glorious day.
 

so long mr president.. sooo long. :rtfm:

Yep, so long Mr. Bush :kewl: hello America, it's ours again (I hope).

Abe would be happy and MLK did not die in vain.

This is a historic day for the USA and the world.

Good Luck to the incoming.

Thanks to the outgoing.

Jeb Bush 2012!!! SIKE

Flap, that makes me chuckle, you do know that despite an extremely unpopular republican president and a lame republican candidate, Obama only won by 3% of the popular vote. Not so sure that your comment that America is "ours" again is a reality.

He actually won by a 7.2% margin
52.9% - 45.7% = 7.2%

I discounted for illegal immigrants and dead people....:rotf3:

I can't wait for Obama to be sworn in so I can flip and start blaming him for everything. Been watching Hannity to brush up on my technique.

You had 8 years to brush up on the technique. There were plenty of examples all around you.

I'm in!

Lets start with a projected $170-$200 million coronation.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Inaug...6665946&page=1

We are bitching about CEO'S flying to hearings in private planes, yet the man to get us out of this mess throws himself a week long party? I just thought change would look different... he spent roughly $40 million more than Bush & Clinton.

Wouldn't change have been a scaled down ceremony and asking the private investors to donate the overage to the poor or throw it towards our deficit? A little over the top no?

Think of it as an Economic Stimulus Package....its going out to the businesses isn't it :hee:

Wasn't his first campaign promise to bring the troops home???? The clock starts now.......

Followed closely by his tax cuts. :jester:

I think the cost is a bit excessive, but it also appears they're trying to provide for the giagantic crowds. Bush and Clinton didn't have this kind of following.

A significant amount of the additional cost can be attributed to added security.

Two major differences between Obama and Bush or Clinton:
-Nowhere near 2 million people for their addresses
-They weren't black

Unfortunately, even in 2009, just being black makes it significantly more dangerous for him to stand outside.

Technically, Obama's bi-racial, although blacks identify with him as one of their own. His mom was white.

I agree with the security. What could possibly damage this country's image right now, more than a secutity incident at the inauguration? Today say's a lot about how far the country has come as far as race relations and tolerance, but there's still a long way to go.

Absolutely right. But, turn on the news and "today is a historic as the first African-American President is inaugurated."

While an educated person like many on this board understand the difference, I highly doubt someone that dislikes Obama for being black would say "oh, since he has some white in him, I guess he's ok."

Hell, my roommate's girlfriend said to me just a few weeks ago "well, Obama *is* a Muslim so I can see why some people are upset." Even in this day of the internet, some people's blatant ignorance is astounding to me.

You're right. He's the very definition of "African American". I did see on the MSN homepage this morning that he was being referred to as "black" though. I guess I am just amused that he's every bit as much white as black and he's really only referred to as black by most people.

If you saw him on the street and didn't know him, would you say to yourself that he's black, white or bi-racial?

:deadhorse::deadhorse::deadhorse:

Don't forget the new Presidental Battlewagon, they made a bunch of them at several million each

I'd just say to myself that he's a human being. I wasn't raised to notice skin color on people.

And Bush rode around in a Yugo?

No he didn't and I didn't say that.

Not quite....:hihi:

Cool...they finally took the training wheels off for him :kewl:

I wonder if he's got a bubblegum card stuck in the spokes so it goes Vrooomm Vrooomm

Their followers actually had jobs to be at.

And can't stand on a Segway

That is the best response ever in the political forums! :lama:

:hihi: