Nalita Media Introduces PRESIDENT Barack Obama!!!

Yay !!!

I thought his Inaugural Speech was stirring. We will support our new President and , as always, hope for the best.

It's a good day. :-)

Neeetah!!!!

Lori!

Everybody!!!

I LOVE YA!!!!!!!!!!

:=)

This is a moment that in history that we can tell future generations about. It took a lot of hard work but there is a lot of hard work ahead. It's true that the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Let's get to stepping!

Yeee-hah! I checkout the new White House web site. Cool!

Brian,

That is an excellent comment, and I thank you for it. I'm serious about posting these comments to the

www.barackobama.com blog, as well as

myspace

Facebook

and the other blogs with which Obama is associated.

We here on this thread shall have our place in history, as anything that gets posted on his site(s) most certainly shall -- from here on out. So, it is important that we reflect about what we say, and express our "parts", and the roles we have played in his campaign.

People like those above -- most of whom I've known for a long time and I know have been long-time Obama supporters shall have much to say about their experiences. You have much more to say yourself, Brian. I recall your saying that you saw Obama long before he was even elected to office, handing out flyers on the corners as a community organizer, yet sincere and dedicated to his purpose. You say that in all these years, he has not changed his philosophy; success has NOT spoiled or corrupted him. What a story you must have to tell, Brian.

Doug,

The White House site is looking really spiffy. I love it!

Today I am very proud to be an American. I have confidence in our new president's heart and mind. I'm thankful to both him and Michelle for their courage.

Nalita, I am not going to comment much since I am still being held hostage by the flu. I will say that I am really so happy to be able to say that I lived to see the day when a minority (any person who belongs to a minority besides being Catholic which JFK was) become the president of the United States. I firmly believe that President Obama will do his utmost to work on and solve the problems we are suffering from as a nation. Today I am so proud to be an American! Thank you for submitting this article to this group, I am really glad I saw it!

thanks so much for posting this article! I am so proud to be an American!!

Chana,
Hate to hear about your having the flu. You know what to do, though, yes + feel better soon, and hugs to you. Thank you for the excellent comment.

Thank you, too DiAnA D. Despite the challenges that we Americans face, we have much for which to be proud.

My Canadian wife and I watched this from the beginning here in Ontario. I've seen many inaugurations but don't remember excitement like this since John Kennedy was sworn in. The Canadians are going crazy that they'll finally have a same neighbour again.

Walker Bennett,

I always thought there you were in San Francisco for some reason. It is nearly just as important to get the reactions and thoughts of neighbors, and the world's opinion as it is that of U.S. citizens, since so much of our future is dependent on world unity and cooperation. Thank you for your thoughts, and telling us about the Canadians. Thank your wife as well!

What an amazing day - I'm still on a natural high. From 11-12:27 I was in the auditorium with almost 1000 students. The energy was palatable. While giving his speech you could hear a pin drop!!!!!!

Ahhhhhh..........what a day!!!!!!!!!!

It's an amazing day, the most amazing in my lifetime.

I've been watching most of the day, and will continue watching for most of the evening.

Thanks for sharing.

It is a GREAT day for America. People should make SURE they type whitehouse.gov instead of .com or they are in for an interesting surprise!

Warnth. That is what I felt, watching our new President take the oath. The steely intelligence of the man was evident, but the warmth of his willingness to embrace all peoples...I picked up a copy of Salsa, Soul and Spirit last night (apologies for not being able to list the author; I've only just begun reading it) and read a few pages today at work. One thing struck me...the idea of full democracy began with the Iroquois Indians. The Constitution (at first) granted the right to vote only to landed white men; considering African slaves as only 3/5 of a man....how can a person be considered less than whole?

Our country needs wholeness, we crave healing of the wounds caused by racial prejudice. It's time...carrying that hatred around hurts us all in so many ways. My prayer is that each of us will willingly put it down and be truly free...and whole.

My eyes were opened today on the limitations of the dreams our black citizens have carried for so long; telling their children that "you can do anything" when it simply wasn't true: when the highest office in the land has never been held by any other than a white man, it is difficult to believe that all our people's dreams can indeed come true. Has the world righted itself yet? I caught a glimpse and am truly joyful for my brother- and sister-Americans of color that reality has finally caught up with the possibilities. Today, we are now TRULY a Land of Opportunity for ALL our people.

When will this happen for women? Someday...someday. One barrier has fallen, and much sooner than most would have predicted--that gives me much hope that a woman will be President within my lifetime. The more barriers that fall, the more we will turn to "the content of our character" as the yardstick we use to take the measure of a person.

But FIRST, let's celebrate the new vistas of opportunity that have opened for those who could believe in them fully before now...and everyone put their shoulders to whatever task comes their way, whole-heartedly, to help our new President in his efforts to lead our country out of the trials that beset us.

It's a new day...may God bless us all!

I felt INCLUDED in President Obama's speech. I finally feel like I'm an American and I matter. My generation is leading now, not sitting on the sidelines, and not lost any longer. We have found our mission!

I believe in WE The People more now than I ever imagined. We did it, and then we made it real... and now WE will do even more. As a matter of fact, there is nothing that WE cannot do.

