When listening to political speeches one must remember to read between the lines. What is not being said but is being implied is sometime more telling and more important then the word vomit coming out of the mouths of politicians. Don’t get me wrong I voted for Barak Obama, he is my president, I support him, and listening to his inauguration speech brought tears to my eyes. I would have cried if I had not been sitting in class watching it. For the first time sense I have started voting for the present of the United States, I have hope. I have hope for the future of our country and for the future of the world as a whole. It brings to my mind the quote by Lester Burnham from the movie American Beauty, “My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain. And I can't feel anything but gratitude.”
I have spent the last eight years not standing for the national anthem or the pledge of allegiance because not only did I not vote for Bush, but in my mind he stole the presidential office. Eight years of avoiding the news because I couldn’t handle the BS and eight years of being afraid to speak my mind because I might get locked up. If you think I’m being paranoid then look at this information on the ACLU’s website. This deals with the “Free Speech Zones” that spiked under the Bush administration. They are also known as “Free Speech Cages,” now that sounds scary. And here is a link about people being arrested for speaking out against Bush.
And another. I could keep finding and posting links to sites telling of the terrors that some have faced for speaking their minds but I think you get the point. I have learned to keep my mouth shut and my head down, at least on the Internet, when it comes to this topic, and speaking my opinions now about Bush is a little frightening to me.
That being said, I'm really glad we have a democrat in office. They try to help the people, not oppress them. This was meant to be a post on reading between the lines of what Obama said in his speech but it turned into my heart felt love of our new DC. Democrats everywhere. This just might lead me to believe in god just so I can say "Thank god for a new era."
