Barack Obama inauguration thread

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by flylock shox

Shoulda practiced that oath a wee bit more.

CNN saying John Roberts screwed up and gave Obama the wrong words

[Bunk]

Cheney crippled, much like he left the country and the world.

[Caged Great]

Now Cheney is free to pursue an acting role. I hear that Chris Nolan is looking to cast him as the Penguin in the next batman movie.

[transplant99]

threats were intercepted about todays events....

Authorities monitored a rush of intelligence leads Tuesday at the largest security operation in presidential inauguration history, including a possible threat from an East Africa radical Islamic terrorist group.

Law enforcement and intelligence officials received information that people associated with a Somalia-based group, al-Shabaab, might try to travel to the U.S. with plans to disrupt the inauguration, according to a joint FBI/Homeland Security bulletin issued Monday night. The information had limited specificity and uncertain credibility, said Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/inauguration_security

[Titan]

Originally Posted by Phaneuf3

huge gatherings like that sometimes make you wonder about weird things like...
how many portapotties did they have to truck in?
how bad are the lines for them?
how bad is the smell?

i mean... there's a lot of people there..

5000
No info on the other questions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hvXMuzCimk

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

Now Cheney is free to pursue an acting role. I hear that Chris Nolan is looking to cast him as the Penguin in the next batman movie.

He'd be better than Danny DeVito.

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by transplant99

threats were intercepted about todays events....



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/inauguration_security

To be expected I'm sure. Any large government event from now on will probably get a threat from somewhere until something dramatic happens to the world paradigm.

[the_only_turek_fan]

To quote Chris Matthews, I got a thrill up my leg when Obama gave that speech.

[LChoy]

Originally Posted by transplant99

threats were intercepted about todays events....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/inauguration_security

CNN has a neat video on the Secret Service Counter Sniper Details. It's the most elite branch of the Secret Service

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/19/sni...ml#cnnSTCVideo

[Madman]

Well it's official; Obama is a very very smart man - he's a lefty!

[Azure]

I don't really care much about the inauguration at all.

I'm just impressed that they specially invited the crew from the plane that crashed into the Hudson River.

That is all.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Madman

Well it's official; Obama is a very very smart man - he's a lefty!

Hahaha... okay.

Chris Hitchens wrote a great article awhile back about the "conservative" nature of the Democrat Party. Nationalism, protectionism, socialism and isolationism are their calling cards. Old, bad ideas.

For all their faults, the Republicans have always shown initiative towards internationalism and entrepreneurship.

Obama could be the worst type of "conservative."

BTW, Rick Warren is a complete huckster.

[4X4]

So... how many children and pets are going to be named Barack this year?

Like every time I hear someone calling their dog Kipper, I know that the dog is about 4 years old.

[RougeUnderoos]

Man, nobody puts on a show like the Yanks.

Well, maybe the Royal Family.

And I guess the Vatican can really put it together occasionally, but still, this inauguration is quite a spectacle.

On the menu for the Congressional lunch -- seafood stew, duck and grouse, apple cinnamon sponge cake.

Now they are talking about one of the paintings on the wall.

[Madman]

Holy crap did anyone else see the Facebook dood with the GIANT head? Wow.

[Phaneuf3]

Originally Posted by Titan

5000
No info on the other questions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hvXMuzCimk

5000 eh?
And they expected 2 million people to show up.
1 for every 400 people - not a bad ratio.

[MelBridgeman]

No better way to spend a 150 million bucks in this time of so much hope!

[J pold]

I missed it all for a law class that I ended up sleep through anyway. I'm looking forward to catching the speech this afternoon.

[HotHotHeat]

"To the leaders of nations who aim to make conflict, your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you can destroy"

Obama's speech: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27721638/

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

"To the leaders of nations who aim to make conflict, your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you can destroy"

Obama's speech: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27721638/

"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."