I love the pomp and ceremony of an inauguration. Still, happy to be watching from my warm living room.Obama's main theme - togetherness. We accomplish great things, together. Not exactly riveting.
Themes for his second term:
* Clean energy - well, this doesn't exactly jive with reality, with our becoming energy independent, based on natural gas and petroleum reserves
* Immigration reform
* Middle class - same old campaign stuff
When all is said and done, I suppose it is the speech for today. The call for togetherness is essential. Maybe it will become a rallying cry, though it doesn't speak to me today.
The most moving thing about the inauguration ceremony was the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir singing "Battle Hymn of the Republic", reminding us that we are forged from war, that we are a republic, and that our glory is both individual and collective, based on being God's creations.
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