At 12:00pm Tuesay January 20, 2009 the 44th President of the United States of America was sworn into office. Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of the Presidency in front of a record crowd in Washington, DC.
Today is a day of change and hope for our friends to the south, and us Canadians couldn’t be happier for them, and for ourselves.
Though I was slightly put off by the announcement of Barack when he entered the stage area. Before him, out-going President George Walker Bush was annouced with his FULL given name while Obama received only an initial for his middle name.
HUSSEIN. It’s HUSSEIN. Get used to it. There’s no need to hide from it, ignore it or protect him (you) (us) from it. HUSSEIN is his name, it always will be and we (you) should embrace it for it’s not a name that makes a person, but a person that makes a name.
There’s nothing wrong with the name HUSSEIN. People do not shy away from names like JEFFERY (Dahmer), JACK (Kevorkian), but HUSSEIN? Yes. I know all about Saddam. But it’s just a name and I hate that, as the President, he is (expected to) (wanting to) (needing to) (trying to) dismiss the name because it *may* remind people of the madman that was hung in December, 2006.
Today is a day of moving forward.
Forward – along side the new President Barack HUSSEIN Obama. Name and all.
Here’s a video of Obama taking the Oath of the Presidency:
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** cross-posted from Binkywood ***
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Rock on sista!
(PS – you forgot the ‘c’ in Barack’s name – just a helpful hint)
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OMG. Angie, you can blame the Canadian in me. We stick letters where they’re not needed and take them out where they should be. LOL
1-handed typing…. had to commemt, tho, ‘course.
awesome post. here here!
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He used it while being sworn in. I didn’t even notice during the introduction.
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Say it , sista! Very well put!
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