This morning while having a discussion on Facebook about the way Obama is being attacked and criticized (another president task, we all know that), I read someone’s comment practically saying he’s not a good element because he was praised by Fidel Castro. Seriously? Don’t people have better things to come up with?

I know Fidel Castro is one of those people who bring shame to the human race, but I don’t believe his praise makes Barack Obama a good or bad person. Fidel Castro is, after all, another guy with an opinion. And I can clearly see why he would admire somebody who represents everything that is contrary to the previous U.S. administration. Isn’t that why Obama won the election in the first place? Yes, change was needed and wanted by the people who decided.

I understand the bitterness of the opposition is the same bitterness people who didn’t want Bush in the White House felt. It’s the same with every beginning of a new presidency; some people won’t agree with it, and will try to bring their own reasons why. It’s called freedom of speech, but sometimes I wonder if people actually read or watch the news to know what’s really going on.

I don’t think the world is blind. George W. Bush got on that helicopter and left behind a trail of deceit. An endless war that has cost the U.S. trillions of dollars. An economy crisis that is costing thousands of people their jobs, including some of my friends. He is, by all means (and I’m not saying it, the media says it), the most unpopular president in the history of the U.S.

So what is there to miss about the previous government? Or how are we supposed to believe that another Republican leader would’ve made things better? People wanted change, and they got it. I know what it feels like when a president has messed up big time and you want change. Alvaro Uribe assumed the presidency of Colombia exactly because of the same reason, and fortunately we have not been disappointed. That doesn’t mean, however, that he hasn’t been criticized. I for one am not blind to recognize he’s made mistakes, and I don’t think another re-election should be in his future plans.

To believe that it is Obama’s task to fix the problems of this country during his first week in office is idiotic. Give the guy a chance to prove every single American he can bring something good to this nation. From what I read this morning, he’s already gone from words to actions. He has to clean a big mess, and anyone who can’t see it hasn’t lived on this planet during the last 8 years.