
And if I try to bring this analogy into my current South Korean context, I see that the policies of the current Lee Myung-bak government are the equivalent of running an old, beat-up steam locomotive at 20 MPH, on a 200-MPH TGV track. Or run the proper TGV train on the said track, though at a much reduced speed, more like 50 MPH - which was indeed the case last week for several minutes as I was returning from Busan.

I do hope Obama is the new iPhone 3G, which is blazing fast and works worldwide, as opposed to the original iPhone, which I have right now, and which cannot function in Japan and South Korea. Biden as a Blackberry is very admirable too.