“For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and
nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from
every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of
civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger
and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall
someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the
world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that
America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.”
– President Barack Obama, January 20, 2009
January 20th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
He quoted Thomas Paine which was nice
January 20th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
… we will restore science to its proper place …
what a wonderful thing to hear in an inauguration address. And he listed curiosity as a good personal value!
January 20th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
What a speech, what a family, what a promise..
January 21st, 2009 at 9:08 am
Perhaps the end of the Bush/Cheney era is the end as well of brazen duplicity, the vanquishing of moral authority, the infidelity to science, the institutionalization of greed and hoarding as virtues, the sanctimonious idolatry of the economy, the degradation of the environment, the dissipation of natural resources, the destruction of Earth as fit place for habitation by our children.
Steven Earl Salmony
AWAREness Campaign on the Human Population,
established 2001
http://sustainabilityscience.org/content.html?contentid=1176
http://sustainabilitysoutheast.org/index.php
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:31 am
Yeah, yeah, but 44 got the math wrong. He started off by saying 44 Americans have taken the Presidential oath of office. In fact, only 43 Americans have.