...60 years ago?

Not really enough in this speech for "revisionists" to gild or rip apart.

"We have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly."

I was surprised after the planned leaks about the speech over the last few days...that those elements weren't as much a focus of the speech as was leaked. Those same few words have been an element of just about every Inaugural Address...so I was surprised to see it be such a minor element in BO's. Nowhere near as sweeping as Kennedy's call to service, or sacrifice and responsibilty in many other's Inaugurals.

I think the "60 years ago..." reference was also a poor one. The statement was actually true as recently as 40 years ago, and could of referenced Dr. King's efforts to change them. Especially in light of MLK day yesterday and his assassination 40 years ago (2 days after I was born).

I'm speaking of all this in historical terms, including the grades I'm giving, naturally. So after several runs through the address...my grade for him is a B-