will be around the corner this January.
But 2007 was also the year where we thought of Burma again (and was reminded it had changed name to Myuammamr or something). These poor monks rebelling against a military regime. It makes you feel better to live in the Western world for once.
Of course what interested me a lot was that 2007 was the first year a country threw an Internet election on national wide level. Namely the parliamentary elections in Estonia in March. According to officials, this event went successfully. But did it really? Who knows! I haven't checked it out.
And of course, our (Denmark) government were re-elected on a more narrow majority than previous - in fact on a single candidate.
But we have much to look forward for in the next year. And p shall attempt to capture as many of them as possible as they come (of course, only if they are remotely interesting).