{"id":335,"date":"2009-01-20T18:35:39","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T18:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2009-01-20T18:43:49","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T18:43:49","slug":"hope-and-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/hope-and-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope and Dreams  &#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><CENTER><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/whitehouse.gov\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Barack Obama\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/assets\/hero\/624x351\/feat_624x351_inaug_prelaunch.jpg\" title=\"President Barack Obama\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/CENTER><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve had a dream for at least eight years now that I&#8217;d get my country back.  That our Constitution and Bill of Rights and the concepts and ideal upon which this country was founded would once again become important to the holder of the most important office our country has &#8212; The Presidency.  <\/p>\n<p>Today I watched the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.  That dream became hope during his campaign and  his speech today confirmed my hope and belief that finally America will be on the right track.  That those hard decisions necessary to move our country forward and to maintain our ideals would be made.  I now have more than a dream, I have hope for the future. Today, I am again proud to be an American.  (Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/POLITICS\/01\/20\/obama.politics\/index.html\">Obama&#8217;s inaugural speech<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>We are what we imagine ourselves to be. 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