America's great erection

Don't get me wrong, I am ecstatic for a new turn in American politics. I look out at the horizon and have a newfound faith in my country. My country, the country that elected a black president, the country that abolished slavery and rose from an ashy period of smoke and fog to become one of the greatest world powers, for a while.

But I think Stephen Colbert noticed it best when last night, his show aired clips of what seemed like every political reporter asking, "Did you think that you would live to see this day?" Now that we've accomplished a great feat for our society, we can't stop rubbing our dicks over it.

I'm proud of my country and proud of this major step we've taken, but had Obama been a white man, I still would have supported him. After we'd all watched the inauguration from our desks, one of my teachers asked a black kid in the class how his parents were feeling, since they were alive for the Civil Rights movement. The kid said the both of them were supporting Obama just because he was black.

I agree with Obama's politics. I think he's a great guy and that he'll set our country back on the right track, since we're putting around miles and miles off course. And I think it's great that we've elected a black president. But we need to focus. Now isn't the time to look back on what grand things we've done, it's the time to be proactive and pull our hands out of our pants.