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WOW!

From Shock and Awe, to Completely Awe Inspiring:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inauguration_obama_text


I don't know what went on during briefings in the last couple of weeks, but did anyone else notice he looks slightly grayer?

I agree! I love that it wasn't a feel-good speech, but a call to action. My biggest complaint about America over the past decade+ is that we're coasting. Apathy reigns. We as a country are generally not willing to do the hard thing even when it's the right thing to do. We're all about the short-term, not the long-term.

I love that he said that there are things that have to change and that *we're* going to have to change them, not him. We, the American people, are going to have to make sacrifices and make hard choices about a LOT of things. I think that's true about so many things, and I've been DYING for someone to say it for years and years! Don't promise me the moon; tell me the truth!

Now let's hope something comes of it...

And, yes, grayer already!

Kriston! Thank you for posting! Finally, someone posted!! I thought that this would be the "hot" topic today.........

((crickets chirping))

((neato quietly sobbing to herself))

Sorry, buddy. I just got back from school.

But the inauguration was the highlight of our morning, for sure! Whatever you think of his politics, the man can certainly give a speech!

sniff sniff......Thanks!

Honestly, I did not vote for him((please don't cyberhurl things at me))

I do believe he is the most able person to bring about radical change.

The whole thing just feels so JFK to me, not to sound trite. I am seriously enthused to see what comes next.

Check out the revamped white house site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/

I cheered aloud at that one, Dottie.

I consider myself a moderate: fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I detest ineffective programs and waste, but I want things that provide services that actually meet goals that match our values to be supported. I hope this is something that happens.

No worries, I didn't vote for him either, but I do hope he does well, because if he does his job well it benefits everyone.

reminded me more of Jimmy Carter, because I didn't think he knew what he was doing either (and I was 12)

oh well, sometimes you have to have a Jimmy Carter before you have a Ronald Reagan

Holding back ... so holding back and so don't want to see this turn into politic disagreements.

I do have mixed feelings about Obama and I think it boils down to I am so happy that we (the country) has been able to get past skin color and gender it so makes my heart swell but I fear that in this process people are really putting him on a pedestal almost God like and I fear that this will have major repercussions because the man is human and time will tell what he can and can't do.

My whole point is that I liked that the speech wasn't about what *he* can or can't do. It's about what we, the American people, *MUST* do.

Big difference.

I totally agree that he is *not* all-powerful and shouldn't be treated like some savior. But I don't think he has to be based on what he's saying.

I just hope we are willing to make the sacrifices we *will* need to make. More than anything else, that's my fear: that we Americans are too selfish and set in our ways to do what is required to fix all that is broken. I think that's the real issue, far more than what Obama can or can't do.