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.
Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
amych - Jan 20, 2009 8:26:02 am PST #2385 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
meara - Jan 20, 2009 8:26:09 am PST #2386 of 30000
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.
Hil R. - Jan 20, 2009 8:26:47 am PST #2387 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The "brown, stick around" etc stuff was also in a song: [link]
Stephanie - Jan 20, 2009 8:26:48 am PST #2388 of 30000
Trust my rage
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.
erikaj - Jan 20, 2009 8:27:08 am PST #2389 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
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!"
tommyrot - Jan 20, 2009 8:27:13 am PST #2390 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Check out the new New Yorker cover: Drew Friedman: Obama portrait for The New Yorker
My favorite living portrait artist, Drew Friedman, created the magnificent cover art for this week's New Yorker. The painting is titled "The First."
javachik - Jan 20, 2009 8:27:55 am PST #2391 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Ronan Hussein! Congrats on the addition to the fam, Stephanie!
brenda m - Jan 20, 2009 8:28:11 am PST #2392 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Thanks for the context, Ellen. As I mentioned earlier, I think almost his entire speech was strings of quotations from a host of sources with meaning in a civil rights context. (Someone needs to post an annotated transcript somewhere. I'll be on the lookout because I'm sure it'll appear in the next day or two.)
amych - Jan 20, 2009 8:29:10 am PST #2393 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I was surprised Warren wasn't simply a better *speaker*
Yeah, this struck me too -- no matter what you think of his politics or his theology, you don't normally build a 20,000-person mega-anything with negative charisma!
Glamcookie - Jan 20, 2009 8:29:29 am PST #2394 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I watched from the Yo Yo Ma gorgeous performance through Obama's speech. I loved:
- The piece that was played
- Seeing the Obama family (damn but they're a pretty bunch)
- "I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear..."
- Malia taking pictures
- Shout out to non-believers (wished he had somehow worked us LGBTers in, but I'm not upset about it or anything)
- Seeing the crowds in DC, LA, NY, Memphis, etc.
- Actually being able to listen to the president and be touched by what he says
I'm still upset by the Warren thing, but now that it's over, I'm ready to move on. If Obama really does away with DADT, that will be a huge, "See? I'm down with teh gays!" I think it will help many, if not all of us, to forgive and forget this misstep. So, let's get down to business!