Tomorrow Is A Long Time: Obama Inauguration
Tomorrow, January 20, 2009 is an epic day in this countries history and it hasn’t even happened yet. For the first time in the United States’ somewhat sorted history an African American man, Barack Obama, will be sworn in as this countries 44th President. To make the occasion a bit more special, today, January 19, 2009 is the day set aside to celebrate the life and times of Martin Luther King Jr. 
Martin Luther King Jr. had high hopes for this country and that one day his children and their children would be able to play and live in the same way that any other child should be able to. He had hoped that the racial oppression of his people would stop and that we could all live together in harmony. It’s been a long time since Martin Luther King Jr. made his “I have a dream” speech and a long time since we’ve had as much excitement and HOPE for our great nation.
There has been a lot of talk about Obama. A lot of bad press for no good reason. The election is over with and Barack Obama is going to be the President of the United States… deal with it. I have tried to have numerous conversations with people about some of the radical accusations that came out during the election and I don’t seem to understand why some people still don’t get that the last 8 years have done nothing good for us. In George W’s farewell address last week he stated his greatest accomplishment was the security of this nation after 9/11. How for 7 years HE protected the country from terrorism. Well in Dennis Leary fashion, I got two words for ya, “Harry Truman”! That’s right, Harry S. Truman. You may know him as the President who dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 6 and 9, 1945. Guess what George… We’ve been terror free since then, just about…. ohhh… 56 years. Now, I’m not saying he was a bad president; I don’t have to. But back to the point. Obama is going to be President and the country is happy about this. Incredible polling numbers confirm this, you cannot deny the facts. Tomorrow is momentous and will hopefully be the beginning of a new United States, a renaissance if you will for our young, fledgling country. The evolution is slated to begin at noon. Its been a long time coming… tomorrow is a long time coming.
“There’s beauty in the silver, singin’ river,
There’s beauty in the sunrise in the sky,
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember in my true love’s eyes.”
-Bob Dylan
Lancaster, PA
