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Jul - General Chat - Will you be watching/listening to the inauguration today? New poll - New thread - New reply
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Yes, all day (TV)   0.0%, 0 votes
Yes, parts of it (TV)
 
 34.8%, 8 votes
Yes, all day (radio)   0.0%, 0 votes
Yes, parts of it (radio)
 
 17.4%, 4 votes
No
 
 30.4%, 7 votes
Maybe
 
 4.3%, 1 vote
OTHER! ^_^
 
 13.0%, 3 votes
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Posted on 01-20-09 02:57:15 PM Link | Quote
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Posted on 01-20-09 03:01:48 PM Link | Quote
Until I can get this radio turned off.

Aretha Franklin hurt my ears.

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Posted on 01-20-09 03:02:44 PM Link | Quote
Yep we're still watching it. It's past 12 so he is now officially the president of the US.

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Posted on 01-20-09 03:13:48 PM Link | Quote

Nope. The TV is broken and I really don't care enough to seek it out.

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Posted on 01-20-09 03:26:20 PM Link | Quote
Listening to it right now.

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Posted on 01-20-09 03:38:34 PM Link | Quote
There's a recording of it on the HD PVR at home my family's gonna watch

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Posted on 01-20-09 04:08:08 PM Link | Quote
I'm got most of it via radio.

So yea. Liked it... Save for the racist benediction... Obama's speech was great though. He really is a natural orator.

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Posted on 01-20-09 04:09:39 PM Link | Quote
I only watched a bit of it this morning.
Can't wait to read what the security was like during that ceremony..

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Posted on 01-20-09 04:10:25 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Spontaneous Madness
I only watched a bit of it this morning.
Can't wait to read what the security was like during that ceremony..


I'll just tell you they shut down all routes to DC via VA. You could only get in through MD.

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Posted on 01-20-09 04:11:19 PM Link | Quote
I heard about the blocking air traffic bit.

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Posted on 01-20-09 04:11:56 PM Link | Quote
My brother-in-law who works in DC and lives in VA had to take today off because he was unable to get to work.

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Posted on 01-20-09 04:21:16 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Fajita-chan
...Save for the racist benediction...


No shit...I about lost it at the end of that speech.

Still, the whole thing was 'ok' but I was under the impression that this was supposed to be some MASSIVE HISTORICAL THING and it just seemed like every presidential inauguration before it.

Over-hyped, I might add.


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Posted on 01-20-09 04:21:33 PM Link | Quote
No. I was busy all morning and just got home. I wish I had Tivo it.

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Posted on 01-20-09 04:23:48 PM (last edited by Teconmoon at 01-20-09 01:24 PM) Link | Quote

I watched it during Japanese class, and I laughed when he messed up while he was being sworn in. ^^

The speech was ok, and Aretha Franklin sounded terrible. (it seems that way with all live singers)

Almost all my classes are watching it all day...

(waste of time, the important stuff is past)

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Posted on 01-20-09 04:42:22 PM Link | Quote
I'm not big on poetics either but...

...did anyone really get the poem by that one person before the benediction? I think it was Elizabeth Alexander. I didn't see any real meaning behind it.

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Posted on 01-20-09 04:46:39 PM Link | Quote
The poem was... Who knows... How the fuck do you interpret that babble... It had nothing to do with the inauguration at all. All I heard were the campaign catch phrases shoved into pretty scenes... No. Scratch that. Half that shit wasn't even pretty. It honestly made no fucking sense.

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Posted on 01-20-09 04:48:59 PM Link | Quote
I missed it, but I probably wouldn't have interpreted it any better.
And Aretha Franklin was awful.

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Posted on 01-20-09 05:06:37 PM Link | Quote
For anyone who missed his speach: Here you go!.

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Posted on 01-20-09 05:16:20 PM Link | Quote
My professor let our class go early so I ran over to the student lounge, grabbed lunch and watched the whole oath and speech. Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma sounded very nice playing violin and cello respectively. I didn't get to stay for this poem and "racist benediction" you all are mentioning, as I had a class at 12:30 I had to run to.

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Posted on 01-20-09 05:17:25 PM Link | Quote
That actually surprised me that Yo-Yo Ma was part of the entourage. Out of everyone invited to a presidential election, I sure as hell didn't expect that.

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