Live Thread 44th Presidential Inauguration

[asdf2231]

juan williams is BAWLING on foxnews.

For that I do not blame him.

This IS historic for black people everywhere in America.

I admit to feeling a little bit of pride that our country elected a black man to it's highest office.

Mind you if he had been a black CONSERVATIVE it would have been perfect, lol, but...

My family buried 3 ancestors who died in Union Blue and who had signed up not to preserve a union or for any other reason than to join an army that was fighting to make men free.

All other considerations aside, this IS a proud day for our Union.

[Chris_]

I understand that BHO planned to use his middle name a good while ago;  sort of an "in your face.  I am freaking President now, and there is nothing that you can do about it".

he will probably name sasha and malia's dog "Taliban" now.

Some should have told his speech writer that he was POTUS now -- the speech was a campaign speech and very forgettable.

[Wretched Excess]

wall street is obviously thrilled.

[Zeus]

For that I do not blame him.

This IS historic for black people everywhere in America.

I admit to feeling a little bit of pride that our country elected a black man to it's highest office.

Mind you if he had been a black CONSERVATIVE it would have been perfect, lol, but...

My family buried 3 ancestors who died in Union Blue and who had signed up not to preserve a union or for any other reason than to join an army that was fighting to make men free.

All other considerations aside, this IS a proud day for our Union.

You think it will be enough for a bunch of rich black folks & the President of the United States to give it a rest or is the bad ol whitey still holding them darkies down.

[Chris_]

Also, wasn't it nice of the reverend of the unity fuhrer to basically call all whites racists?

Something to look forward to until the fuhrer gets tossed out.

[Chris_]

You think it will be enough for a bunch of rich black folks & the President of the United States to give it a rest or is the bad ol whitey still holding them darkies down.

According to the poet and the right reverend, Whitey is just racist.

[Wretched Excess]

For that I do not blame him.

This IS historic for black people everywhere in America.

I admit to feeling a little bit of pride that our country elected a black man to it's highest office.

Mind you if he had been a black CONSERVATIVE it would have been perfect, lol, but...

My family buried 3 ancestors who died in Union Blue and who had signed up not to preserve a union or for any other reason than to join an army that was fighting to make men free.

All other considerations aside, this IS a proud day for our Union.

I thought it was unprofessional. this is all in a perfect world, of course, but journalists used to at least try to protect their impartiality.

(yes, yes, I know, I said it anyway.  don't bother posting it.  I already know  )

[Wretched Excess]

According to the poet and the right reverend, Whitey is just racist.

the MSM blogs are quite complementary of the benediction, and even say it had more "gravitas" than warrens invocation.

[Thor]

My family buried 3 ancestors who died in Union Blue and who had signed up not to preserve a union or for any other reason than to join an army that was fighting to make men free.

and the liberalized history of the Civil war touches even the best conservatives. ASDF, may I remind you that the civil war was not started to "make men free", but as an answer to the inappropriate taxation of the South by the North. It was a while into the war that it changed to that mantra.

[Wretched Excess]

also from the benediction:

“For white folks in the South to vote for a black man as president is drastic. This is revolutionary," Lowery says. "The Democratic Party can take credit, but the Democrats didn't do it. God did it. God was in the plan. Nobody else could have gotten these white folks to vote for a Negro named Barack Obama."

[Chris_]

the MSM blogs are quite complementary of the benediction, and even say it had more "gravitas" than warrens invocation. :whatever:

No surprise there.  Anyone know if chrissy matthews has a wet crotch?

[asdf2231]

I thought it was unprofessional. this is all in a perfect world, of course, but journalists used to at least try to protect their impartiality.

(yes, yes, I know, I said it anyway.  don't bother posting it.  I already know  )

(It took a while but I knew I had that pic somewhere. )

Williams is paid as a commentator so it bothers me much less than one of the anchors at CNN or MSDNC blubbering away or some reporter with a mic.  Commentators are paid to have strong opinions that are their own.

