January 20, 2009

Today the United States of America welcomed a new president. Congratulations to Mr. Barak Obama.

I was unable to watch the inauguration today because I’m hardly working, I mean hard at work. We were allowed to log onto a news website to watch the live coverage but unfortunately most places couldn’t support the crush of people wanting to watch the new president talk. I did manage to catch Mr. Obama’s speech on the local radio station though. The man sure can give a good speech. He is probably the most convincing public speaker I have heard in a very long time. I would have to say that Michelle Obama must be incredibly proud of her husband right now.

Today is a new day. The possibilities for the future are endless. Our lives will be what we make of them. Myself, personally I am going to try and be more positive about things and to really work on worrying less. I saw an interesting marquee at a local church the other day; “Why worry when you can pray.” I wholeheartedly agree and that will be my practice going forward.

Welcome 2009 and President Obama, I can’t wait to see what you have in store for me!

Pink on politics

Pink on politics

Jeff was the one that introduced me to Pink’s music. He became interested through his 11 year old daughter, and passed that interest on to me.

I love that she felt strongly enough to put her feelings about Mr. Bush into words. This song never really became “mainstream” but it is my favorite song on her album “I’m not dead yet!” I think the line I like most is “What do you feel when you look in the mirror…are you proud?” That is such a compelling lyric to me, because you have to wonder, can he really hold his head up high and be proud of what he has done for our country the last 8 years?I don’t have any more to say on the subject. The music speaks louder than I ever could.