Inauguration Day
First off...let's set this up right, so you can understand if I babble, it's because I've not slept yet.
Last night I stayed up too late playing World of Warcraft. Ok, owning that bit of indulgence. I was amped to see the inauguration. So I stayed up for it.
A lot of people are saying on the facebook tie-in with cnn.com video that this is a day that people will ask you where you were when it happened.
I was on my couch wrapped up in a blanket, cheering for Obama and looking at Bush going "Buh-bye" in very overjoyed tones.
I sat through watching the movie stars come in, and giggled a bit when I saw Dustin Hoffman and John Cusack...just thought that was way cool.
But then came the Bush Blemishes...the drunkard daughters who have been a blight, right next to their father, on the image of our country. I think I might have thrown up in my mouth a bit to see those two. Just the thought of precious Sasha and Melia replacing that makes me overjoyed. Those two little girls are going to help their daddy fix the very tarnished image of the United States. Good on ya girls!
Then, I watched as Jimmy Carter and his wife came in...cheered for Jimmy, good on him, the boys over at the Nobel Peace Prize committee got something right there. Then came some of the other ex-presidents and vice presidents...I totally cheered my head off for Al Gore. Tipper, I could do without, but Al, you're the shit, man.
BUT THEN, I couldn't help but want to throw things at the television...because then came the progenitors of that useless piece of shit that was in office for the last 8 years... H.W. and Barbara. Dude, back in the day, they called Barbara "The Silver Fox"...she was SO highly respected. Now, when I look at the HORRIBLE job she did on her kid and what that same kid did to this country, along with that other piece of shit kid they parked down in Florida, dude, those two, if they weren't old and worn out and past the age of fertility, I would nominate them for immediate sterilization so the blight they spawn wouldn't be able to infect us any further.
Then they get to introducing all of the other folks, Senator Jo Blow and so forth, Harry Reid was there, (rock on Harry, glad to see you there. But while you're at it up there on capitol hill, fix Education in Nevada, will ya?) and other people who deem themselves as important, when really, they're not...they're just extraneous cogs in an over-wound, and otherwise broken, watch.
Yo-Yo Ma and Itzak Perlman were awesome in that quartet they had. I loved hearing parts of Appalachian Spring. Sad part is that they credited the work of Aaron Copeland to John Williams. Sad, very sad.
I thought the whole ceremony had far FAR too much religion in it. OK, there's no God up there folks...read Richard Dawkins and just know it, understand it, embrace it, live it...THERE IS NO GOD. Get it through people, the only reason why there is a President on election day is because we all went out and voted, not because some 'deity' swooped its hand down and picked the fella out of the crowd. Sorry, but if you look up Divine Right on wikipedia, yeah, the whole notion of Divine Right is just as archaic and ridiculous as the old Greek and Roman Gods. No such thing there kids...get it through.
So, I sat and waited patiently for 2 hours (comfy on my couch watching all those folks freezing on the mall) to watch a man, I believe in, take office and lead us out of the corruption, greed and malicious pride of the last 8 years.
I sat through not one but TWO prayers, which just by the fact that they were a part of the ceremony at all, offended me. First, you get some white jackass who is all about "give us this and give us that", I could have punted that fat bastard because you know, I've just got no room for people that think there is a magic eye in the sky. Ok, you want magic eyes in the sky...ok kids, they're called satellites and uh, HI, human ingenuity and SCIENCE put them there. Let go of the religion thing. THERE IS WHAT IS CALLED A SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. OK, religion has no place in politics...look at the 8 year long Bush debacle we just went through...HI...based on religion!!!! So, why the HECK do I have to sit through 2 prayers...that makes NO sense to me.
Ok, so we get through the invocation...then comes Aretha. Aretha with a big fucking obnoxious bow on her head. Yes, we have a black president, but why oh why does "Let Freedom Ring" have to be done in a soul version? This makes no sense to me. However, if it made President Obama happy, then that's good, now let's move on. That was a big fucking bow on her hat, oh but let's not forget the bajillion rhinestones either...oh how easy it is to take part in a ceremony of reverence and make it cheap.
