America in celebration

[Emily]

I listened to the swearing in as I drove to work, and taped his speech to watch later.

And I'll admit it - I started crying during Aretha Franklin's "My Country Tis of Thee". I'm such a girl.

[16_BIT_MARIO1]

In school today, we watched a crappy internet feed that repeatedly froze, plus the projector kept breaking. At least they tried. And I'm ecstatic (I've never used that word before :P) that we have Obama, and not Dick Cheney George Bush as president.

[Mike Haley]

The best part was seeing Bush finally exiled from Washington. I hope he didn't leave anything behind because he's not coming back. Oh, and seeing Cheney in a wheelchair was oddly amusing. He's already roughly 50% machine.

[natlinxz]

Originally Posted by 16_BIT_MARIO1

In school today, we watched a crappy internet feed that repeatedly froze, plus the projector kept breaking. At least they tried. And I'm ecstatic (I've never used that word before :P) that we have Obama, and not Dick Cheney George Bush as president.

dude, do you go to my school?

That's word for word what happened to my school. lol
We got 4 minutes into the speech and the-the---n-it---fr------

[Maratanos]

The thing I think people should realize about presidents is that 90% of the population of the country would make a bad president. The trick is just to make sure they're not the ones with the office.

[vyperspit]

Originally Posted by Maratanos

The thing I think people should realize about presidents is that 90% of the population of the country would make a bad president. The trick is just to make sure they're not the ones with the office.

Well you can't expect everyone to be perfect. All we could do is hope for the best.

[16_BIT_MARIO1]

Originally Posted by natlinxz

dude, do you go to my school?

That's word for word what happened to my school. lol
We got 4 minutes into the speech and the-the---n-it---fr------

Hmmm... Maybe we do go to the same school... Did anybody care that we were getting such a historic new president, and that George Bush was gone? If so, you don't go to my school.

[MussKatt]

It is encouraging that the cow-boy presidency of George Bush is over.
Also i am glad to be seeing progress for the minority. I've been getting tired of hearing them calling everyone racists at the slightest different. Maybe this will help?

I am hopeful for Obama, but remember, he is just a human being. Don't put too much hope on one person, that guy needs help

HURRAY FOR OBAMA. I'M really happy. I hope he does well, he seems honest, and is a complete opposite of Bush/Cheney.

I am a bit unhappy that Obama said Bush was a good man...but heh.

[vyperspit]

Bush may have gone far out of the line during his time in the White House, but I pity the poor man. I learned that he has Lyme Disease, a disease caused by parasitic, vector-borne bacteria that target the nervous system. Symtoms include memory loss, balance problems, joint pain, brain fog, confusion, and word choice impediment, which would explain why he was not good at speeches.

[ig0rpwnwEd]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news...ntial_handlers

[Guy in a Box]

I have found out that when he failed to lower taxes, George W. Bush used the money to buy a Donkey Kong arcade machine for the White House. (That was from Dave Letterman, not me)

[metalkombat]

Originally Posted by PatsDark

I am a bit unhappy that Obama said Bush was a good man...but heh.

Bush had horribly low acceptance rates when he left the White House, but most of that is based on the things that happened during his presidency. 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the continuous struggle in Iraq, the country's fall into recession... The sad thing is that most of these things weren't anywhere near his fault, and yet the country blames him for them. I was disgusted by the people at inauguration holding up sign telling Bush to "get the hell out". I'm no Obama-hater, and I'm very glad to see him into office, but I understand the struggles Bush went through, the difficult decisions he had to make, and the blame he took for our nation's crises. Anyone who hates Bush obviously had a bad perspective on what really happened during his presidency...

I heard he's writing a book about his presidency. I hope he calls it "Why I'm Better Than You Think I Am", although that would probably give him an even worse rap.

[Zootch]

It would seem Obama screwed up already

[ShaggE]

I wouldn't call that a screw-up so much as something he said he was going to do almost since the beginning.

[Zootch]

This coupled with the late stage abortion act makes me believe he suffers from psychopathy

[MussKatt]

Originally Posted by metalkombat

Bush had horribly low acceptance rates when he left the White House, but most of that is based on the things that happened during his presidency. 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the continuous struggle in Iraq, the country's fall into recession... The sad thing is that most of these things weren't anywhere near his fault, and yet the country blames him for them. I was disgusted by the people at inauguration holding up sign telling Bush to "get the hell out". I'm no Obama-hater, and I'm very glad to see him into office, but I understand the struggles Bush went through, the difficult decisions he had to make, and the blame he took for our nation's crises. Anyone who hates Bush obviously had a bad perspective on what really happened during his presidency...

I heard he's writing a book about his presidency. I hope he calls it "Why I'm Better Than You Think I Am", although that would probably give him an even worse rap.

I beg to differ.

For Hurricane Katrina, people had to wait wayyyy to long for the president to do anything. Yes, the hurricane wasn'T his fault, but he failed at rapid intervention. Mainly because it happened in one of the poorest area in the U.s.a.

The continuous struggle in Iraq, no offense, but it's a war that was started under false pretense. It's known that Saddam Hussain and Ben Laden had no ties, plus they had no weapons of mass destruction. There is no valid reason that there is a war in Iraq. War in Iraq is the biggest mistake since Vietnam.

The country falling into recession is provoced by tons of bad decisions, mainly encouraging outsourcing labor to other countrys instead of taking measures to keep jobs in America. But of course... the consumers have a huge role to play in this situation. But still, governments should set an example... But the problem is that the Lobby's had it's hand firmly set into this puppet presidency. They are going to want to make they're powerfull friends happy over the people. They are corrupted to no ends.

Think for a second, how he is saying that outsorcing jobs is good for the economy since it costs less for the consumer ... yes it costs less, but they aren't made in the U.S.A anymore so, people loses jobs, less money to spend, these people will want to save even more so they shop at Wall-Mart, the wheel turns...more people lose they're jobs... OUTSOURCING ISN'T GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE. People have to learn to watch the bigger picture instead of always thinking of the ME HERE and NOW routine ...

And i could go on and on about 9/11, but i'm sure history will explain itself later. Much later. ( as in, what really happened ).

[Col_Shaggy]

I think Barack Obama has been put up on an impossibly high pedestal. Sure he's the first African American President and that's great. But his fans, particularly in the 24 hour news arena, have been so rapturous that if he doesn't turn out to be the second coming of Christ(Buddha, Mohammed, what have you) they are goignt o be extremely disappointed.

Don't get me wrong, I like Obama, he seems like nice guy, and I agree that W was a joke. Unfortunately he is a politiciain and all politicians, regardless of race or party, are selfish self-righteous bureacrats who wouldn't know what to do everyday if the didn't have the party line to follow and they are perfectly willing to follow that line all the way into hell and call it heaven.

The only way Obama will ever live up to all the hype is if he ignores the party line and uses some common sense in the bills and laws he passes, because with a Democrat majority in the other houses of government, he cane really screw this country up, just as bad as the Republicans could with the same advantages.

[ig0rpwnwEd]

Originally Posted by Zootch

It would seem Obama screwed up already

Okay! The inauguration is over, we can disagree all we want, but this is not a political forum. Let's ust close this thread and never bring up politics again!

[MussKatt]

Meh, it's a General forum for people to talking about anything they want, and politic is something important , mang, :P

[16_BIT_MARIO1]

UGH, I hate my History teacher. She's republican, and that's fine, but she HATES DEMOCRATS and EVERYTHING to do with them. She's trying desperately to find as much crap on Obama as possible, and she says he's already a worse president than Bush. But since she's incredibly biased, I try not to listen to her.