Inauguration

President Barack Obama's inauguration was a historical moment the likes of which one is lucky to see within a lifetime. Regardless of political bias, if you even ignore the fact that he is half African American, the significance of the event bleeds through. The peaceful transfer of power from one "regime" to another. I use this term "regime" because we Americans seem to love to use that word when dealing with other countries and never our own, but there is no denying that it is a "regime" change in that the executive branch as well as the legislative branch (and therefore the possibility to alter the judicial branch) is changing hands, from a neoconservative movement to what seems to be a "green" democratic ideology. Two million people showed up to watch the inauguration in person, all scornful of Bush's last two terms, all from different backgrounds of any and all types imaginable, and yet the only casualty from the day was a hospital visit by an ailing Kennedy.