Is Inauguration Day a Proud Day for America?
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2013/01/20 21:33:08
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It's Inauguration Day, which means Barack Obama is once again sworn in as the President of the United States of America. President Obama was sworn in for his second term on Sunday in a ceremony that was low-key for such a big day--and a small, private one. President Obama will be publicly sworn in on Monday, complete with a major ceremony/parade.
The public ceremony for the only African-American President in U.S. history ironically takes place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, dedicated to the late, legendary civil rights leader, who fought for equality. That's a big deal not just for the President, but for the country too. It's not all celebration and joy for President Obama and his administration though. The Obama administration will certainly have its hands full in coming weeks and some would argue it already does.
With the recent shooting rampages, the Obama Administration is under a ton of pressure to pass stricter gun laws. There is also warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan still going on, as well as serious national debt to deal with. No matter what side of the political fence anyone is on, Inauguration Day and the days that follow signal that business is about to pickup in the White House.

The public ceremony for the only African-American President in U.S. history ironically takes place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, dedicated to the late, legendary civil rights leader, who fought for equality. That's a big deal not just for the President, but for the country too. It's not all celebration and joy for President Obama and his administration though. The Obama administration will certainly have its hands full in coming weeks and some would argue it already does.
With the recent shooting rampages, the Obama Administration is under a ton of pressure to pass stricter gun laws. There is also warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan still going on, as well as serious national debt to deal with. No matter what side of the political fence anyone is on, Inauguration Day and the days that follow signal that business is about to pickup in the White House.

Read More: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/20/us-usa-i...
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Susan 2013/01/20 21:50:40No+55Generally speaking it should be a glorious day for our country but with a man as divisive and so "hell bent" on changing the country to fit his ideolgies, I have to say no. I have never seen a president who has divided a nation more than this guy in such a short amt of time. He is supposed to represent ALL Americans but he has made it apparent in his first term that is definitely NOT the case.




















I was born in one country, raised in another.
My father was born in another country.
I was not his only child.
He fathered several children with numerous women.
I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no interest in me.
My mother died at an early age from cancer.
Although my father deserted me and my mother raised me, I later wrote a book idolizing my father not my mother.
Later in life, questions arose over my real name.
My birth records were sketchy.
No one was able to produce a legitimate, reliable birth certificate.
I grew up practicing one faith but converted to Christianity, as it was widely accepted in my new country, but I practiced non-traditional beliefs and didn’t follow Christianity, except in the public eye under scrutiny.
I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young adult, disguising myself as someone who really cared about them.
That was before I decided it was time to get serious about my life and embarked on a new career.
I wrote a book about my struggles growing up.
It was clear to those who read my memoirs, that I had difficulties accepting that my father abandoned me as a child.
I became active in local politics in my 30′s then, with help behind the scenes, I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate For national office in my 40s.
They ...
I was born in one country, raised in another.
My father was born in another country.
I was not his only child.
He fathered several children with numerous women.
I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no interest in me.
My mother died at an early age from cancer.
Although my father deserted me and my mother raised me, I later wrote a book idolizing my father not my mother.
Later in life, questions arose over my real name.
My birth records were sketchy.
No one was able to produce a legitimate, reliable birth certificate.
I grew up practicing one faith but converted to Christianity, as it was widely accepted in my new country, but I practiced non-traditional beliefs and didn’t follow Christianity, except in the public eye under scrutiny.
I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young adult, disguising myself as someone who really cared about them.
That was before I decided it was time to get serious about my life and embarked on a new career.
I wrote a book about my struggles growing up.
It was clear to those who read my memoirs, that I had difficulties accepting that my father abandoned me as a child.
I became active in local politics in my 30′s then, with help behind the scenes, I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate For national office in my 40s.
They said I had a golden tongue and could talk anyone into anything.
I had a virtually non-existent resume, little work history, and no experience in leading a single organization.
Yet I was a powerful speaker and citizens were drawn to me, as though I were a magnet and they were small roofing tacks.
I drew incredibly large crowds during my public appearances.
This bolstered my ego.
At first, my political campaign focused on my country’s foreign policy…
I was very critical of my country in the last war, and seized every opportunity to bash my country.
But what launched my rise to national prominence were my views on the country’s economy.
I pretended to have a really good plan on how we could do better, and every poor person would be fed and housed for free.
I knew which group was responsible for getting us into this mess.
It was the free market, banks and corporations.
I decided to start making citizens hate them and, if they became envious of others who did well, the plan was clinched tight.
I called mine “A People’s Campaign”.
That sounded good to all people.
I was the surprise candidate because I emerged from outside the traditional path of politics and was able to gain widespread popular support.
I knew that, if I merely offered the people “hope”, together we could “change” our country and the world.
So, I started to make my speeches sound like they were on behalf of the downtrodden, poor, ignorant to include “persecuted Minorities”.
My true views were not widely known and I kept them unknown, until after I became my nation’s leader.
I had to carefully guard reality, as anybody could have easily found out what I really believed, if they had simply read my writings and examined those people associated with. I’m glad they didn’t.
Then I became the most powerful man in the world.
And then world learned the truth.
Who am I?
ADOLPH HITLER
If you were thinking of SOMEONE ELSE, you should be scared, very scared!
PS: conservatives are called "right" for a reason...
George Bush's administration had many similarities to Marx and Hitler.
Like I said, a parlor game. Only nut jobs take it seriously. And Obama's 60 percent approval rating reflects that.