Because they have different outlooks, different ideas about what is good or evil, or, on smaller matters, what is pleasing and what is, er, repulsing.

And that general outlook on things, on the world as a whole and on life in general is called one’s world outlook, or world view.

Not surprisingly, Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush don’t share exactly the same world view, even if Obama is doing what was Bush’s job before Wednesday. Obama is black for starters, and to my own outlook on history, capitalism and colonization are the roots of all evils in the world today. Bush is from a family that’s always been a member of the elite while from the humble-most roots comes Obama, “whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant”, as he said in his inauguration speech.

This is among reasons why the Guardian describes the new American President as having a “completely different agenda and world outlook”.

Now, with the Chinese New Year coming up, I want to ask you, my dear reader, what’s your outlook on 2009?

In other words, do you want to make merry, or just make dough?

If I can have it my way and if you can afford it, I wish you would focus on making merry, and let the dough business take care of itself.

And according to my world view, the dough business will more or less take care of itself if you let it – only if you will let it.

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