Today on January 20, 2009 , President Barack Obama's inauguration took place in Washington at twelve o'clock. An inauguration is a formal ceremony to mark the beginning of a leader's rule. What my response to the inauguration would be is that Obama promised to do his best in what he can do for our country and he sounded very bold in his speech. He also stated that "the question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.", which I think means that Obama cares for all of the U.S. citezens. Like he cares if the government works out with us and helps families get a job at a fair amount of wage following the matter of affording to retire in the future. After Obama said "Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions -- who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short," Obama proclaimed. "For they have forgotten what this country has already done, what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose and necessity to courage.", he made us and veterans and former presidents feel honored for what they and what we did for America. In return, we must honor President Obama for what he will say he will do for us in the future. In the first part of the quote I am not sure what he means by "Their memories are too short.", who's memories? Ours? Or critics? Other nations? "Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred," Obama said. But with "old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life ... and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you." What I think Obama meant here was that he wants to fight and win to get to the real source of the commotion and what started this war and he wants to finish it so nobody can get hurt, he won't be known as an uncaring president and he wants to begin having peace with other nations. This is what I think about Obama's inauguration speech today.
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