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Boomerang! BlogTuesday, January 20, 2009 Inaugural Day: Short Stories from the Center of a New World  A middle-aged Afro-American man leaning against an iron fence, looking downwards, American flag hanging limply from his hand, a now-drying tear stream etched into his cheeks... Malia & Sasha Obama unexpectedly jumping up with their father to take the oath of office... As the camera fans out over the National Mall, a sea of waving flags and hands stretching farther than the eye could see… An O-Ba-Ma chant starts up miles away from the inaugural stage -- with those without tickets, who perhaps worked the hardest to get there -- and, 90 seconds later, finally arrives at the $1,000 seats... Amidst all the hoopla, moving trucks parked at the back of the White House, one set of belongings coming in, one set leaving... Five thousand children gathered at the Harlem Armory in New York screaming -- as only kids can scream -- at the sight of a President whose skin color is the same as their own... John Lewis, a 69 year old Afro-American man, who on southern Freedom Rides was arrested 24 times and beaten severely, seated in front of the stage... Let’s pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off. Hope is seeping under the door. posted by Boomerang! 10:30 AM   ArchivesFebruary 2007 March 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 April 2008 June 2008 July 2008 September 2008 November 2008 January 2009
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