Oh, on the booing: the folks we were standing with were mostly older and started laughing when I said loudly "Now that is just RUDE. I can't stand the man, but I respect the office." They weren't impressed with it either. One said "We came to this day to be better than that." And I have to agree. Now if I were at home (and mentally, I did...) but not aloud for a ceremony such as this....
Yesterday, my life's like, 'Uh-oh, pop quiz!' Today it's like, 'rain of toads.'
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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.
sarameg - Jan 20, 2009 2:58:57 pm PST #2664 of 30000
Laura - Jan 20, 2009 2:59:05 pm PST #2665 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I'll rewatch the whole thing with DH because he was stuck at a job site where they Were Not Watching! I went home to watch on a big screen and got 2 phone calls during the speech. Later at the bank the teller was complaining that they couldn't really see the televisions or hear very well from their positions (you can see in line). She thought they should have closed for at least the swearing in portion.
Gudanov - Jan 20, 2009 3:04:06 pm PST #2666 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2009 3:05:39 pm PST #2667 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She thought they should have closed for at least the swearing in portion.
I wonder how many people said that four years ago.
I'm catching up on the Australian Open, and one of the commentators just said she cried looking at footage of Washington. That's a lot of emotion and politics for sports.
connie, that dress registry site is a hilarious idea. I wonder how many catfights it's prevented...
Trudy Booth - Jan 20, 2009 3:05:55 pm PST #2668 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
Booing really carries. It doesn't take much for it to be audible -- hence its effecacy.
But I'll bet even the Obamas and Bidens were humming nah nah nah nah/ nah nah nah nah/ hey hey hey/ go-ood-bye! under their breaths as the chopper took off.
Sue - Jan 20, 2009 3:08:01 pm PST #2669 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Gudanov, that's quite amazing. 113!!! My grandmother was 102 when she died, but she wasn't very with it for the last year or so.
sarameg - Jan 20, 2009 3:08:04 pm PST #2670 of 30000
The crowd tried repeatedly to chant OBAMA except...that's too many syllables for the accoustics of the length of THE ENTIRE GODDAMNED MALL. Sound travels more slowly than light. It sadly wasn't going to work.
Jesse - Jan 20, 2009 3:11:16 pm PST #2671 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What a story, Gud!
sarameg - Jan 20, 2009 3:11:41 pm PST #2672 of 30000
OH! And we saw the Marine helicopter carrying the Bush admin to Andrews fly overhead!
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2009 3:12:37 pm PST #2673 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am so glad you went sara!
I think Kat might be at the ball with Fall Out Boy!
I felt a little bad for the republicans at work, as people actually stood up and cheered during the showing of the inauguration. My department, with the crazy Hussein nonsense, is the minority in the school as a whole.. I almost think the public viewing and cheering will add fuel to the thoughts of conservatives that they are being oppressed.
And I think I am sick. I hate that feeling where you have felt a little off for a few days, a bit headachy and so on, and then, at some point, you realize that you are actually going to get sick. Really annoying.