Justice Roberts got a second shot at administering the oath of office to Pres. Obama. I'm glad the men took the time to get it right. Now we won't have to listen to the right wingnuts yammering for the next four years that the first oath wasn't exactly right, so he really isn't President.
I haven't had the chance to write about how incredible the whole inauguration was. The outpouring of love and hope and emotions from the folks who went to Washington. The videos we saw of people all over the world, who are pulling for America.
Transparency in government, no torturing of people, ending the war in Iraq, leading by example on the environment, getting serious about new energy resources, the inclusion of people with differing opinions, putting Science back in the forefront--- all of these things are a 180 degree turn from what we have endured over the past 8 years. The swaggering cowboy is gone and in his place is a cool headed, intelligent, well spoken man who has a great ability to bring people together.
And I've heard several people this week who keep parroting the phrase.... "I didn't vote for him... but I hope he succeeds..." A few were sincere in their comments, but others were self serving. What came through loud and clear is they really want someone to fix this country's problems so their stocks will get out of the tank. So they will have a retirement. So they can drive a fancy car and fill it with gas. So their kids can actually afford to go to college someday.
So we don't end up in a soup line.
These are typically the same folks who whine about "libruls" who spend too much money, and socialists who want the government to take care of everything. To this I say, George Bush left us with over a Trillion dollars in debt....and spent hundreds of millions of your money to buy up Wall Street.
DUH.
Yeah, you want this new guy to succeed.
Your future depends on it.
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