Inara ,'Objects In Space'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Mr. Jane opened the bar at 10 this morning so we could all come in and celebrate.
We did shots after the swearing in. Cried during the speech (I think being acknowledged as an active citizen despite my non-belief made me burst into tears).
I really liked the benediction. I didn't have a problem with the ending at all. Everyone here laughed and cheered.
The other guy is Lowery.
I found Warren to be a poor speaker. I (as an atheist) wasn't offended by his invocation of Jesus or use of the Lord's Prayer; I'm pretty accustomed to the Christian-centricism of American public events. He just lacked gravitas.
Lowery had the gravitas. And I thought that the rhyming race thing at the end was an actual quotation of some 1960s thing, as so much of his speech was, but I could be wrong. ETA: And Sail's quote suggests I was right!
For reference, the stuff about being black, yellow, red, etc. was a 60s/70s counter to a phrase in a Zora Neale Hurston story, "Story in Harlem Slang,"
And Hurston didn't make up the little ditty, I'm sure.
Thanks Sail. Another example of the Buffista brains.
I was wondering if there was a reference I was missing, thanks Sail.
I thought Warren was boring . As a non-believer I wasn'tt offended by him - in this context. I think he did his job. Lowery was more interesting -- and there was something for a no-believer to listen to . But, like a lot of others, I feel uncomfortable with religion mixed with state functions.
Just because we all have our cranky buttons: The Other Guy, not just some guy, founded the SCLC with Dr. King, led the Selma march, etc etc etc many decades of etc.
I was surprised Warren wasn't simply a better *speaker*--as such a popular pastor, I thought he'd have a better demeanor. He was looking DOWN most of the time! I thought he'd be a smooth, rhythmic, kinda guy, you know? But instead he barely looked up. That really surprised me.
The "brown, stick around" etc stuff was also in a song: [link]
Hey, since flea is here, I had to share that my cousin is being induced today and they are naming the baby Ronan Borom; Borom being a family name. I suggested Change or Hope or Barack but I don't think they are going to go for it.
I think so. Warren as speaker makes me more uncomfortable than his actual text, I think. I didn't plan to get all sucked in...I generally wear my indifference to pomp as a point of some pride, but "Damn you, Barack Obama, you pretty motherfucker!"