Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inauguration of President Obama: 1/20
I watched the 44th President of the United States be sworn in today: President Barack Obama. The first African Amercian president in US history. It was exciting to be able to participate and observe a huge part of history be made. However, I have been skeptical. Today for the presidential inauguration it was the largest turn out of people for the event. There was this huge crowd of people and every once in a while the crowds would start chaning "Obama! Obama!" but pronounced "o-ba-ma". It kinda worried me sometimes. I mean I'm really glad that the US has its first African American president, but the way our citizens chant his name, and "worship" him in a sense...well, I just hope it doesn't go to his head. So in that way, this type of recation of the people reminds me of what has been seen in the past: a dictatorship. I mean, don't get me wrong...I'm happy that the US and been able to rise above its past. It just concerns me that the people chant his name, have all of this paraphernalia...it's like "worshiping" him like a rock star. I hope that my hunches are wrong. In either case, I know that history is being made before our eyes!
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I definitely know what you're saying about the whole chanting thing. It bothers me too because I don't think the president should be worshipped like a celebrity. It seems like Obama has been the only president that has truly been worshipped in such a way; at the ball, all of the celebrities like Beyonce, Shakira, Faith Hill, Jay Z attended and I thought that was really strange. In my opinion, Hollywood and government should not mix; Obama needs to focus on his responsibility as the President of the United States not on socializing with the celebrities.
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