Barack Hussein Obama, 47, became the 44th president of the United States at noon today ET, January 20, 2009.  Promising a new era of  “hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.”

There was a crowd estimated between 1 to 2 million to witness the swearing in of our first African American president.   Celebrities included.

Actor Denzel Washington and music legend Smokey Robinson were in the first section before the podium. Civil rights leader Jessie Jackson, our Oprah Winfrey and her long time companion Steadman Graham were also among the spectators.  “Obama is going to make America a better country. It’s going to make me a better person,” Winfrey said.

I’m excited to see what President Obama will do for our country.  Change is here.

Yours Truly, Jaime Love

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First of all, how good looking is my wife?” Obama asked the crowd of celebrities and supporters at the Neighborhood Ball, the first of 10 inaugural celebrations they attended into the early hours of this morning. Wearing a white bowtie, while Michelle shined in a white, one-shouldered, floral embelished floor-length gown. The president held his wife close while they danced to Beyonce singing Etta James classic, At Last. Jamie Foxx joked following the dance “You could tell that’s a black president from the way he was moving.” Obama cut loose in a faster groove a few minutes later, as Shakira, Mary J. Blige, Faith Hill and Mariah Carey sang along with Stevie Wonder to his “Signed, Sealed, Delivered.” The song was played at nearly all of Obama’s rallies throughout the 2 year campaign. Mariah Carey also sang for the President. The singer was instroduced by her husband, Nick Cannon. She attempted to belt of her hit song “Hero,” and failed to do a good job at it. I was embarassed for her.

At the Obama Home States ball, Singer Sheryl Crow performed her appropriate hit, “A Change Would Do You Good.” Wyclef Jean had thousands of men at the Mid-Atlantic Ball take off their tuxedo jackets and swing them in the air to show their support for President Obama.

At the Youth Ball the Obamas danced awkwardly, laughing as they swayed while Kid Rock belted out songs in a rock-star reception. When they were done, the president grabbed a mic and said, “That’s what’s called old school.”

At the Midwestern Ball, he joked that it was time to “dance with the one who brung me, who does everything that I do except backwards and in heels.”

“Please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers today, every day, forever,” Obama told troops at the Commander in Chief ball. “Tonight, we celebrate. Tomorrow, the work begins. … Together, I am confident we will write the next great chapter in America’s story.”

Information from the AP (Associated Press) and of course, Yours Truly, Jaime Love

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