So one of the disadvantages sometimes of living on the West Coast is that things are on earlier if they are scheduled early on the East Coast, like the Presidential Inauguration. So I got up bright and early at 7am and began watching the coverage of the 2017 U.S. Presidential Inauguration. As everything unfolded and led up to the swearing in ceremony, it was very cool to see previous presidents, former House Speakers, the Supreme Court Justices, and other political figures from the past gather to celebrate this fantastic democratic civil ceremony. This entire peaceful and pleasant transfer of power is why our democracy works and continues to do so and has done so since George Washington handed power to John Adams down to G.W. Bush Handing power to Barack Obama. The festivities went off without a hitch, there was a little rain but nothing too much, and everyone looked pretty spectacular. My sister, brother in-law, and nephew were there as my nephew was part of some sort of leadership summit for the STEM program that he participated in this past summer. I am so proud of him and his accomplishments at only almost 11 years of age. Him and his fellow students are going to put a proposal together dealing with technology that is going to go before Congress and President Trump. He's a smart and talented kid. It was very surreal for them, but a very cool experience to participate in. I got to watching everything from home which was great, but it would have been something to be there in person. One day I'll make it to an inauguration ceremony. Well, God bless President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence and their families, and I hope that they are successful and bring about a greater America in the next four years. Now, back in 2013 for President Obama's last inauguration I wrote a little blurb about it and made some predictions of the future for the 2017 Presidential Inauguration. It goes without saying my predictions were quite wrong, but not all of them. I predicted that Marco Rubio and Chris Christie would run for the GOP ticket, and they did, they just didn't acquire the nomination. I suggested that Joe Biden would run, but he didn't. So for the Presidential Inauguration of 2021 I predict that Donald Trump will run for office again, and that the Democrats will pony up at least Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Joaquin Castro as presidential contenders. Now I predict, barring anything disastrous from occurring, that Donald Trump will indeed win a second term. It should be fascinating to see how things tee up in the fall/summer of 2019 though as the candidates prepare to announce their candidacies. Well, you may not like the president, but I think we can all agree that the ceremony is what was important regardless of the outcome, and that hopefully there will be another 45 peaceful and cooperative transitions of power to come and more beyond even that. May God continue to bless and watch over the United States of America.
So one of the disadvantages sometimes of living on the West Coast is that things are on earlier if they are scheduled early on the East Coast, like the Presidential Inauguration. So I got up bright and early at 7am and began watching the coverage of the 2017 U.S. Presidential Inauguration. As everything unfolded and led up to the swearing in ceremony, it was very cool to see previous presidents, former House Speakers, the Supreme Court Justices, and other political figures from the past gather to celebrate this fantastic democratic civil ceremony. This entire peaceful and pleasant transfer of power is why our democracy works and continues to do so and has done so since George Washington handed power to John Adams down to G.W. Bush Handing power to Barack Obama. The festivities went off without a hitch, there was a little rain but nothing too much, and everyone looked pretty spectacular. My sister, brother in-law, and nephew were there as my nephew was part of some sort of leadership summit for the STEM program that he participated in this past summer. I am so proud of him and his accomplishments at only almost 11 years of age. Him and his fellow students are going to put a proposal together dealing with technology that is going to go before Congress and President Trump. He's a smart and talented kid. It was very surreal for them, but a very cool experience to participate in. I got to watching everything from home which was great, but it would have been something to be there in person. One day I'll make it to an inauguration ceremony. Well, God bless President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence and their families, and I hope that they are successful and bring about a greater America in the next four years. Now, back in 2013 for President Obama's last inauguration I wrote a little blurb about it and made some predictions of the future for the 2017 Presidential Inauguration. It goes without saying my predictions were quite wrong, but not all of them. I predicted that Marco Rubio and Chris Christie would run for the GOP ticket, and they did, they just didn't acquire the nomination. I suggested that Joe Biden would run, but he didn't. So for the Presidential Inauguration of 2021 I predict that Donald Trump will run for office again, and that the Democrats will pony up at least Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Joaquin Castro as presidential contenders. Now I predict, barring anything disastrous from occurring, that Donald Trump will indeed win a second term. It should be fascinating to see how things tee up in the fall/summer of 2019 though as the candidates prepare to announce their candidacies. Well, you may not like the president, but I think we can all agree that the ceremony is what was important regardless of the outcome, and that hopefully there will be another 45 peaceful and cooperative transitions of power to come and more beyond even that. May God continue to bless and watch over the United States of America.