Brightness and Contrast
Today is the one-week anniversary
of President Obama’s inauguration—
a day filled with brightness and contrast of the
hardscapes and softscapes of civic scenery.
Blue hung next to red and stripes separated stars.
Donkeys and elephants attended the political circus.
Millions of spectator heads on the lawns looked
like the dotted portrait of an impressionist painter.
We are one.
Barrack’s joy, energy, enthusiasm and freshness
played against Bush’s sad, tiredness, thinly veiled,
from carrying the weight of his terms, like the
Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, the ring bearer of Shire fame.
George’s approval rating was down to 22%.
Support for Obama was overwhelming.
Citizens rushed to get to Capitol Mall
and then spent many hours being stuck in crowds.
We are one.
Stocks were down that day with financials leading the way.
Public expectancy was jubilant
and optimistically high at Capitol Mall.
The stock market was silent with introspective
speculation of financial stimulus execution.
The parade route was loud with noisy anticipation.
Main Street America cried for attention while
Wall Street financiers waited for decisive action.
We are one.
Waiting at home, blog sites were uncharacteristically
quite that morning as we waited for events to
unfold. Inaugural attending, Berry Bloggers’
frenetically texted play-by-play ceremonial action.
Cell phone service in DC crashed as visitors
called friends and dispatched photos. The health crises
of senators Kennedy and Bird paralleled
the health care crisis occurring in our nation.
We are one.
The Secret Service, en masse, dressed in black suits,
drove black SUVs, and policed Obama’s
inauguration, the most heavily defended
event in the history of our Republic.
Only one Huey helicopter escorted
GWB’s departure from Washington, DC.
The most visited page on the inaugural website was
the recipe page. Hungry people in the streets begged for a meal.
Photo: Hector Emanuel Photobucket.com
We are one.
British banks were down as they faced recession.
The US is already in a recession.
The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, stated
that he was waiting for Barrack to get to work
so they can work to heal the world together.
Barrack took the oath of office. Using a Mulligan,
he retook the oath to insure a fundamental
American idea; for those willing to work for it, a better life is in store.
We are one.
“Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, north, south,
east and west, black, white, Latino, Asian, and
Native American, gay and straight, disabled and not—
(our Muslim brothers)…Our future is our choice, if we could
just recognize ourselves in one another and bring
everyone together –then not only would we
resotre hope and opportunity in places that
yearned for both but maybe, just maybe, we might
perfect our union in the process,” said Obama.
WE ARE ONE!
Today is the one-week anniversary
of President Obama’s inauguration—
a day filled with brightness and contrast of the
hardscapes and softscapes of civic scenery.
Blue hung next to red and stripes separated stars.
Donkeys and elephants attended the political circus.
Millions of spectator heads on the lawns looked
like the dotted portrait of an impressionist painter.
We are one.
Barrack’s joy, energy, enthusiasm and freshness
played against Bush’s sad, tiredness, thinly veiled,
from carrying the weight of his terms, like the
Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, the ring bearer of Shire fame.
George’s approval rating was down to 22%.
Support for Obama was overwhelming.
Citizens rushed to get to Capitol Mall
and then spent many hours being stuck in crowds.
We are one.
Stocks were down that day with financials leading the way.
Public expectancy was jubilant
and optimistically high at Capitol Mall.
The stock market was silent with introspective
speculation of financial stimulus execution.
The parade route was loud with noisy anticipation.
Main Street America cried for attention while
Wall Street financiers waited for decisive action.
We are one.
Waiting at home, blog sites were uncharacteristically
quite that morning as we waited for events to
unfold. Inaugural attending, Berry Bloggers’
frenetically texted play-by-play ceremonial action.
Cell phone service in DC crashed as visitors
called friends and dispatched photos. The health crises
of senators Kennedy and Bird paralleled
the health care crisis occurring in our nation.
We are one.
The Secret Service, en masse, dressed in black suits,
drove black SUVs, and policed Obama’s
inauguration, the most heavily defended
event in the history of our Republic.
Only one Huey helicopter escorted
GWB’s departure from Washington, DC.
The most visited page on the inaugural website was
the recipe page. Hungry people in the streets begged for a meal.
Photo: Hector Emanuel Photobucket.comWe are one.
British banks were down as they faced recession.
The US is already in a recession.
The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, stated
that he was waiting for Barrack to get to work
so they can work to heal the world together.
Barrack took the oath of office. Using a Mulligan,
he retook the oath to insure a fundamental
American idea; for those willing to work for it, a better life is in store.
We are one.
“Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, north, south,
east and west, black, white, Latino, Asian, and
Native American, gay and straight, disabled and not—
(our Muslim brothers)…Our future is our choice, if we could
just recognize ourselves in one another and bring
everyone together –then not only would we
resotre hope and opportunity in places that
yearned for both but maybe, just maybe, we might
perfect our union in the process,” said Obama.
WE ARE ONE!
3 comments:
Hi Ronda,
Thank you for the present, maybe someday we will be so lucky to have others visit our sites. For now I am still learning about what to post and how to improve my site. Your's is nice too.
I am a Republican, and not an Obama fan, but it was interesting to read what your site said, and I also read other posts about what is said about him. Some people think there are no Republicans in California, but I know so many. Almost all of my family has switched from Democrat to Republican, so is now funny that the one or two holdouts are the rare ones at family gatherings. Anyway just wanted you to know that I always post most things from a Republican point of view, but sometimes with no political view.
I post many things on Greta Wire and am not new there, but I get along with both political sides there, something that is rare there. But I have not been on there for a few weeks now due to a torn tendon in my shoulder and have been taking a break, so I have been actually working on my own website, even though only I go there.
I used to use my first name, first and last real names, then my initials and finally started using the name of Mrsupole when I had to sign up for another blog site that said I should "make-up" a name. My hubby is a telephone repairman and had his e-mail address as uppole (up pole), cause he climbs telephone poles, so I became Mrsupole with one "p", the site would not let me put two "p's", it finally did in Dec. but by now everyone is used to it with one p, so I stay with that name. My first name is Sherry, but am now used to Mrsupole.
Well guess I better let you go or this return present will be too big to wrap. So thank you so much for the present, I have added you to my favorites and will now visit your site when I visit the Gold Puppy.
Thank you,
Sherry
Thanks Mrsupole, it was nice of you to stop by. I am not familiar with Greta Wire but will find out about it. The story of your name is very interesting. I don't usually express myself from a political point of view, but things have been different lately. I usually just write what is moving through me to let it out.
Right now it is not so much about being a Republican or Democrat as it is about everyone coming together and working to turn our lives, our country, and our future around. As far as I am concerned, if a gold fish can teach us to all pull together, "All hail the gold fish!"
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