Inauguration ceremony

I got home today in time to catch the inauguration ceremony for the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.

I thought it was a great speech and am not looking forward to all the papers now pulling it apart to find the political intricacies and forecasts for the future.

Already BBC, Fox etc have started posting their takes on the speech. It would seem the main consensus is that it was a very sombre speech, telling of the struggles ahead and almost using it to notify people that it is going to be a hard, slow process.

Well, duh. 8 years to get to this point, it ain’t gonna be fixed by Friday now is it?

All told I thought yet again he spoke eloquently, purposefully setting out his main targets yet again and not sugar coating the fact that its going to be a hard slog. Let’s hope his actions are as effective as his speeches.

For a transcript of the speech and video from BBC go to:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/obama_inauguration/7840646.stm