[Wretched Excess]

and the liberalized history of the Civil war touches even the best conservatives. ASDF, may I remind you that the civil war was not started to "make men free", but as an answer to the inappropriate taxation of the South by the North. It was a while into the war that it changed to that mantra.

you do realize that this is a potentially lethal segue, of course.

[Chris_]

For that I do not blame him.

This IS historic for black people everywhere in America.

I admit to feeling a little bit of pride that our country elected a black man to it's highest office.

Mind you if he had been a black CONSERVATIVE it would have been perfect, lol, but...

My family buried 3 ancestors who died in Union Blue and who had signed up not to preserve a union or for any other reason than to join an army that was fighting to make men free.

All other considerations aside, this IS a proud day for our Union. :)

Electing an empty suit communist whose sole qualification is his skin color is NOT a great day for our union.  Reverse racism is still racism.

[Chris_]

(It took a while but I knew I had that pic somewhere. ;) )

Williams is paid as a commentator so it bohters me much less than one of the anchors at CNN or MSDNC blubbering away or some reporter with a mic.  Commentators are paid to have strong opinions that are their own.

And it is SO stolen...

[asdf2231]

and the liberalized history of the Civil war touches even the best conservatives. ASDF, may I remind you that the civil war was not started to "make men free", but as an answer to the inappropriate taxation of the South by the North. It was a while into the war that it changed to that mantra.

Dude do NOT tell me why they enlisted. This is my family and the stories have been handed down by some very proud people. I KNOW why the civil war was fought and I KNOW why OUR family members that fell wearing blue signed up and served. My people on my mothers side were strong abolitionists. My father's side fielded two boys for the South who both came home alive to send descendants north to Illinois.

[Crazy Horse]

you do realize that this is a potentially lethal segue, of course.

Shit..........

Make this thread invisible to the other admin not yet involved, cause seccesion wasn't legal and the war was fought over slavery and General Sherman is a war hero

[asdf2231]

Shit..........

Make this thread invisible to the other admin not yet involved, cause seccesion wasn't legal and the war was fought over slavery and General Sherman is a war hero

LOL!

I was not commenting on anything other than the personal motivations of MY particular ancestors.

The squareheads and the hillbillies can refight the Wa of Nor-throrn Agression over and over again to their hearts content.

[Wretched Excess]

Dude do NOT tell me why they enlisted. This is my family and the stories have been handed down by some very proud people. I KNOW why the civil war was fought and I KNOW why OUR family members that fell wearing blue signed up and served. My people on my mothers side were strong abolitionists. My father's side fielded two boys for the South who both came home alive to send descendants north to Illinois.

guys, we are NOT going to have this debate in the inauguration thread.

[asdf2231]

guys, we are NOT going to have this debate in the inauguration thread.

See my last post.

Killjoy.  :innocent:

[Crazy Horse]

guys, we are NOT going to have this debate in the inauguration thread.

  damn ruining the mellow

[Atomic Lib Smasher]

I did not see the inauguration, and from what I hear... I wasn't missing much.

Although me and the wife were watching Tom & Jerry over breakfast..... they had a damn cartoon (not much of a stretch if ya ask me) Obama during the commercials! So we switched it to Animal Planet. Was a safer bet since the other channels (I think even QVC was having Obamagasms) were celebrating the Immaculate Inauguration.

[jendf]

Electing an empty suit communist whose sole qualification is his skin color is NOT a great day for our union.  Reverse racism is still racism.

Totally agree.

MLK Jr. wanted us to look past the color of a person's skin and look instead at the content of one's character.

The exact opposite happened here. Nobody gives a shit about his character or socialist policies because, hey!, he's BLACK baby! It's all good.

[Wretched Excess]

wow.  that didn't take long.  the white house web site has become an online worship site.

[Atomic Lib Smasher]

WTF! I just heard The Wrong Reverend Right (or so it seemed like) spew some shit about racism in a Jesse Jackson like rhyming matter. "When the redman can get aheadman, when white can get it right".... gee, if this is change that will make things so dismal... please pass the Pepto Bismol (see, I can rhyme too)