Inauguration Day

Carl Jeffers just announced on KIRO radio "this is like the world's inauguration day - He may be the first President of the world". Wow. This is the kind of thing that worries me, but that is for another day. Today is a day to celebrate a new President and hope for a new direction for our country. I am pleased to see so many people so excited about the inauguration. When I took my daughter to school every person in the school that I saw was watching the inauguration speech. The crossing guard told me that she had not seen very many kids today and thought that many of them may have stayed home to watch the inauguration. I think that is great, I love to see people involved in they way this country works and I hope that all of these people that are so involved now will stay involved. But the cynic in me thinks that may not happen. I hope I am wrong. I also hope that President Obama is successful and that this country gets back to work. I did not vote for President Obama, but I support him 100%. He is the President of the United States and that should always be respected. I am certain that I will not always agree with the decisions that are made, but I will always respect the office and person. I guess that is why I was so saddened when I was reading about parts of the Inauguration Ceremony that I missed. It sounds to me that the Obama's and Bush's treated each other with respect, and possibly even admiration? But the people there to watch booing the outgoing President? Shameful. I know that there are strong feelings against President Bush, I don't personally agree with everything that he has done. But I do believe that he sacrificed and made the best decisions that he could. Either way, to cheer "na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye!" as he is leaving Washington DC makes me sad for our Country. I don't think that people should act this way, and I hope that President Obama brings some solace and maturity to the people that have behaved like this. All I would say to those people is, you have gotten what you wanted - will it turn out how you want? To President Obama, I hope that you can make these people happy. If not, I am afraid that they will blame you for their own misfortune as well. Because obviously they can not be held accountable to their own actions. Otherwise they might not treat the highest office in our land, and the person most representing our country, with such disrespect.


I am hopeful for change, I believe that President Obama will do his best to deliver change. I hope that the country is also willing to change... Calling names and booing is hopefully behind us. Time to get to work and take responsibility for own actions.