~ A Sea of People ~

This is not my picture, I wish I was there but nearly 2 million people were jammed onto the National Mall to watch the historic moment, which in fact passed at noon without fanfare, thanks to a U.S. Constitution that says the president-elect gets the job at the top of the hour, oath or no oath.

Chief Justice John Roberts fumbled the oath of office, but I think that so many were so passionate with this very special day.  More seriously, when Senator Ted Kennedy suffered a seizure during the luncheon and was taken to hospital. Joy Diaz, 47, traveled from Burlington, Ont., to stand along the route Obama would pass during the afternoon's inaugural parade. She came because she was fascinated by the 2008 campaign. Diaz said her parents, who are natives of Trinidad, wanted to attend the 1963 march on Washington but could not because they had young children. Diaz was part of a crowd that was on hand to witness a watershed moment in a country with a shameful history of slavery and segregation - a moment that Obama himself made sure to temper with a pointed reminder that difficult days are ahead.

Dick Cheney sitting in a wheelchair with a wooden cane across his lap after straining his back last week, or so they say, emerged onto the inauguration platform with George W. Bush. I must say that I did feel badly in watching him leave, but that goes with territory when one wishes to take on a challenge and be a leader. Some did boo him during the inauguration, I feel that this was a day that people have regard and can come back to that later. Seeming I felt that was not necessary.

I believe that the Presidents successful run, which brought him to where he is now, was long overdue. Last night I watched a some television and from a Canadian perspective there was the same things thought as on the American.

Thereafter for this first time in history I believe the new Pesident and Vice President escorted the their predessors in leaving. That was admirable...

I forget his name as there was an older gentleman that came up and read a poem. It was sensational. As it really after just watching it made me feel so much. And not too many know what that feeling is if they have never experienced before but it's something that may be a rejuvenation of many things. I just saw as it was Dr. Josephy Lowery...

But each one by one...