President Barack Obama - An Era of New Reponsibility

Washington, DC - Today the 44th President of the United States delivered his speech in front of a huge, spectacular sea of people. On the U.S. Capitol steps, when looking out into that audience, the entire sitting, standing and walking areas were filled with wall to wall Americans. Proud, excited and happy U. S. citizens ready for a great change. “For everywhere we look, there is work to be done.  The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth,” said President Barack Obama.  President Obama was surrounded by many people he loves, by new friends he has made and those he will cultivate friendships with over the next four years. The smiles of many included exiting President George W. Bush and Vice President Joseph Robert F. Biden and were seen by millions. The overwhelming feelings of emotion were clearly seen on the faces of the onlookers and those at home watched with a loyal sense of excitement and glee.  The promises that President Obama make are not unlike other promises but as he has indicated in his speech today, the times are different. Our world's new momentum yields a bigger responsibility and a larger piece of the pie. President Obama recited these very impressionable and magnificent words when he spoke about the new era of our responsibilities as Americans.  He said,  “but those values upon which our success depends - hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things are old.  These things are true.  They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history.  What is demanded then is a return to these truths.  What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task."