who's watching the inauguration?

Hinn

The only thing wrong with the send off is they resorted to bland chants. Should've got some English football supporters to go over and teach the locals a thing or two about witty chants to farewell a much hated idiot.

leafs4ever

LongRd. wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

LongRd. wrote:

Rev. Lowry's speech was my favorite. I've never heard of him before, now i'll have to look up his work.

was that the guy at the end? if so, yea, that was great. funny too in fact.

Yeah, the old former Civil Rights leader. I spelled his name, it's Lowery.

yup, that speech was amazing... pretty much the entire event was done really well

leafs4ever

guess the ride just got boring for barack lol... just got out of the limo and has started his walk to the white house... the crowd is so freakin loud

chiquimonkey

The Jeagler wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

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wouldn't anyone? seriously, he made a big ole fuck up for everyone....and gets to wipe his hands of it and say 'seeya!'....you KNOW he's thrilled to get out of dodge!

if he could, bill clinton would still be president...he LOVED being president

i loved him being president too. made me happy to see him [/quote]


did you enjoy the recession he left us with?[/quote]

we were far better off when he was president. i didn't have to worry about my job and research funding was doing well.

so like i said, was happy to see him.

mca47

Man, after a long day they have to sit thought all of those lame bands.

Hahaha!

Heineken Helen

decides2dream wrote:

patrickredeyes wrote:

I thought the chanting of ''hey hey goodbye'' by the crowd was a little rude. Like him or not he's the president and you don't do that.

i said it was in poor taste. sure, accurate ...but in poor taste. i agree it's rude. but i was told that a public gathering such as that was one of the only times people get to express themselves. :roll: funny, i thought we did that, a lot more effectively i might add, in the voter's booth.


i think obama was classy, and he's always been classy.....and i like and respect that. bush is a moron and a horror, but none the less....we the people - sadly, shockingly, voted for him 2x...so i agree, he was our president and a wee bit of decorum is a good thing.


but sure, hearing about it did make me smile a bit.

so during the 4 years, you have to pretend to like somebody you didn't vote for???????? I'm sorry but that IS CERTAINLY an american issue. Over here we get to voice our like or dislike at every sporting or public event they attend and it's the way it should be. I don't think somebody who's squandering your money and making shit of your country domestically AND worldwide whilst having hundreds of thousands of people DIE on HIS watch, deserves ANY respect... but I'm sure that's where we simply disagree on this.

Heineken Helen

leafs4ever wrote:

sure it's not very classy to sing that song to a president but really he's probably one of the most hated president in history and I have no problem with them doing that to him. Bush fucked up huge and I for one am so happy to see him out of office. and i'm not even american

A job does not demand respect... a PERSON demands respect. Just cos an asshole is president of the US doesn't make him any less of an asshole.

Heineken Helen

chiquimonkey wrote:

we were far better off when he was president. i didn't have to worry about my job and research funding was doing well.

so like i said, was happy to see him.

I think that's a universal view... certainly worldwide, he was liked and trusted. I can't comment on domestic issues but America had plenty more allies when Clinton was leader.

FinsburyParkCarrots

I've been watching CNN News 2 (USA), a live feed without any commentary, on Livestation all day. I got a feel for the crowds better, that way. When I wanted more news (including that concerning Ted Kennedy), I read from news sites.

Commy

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

I've been watching CNN News 2 (USA), a live feed without any commentary, on Livestation all day. I got a feel for the crowds better, that way. When I wanted more news (including that concerning Ted Kennedy), I read from news sites.

Wolf is the biggest idiot on tv...I couldn't watch cnn for too long.


this is a big day...for you know...obama.

FinsburyParkCarrots

Commy wrote:

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

I've been watching CNN News 2 (USA), a live feed without any commentary, on Livestation all day. I got a feel for the crowds better, that way. When I wanted more news (including that concerning Ted Kennedy), I read from news sites.

Wolf is the biggest idiot on tv...I couldn't watch cnn for too long.


this is a big day...for you know...obama.

