A friend of mine commented yesterday that she didn’t really have much faith on President Obama’s capabilities, and even though he might be showering promises all over, and I quote, “but that doesn't change the fact that this just might screw us third-worlders over”. And this got me thinking, how much hold does Mr. Obama have exactly over third world countries like the Philippines? Personally I think he does have significant effect. After all, as we’ve seen, whatever happens with their economy will have a directly proportional pull and tug with ours here in our country. As much as it…