Jamie and I stayed up to watch the historic event for which we had been long waiting. I think the new stations over here were telecasting it, but we haven't watched the TV in our apartment for months, so we just watched it on Slingbox (CNN). Wolf Blitzer just cracks me up sometimes.
If we were not in China, we would have made the trip up to DC to partake in the events. I haven't heard the news, but the pundits on TV were saying that it would be/is the most watched event in the history of television (the final episode of M.A.S.H. is #1 with over 100 million viewers if you wanted to know).
Interestingly, the Chinese government has censored the parts of his inaugural address that mentioned communism. Seeing what Jamie and I see every day concerning China should either scare the daylights out of the US or cause everyone in the US to breath a heavy sigh of relief because they would feel no threat.
A few of our international colleagues came up to us and congratulated us on our new President. It is amazing how much more support Obama has internationally than Bush did.
We can only hope that he makes the right decisions, learns from his mistakes, and continues the wonderful example he has provided to millions of Americans who view him as the hope of tomorrow of what could be.
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