I think it was Jon Stewart at the Academy Awards who asked, Why is it that every disaster movie has a black U.S. president to indicate that it’s set in the future?

Think, “Deep Impact,” and shows like “24.”

Well, with Barack Obama, the future is now. From now on Hollywood will have to use persons of Asian heritage to play the President of the United States in movies and TV shows to indicate that it’s set in “the future.”

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 truly was an historic day.