Yes ... ... yes!

What an extraordinary moment in history.
It is now incumbent upon each of us
as we move forward
in this moment in time,
as we remain true
to the goodness
in our nature
and leave the bad behind,
as we reach out to someone,
to anyone in need,
to give him/her
a hand up
thereby creating
and strengthening
the chain of community
started by our 44th president.
The “yes we can,”
will become “yes we did,”
when we take
a hold of the opportunity
that we as a nation
are being given today ...
to say yes "we" will.
The USA is truly
being given an opportunity
and another chance
and our 44th President
has the leadership skills
to pull us all together
to move forward in a new
and responsible direction.

YES WE WILL!!!!!

I volunteered.

I wrote five poems that are inclusded in the Detroit generated "coffee table" book 44th.

I may also have one poem featured in the inagural book by the same organization.

Yes, I've watched all day & I am still watching...I feel a sense of peace & relief , I believe that Obama is going to deliver all he can to/for the good of us all, The good of America!! My prayers will be for God's guidance & His will through our new president.God bless America.

Good Luck Mr. President

"YES, I DID" Me and my dial-up agitated the world over and then I went out of my way to vote for the racist who thinks black MEN cain't be lucky and though we only garnered 46% of the votes (here in the FREE state of Walker County Alabama) for the said racist and no Alabama Electoral College vote was cast for the said racist, YOU BEST BELIEVE MY BAMA-ASS WON Yiz'ALL

Well, I hate to throw a bucket of cold water on this reveling but I am really quite concerned with President Obama choosing Tom Vilsack a shill for Monsanto as Secretary of Agriculture.
This is very frightening. Monsanto wants to own patents on all the food in the world. They MUST be stopped, by ANY means.

Good Luck Mr. President

It was a very inspirational inaugural address that made me feel "safe" for the first time in a long time. That is, I feel that finally someone conscious is at the helm who care for the people of America and is willing to go to task for them. I also got a big hit of nostalgia; there was a lot of talk about returning to the things that made the U.S. great. I hope the people of this country are inspired to take more responsibility for their fate and show more grace in their dealings with each other. I know I am certainly motivated by Obama's speech to do so.

Thank you for these comments, and I hope that people who have thoughts on the Inauguration and on these first days of President Obama's Administration keep them coming. I shall transfer them to my www.barackobama.com blog by week's end, as well as my other blogs.

Whenever I have written to www.barackobama.com, the article always goes to the Internet -- Internetwide, and easily searchable, so I've had to delete those articles in the past.
I shall NOT delete this one; it stays!

One more interesting bit of trivia:

I attended a West Coast Inaugural bash last evening, called, "Inauguration West", which was held in the city of San Francisco, California. Since I have been spending a good deal of time in San Francisco lately, I noticed that something has changed, and the change had occurred in the last day or two.

In the financial district, there is a well-known street named "Bush street". Now, last night, after leaving the Inaugural event, we passed Bush Street, however somebody or "somebodies" has gone to some effort to [AHEM] CHANGE the name from "Bush street" to "Obama street". I found this interesting, so we drove down Bush street to see if it was just one altering, or not. It was NOT just one altering. Someone had been QUITE busy.

Let us see just how Mayor Gavin Newsome shall handle this one. I'm certain that if those street signs are replaced, the same "somebody(ies) who made this CHANGE in the first place shall return to do the same thing again. (When San Franciscans become "inspired", they REMAIN INSPIRED.

Interesting, isn't it.

I'm going back to bed. Don't know about your Inaugural party, but the one here? These people were PARTY ANIMAL NUTS!!! They wore me out!!!

. . .but do not let that stop you from sharing your thoughts and comments. Thank you, again!

:=)

First of all Neee, I hope you thoroughly enjoyed the ball.

I sat at home alone most of the day, talking back and forth to our daughter online. Every TV in our house was on and tuned to CNN. You see, I was painting door frames in the middle of it all and didn't want to miss a thing. I have watched several inaugurations in my time. Actually, I have half watched them. I've watched almost all of the swearing ins and just caught bits and pieces of the rest of the festivities. The moment the first shot of him walking out appeared, so did the tears. I felt such a relief. It was like I was breathing again for the first time in years. My daughter said she sobbed like a little girl. It was the equivalent of a huge hug. And the entire country was in on it.

I know he is the People's President. He is there for us.

Yes we can! Yes we have! Yes we will! Yes we do!

Hi Nalita

oh what a wonderful day in history... Congratulations President Obama... God bless...

I didn't vote for you, but as you said, you'll "be (my) your President too" and I wish you well.

I ended up not voting for Obama either. In hindsight I think he was the better choice this election for more reasons than the ones I voted on. It will be interesting to see how long he can be all things to everybody.

Personally though, as of right now, I really don't see him losing a reelection bid in 2012 since the republican party is in shambles. I agree wit the republican platform more than the democrat platform but finding a republican the ideals that got them elected is impossible right now.

Nee, I'm always catching your stuff a little late, but at least I get here (eventually).

