Water-you going to do for me?

OK, so this blog has been kind of mum for the past two weeks. Can you blame us? Post-holiday stresses, the cold, cold weather, and of course, the Presidential inauguration. Though we were nowhere near D.C. at noon today, watching the crowds on screen were enough to have some questions flying through our heads, namely, how much water is the town of D.C. going to use as over a million people flood in for the inauguration?

Yeah, yeah, it's a pretty trivial thing to ponder, since, HELLOOOO we just got a new president who, in every essence of his being, embodies not only America's past but provides a draft to what the future this country could be. But even Mr. President it keeping clean water in mind, as this part of his inaugural address would indicate (though we could have done without the Obama water bottles):

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

To the naked ears, four words in a 2,315 word speech don't seem like much, but compared to the amount of subjects that an incoming Presidents would feel compelled to address in a literally, career-changing oration is like picking the loner kid first for kickball; in other words, he could have chosen to mention 9/11, the Israel-Gaza situation or even God (which he never did, BTW), but instead, he stuck in a little blurb about good ol' H2O. One small step for mankind..

So, Mr. President, we hope that your initiatives on alternative resources and ties to Africa will work with you on creating policies that will help keep clean water around for all and for all time (or at least until it runs out).