The Dawn of 1/21/09

Yes that is the 1st day when Obama is president. Being a republican, myself, makes me cringe at the idea of a democratic president and democratically controlled congress, but like many of you think some change was needed. Over the past few days while i watch the late news on Fox Topeka (the only channel i get by the way) all of the talk is about this inauguration that is to take place tomorrow. With the state of the union, there is no way a republican candidate really had a shot at making a 12-16 year period of white house control. In my eyes all politicians are the same, they all tell you what you want to hear and do whatever they want to. They look out of numero uno or their party. They dont care about the people. Maybe I am cynical but so be it. So many people talk about how tomorrow is going to be historical, news flash: no matter who was elected; what color his/her skin was; or as previously mentioned gender, it would have been historical. It is a big ordeal when ANYBODY gets inaugurated as the most powerful leader in the world. It seems like utter nonsense that people are getting tattoos of this guy on their body, yes permanent tattoos of a guys face on their body. I dont know how you feel about that, but I can tell you I think it is beyond insane. Tattoos themselves are ok, I have tossed the idea around of getting one myself, but if I do get one, it would never be some girls name or a picture of anybody because I find that creepy and disturbing. I heard talk of his green inauguration and I just had to laugh. The day itself may have taken a lot of precautions to be green but what about millions of people that traveled on commercial airlines, private jets, diesel powered buses, and their luxury cars? That doesnt sound green to me. When the big automakers went to congress in their private jets they were told no because of their lavish trip on a private jet. Now there is nothing you can really do about the millions of people that are going to be there but marketing it as green? I just had to laugh. I am no politician and like I said before, cynical but absolutely nothing is going to change when he is in the white house. The troops will still be over seas, the economy will still suck as it will for the next few years, gas prices will still be all over the place, and the country will continue to spend more money than it has and go into a larger debt. I am not saying that McCain or anybody else would have fixed these issues, well McCain would have been a better leader for the military due to is military life. Obama is a great public speaker, but that doesnt mean he isnt like every other politician aka liars or in latin many blood sucking ticks. It doesnt mean everything is going to be magically fixed over night. I actually pity the man for the problem infested and troubled country he now gets to lead and have the masses blindly follow him and wonder if everything is going to be fixed. I will be utterly amazed if all of the problems even get addressed in the first 100 days, let alone his first term. Expect the best, get disappointed; expect the worst, get surprised. Who would you rather be?