Yep, this feed was Wolf-less. You just got the cameras and the sound of what was coming through the mike boom.

(I just said mike boom. Right off the top of my ed. I must be stone crazy. )

mickeyrat

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Commy wrote:

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

I've been watching CNN News 2 (USA), a live feed without any commentary, on Livestation all day. I got a feel for the crowds better, that way. When I wanted more news (including that concerning Ted Kennedy), I read from news sites.

Wolf is the biggest idiot on tv...I couldn't watch cnn for too long.


this is a big day...for you know...obama.

Yep, this feed was Wolf-less. You just got the cameras and the sound of what was coming through the mike boom.

(I just said mike boom. Right off the top of my ed. I must be stone crazy. )

Jeffers I think you are!

catefrances

in honour of a changing of the guard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecakBk7td_o

chiquimonkey

Heineken Helen wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

we were far better off when he was president. i didn't have to worry about my job and research funding was doing well.

so like i said, was happy to see him.

I think that's a universal view... certainly worldwide, he was liked and trusted. I can't comment on domestic issues but America had plenty more allies when Clinton was leader.

yeah, we had respect from the rest of the world with him around. and he at least had the middle east reps talking, that was as close as we got to any sort of peace accord.

as far as people here in the US having to wait to show their dissent....i dunno. i work in berkeley and for the past 8 years have seen quite a few demonstrations of disgust for bush, so it's not an american thing to keep our pieholes shut

Heineken Helen

chiquimonkey wrote:

yeah, we had respect from the rest of the world with him around. and he at least had the middle east reps talking, that was as close as we got to any sort of peace accord.

as far as people here in the US having to wait to show their dissent....i dunno. i work in berkeley and for the past 8 years have seen quite a few demonstrations of disgust for bush, so it's not an american thing to keep our pieholes shut

That's cool... I was getting the impression from others that it was considered rude in America to voice dissent at your president :shock: and, from a European point of view, that's just weird... we take every chance we can get to do that after all... they work for US... although it's easy to forget that.

I can't speak for the rest of the world but Bill was HUGELY popular in Ireland... as was Hillary... IS... I mean IS

chiquimonkey

Heineken Helen wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

yeah, we had respect from the rest of the world with him around. and he at least had the middle east reps talking, that was as close as we got to any sort of peace accord.

as far as people here in the US having to wait to show their dissent....i dunno. i work in berkeley and for the past 8 years have seen quite a few demonstrations of disgust for bush, so it's not an american thing to keep our pieholes shut

That's cool... I was getting the impression from others that it was considered rude in America to voice dissent at your president :shock: and, from a European point of view, that's just weird... we take every chance we can get to do that after all... they work for US... although it's easy to forget that.

I can't speak for the rest of the world but Bill was HUGELY popular in Ireland... as was Hillary... IS... I mean IS

well, time and place i suppose. i dunno if it was necessarily appropriate to boo him today at the inaguration...then again when i went to DC last year and took a pic in front of the white house, i wanted to give the finger, but thought perhaps i'd get picked off by a sniper on the roof lol

but yeah, he's certainly earned all the rancor he's gotten. berkeley is busting at the seams with liberals, so i'm used to people talking shit. quite enjoy it lol

that's interesting to hear how bill was received abroad, i always got the impression he got mad respect. i love hilary too

g under p

chiquimonkey wrote:

Heineken Helen wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

we were far better off when he was president. i didn't have to worry about my job and research funding was doing well.

so like i said, was happy to see him.

I think that's a universal view... certainly worldwide, he was liked and trusted. I can't comment on domestic issues but America had plenty more allies when Clinton was leader.

yeah, we had respect from the rest of the world with him around. and he at least had the middle east reps talking, that was as close as we got to any sort of peace accord.

as far as people here in the US having to wait to show their dissent....i dunno. i work in berkeley and for the past 8 years have seen quite a few demonstrations of disgust for bush, so it's not an american thing to keep our pieholes shut

There's STILL quite a bit of LOVE out there for Bush 43. Did anybody watch CSPAN Friday morning when they spoke about the Bush Legacy for Repubs, Dems and Indys? Well a Bush supporter came on and gave his praises of Bush then eloquently ended with "now we'll see what monkey boy will do". I had to do a double take when I heard that and the announcers Fred Barnes and the Cspan guy said nothing. Not even we don't need that kind of talk over the air.

A caller a few calls later called them out and spoke of how racist ideals are STILL about in this country even though we've come a long way. Obama has a tough task ahead and this country will need to back him like it or not. One thing is for sure without the failure of George W Bush there would NEVER be an election of Barack Obama. Never, that's how bad he has run this country these last 8 years.

Peace

chiquimonkey

g under p wrote:

There's STILL quite a bit of LOVE out there for Bush 43. Did anybody watch CSPAN Friday morning when they spoke about the Bush Legacy for Repubs, Dems and Indys? Well a Bush supporter came on and gave his praises of Bush then eloquently ended with "now we'll see what monkey boy will do". I had to do a double take when I heard that and the announcers Fred Barnes and the Cspan guy said nothing. Not even we don't need that kind of talk over the air.

A caller a few calls later called them out and spoke of how racist ideals are STILL about in this country even though we've come a long way. Obama has a tough task ahead and this country will need to back him like it or not. One thing is for sure without the failure of George W Bush there would NEVER be an election of Barack Obama. Never, that's how bad he has run this country these last 8 years.

Peace

pretty disgusting about the monkey remark, and that he wasn't called on it.

no doubt about it, obama has a huge challenge ahead of him. even if he wasn't black, it'd still be huge. but the racism in this country still runs deep....hopefully we can all progress as a nation, not just to get ourselves back on track, but advance too.

Heineken Helen

chiquimonkey wrote:

well, time and place i suppose. i dunno if it was necessarily appropriate to boo him today at the inaguration...then again when i went to DC last year and took a pic in front of the white house, i wanted to give the finger, but thought perhaps i'd get picked off by a sniper on the roof lol

but yeah, he's certainly earned all the rancor he's gotten. berkeley is busting at the seams with liberals, so i'm used to people talking shit. quite enjoy it lol

that's interesting to hear how bill was received abroad, i always got the impression he got mad respect. i love hilary too

Well of course... the only reason I'd CONSIDER it disrespectful today would be cos today has nothing to do with him... it's obama's day. But i certainly wouldn't feel the need to take any moral high ground over anyone who felt the need to boo him... after all, we've no idea what they've gone through under his 'reign'. Perhaps some of them lost kids in Iraq... I'm sure many of them lost jobs.

Bill and Hill certainly had mad respect in Ireland and they were respected for the peace thing in the north. Plenty of patience... he even had a direct line that they could call him on 24/7. THAT'S dedication. He also did plenty in the middle east. What did bush do to promote peace ANYWHERE? I genuinely want to know the answer to that question.

Heineken Helen

g under p wrote:

There's STILL quite a bit of LOVE out there for Bush 43. Did anybody watch CSPAN Friday morning when they spoke about the Bush Legacy for Repubs, Dems and Indys? Well a Bush supporter came on and gave his praises of Bush then eloquently ended with "now we'll see what monkey boy will do". I had to do a double take when I heard that and the announcers Fred Barnes and the Cspan guy said nothing. Not even we don't need that kind of talk over the air.

A caller a few calls later called them out and spoke of how racist ideals are STILL about in this country even though we've come a long way. Obama has a tough task ahead and this country will need to back him like it or not. One thing is for sure without the failure of George W Bush there would NEVER be an election of Barack Obama. Never, that's how bad he has run this country these last 8 years.

Peace

WOW and we always think of the US as more PC. If that were said on a news channel over here, there'd be investigation upon investigation as to how that person got on the air in the first place. That's unreal.

Of course he's a long way to go... and he's gona have to deal with stuff no other president has had to deal with... and I really hope people give him some patience on that.s But this is definitely a big day for many countries... and many minorities. I can't even imagine how it must feel. I was actually getting weepy til he came on and bored me with his speech.