Change WE Can Believe In

HBO blocks international viewers, NBC, Hulu... For Americans living overseas there is a deep sense of pride during things like Inaugurations, but it's not so easy to be in touch with them.

Of course any of you who read this blog know that I have a major crush on Barack Obama, his cabinet and the future administration. I am not confused. I don't think he's the answer. I don't think that Obama can fix what is broken. But I think we can. I think he believes in Democracy and thus us. He has done what he said he was going to do. He has reached across party lines, he has placed his enemies in his cabinet and made them friends. He has allowed George Bush to finish his presidency with dignity and has not made him any more impotent than he already was. He has left the control of the country in George Bush's hands when no one would have stopped him from infringing on W's control.

Barack Obama is not perfect. He will dissapoint all of us and himself. He will have many successes and many failures. But, he is inspiring an entire nation toward participation. He is reminding generations why politics are fun and not just a beaurocratic nightmare for us to hate and loathe. He is reminding us that we are a nation run by ourselves and we can only get out of representation what we put into it - AND I LOVE THAT. I love to see people getting excited about getting invlolved in Democracy. I love seeing people get so excited about something that they probably couldn't have been bothered before about reading on CNN.com.

It is true, this is change that we can believe in, because it does not rest on the shoulders of the President. It doesn't matter where you stand politically, when more people are voting, more people are listening, more people are reading and more people are learning about what it is that makes this country tick and run then we are headed in the right direction!

As for me... YES WE CAN!!!