The USofA welcomed it's 44th president today, Barack Hussein Obama. The joke's been said countless times, whoever named him didn't think he'd want to be president some day. That's besides the point anyway.
President Obama made a very riveting speech about making change and how this country together will defeat the social woes and economic problems that face him. I must admit that I never paid particular attention to presidential turnovers for completely ignorant reasons. Nevermind the fact I'm not all that interested in politics due to severe lack of interest and comprehension. And I hesitate to add that it was a bit poignant when former President Bush had stepped down after 8 years. It is an era after all, even if he may be judged as the worse president in history. At the very least, he was the least liked of presidents. I do not envy Obama, he has a rather large and daunting task ahead of him. And I hope the people's confidence in him don't make fools of all of us. Anyway, he is an intelligent man and whatever ideals he has for positive change don't change and he truly makes something of this country.
Someone pointed out he was afraid children would forget how much hard work was put into improving civil rights of minorities in this country. And how racism is still fought to this day and people still live in fear or paranoia regarding being the wrong color. It wasn't even 60 years ago that a black man wouldn't have been served in restaurants in DC. There were many security concerns about the more active members of racist groups attempting assassination upon President Obama. But as it stands it's a brand new administration and hopefully his pretty words follow through even better.
Welcome the new President indeed.
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