It Is Now Official

George W. Bush is now our official president for the next four years (unless something happens during that time to cause it to be otherwise). He was sworn in this morning in the freezing cold, but beautiful, city of Washington D.C. I only was able to see the inauguration from the time of his speech on, but it made me happy to be living in the country that I am. There were demonstrators there with a large, conspicuous sign condemning the war, but it made me glad, not because of what they were saying, but because they had the ability to say it. The entire inaugral presentation was able speak in many different ways and it was a wonderful, meaningful manner in which to begin another presidential term.

Unfortunately, nobody seemed to think that the presentation could speak for itself. I do not understand why the media seems to think that it needs to "analyze" what just took place. There is no need to report the news on a situation that everyone watching has just seen first hand. It would be one thing if they were on a show where they were supposed to be discussing their opinions of the situation, but they aren't, and it is assumed that they are going to be reporting just the hard facts. The public should be able to draw their own conclusions from what they see and hear without also being fed what to think. It seems to be common practice now that, whenever anything big like the State of the Union Address, an inauguration, or such is being shown on national television, nobody can just show it, they have to editorialize it as well.

Oh, well. The news media may never change, but we have a lot of changes to look forward to in the future of our country. This presidential inauguration will not be the last, and it is facinating to think about all of the future men, and probably women, who will take part in that ceremony, then go on to lead our country, for good or for bad.