Livebloging the Inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama
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It's not everyday that a black man becomes President, so savor the moment.
Gates in D.C. open at 8am and the ceremonies will begin at 10am with Obama being sworn in around noon, probably a few minutes just before. MTV has a more detailed schedule.
Where to watch it? Everywhere. Seriously, the hard part will be finding someplace that isn't streaming or broadcasting it live.
Gates in D.C. open at 8am and the ceremonies will begin at 10am with Obama being sworn in around noon, probably a few minutes just before. MTV has a more detailed schedule.
Where to watch it? Everywhere. Seriously, the hard part will be finding someplace that isn't streaming or broadcasting it live.
Posted by brandonb at 7:28 AM on January 20th 2009
Everyone looks cold, though.
They're off to a church service before heading over to the White House.
what. the. hell.
Most of the Little Rock 9 will be at the Inauguration. That's pretty amazing, the national guard had to be called up just so they could go to school. They had to endure crowds shouting threats and slurs.
Now, they're attending the swearing in of a black president amidst huge crowds that are proud and happy he was elected. That's a hell of swing within a person's lifetime.
Right now the theme, I kid you not, is '70s funk.
Heh, they just showed the helicopter that Bush will take after the swearing in. They made a point of saying it's usually called Marine One but since Bush won't be President anymore, it's just a regular military chopper.
David Foster Wallace would have liked that.
A door opens!
It is...yes, it's someone we don't know!
Somebody got their knuckles slapped last night, over Jill Biden's comment that Joe was offered Vice President or Sec of State.
Bushs are greeting the Obama's on the front steps. Michelle has gift box for for them.
What is she WEARing! Sparkles before noon, not cool.
<small>I'm only at the office 'cause my assistant is in Australia</small>
Folks on the street are throwin' around the D word, lovely.
/bitter about being at work.
I was watching ABC's stream and I had to give up because the commentary was so banal. I'm on CNN's now which is a little less banal, a lot bigger resolution, and I guess I'll just have to mute the sound.
The mall looks RIDICULOUSLY crazy.
Kool-Aid and cheese.
I'm taping it, though. Don't tell me how it ends.
Say, where's Cheney?
Anything chocolate.
Oreos <small>Sorry, Mom</small>
It's about 26 degrees in D.C. Those people are crazy, god bless'em
HOP U LIK PRESIDENCY. I HAD FUN. IM GONNA GO MAKE THE CASH NOW.
P.S. LAURA HAS BODIES IN OUR CELLAR LOLOLOLLOLL CANT STOP KILLIN CAN SHE
OK MUSLIM JK CYA
[illustrations of fighter jets goin pew pew pew into a constitution]"
Too soon?
WATCH YOUR VP, THEY'RE SLIPPERY SUCKERS
Alright this vitriol is fun and all but it's not serving any point. I'll self moderate henceforth.
You know that scene in Buffy where the Principal changes into a giant snake?
Well, lets just say Cheney isn't in the wheelchair anymore.
I HAFTA WRITE ONE OF THESE NOTES NOW, DICK SAYS. BILL LEFT ME ONE, BUT IT WAS SO LONG I DIDNT READ IT. ITS STAPLED TO THE BACK OF THIS.
ONE THING -- THE RED PHONE DOESNT ACTUALLY WORK. FIRST I THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BATMAN, BUT THEN IT WAS JUST THESE GUYS TALKIN SOEM FUNNY TALK. DONT BOTHER.
I FOUND SOME GUMMIS IN THE DRAWER WHEN I WAS CLEANING OUT. THEYRE NOT TO OLD. YOUR WELCOME TO THEM
PLZ NAME A BOAT AFTER ME OR SOMETHING. THATD BE SO COOL. DADS IS REALLY NEAT, BUT I WAN A BIGGER ONE. SOME NAVY GUYS CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.
ANYWAY, GOOD LUCK. DICK IS ALWAYS AVAILIBLE TO HELP YOU IF YOU NEED TO.
BOY MY HAND IS TIRED FROM THIS AND SIGNING ALL THOZE LAWS. MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET A WRIST GUARD LIKE THE BOWLERS HAVE.
G.
That's some serious journalism right there.
I like the new limo.
ooo, that's one hell of a motorcade. Cops or is it soldiers are lining the route, saluting.
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And imagining the banal broadcaster's bones roasted on an open fire.
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And, people, really, turn off the sound and listen to npr
You're welcome.
NEVER underestimate Dick Cheney.
Right? He's all like "Here's the codes, the red phone is over there, have fun, I'm outta here, suckers! Fire up the grill Laura!
Okay the marine band is pretty cool
So far, I see a conspicuous lack of top hats.
B: "..."
B: "Yes."
FLAV: [looks at own chest]
FLAV: "Hell, we good."
Now Bill and Hillary and they're loving the attention.
The MC definitely has a flavor for the baritone though.
http://isbarackobamapresidentyet.com
http://isobamapresident.com
http://www.drudge.com/bushclock
(The banner text on the White House web site is another unofficial indicator, apparently.)
<small>(Also: OMG MY INAUGURAL POLITICALFILTER COMMENT)</small>
Remember the first time you had sex, and you weren't so much focusing on the sex because you were occupied with the constantly looping thought OMG I'M ACTUALLY DOING IT OMG I'M ACTUALLY DOING IT OMG?
Imagine that times, like, a hundred or something.
I don't think I ever reached that second one.
