01/20/09, Tuesday Obama Inauguration

Today, Barack H. Obama was sworn in and became the 44th president of the greatest nation on earth, the United States of America. "Oh say, can you see by the dawn's early light; watch so proudly...America, the beautiful... sweet land of liberty... of thee I sing" and write these few words that would someday echo in the halls of time and memory.

The whole world watched at the dawning of a new America. From sea to shining sea. From continent to continent. And we watch in our living room, glued to the TV screen.

The inauguration was first in my memory of lots of living presidents and vice presidents and their respective wives present. They were: JimmyCarter and wife Rosalyn, George W. Bush Father) & wife,Barbara, Bill And Hilary Clinton, Vice preisidents: Dan Quayle & wife, Walter Mondale & wife, Al Gore & wife, Tipper.

Our 44th president comes from a rare mold. A breed of the past and the present. A colorful combination. A colorful childhood. A well lived life. A life filled with adventure. And finally settled in the Windy City to take root.

Abraham Lincoln failed several times. Pres. Barack Obama failed as a congressional aspirant, yet eight years later became the first African-American candidate to be elected as the 44th president of America. His winning the election was due to his "highly disciplined, perfectionist political organization." Will that same organization be equally brilliant in the governance?

The future is promising with "yes, we can! amidst the natural disasters and overseas conflagration and conflict." We'll wait and see.