Well today we all watched history in the making. The first black President Barack Obama. At the school I work at here in Ontario Canada, all the classes gathered into the gym, and watched the swearing in of the 44th President of the United States.

He faces so many challenges and knows that he has a lot of work ahead of him. As a Canadian, this is the second time, the first being President John F. Kennedy, that I have felt something for a U.S. President. He gives people hope, something they haven't felt in a long time...Way to go good luck to the United States.....


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama invoked a spirit of confidence and renewal Tuesday, proclaiming to hundreds of thousands of people on the National Mall that the country would ultimately thrive despite hard economic times.
President Obama renewed his call for a massive plan to stimulate economic growth.

President Obama renewed his call for a massive plan to stimulate economic growth.

The new president pledged both "bold, swift action" and a willingness to make tough choices in the name of economic recovery and eventual victory in the global war on terror.

"Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real," Obama said. "They are serious, and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America -- they will be met."

The president called for an end to vitriol in the political process, declaring that Americans chose "hope over fear [and] unity of purpose over conflict and discord" in the 2008 election.