President Barack H Obama

From my warm apartment here in Mazatlán, Mexico I have been watching the Inaugural events on Fox News via my SKY Satellite.

The obvious cold temperature in Washington, D.C. as I watch this unfold, reinforces the correctness of my decision to live out my retirement years in the year-round warmth of Mexico.

This day, January 20, 2009, is a truly historic day in the over two hundred years of the Republic known throughout the world as the United States of America.

Today there is an abundance of “pomp” and “circumstance” – plenty of pomp today; the circumstance will evolve over the next 1,461 days.

As I listened to the new President’s Inauguration speech, I was truly moved and I am now more hopeful for the future.

I wish our new President the best as he now begins his journey. The venues of the days to come will inform us if he will succeed. We all will be waiting to see the results of this new beginning.