Did the world just shake?

Since today is such a historical day with Barack Obama being sworn in as President, I thought I would have a few comments. This is not a political blog, it is a ranting blog, so my comments will fall in line with that.

• My dad took off today to watch coverage all day (psychopath), however he does have over 100 sick days accumulated and less than 5 years of work left, so he can do that I guess.
• I think this is a big day for what it stands for, the chance of better days for all. However, we need to understand that nothing will change if we do not get off our lazy a@@es and do something about it. Now that Obama is President, the economy isn't going to fix itself, everyone is not going to find a job around the corner, our enemies aren't going to stop hating us, global warming is not going to stop, and fossil fuels are going to turn unlimited. We still need to do stuff to make a difference. This is what I like about Obama, he realizes this and if every speech he gives he tells people this.
• Most people think it is all going to fix itself, seriously. I lost count of the number of people I have talked to in the last month who think everything is okay now, Obama is President. It doesn't change shit unless you want it to change something.
• I'm watching Headline News and they are having this correspendant answer phone calls and text messages about the important of today sent in by viewers. This guy should get an award for this. He is getting some absoltely asine comments, but he keeps responding: "Good point" "Yes, this is a great day." "I agree." He had a woman call in and say racism is behind us. Yes, she said that. Far from the truth. He also got a text message from a 13 year old that said although she is a Republican and didn't vote, she is behind Obama. I'm not even going to comment on that.
• This does not end racism. African American males still face 25% unemployment in this country (55% in Milwaukee), minorities are still 700% more likely to be born into poverty, their are still probably 75% of Americans who look down on minorities, and some unfortunetlely express their views in words and actions. One of the national news last night literally said, that "When Obama is sworn in, Martin Luther King's Dream will be fulfilled." Not even close. But I could go on this for pages.
• Many many callers on many news stations have been saying that now "we can put the last 8 years behind us." How, is Obama going to make a time machine. Thousands of people still died on Septemeber 11th, there are still thousands of troops in Iraq and Pakistan, over half the world still hates us, we still face 7% unemployment, we have still used tax dollars to bail out many industries, we are still running out of fossil fuels abroad, we have still fone great damage to the environment. Now, we cannot put the last 8 years behind us, they still happened.
  
• My final comment is that yes this is a great day. But, don't sit back and think that all will be saved now. We need to internalize what is happening and go out and be a soldier of change in our everyday lives.

This is a good speech: