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Inauguration Crap

LOL! The new limo is nicknamed "The Beast". That should ramp up the claims of Anti-Christ.:D
 
uk_dave said:
Apparently Ted Kennedy has collapsed at the inauguration lunch
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Yes, I have been watching the live coverage.

Both Senator Byrd and Kennedy had some problems apparently. I believe they said that Byrd had a slight problem with eating or swallowing or something, and he was lead out of the room slowly. Then minutes later Kennedy had either or Seizure or some kind of convulsions, and was taken from the luncheon by ambulance.

However since then there have been numerous reports from people that he's in much better condition right now and seems like everything is going to be ok.
 
Congratulations with your new President. what I see and hear from thousand miles away is that he seems a really serious guy, who will start working immediately tomorrow. Can't wait to see the first results in the upcoming months..

quick question, why did he walk 500 yards and then get back into the car?
 
Blackadder said:
quick question, why did he walk 500 yards and then get back into the car?
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It's a balancing act between the security of being in the car and being where people can see him. I'm going to guess that the stretches he is walking are areas that the Secret Service could most easily control.
 
I think its pathetic that the media rejoices because we finally got a black president, mean while the rest of system remains white !
 
h.g.Whiz said:
I think its pathetic that the media rejoices because we finally got a black president, mean while the rest of system remains white !
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Blacks make up about 12% of the US population. Why should the entire system be black?
 
RE: the OP—all the hype about Obama and his inauguration is a bit overblown but many Americans feel they’ve been held hostage to some degree for several years. Many of them were told in no uncertain terms that they were un-American for dissenting regard for some of W’s actions over most of a decade. Americans are of a mind to cut loose a bit, understandably so. It will fade fast enough as Obama gets down to the brass tacks of trying to address the needs of a country.

DrBaltar said:
Mulatto, but anyway... no when making the decision on who to elect, I'd look at what he's achieved (a year or 2 in the senate), some work on fund raising with Ayers the terrorist, his communist upbringing, and his socialist plans for America and move him up front and center ahead of people with decades of experience and service to this country.
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-bolding by PA-

Two things: 1) why the preoccupation with labeling (see my bolding)? And 2) while I would agree that experience is valuable, it is nowhere near everything and I'm skeptical about it even being the most important thing for a leader. What would you say is "enough" experience for consideration?

Give me the right skill set over experience any day.
 
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Blackadder said:
quick question, why did he walk 500 yards and then get back into the car?
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What Upchurch said, plus he's a smoker (or at least a very recent ex-smoker). :)

Another highlight from his speech:

President Obama said:
We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost.
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He is now President Obama, and I wish him well and support him 100%.

Until he does something I disagree with. :p

:usa: :ILLINOIS: :KENYA:
 
At the whim of a hat the Americans have got off their high horse and taken the low road.

After turning water to wine they will expect the new President to heal the lame and make burgers non-fattening.

I can't help feeling they are setting the bar a bit high and may have unrealistic expectations....but what do I know.
 
Nogbad said:
...I can't help feeling they are setting the bar a bit high and may have unrealistic expectations....but what do I know.
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I'd say you're spot on about a noteworthy percentage of Americans. Unrealistic expectations are nearly always the parents of undue awe or disappointment.
 
Cleon said:
The song Aretha sang was "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." The melody is shamelessly lifted from the British national anthem. It's not the national anthem - that's "the Star Spangled Banner."
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The melody of which was shamelessly lifted from an English drinking song, "To Anachreon in Heaven".
 
Nogbad said:
At the whim of a hat the Americans have got off their high horse and taken the low road.

After turning water to wine they will expect the new President to heal the lame and make burgers non-fattening.

I can't help feeling they are setting the bar a bit high and may have unrealistic expectations....but what do I know.
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Look, bub -- We just got rid of a truly disastrous president and elected a bright and charismatic man who happens to be our first black president, so you'll just have to excuse us if we go a bit giddy and unrealistic for a while. It will pass soon enough.
 
ParanoidAndroid said:
Two things: 1) why the preoccupation with labeling (see my bolding)? And 2) while I would agree that experience is valuable, it is nowhere near everything and I'm skeptical about it even being the most important thing for a leader. What would you say is "enough" experience for consideration?

Give me the right skill set over experience any day.
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I used the label 'Mulatto' in response to MetalPig's response to Dictator Cheney who used the label 'Black'. But I'm sure you were about to note Dictator Cheney's use of the Black label so you probably knew that already.

Why did I use the other labels? Because I assume a certain level of understanding in the readers here and I can just refer to concepts by their name rather than spelling everything out. And changing what I wrote to:
"when making the decision on who to elect, I'd look at what he's achieved (a year or 2 in the senate), some work on fund raising with Ayers, who was in an organization which used small scale attacks intended to cause fear in those who oppose him, his upbringing which was influenced by teachers of an ideology which promotes a society without classes, and his plans for sharing the wealth in my country and move him up front and center ahead of people with decades of experience and service to this country...." may be thin on labels, but it doesn't really roll off the tongue.

As for your second point, yes there are certainly qualities other than experience that make a good leader. But unless he has been tested all we have is his word that he will be a good leader. He may have these qualities, or maybe he's just good at reading speeches. I'd like to know before I cast my vote for him. What is enough experience? What I would like to see is significant executive experience such as governing a large state with a large economy where the candidate demonstrates an ability to lead people as well as being able to track and manage a large number of programs. Military experience is a plus. In addition, he should have a well rounded educational background in all or most major aspects of running a country, such as economics, history, sociology, foreign policy, science. Alternatively, if he at least has a demonstrated grasp of these subjects and a demonstrated ability to appoint qualified experts in these areas that would be fine too. An ability to communicate effectively with the public would reassure them and help his ability to lead.

Sure, there aren't many people who fit this bill, but we are talking about the president of the United States after all. Obama's qualifications are better suited as a PR person for a major corporation.
 
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