Inauguration Day

It's Inauguration Day and we have a new President. I'm a bit concerned with all the expectations people have; both within this country and outside of it, people think that Barack Obama will change everything, immediately. Especially if they tell him to. That isn't possible. Others apparently didn't think he'd be elected and were hoping for business as usual.

At the mall one day after the election, I overheard someone talking about how we would have socialized medicine under the new President. While healthcare in this country needs a change, I don't know that socialized medicine is the right answer, and, if so, in what form. Whatever happens, it won't happen quickly.

That was before the banking industry bailout and Obama's focus seems to be on the economy, and well it should. Infrastructure needs help; a freeway system built in the 1950's needs some overhauling. Hopefully we'll have change for the better.