A Reason to Celebrate...

Well, its here. Inaugaration Day, 2009... I knew for a couple days now that I wanted to write something about this day, due to its historic nature. But what tone? Obama was not my choice for President in November (neither was McCain, for what its worth), but I agree with his mantra that we need "Change." My one concern with the President-elect's vision of change is that I think he may bring about the exact opposite change that we need... Government is massive, and the term "bailout" has become commonplace. Because of the big-government decisions made by our incumbent President (ironic, as he ran as a Republican), Mr. Obama will have more authoritarian power than any president before him, coupled with an undeniably partisan Congress. Think about that for a minute...

But before all-else, I am an American. I intend to honor Obama as my president, and respect him as a person. His journey to this historic moment is a momentous occasion in the nation's history, and he is as deserving as anyone else to serve as Leader of the Free World.

So I will not sully this day with political slander. I'm not going to drudge up bad blood, and rant about taxes or war. No. Instead, I'm going to describe for you the picture here at work today:

It appears as though a mob-mentality has taken over, funny as it may sound, considering everyone is dressed rather professionally. There is work to be done, lots of it, but everyone is parading to the cafeteria, smile in hand. Some people that live locally actually left the office to go home to watch the Inaugaration live. Others are trying to dowload the necessary software to their employer-issued computers so they can watch it live from their desk. I don't know if this would work or not, and I don't intend to try. The most common phrase I've heard this morning? "I know, its so exciting!" Its kind of funny, especially since a lot of the people I overhear saying these things really don't even know WHY they are excited! They won't admit it, but I know from speaking with them in the past that they really are just regurgitating propoganda from MSNBC. I smile and nod. People are coming to my desk, and asking what I'm doing to celebrate...

Its now 12:06... President Obama - give me a REASON to celebrate...