On Tuesday, January 20th, Barack Obama was sworn in as our 44th President for the United States of America. I was able to (sort of) see his inaugural speech live in my VSAR 404 class, but because of the high volume of web traffic, the Internet feed was extremely choppy, and overall anticlimactic.
After I got home, I was able to watch the speech in its entirety, and I was extremely impressed with Obama’s speech. What moved me the most during his speech was his acknowledgement of the coming economic struggles our country will face. He made it clear that there is no magic wand that will instantly fix the problems, and that we will all have to be confident in our nation’s ability to overcome these problems. Also, hearing him talk about reexamining government programs that may be ineffective gave me hope for the future of our government. I strongly believe that you cannot expect citizens to live within their financial means when their government is just as bad with frivolous spending.
Overall, I was extremely inspired and excited by President Obama’s speech, and I am looking forward to the next (hopefully) eight years!
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