Today seems to breathe a new life into the country with the inauguration of the 44th U.S. President, Barack Obama.
Here’s the vid of his inaugural speech:
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I don’t consider myself a political person, but I was rather impressed by the speech. I like that we have an intelligent leader for a change, with equal parts hopeful/inspirational and pragmatic.
The Telegraph analyzed the speech visually, as a tag cloud:
A visual representation of the speech, which sizes the words based on the number of times they were used, shows that Mr Obama set an inclusive tone as he was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.
“Change”, the word most associated with the new president during the election campaign, was not among the most-used words in his speech and in fact was only mentioned once. “Hope”, another word synonymous with the Obama campaign, was used only three times.
However, words like “common”, “generation”, “prosperity” and “world” featured prominently.
Typically for an inauguration speech, Mr. Obama hardly mentioned words specifically associated with policy but instead focused on more general, aspirational terms. Also notable by omission was mention of the state of the global economy, with the word “economy” used only three times and “recession” not used at all.
The new president was clearly aware of the historical significance of his inauguration, using words like “history”, “generation”, “generations” and “time” several times throughout his speech.
Read the full text on Huffington Post.
Aside:
Incidentally, I found out through a friend’s posting that the U.S. 2010 Census is now hiring.
Every 10 years, we conduct a census of our population. The results help determine your representation in government, as well as how federal funds are spent in your community on things like roads, parks, housing, schools, and public safety. As a census taker, you’ll play a vital role in making sure that everyone is included.