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Pyrate Jenni ([info]pyratejenni) wrote in [info]unfunnybusiness,
@ 2009-01-20 12:09:00
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Current mood:Fan-Fucking-tastic
Entry tags:it's about fucking time, politics

WE HAS NEW PRESIDENT NAO!


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[info]jkefka
2009-01-20 06:20 pm UTC (link)
In the words of Jin Wicked: "You better not let me down you hopey fucker!"

Seriously, he's put the bar so high. I'm a cynical bastard, especially with regard to politicians, but he's been pulling the best and the brightest for every post of importance. I think he's got a shot.

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[info]harrylovesron
2009-01-20 06:26 pm UTC (link)
My brother texted me with "It's actually happening!" and my response was, ":) :) :) :) :) :)".

My face is stuck like ^_________^

Good fucking riddence, Bush. I hope you haven't fucked up the country beyond repair, and I hope Obama's up to the task of starting to fix things. I know he's not going to have a magic solution for everything- nobody does- but I'm confident that he can start to set things right.

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[info]sgtgeorgecarter
2009-01-20 06:31 pm UTC (link)
I just hope by everyone he really means everyone.

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[info]pyratejenni
2009-01-20 06:44 pm UTC (link)
He'll mean it more than Bush and his ilk ever did.

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[info]darsynia
2009-01-20 07:24 pm UTC (link)
He really showed a willingness to work toward this by including nonbelievers in his inaugural speech, something I don't think we've ever seen mentioned in a speech of that magnitude before. :)

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(no subject) - [info]utahraptor, 2009-01-20 07:36 pm UTC
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[info]gardnerhill
2009-01-20 06:50 pm UTC (link)
And CNN needs to die.

We watched the feed at work - and were treated to Barbie-Anchor and Lou Dobbs talking and talking and talking over and under and around everything -- talked over Aretha's song, Itzhak and the musicians, talked partially over Biden's swearing in, they cut to a commercial just before the main event, and only just shut their ugly pasty pie-holes so we could hear "-arack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear..." We were furious, and I heard more than one person snap that they would never watch CNN again.

But what else can you expect from the network where a pack of all-white all-male reporters earnestly debated whether or not it was okay to call Hillary Clinton a white bitch?

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[info]kagutaba
2009-01-20 06:59 pm UTC (link)
Ugh, I hate CNN's coverage of shit. My friend is like "WE HAVE TO WATCH THEM FOR ANDERSON COOPER" which I would be fine with if they could shut the fuck up.

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[info]hallidae
2009-01-20 07:05 pm UTC (link)
Mama and I watched it on CBS, even though we're huge AC fans, just so we'd be able to hear what was going on most of the time (OMG, a piece played by Perlman and Ma and it was John Williams and "Simple Gifts", OMG).

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[info]rikiki
2009-01-20 07:22 pm UTC (link)
I have to say, I watched it on their online feed that they were doing with facebook and it was remarkably free of talking heads once the shit started. It had a delay of a few seconds, though.

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[info]darsynia
2009-01-20 07:25 pm UTC (link)
Oh, fuck them! NBC stopped talking when they introduced Biden and didn't start again until everything was completely over. I'm so sorry you had to deal with that shit :(

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[info]qwertyuiop
2009-01-20 08:41 pm UTC (link)
I loathe CNN, I watched it on ABC, and though they did talk between things, they did remain silent through all the music, oaths, invocation, the speech and benediction which I was grateful for.

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[info]insanityprelude
2009-01-20 11:46 pm UTC (link)
The girls sitting near me when I was watching pissed me off. They kept talking during his speech, all "He's going to get assassinated within a year." "They only elected him because they hated Bush." "With all those people there, someone could do a lot o damage with a bomb." until I got fed up and left. :|

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[info]snarkhunter
2009-01-21 12:43 am UTC (link)
Oh, wow. I'm suddenly glad the cafeteria worker where I was watching it changed the channel to Fox so that the two tvs in the room would match. Fox, bizarrely, had a very respectful coverage--which is to say that they didn't say a bloody word throughout the whole damn ceremony.

I came home and fell asleep watching the parade, and throughout my dreams, there were CNN commentators going on and on and on, as I incorporated the tv sound into my dreams, and more than once I told dream-people that I wanted to beat the commentators to death with a rock so that they'd just shut UP.

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[info]kagutaba
2009-01-20 06:57 pm UTC (link)
It's still so surreal to me. It's gonna take awhile to actually believe he's really president. Once it finally hits me, I'm gonna really wee myself with glee.

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[info]utahraptor
2009-01-20 07:23 pm UTC (link)
brb squeeing at "and nonbelievers"

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(no subject) - [info]darsynia, 2009-01-20 07:26 pm UTC
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[info]chikane
2009-01-20 07:24 pm UTC (link)
Yay, a slightly less right wing guy replaces a slightly more right wing guy.
Is Rick Warren doing the ceremony now for real?

Either way, over here it's shown in TV more drawn out than a coronation, it's petty ridiculous.

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(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2009-01-20 08:10 pm UTC
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[info]meagenimage
2009-01-20 07:29 pm UTC (link)
Update on an old joke:

Q: What do you call a black guy running the most powerful country in the world?
A: The President of the United States of America. (Don't be racist.)

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(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2009-01-21 08:33 am UTC
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[info]tardis
2009-01-20 08:40 pm UTC (link)
CAN I HAS STIMULUS PLEAS?

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[info]atalantapendrag
2009-01-20 08:56 pm UTC (link)
I giggled when he stumbled over the swearing-in. So cute!

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(no subject) - [info]demonoflight, 2009-01-20 09:12 pm UTC
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[info]the__ivorytower
2009-01-20 09:04 pm UTC (link)
Someone I was talking to mentioned something about an 'offensive prayer' that was uttered after the speech. Anyone care to fill me in?

*Canadian*

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[info]staroverthebay
2009-01-21 12:01 am UTC (link)
I was grinning today at work, and the breakroom was packed with people for the actual inauguration. And I swear, I could listen to Obama give speeches every day.


Well done, America. Well done. I think our forefathers are proud.

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[info]melannen
2009-01-21 01:49 am UTC (link)
I was there! Packed in like sardines about three-quarters of the way down the Mall, which means I didn't actually see anything. (Nobody there noticed they messed up the oath, BTW. It's not like we could hear over the cheering; to the extent I caught it I assumed the sound system had screwed up.)

I did spend the ten minutes between Bush's introduction and the swearing-in absolutely convinced that we were all going to be nuked before it actually happened, though.

I came back with very sore muscles, ten American flags, and $13.25 in scavenged Metro tickets, so I'll call that day a win.

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[info]veneotaqueen
2009-01-21 07:25 am UTC (link)
Lucky you, that you could change of presidents and have a shiny new one.
So. Fucking. Lucky. You.
*from a country who will be stuck until 2013 with the same dude people elected in 1998... and that, if the idiot doesn't get his "perpetual reelecticon" thing approved or decides to go the open dictatorship route*

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(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2009-01-21 09:01 am UTC
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[info]quantumreality
2009-01-21 08:17 pm UTC (link)
Yay Obama X-D

Now if we Canadians could just get rid of Stephen Harper, already...

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[info]cat_mcdougall
2009-01-21 11:18 pm UTC (link)
I WAS THERE! \o/

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