>:: iSpeak ::<

I watched some of the coverage yesterday of the inaugration. I'd nearly slept the entire morning away when i was awakened to the words "you're missing history". I haven't quite figured out what i feel about this process...i know there's a lot of pomp and circumstance involved and rightfully so....this is REAL.

I don't see Obama as the second coming though...i know he has a road less traveled because it's littered with more resistance now than ever. Clearly, the country is in disarray and I hope people don't expect him to make miracles happen in 1 year. It took us 8 years to get to this position...10 if you count Clinton's goof with that NAFTA shit.

Anyway, I couldn't have beamed with more pride when I saw Obama being sworn in...it was, at best, surreal. I felt at any point I'd snap out of this dream like state to a reality that it never happened....and contemplate that for a moment....what if you woke up and found that this was a joke? That's my mind drifting though....but really think about that...pretty scary eh? Well that's exactly what's happened the last 8 years...a JOKE.

What i ask and what every American should be asking is that everyone stay calm and remember that there's a long road ahead and truly will take all of us working TOGETHER to fix this mess. We all will have to make sure these people we elected work for us and not the other way around. A representative is just that. So chin checks will be in order when necessary.

As you all were.