A Day In History

Well...it's been a whole quarter since I've written. It seems fitting that my first post back comes on one of the most historic days I have ever witnessed. Today, Barack Obama became President.

While many Obama supporters would enter in with a "YES WE DID" I'll keep it to a minimum. 

I come from a mainly Republican family, filled with McCain supporters and Obama haters. I hate to admit, but I was guilty of the hating as well. Yet, being on my own here at school has helped me to see both sides, and has helped me to have a more level head. (Something my father is in desperate need of!)

You can't really help who you support before you get to college. When you live with your parents, that's really all you have to go on. It was almost an instant thing when I arrived at college...the thought that I HAVE my own thoughts! Sure, I always considered myself independent and a free thinker...what I didn't realize was that I was too consumed with what I was surrounded with to actually be a free thinker. 

Barack Obama is making history, and I have finally come to accept that. I'm sick of the arguments going back and forth on Facebook walls, the ignorant insult throwing at one another across the street in front of the library, and I'm even sick of the factual arguments that go on in my upper level classes. It doesn't matter to me who THINKS they're right. We're never going to concede to let somebody of (GASP!) the OTHER SIDE win. In my mind, I don't really know what's the truth and what's not.

What I do know, is that we have the duty as Americans to support a person who is being thrust (sure, by choice, but nonetheless thrust) into a position where a 100% approval rating is virtually impossible. Obama will have his haters, and he will have his lovers. I hope to land somewhere in between. 

While it is important to have strong opinions, it is not so important that you should bash others beliefs or repeat your factual knowledge so many times it becomes background noise. How are people supposed to form opinions if they have two sides opinions crashing into their ears on either side. I believe that politics brings out an ugly side of people, and I hope that others have found their inner peace with this election result.

Anger is still a choice, bitterness is almost inevitable, yet it's done. It's over with. Now, as I've come to accept, we must live our lives and support our country in every way possible. 

(as a side note, I hope to actually keep updating this blog. hopefully I will be able to find interesting media clips, exciting stories, or somewhat intelligent commentary on what is going on in our world.)