She was 'ashamed' that her ancestor Pierce was the least powerful or effective president in history. Now she's got two more in the family tree.
My ears are burning!
I just got done reading American Wife which is basically a fictionalized version of the Laura Bush story. It made me feel a bit different about Laura, whom I've always felt was the most colorless First Lady we've ever had. In the book, she never offers any opinions because the MSM will get it wrong, no matter what she says. So she becomes a supportive shadow.
Either way you can update your status on Facebook!
So while we haven't gotten to know Laura well over the last eight years, perhaps we haven't been missing much.
I keep waiting for the MC to say "In a world where evil had triumphed..."
No parallel intended. Just super-calm. Otherworldly.
Yeah, I was really hoping Barack would be rockin' the 'fro and dashiki.
Cue swelling music.
SADDLEBACK!
(Seriously I hope it's nice :( )
THE INAUGURATION IS NOT YOUR AA MEETING
Be thy name.
Gripping coverage.
Robinette? That's where he's been since Law & Order.
I like his stuff a lot for what it is, but what?
/I'm so so sorry.
As a suggestion: "HOLY FUCKING SHIT YEAH!"
How about now?
Now?
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.
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Barry's broken through my hardened heart to find the chewy nougat centre.
And by "thank," I mean "want to kick in the taint."
Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov
The first post on WhiteHouse.gov.
What do I need to festoon?
LOL.
Most handsome sumbitch since -- Kennedy? Wilson?
FFFFFFUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK YYYYYYYOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUU
I'm having to do audio on NPR.org now
apropos of nothing, our local PBS is doing "uninterrupted classical music" on one of their HD channels while the analog does the inauguration.
OH BURN - people will judge you on what you build, not what you destroy.
The Pentagon has been hard at work in R&D!
"With hope and virtue, let us brave the icy currents and braze what storms may come.."
I'm waiting for the spaceships to come. Where are the spaceships?
(fuck work, I'm listening on NPR)
I dunno about health care, but he's closing Gitmo tomorrow.
OK, I like that.
More so than usual.
lagged, so it keeps looking like Diane Feinstein is doing
impressions.
12:33 <@monkey> heh
Oh man, the wingnuts's heads are going to BURST.
Tanks beaten into tractors with the BANHAMMER
Preach it.
Red Men will get ahead?
White will do what's right?"
well sheeeeeeeeeeiiiiiite
Who is gonna sing with me?
The fact that Obama always includes Native Americans is one of his best qualities.
A'right, you heard the lady, stand up!
Here.
great prayer at the end, wow. better than the poet -- I mean, it was actually a decent poem but delivered like roadkill
That was yesterday.
what
"NEXT: Pres. Obama's Farewell to Mr. Bush"
Heh.
Thanks for the fyi.
Found a text of his prayer. Apparently there were technical problems with speakers and there may not be a good video of it.
2012. Same cast.
Well, far be it from me to challenge Limbaugh's knowledge of downers...
I got precisely what I expected, yeah. But you know, 30 seconds' worth of thought would reveal that your comments will be recorded on the most historic inauguration in a very, very long time, that history will make its judgment, and that coming down on the wrong side of history just might let you be known to generations to come as The Petty, Shameful Douchebag Who Couldn't Embrace Reality.
Honestly, if I were Limbaugh I'd be hoping to become a mostly-forgotten historical footnote. He does not want to leave a legacy like this behind. History will not be kind to him.
Not to mention that there's something to be said for losing with grace and dignity, if he really does hew to the old-school morality he claims to stand up for. He would have had to wait a whole 24 hours to go back to his gibbering monkey routine, but then I can imagine the unbearable pain there.
Change that, based on the issue, and you've got the next 8 years of Republican thought, unless they smarten up.
But I guess he couldn't even do that much. Enh.
It's just knowing that it's going to be in the rant bonfire for the next four years, along with the birth certificate nonsense...
That was fantastic.
Dude, he already passed the test, he got elected.
Those stories about missing W's on computers in the Old Executive office Building came to light only after the Bushes had moved in, along with tales of far more serious vandalism, including missing chin on Air Force One. But evidence of those pranks was never provided by the Bush Administration, and the specific stories about Air Force One were specifically denied by an Air Force spokesman.
Just because I'd heard the "missing W keys" repeated as fact recently. A 2001 Salon article on the false rumors.
Dianne Feinstein is toasting now, but looks like she is toasted.
Reports say.
Gonna be a long eight years.
Laugh of the day, right there.
Right, it was Carter.
I love love love Michelle, but those gloves look like alien skin.
First both ladies had on dresses with stockings and heels. They must have been freezing. The guys looked toasty and warm in their full-length, heavy wool overcoats and wool slacks, but the women had to look "nice." Even if "The upper part of the coat and the back of the sleeve are lined with a pashmina for extra warmth," Michelle's dress and coat looked pretty light-weight. I did notice that Jill Biden had on knee high boots. Good for her.
Second, their color choices were interesting. Laura in gray. But of course. Perhaps she didn't want to steal Michelle's thunder? Then Michelle in gold green. Very eye-catching, and so not the normal "politician's wife" look (which is normally a little pink, navy blue, or red suit.)
While I'm thinking about color, I noticed that the in-coming Prez wore a red tie and the out-going Prez wore a blue tie. Co-ordinated? Was there a phone call? "Hey, Pete, my guy wants to wear red today."
Here's an entertaining story of the second swearing in.