Obama inauguration

2 million people make pilgrimage to the national Mall to witness history. At this point you are always reminded of the arc of the civil rights movement--from point A to this point B, but other milestones are approaching...

Thoughts:

• The ceiling is lifted and now we can be anything, the cognitive consonance of the moment: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses,
• Obama is the first Generation X president, and the first younger than me,
• While listening to the speech, I kept thinking about "The Fourth Turning"--the "winter" of our time,
• What does Obama do to reshape the concept of affirmative action?,
• You can take Obama out of Chicago, but you can't take Chicago out of Obama,
• Obama is the 'salve' on a failed Bush presidency,
• How will Obama fall from grace gracefully?
• Be very careful about the beginning, then be careful about end, then be careful about the middle,
• Wars can define presidents-will Afghanistan define Obama?