frankly speaking

Decision Points

After 9/11 happened, I remember being very discouraged. After all, what kind of country let a ragtag group of fundamentalist extremists into their country and destroy the epitome of their way of life? I knew then that our country was at a crossroads and it was up to us how we would respond. 

What followed was a series of bungled decisions (IMO) both politically, socially and economically. As I’m sure it will become known, 2000 to 2010 will be known as “The Great Meh”. Not much progress; 2 wars, an economic depression, and overall, people were worse off (for the most part) than they were two years ago. 

Things changed last night. I first heard about it on twitter around 7:30 and followed the news until 11.  In between then, the president came out, looking like he had just finished listening to Swagga Like Us about 1000 times, and gave one of the best speech’s of his presidency:

Where we as a country go from here will be interesting. Obviously, we have a lot to worry about. But the problem that has seemed to overshadow everything for the last 10 years is now gone. 

It felt good to be apart of a country that could get something right again.