20 The QUeeNS CoUrier •JANUARY 24, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com Don’t hold your breath I did not attend the inauguration Soviet Union. But more importantly, this year, the first one I’ve missed since the great communicator opened a dia- 1996. But much like a football game, I logue with his opposition in Congress. find you see a lot more watching it on Reagan famously “went for a walk” with TV. It’s funny to see politicians on the the Democratic speaker Tip O›Neill, Capitol steps, schmoozing and pretend- and the two would find a way to com- ing to like each other. promise. And, really, how can you top 2009, Compromise, what a concept. seeing the first African American presi- The Capitol is a very different place. dent sworn in? The city truly had an The speaker these days will some- electricity and unity that I’ve rarely seen times not even take the call from the in this country in my lifetime. president. We almost went off a fiscal The message from the young presi- cliff, and a debt-ceiling standoff will dent and his family wowing the millions only be avoided because it appears the was “hope and change.” That was then. Republicans feel they have nothing to Four years later, the president and his gain. family still bring a Kennedy-esque star So where do we go from here? That’s power, surround- what lead- ed by celebrities > PoLitiCs ership is all and the adoring about. We crowds. don’t need But now, four DICK four more is a weariness, brennan lock and fin--years of grid years later, there and so much for ger-pointing. BAYSIDE BANNERS less prose and dickbrennan74@aol.com initiative. It-And somebody hasto take the-hope and change.Obama’s inaugural address was 214th Street, courtesy of the Bayside Village BID. Designed by Bayside High ship role? I remember as a teenager ever. So what’s to be done? Is it fourPhoto courtesy THEWHO.comBut the president controls theparty.nation’s agenda. And right now, heunderstands that it›s more divided thanhold your breath.-Is it possible that there is nobody infour more years of confrontation withCongress.Washington who will take the leaderturned out he made peace with theFLYING HIGHwon’t be the Speaker of the House.He cannot control the hard right of hisHope and change? Hemore politics.sounded like he was digging in forTwenty-eight new banners are flying down Bell Boulevard in Bayside from Northern Boulevard to 35th Avenue and on 41st Avenue between 213th and School students, the banners will be up until March, when they are swapped out arguing that Ronald Reagan was going more years of the same? Or perhaps, for spring-themed ones. to start World War III. Of course, it time for “hope and change.” Don’t 475 Northern Boulevard, Suite 11, Great Neck, NY 11021 Ph: 516-829-0030 • Fax: 516-466-7723 www.reddycare.net Introducing the Futureof Physical Therapy
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