President Obama

As I watched history being made this week I felt something I hadn't felt about our country in a very long time. A tiny bit of optimism. I really want to believe that this one man can make a difference, can change the path we have been on and unite us together for the greater good. But I keep reminding myself he is but one man. I know... I know... One person can make a difference, but can one person alone change an entire country? Of course, after saying that I think... look where the election of the village idiot got us!! Yet I try to look at this realistically. The senate and the house hold all the cards really, and both sides of the isle have been bought and sold so many times by big business that it is hard for me to believe we are going to see the change that so many of us yearn for. Our government moves at a snails pace, and we are a society searching for instant gratifications. I think of all those millions of people we saw celebrating the inauguration in Washington this week. The majority of them will become bored with it all when they don't get that instant action on our governments part and will find themselves once again apathetic to the cause. Sad thing is, without them no change will ever occur. At times I think the only thing that CAN change the ways of Washington is a mass uprising of her people. A scholar once said when asked about the difference between American politics and European politics, that in Europe the government fears the people, but in America the people fear the government. We need to show our government that they are our servants, not vise versa, before any change will ever materialize.

Changing the subject a bit, but I was so very tense while watching the inauguration. I was so fearful that this grassy knoll, JFK moment was going to flash before my eyes. It seems like any time there has been a leader that represented the working class man, someone has been there to take them out before they could rally us to the call! When Obama got out and walked down Pennsylvania Avenue, I was cringing the entire time. I bet the secret service had to be a wee bit nervous about the position he put himself in there. I know it's all about custom and tradition, but I kept thinking.... OBAMA... i thought you are a smart man!! Why are you doing this?? Get yourself a pope mobile cause we need you ALIVE!!