PRESIDENT OBAMA - YAH

I started watching Barack Obama's inauguration with about five minutes left in his speech; things are wrapping up as I write this. No denying he is a great speaker and I'm sure much of what he says will, ultimately, ring true and meet fruition. Perhaps Obama is also something rare in a U.S. president -- a gentleman. Most Americans and much of the world's population are so exhausted from the corruption and inhumanity inherent in the previous administration.

Speaking as a Canadian, and a very patriotic one at that, I do admire what America represents (at least what the people think it represents -- times are changing). As many of my fellow countrymen and women say, whether it's envy sprinkled with seriousness, or in pleasant admiration, "why can't we do that?"

Only in America. Good for them -- and the world. They are still a great power and only a fool would deny that the man in office has the ability to push that first domino... as we have been reminded for all the wrong reasons, these last eight years.