President Obama

Today I witnessed what will most likely be a monumental event in our nation's history. There were certain parts of the inauguration that I had an issue with. I did not enjoy Arethra Franklin's singing in the least, I got the vibe that she was doing more of a show to showcase her voice than to actually sing the song. I also found the poet part to be very strange. But overall, I thought it was very well done. I was amazed at the amount of people located there. It looked like over 2 million. I found Barack Obama's speech to be very well done, I found it to be inspiring, full of hope. I hope the best for Barack, but I honestly feel that if he sticks to all of his campaign promises he's made, I feel that our country will continue to spiral down deeper into a depression. I found his tax plans of taxing the people who made over 200k to be a little bit puzzling. Already we are seeing companies greatly affected by the depression, I have heard of companies that I have known since I was kid that have gone out of business. And Barack Obama wants to tax these companies even more? I feel that this will lead to more businesses going on and in turn lead to more and more unemployment. I wonder if it was just "campaign promises", because I know Barack is a very educated man, and he might of just been telling the public what he needed to to get their vote. For instance, John F. Kennedy ran his campaign heavily on the proposed "missile gap", that the U.S.A. was behind in the nuclear race, and the Russians were going to win. This scared voters and lead to John's election. Upon winning the election, he asked his council how far they were behind, they said that we were actually far ahead in the Russians in the nuclear race. John Kennedy just said......O, thats good. I do agree with alot of what Barack Obama is trying to do, but I feel that this isn't the time to actually try all of this. He is definately in a tough time. I'm not sure if the fact that he's the first African-American president weighs on his shoulders, but I imagine the pressures from the economy and the world at large (Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Russian, Israel-Palestine Conflict) presents a very troubled time for Obama. Hopefully, he will do what so many believe he will, and that will be to change America for the better, but for now, I'm just going to sitback and see how it turns out, hoping for the best, but staying in touch with reality.