Our boss told us to not worry about work for a while and watch the Inauguration on the internal network feed of CNN. Rarely have I been so moved by speeches and public ceremonies.
I am more hopeful now for the future than I have been in many years.
Our boss told us to not worry about work for a while and watch the Inauguration on the internal network feed of CNN. Rarely have I been so moved by speeches and public ceremonies.
I am more hopeful now for the future than I have been in many years.
We received an official email saying how special it will be and how “America will be watching the inauguration” etc etc.
But we didn’t get the day off, had no tv feed to watch it on, and our internet pipe narrowed to the size of a straw around 11:45am.
If history was made, I missed it. 😛
While I’m glad that the Bush years are ended and that McCain didn’t take that oath, I’m disappointed in Obama. His speech seemed long and empty to me. Platitudes. He’s going to have to show that he can actually *do* something before I’ll be impressed. Bill Clinton’s inauguration occasioned similar celebrations and feelings of satisfaction, yet his administration achieved next to nothing, and what little it did achieve was quickly dismantled by Bush.
The press keeps comparing Obama to Lincoln, but I think the more apt comparison is to JFK, for a great many reasons. One has only to look at the public “comments” being dumped onto the news websites to see that a divided America is still with us, and the intolerance and even hatred being expressed poses a major obstacle to future gains.
I had a very hard time not crying through the whole thing… simply amazing. Although I know it will take a lot to fix this country, I too am feeling better that I have in ages.
I’m out of the country so I missed it.
Then again, my fellow bandos were on the plane back home, lol.
My boss is Canadian. And I work for a big, heartless corporation. So! I took the day off. Now I’m watching the parade. 🙂