Well this cheered me up...

I know nothing is certain, I tend to be pessimistic about human nature and decency or lack of, because I don't dare to have broken hopes, but this video got me in a good mood for the evening...

January, 20th, 2021

I don't date things the American way usually, I put the day, then month, then year, but I made an exception for the title of this post, because of the circumstances. One of the advantages of having a working day that ends early, is that you can watch historical live on TV. So I watched the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States of America. This is the second live inaguration I've made, the first one was the one of Barack Obama and you can read my impression here. Rereading it now, I'm surprised that I feel that I have been harsh on George W. Bush. He was not exactly my kind of president, but by hindsight, he was a decent man. I did not watch the inauguration four years ago, but I shared a filthy joke I made about it, which got me the attention of a troll. Biden may not have the eloquence or the charisma of his former boss, but given that he won against the Swine and pretty much saved American democracy (or at least contributed to its salvation), I am even happier than I was back in 2008.

This Land Is Your Land

 Well, I believe this song is in order today, given the news from yesterday. Need I explain more? I don't know Woodye Guthrie, except from a scene I loved in Mrs America, which you can see here, and which in itself shows why this is so fitting and will be for the weeks and years to come.