My thoughts on the inauguration.....where to start? First, for the first time, I was "invested" in this election and this man. Barack Obama was the very first Presidential candidate to whom I've made a financial contribution. I even proudly placed a sticker/magnet on my car (something I "never" do). WHY? Because he reminded me of the way I felt about JFK. He made me think anything was possible. As an Obama supporter, I was definitely in the "minority" here in Oklahoma, but sometimes it takes this ultra-conservative state a couple of years to catch up, so I remain hopeful.

As much as I believed in Barack Obama, I still had some reservations: Could America really prove it's 'color-blind' by electing this man? My feelings of exuberant joy on election night were replaced with unbelievable optimism and pride on Inauguration Day. There were many times I was moved to tears watching the festivities before, during and after. It was indescribable, knowing that WE, THE PEOPLE really did this! And Barack Obama made us realize we COULD do it.

I was so emotional about it, and I'm just a middle-aged white woman from Oklahoma. I can't imagine what the depths of my feelings might have been had I had a grandmother who was forbidden from drinking from a public water fountain, or eating at a restaurant or forced to endure countless other racist episodes inflicted upon our fellow Americans for hundreds of years.

At some intellectual level, I've always been sympathetic, but now, at least in a tiny degree, I can almost feel what it must have been like to see Barack Obama sworn in on January 20. ..to now be able to honestly tell your children (whatever color they may be) that ANYTHING is possible in America. It was not only one of the most significant days in American history, it was magical!

~~and thanks for doing this, Nee. (I'm anxious to hear your account as well).

BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS ALL, ALL!!!, and I thank you,

one and all!

Listen, and check this out:

I am working this, and -- it would seem -- about a 1000 (thousand) other things right now, which is the reason I've not been on Gather much.

I've not lost sight of doing a jammin' transfer of this thread to Obama's site, as well as some others . . .room to breathe, though, and

I want to do you all JUSTICE -- make it pretty, professional, and worthy of you and the President. Give me just a little more time on it. In the meantime, that allows time for even more comments, doesn't it.

Thank you again for your excellent thoughts! The President's gotta love it!

President Obama's Official Presidential Photo:



Now, THAT's what I'm talkin' about!

. . .look forward to a couple of fun posts from me in the next couple of days!

Possibly for Connections Only, but then again, you never know.

Alrighty?

:=)

Alrighty, then.

The Official Presidential Photo: Great shot. I wonder what he'll look like in 4 more years --

Aaaah, Patty. I'll email you later on today, and that's a PROMISE! Much, much, much is going on, and therefore much to relay to you!

In 4 years? Let us keep the President in our prayers, Patty. President Obama carries a heavy load. No man should ever be faced with such a load as he has upon him.

Then too, it was brought out that yesterdayANY MAN with the strength, positivity, self-confidence, and wisdom to not only be able to attract, but also win over someone as brilliant, self-confident . . .(we all know HER CREDENTIALS now, and that at one time SHE was Obama's boss), . . .as a Michelle Robinson, now Michelle Obama, is a man who could do ANYTHING, including RULE THE WORLD.

Michelle and Barack are a DYNAMIC DUO, and he himself describes her as his best friend and closest confidente. A person's mate ALWAYS speaks volumes about the person. Barack was correct when he said that were she running against him, she would beat him. He said that about her, and frankly, I have to agree with him; Michelle may not want to be as deeply involved in the politically arena as say . . .a Hillary Clinton, but it is merely a choice, and not due to incompetence, or lack of qualifications.

Michelle Obama is as awesome as Barack, and we women should be proud of that!

We -- who support Barack, LOVE our Country, and wish to defend and uphold our Constitution for ourselves and posterity MUST pray for President Obama daily, and STAY ENGAGED.

Talking the talk without walking the walking is shallow; it means NOTHING.

Each one not only reach one, but also TEACH ONE, and thereby insure that they may STAY engaged as well.

And with that, I must be about the President's business!

Later!

Patty,

Thank you so much!
I should never get so busy that I forget to do justice to my Lady . . .

Just lovely, stunning -- all of it!

January 20, 2009!!!

Obama supporters -- WE DID THIS!!! WE DID IT!!!

One more thing: I promised someone that I would share this with you. When he showed this to me, I was awestruck, and I think you shall just LOVE it, too. Check it out!

World Response, and Inaugural Aerial of Obama!

EVERYTHING he does is done with class and to perfection; it is just his way, so

ENJOY! ENJOY! ENJOY! and SHARE! SHARE! SHARE! SHARE!

David,

I LOVE you!
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(maybe I love you, just a leeetle bit.) LOL.

Any way, I hope you enjoy the photos!

Gotcha! comments linked in to Obama's website -- www.barackobama.com, and to Facebook. Thank you. That is but the beginning.

Still working it.

I've several more to go, but with several creative differences, except for one thing:
Exact quotes on what you've said.

Thank you, again!

It was a wonderful day. I watched on TV with my mother (visiting from England), and felt proud to be American.

A wonderful day indeed and now the country is being led by a loving family who not only hold that these truths be self evident but believe that the Lord is the truth, the way AND the light. Obama looks the world square in the eye to answer any question he is asked.