Okay, back to work now.

With the inauguration of Barack Obama now in the books, America can stop counting down the weeks, days and hours. It has come and gone, and we now have a new President. Along with sky high expectations of what he will do for America.

If you were one of the millions who stopped everything and gathered around a television set or computer screen to watch the swearing in of our 44th President, or if you went through Tuesday as if it were just another Tuesday, I would like to suggest a course of action; let's get back to work.

Those who have the Yes we can!, Impeach Bush, No War For Oil, bumper stickers on your Subaru, this day is a dream come true. More over, it's the end of your own personal nightmare that has been the past eight years. Bush and his neo con, war mongering dragon have been slain. The grass must look greener today, the sky bluer, and the soy milk must taste sweeter today than it did yesterday. Congratulations, you are the proud owner of the next four years.

Those of you who voted for President Obama because he seemed like a smart guy with good ideas and he connected with you on a more personal level, hang on, this may be a bumpy ride. These next for years will probably be filled with days where you think you made a smart decision, and others where you ask yourself, what was I thinking?
By this fall, you will have a pretty good idea of who you voted for.

Those of us who did not for President Obama are hoping for the best, but won't be surprised if it goes just the way we think it will, badly. We have been impressed with some of the President's cabinet picks and his realization that the world, the war and the economy are more difficult to deal with when you are on the inside making decisions rather than on the outside, offering criticism.

The one thing that scares me as much as it brings joy to the hard core left; there is no one to say this is crazy, we can't do this. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are waiting in the wings with a Santa's wish list of government spending that will run the yearly deficits into the trillion dollar range. Not billions, trillions. But don't worry, when the Democrats print trillions and spend it on projects in their districts, it's not called pork barrel spending anymore, it's now called "Government Stimulus"!

That makes it all better, right?