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Re: Schedule Of Events For Barack Obama’s Inauguration

DLS — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:34:07 -0000

"the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus"

They were featured briefly on NPR. This was a bit much -- the Messiah, the King, is having a hymn sung to him about this blessed event by a boys&#39 choir and a girls&#39 choir, an ode to the coronation or to the "immaculation" as Limbaugh calls it, sung in classical choir style, featuring words from one or more speeches Obama has made, ending grandly with "Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can!"

It&#39s a bit much. Really. He&#39s just a mortal. I&#39d prefer the excess be channeled less celestially, if more coarsely, into celebrating the end of Bush.

Re: Schedule Of Events For Barack Obama’s Inauguration

DLS — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:34:07 -0000

"the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus"

They were featured briefly on NPR. This was a bit much -- the Messiah, the King, is having a hymn sung to him about this blessed event by a boys' choir and a girls' choir, an ode to the coronation or to the "immaculation" as Limbaugh calls it, sung in classical choir style, featuring words from one or more speeches Obama has made, ending grandly with "Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can!"

It's a bit much. Really. He's just a mortal. I'd prefer the excess be channeled less celestially, if more coarsely, into celebrating the end of Bush.

Re: Schedule Of Events For Barack Obama’s Inauguration

StockBoySF — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:30:10 -0000

Sil, glad to hear that you&#39re going back to sleep. Obama&#39s inauguration is a turning point in many ways for America, even if your gal didn&#39t get elected. So get over it already. Obama has been working hard on this nation&#39s problems and he will continue to do so once elected. Let him have a day to celebrate his years of hard work (and the years of hard work of everyone who made the election of an African-American possible). Is that too much to ask?

Have a nice hibernation.

Re: Schedule Of Events For Barack Obama’s Inauguration

Silhouette — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:47:52 -0000

*yawwwwwnnnn*.....

Is it over yet?

Yeah yeah yeah...catharsis...I know...

But if we keep focusing on the fact that Barack doesn&#39t get skin cancer as easily as other presidents did, will we ever be able to move beyond melanin content and onto important issues...like if the man is up to the muster of digging us out of the hole Bushco placed us in?

Let that be his legacy and not his nappy hair for chrissakes.. Focusing on "black this" and "black that" is not doing blacks any service except keeping the focus on them as "different". Which is the polar opposite of what they supposedly want?

Imagine the good that could be done with the money from some of these events? Educational grants for underpriveledged kids? Milk for the poor? Vaccinations?

We are a nation of lunatics who will party like stupid fools until the lights snap on and reality is knocking at the door with a warrant..

Are we out of Iraq yet? How&#39s Russia doing? Sarah may really get a closeup at them in Alaska soon. Any more banks folded today? Is the Mexican border secure? How&#39s our food supply? Do we have enough vaccines? Have we brought jobs back home? Do people still have their homes? Property values? Bank solvency? Consumer confidence?

*shakes head* *goes back to sleep*

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..............................

Re: Schedule Of Events For Barack Obama’s Inauguration

superdestroyer — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:06:28 -0000

Just a couple bits of trivia. Anything that goes down Penn. Ave before the presidential limo is actually not considered part of the parade but is called the Presidential escort and dates back to 1841

The parade is divided into five divisions for each of the five military services in order of seniority: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard.

The most picturesque Ball from a television point of view is the one in the Building Museum because of the huge granite columns in the middle of the room. It is one that the newspaper run a picture of the next day. The second most picturesque is the one at Union Station due to the ceiling. The least picturesque ball in the one at the D.C. Armory. The building is a dump but a ball is held there every time to keep the District of Columbia happy.

Since the President has to attend all official balls, they are held close to each other. They are all within a few blocks except for the D.C. Armory. They used to be spread more over town but security limits moving around town. The official balls are considered bad events to attend and most people only do it once.

Re: Schedule Of Events For Barack Obama’s Inauguration

StockBoySF — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:30:10 -0000

Sil, glad to hear that you're going back to sleep. Obama's inauguration is a turning point in many ways for America, even if your gal didn't get elected. So get over it already. Obama has been working hard on this nation's problems and he will continue to do so once elected. Let him have a day to celebrate his years of hard work (and the years of hard work of everyone who made the election of an African-American possible). Is that too much to ask?

Have a nice hibernation.

Re: Schedule Of Events For Barack Obama’s Inauguration

Silhouette — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:47:52 -0000

*yawwwwwnnnn*.....

Is it over yet?

Yeah yeah yeah...catharsis...I know...

But if we keep focusing on the fact that Barack doesn't get skin cancer as easily as other presidents did, will we ever be able to move beyond melanin content and onto important issues...like if the man is up to the muster of digging us out of the hole Bushco placed us in?

Let that be his legacy and not his nappy hair for chrissakes.. Focusing on "black this" and "black that" is not doing blacks any service except keeping the focus on them as "different". Which is the polar opposite of what they supposedly want?

Imagine the good that could be done with the money from some of these events? Educational grants for underpriveledged kids? Milk for the poor? Vaccinations?

We are a nation of lunatics who will party like stupid fools until the lights snap on and reality is knocking at the door with a warrant..

Are we out of Iraq yet? How's Russia doing? Sarah may really get a closeup at them in Alaska soon. Any more banks folded today? Is the Mexican border secure? How's our food supply? Do we have enough vaccines? Have we brought jobs back home? Do people still have their homes? Property values? Bank solvency? Consumer confidence?

*shakes head* *goes back to sleep*

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..............................

Re: Schedule Of Events For Barack Obama’s Inauguration

superdestroyer — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:06:28 -0000

Just a couple bits of trivia. Anything that goes down Penn. Ave before the presidential limo is actually not considered part of the parade but is called the Presidential escort and dates back to 1841

The parade is divided into five divisions for each of the five military services in order of seniority: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard.

The most picturesque Ball from a television point of view is the one in the Building Museum because of the huge granite columns in the middle of the room. It is one that the newspaper run a picture of the next day. The second most picturesque is the one at Union Station due to the ceiling. The least picturesque ball in the one at the D.C. Armory. The building is a dump but a ball is held there every time to keep the District of Columbia happy.

Since the President has to attend all official balls, they are held close to each other. They are all within a few blocks except for the D.C. Armory. They used to be spread more over town but security limits moving around town. The official balls are considered bad events to attend and most people only do it once.