by David A.G. Fischer

Created on: January 22, 2009

The clothes wear a new Emperor

"What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long, no longer apply." Barack Hussein Obama, 44th U.S. President

"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." Edgar Allan Poe

"Jesus", I mutter under my breath, shaking my head while watching the public's eruptive reception for their new leader rolling down President Lane centered in the epitome of motorcade style; not even Hollywood can touch this well-rehearsed and synchronized, symbolic performance of imperial power transfer. From the other America far to the south, my Internet broadcast gets me close enough to taste the action emanating from up north.

If nothing else, the 56th
Presidential Inauguration is a stark contrast to the rotten-tomato-chucking, hissing and booing of the 55th's just a short four years agoah, how we're living better days already. Don't you just have the feeling now that everything is gonna be all right? And look, The Obamas and Bidens are actually walking joyously and interacting with their supporters instead of speeding through the hazards of an angry mob it's all so Poetic.

Even the announcer's voice echoing throughout the streets of D.C. has a subliminal effect as it prophetically rings, "Enjoy the event!" For just a moment, if you would, go beyond the surface of how it sounds and interpret the real message, "Enjoy it while you can, suckers!", as the crowd lops it up like gravy. Well, at least that's what my gut is telling me as I observe this pacific display of Amerikan tradition and nationalism

In a very juxtaposed sense I'm taken back to September 11th all over again, as I, like so many, watched the drama unfold, but with immediate questions like, "What happened to the F-16s? How did the towers possibly drop at what appeared to be free-fall speed and crumble to dust? Why did Building 7 collapse in such perfect, demolition fashion? How long until the Empire's freedom machine goes to the Middle East? Who are the men behind the curtain?" Now, as I witness this historic and ceremonial event on January 20, 2009, I'm vexed as to how President Barack Obama intends to redirect the United States of America toward a more hopeful future for his fellow countrymen and women.

Reducing this charade to the essence of what it really is shouldn't be like a layman attempting to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs it's all so superficially spun as a bright spot on the dark,

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