America the..... beautiful?

So after everything is said and done, George W. Bush has roughly 48 hours left in office before Barack Obama takes over. The past 8 years have been the most interesting, I have to say, or maybe it's because I have a bias. I never did like Bush, and when the previous election came around I was two months shy of being able to vote. I never liked Kerry much either, but hey, I would have voted for him to just keep Bush out of office for another 4 years, lol. When Clinton left office I was 13... when he entered office, I was 5, lol. I don't remember much about that time period, but I know that now, that he was a great president and Obama has a lot of work to do - as do we, the citizens of America. Everyone looks at this new term as if Obama is going to come into office and change everything. That after January 20th, the economy will shoot up, the war will end, we will be a united country, etc. Well, ladies and gentlemen, the change begins within! I keep seeing that damn trailer for the movie "Notorious" and dude always says, "We can change the world, but first we must change ourselves." It honestly makes the most sense. How dare we rely everything on just one man to change our future?? With the right figure head, the community can grow within itself and surpass any previously determined expectations. 

I remember when Obama won the election back in November. Everyone was so excited. Never in my life did I see sos many people unite and celebrate with people they didn't even know. It wasn't even like this after September 11, 2001. I was back at school when it happened. On my four years on campus I never saw something like that. Everyone celebrating under one cause... 1 victory, we shook the campus. Different people, from different walks of life, with different belieds, and different practices came together arm in arm and screamed "O-BA-MA!" I made my freedom count, I made my voice heard. We as a generation changed history. That night we proved that we are ready for a change... hopefully. Hopefully we are are ready for a new nation, ready to come together and bring this cuntry back to where it's supposed to be. I hope. But at a time like this, that's what we need to have, right? Hope.