I went to check out the crowd. It's still a really big crowd. People still walking from the Mall. I saw a bunch of people -- mostly elderly -- sitting on curbs or benches to breath for a while.
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Hil R. - Jan 20, 2009 9:23:53 am PST #2448 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Trudy Booth - Jan 20, 2009 9:24:56 am PST #2449 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
After signing off on the first document, Obama carefully put down the pen, folded his hands and dead-panned: "I was told not to swipe the pen, which I often do."
Cashmere's cousin is gonna cling to that.
Billy Graham always offended me a great deal. Why do we act like this really conservative guy is some sort or eccumenical pope? I felt like it wasn't even questioned. Oooh! It's Billy Graham!
beth b - Jan 20, 2009 9:26:13 am PST #2450 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
mmm...cupcakes. I vote for them
tommyrot - Jan 20, 2009 9:26:22 am PST #2451 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.
Huh. Do Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton not get along?
Carter Snubs Clinton At Inauguration
Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter appeared to greet former Republican President George H.W. Bush and his wife warmly, kissing Barbara Bush on the cheek. But as Carter passed fellow Democrats Bill and Hillary Clinton, the two men did not appear to acknowledge each others presence at all. A total snub.
Ah. More here: Carter Snubs Clinton
Relations between the Carters and the Clintons have reportedly been frosty for years, dating back to 1980, when Carter’s landslide defeat to Ronald Reagan may have cost Clinton the Arkansas governor’s mansion. At least that’s what Clinton reportedly believed.
In the 90s Clinton was said to resent some of Carter’s freelance diplomacy. Carter, for his part, spared no criticism of Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Recently, during a photo opportunity at the Oval Office, following a lunch with Barack Obama and the ex-Presidents, Clinton and Carter stood next to one another, but miles apart. Obama stood between the two Presidents Bush.
Apparently, some people were not paying attention when our president said, "...the time has come to set aside childish things."
amych - Jan 20, 2009 9:30:39 am PST #2452 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Why do we act like this really conservative guy is some sort or eccumenical pope?
Shiny, shiny hair.
brenda m - Jan 20, 2009 9:32:41 am PST #2453 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
There's been bad blood between Carter and Clinton for a long time, though if reports of an outright snub are true, I'd be surprised.
quester - Jan 20, 2009 9:34:16 am PST #2454 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Yeah, Graham always bugged me.
And, again, let me apologize for writing the "j-word". I did not mean to offend, I simply wasn't thinking about how it would sound outside my head.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2009 9:36:31 am PST #2455 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 20, 2009 9:38:03 am PST #2456 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
To be fair, while Graham (understandably, given his calling) seems to feel that Christian worship and prayer are the solution to every problem whether metaphysical or tangible, I don't recall him ever being accusatory or singling out any group of people for judgement. In fact, I quite clearly recall him counseling people that it was God's place to judge and not theirs. He was on TV quite a bit when I was growing up in the South, and I don't think I ever got the feeling that he was an enemy.
JenP - Jan 20, 2009 9:38:12 am PST #2457 of 30000
It was pretty obvious when all three couples bottlenecked before being announced and there was some standing and chatting. Clintons and Bushes were all huggy. Carters and Bushes shook hands. Clintons and Carters - no acknowledgment of each other.