Today is the day. The end of an era. The start of a new one. Today at noon Barack Obama will be sworn into office, he is expected to speak for about 20 minutes. President Obama will be taking his place in what is certainly the most heralded inauguration in my lifetime. A while back we posted this video from CMJ, asking what indie artists want from the next president. Lets see how many of them are going to get their wish….
Holding your own inaugural ball? Got your own request of the president? Leave us a comment and let us know!
FROM HISTORY I’VE READ ABOUT THE OPPRESSIONS OF BLACK PEOPLE AND SLAVERY, AND I LOOKED WITHIN MYSELF AND TRIED TO IMAGINE HOW MY FORE-PARENTS MUST’VE FELT…AND I JUST COULDN’T FEEL. THE ONLY WAY I LEARNED RACISM WAS; FROM MY EXPERIENCES BACK IN MY EARLY DAYS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN ENGLAND.I REALLY CAME TO KNOW THE HATE AND DESPISE BECAUSE I WAS BLACK. I WAS CALLED ALL KINDS OF NAMES. TODAY BLACK PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING CALLED NAMES, BUT TODAY A BLACK MAN HAS BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. WHAT I’M SAYING TO BROWN,YELLOW,BLACK OR WHITE PEOPLE IS…”STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK YOUR BONES, AND NAMES DO HURT SOMETIMES, BUT WE CAN ALL REACH AS HIGH AND FAR AS WE WANT TO…..EVEN BECOMING A PRESIDENT. GOD BLESS THE FALLEN FREEDOM FIGHTERS, GOD BLESS BARAK OBAMA, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.