All before the ceremony started, there were commentators saying that the capitol building AND the White House were built by slaves. No shit, really? It was built when? October 13, 1792. This was 69 years, longer than an average human lifetime, before Lincoln took office and did the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a part of the times! Nothing to be proud of surely, but when put in an appropriate time frame, HELLO! To even mention it was archaic and silly. Then the poet that chimes in with the "we built it, then we were made to serve in it". *rolleyes* How much longer are we going to be saddled with this? The current generation had nothing to do with it... the African-Americans WAY back before any of us were even fucking born were the ones that got counted as 3/5ths of a person, NOT US. As a 37 year old in 2009, excuse me, but we're not responsible for that, why are we being made to carry that horseshit, which we all know is horseshit and a very unfortunate part of our collective pasts. However, those of us living today that didn't grow up in that culture shouldn't have to bear the burdens of the idiots who came before us. Sorry, but I don't subscribe to the "scared white southern slave owner" mentality. I don't care what a person's skin color is...they're human beings with the right to be treated with respect. End of story folks, let's move on.
Then comes the oaths. Ok, went to the bathroom during Biden, but I could hear him. He did extremely well. Kudos to Biden and the justice who did the swearing in.
BUT THEN! Oh here it comes...oh, I'm trouncing this son of a bitch because OMG! I can't wait until President Obama gives that right wing turkey the prostitute boot and puts him on the sidewalk. John G. Roberts. Oh dude, I've been waiting to tee off on this...John G. Roberts...when I read about this guy before he got appointed to the supreme court, my stomach churned and flipped. Now, not only is he a right wing nut job, but he also subscribes to the "Bush Doctrine". Hey Sarah...yeah, that's right, you up in Alaska...tell us all about the "Bush Doctrine", will ya???
*Crickets*
Oh, I'm sorry, I was asking for an opinion from a clueless moose humping hussy. Forgive me, we'll move on...
So, John Roberts, the right wing turkey and Chief Justice of the Highest Court in our land...appointed by that NO BRAIN Bush...fucks up the oath. DUDE! It was Karma! Ok, we get a no brain, lame duck president who appoints a fucktard to be the chief justice of the highest court in the land. Someone, please, please, dig us out of the quicksand we're in. We're dying here and need a hand...
Oh, that's right, the guy that got sworn in is gonna do that. What was funny about the oath getting screwed up is that President Obama himself had to help the Chief Justice through it. I can't help but see the irony in that. That is just absolutely perfect to characterize what the country is about to go through. It's going to be millions of Obamaites actually reaching down and going, "It's ok, everyone gets duped once or twice in their lives, don't worry, we're going to help you get back onto the path again. However, next time a snake-oil salesman tries to sell you something, don't buy it."
Ok, so then comes the *swoon* Speech. Oh, they cut to Bush a couple of times and he the look I had on my face during the prayer..."yeah, yeah, yada, yada". That sick, sad motherfucker, who I deem is a criminal along with that lackey Chaney, should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law as war criminals and thieves. I was sitting on pins and needles waiting for noon eastern time to pass so I could relax and sleep fitfully knowing that those criminals were no longer at the controls of the country. I love that quote from Time Magazine..."We finally got the smartest guy in the room" to replace that impotent jackass.
President Obama's speech was a total swoonfest for me. I loved it. He even acknowledged US, the athiests, and embraced us just as he did everyone else. That's class right there. He respected everyone's right to believe or not believe as they so choose. Right on man, points for that one...
THEN, he just set Bush up on a tee and went for the field goal. He might as well have taken a rolled up newspaper to Bush's ass and just went to town on him. He absolutely DESTROYED the Bush Doctrine. He sent a clear message that, hey, playtime is over, the crooks and thieves are out on their asses and it's time to get this shit up on Capitol Hill straightened out. I cheered, I laughed and I cried. It was beautiful.
But my bliss didn't last long. The racist comments of the guy who did the "benediction" turned my stomach. According to CNN and the other news outlets, he recited that from the "Black National Anthem" from the Civil Rights Movement which, by the way, dates to before I was born. OK, I thought the whole thing wasn't about race. Obama isn't cheap enough to play that, why the hell is the guy doing the benediction playing it? Yeah, Obama is the first black president, but HI, I didn't vote for him because of his skin color, or because of racial politics, I voted for him because "he's the smartest guy in the room" and can get us where we need to be going. I could give a shit if he was blue, green or aquamarine. So, the guy they chose for the benediction was just flat out bad taste.
Anyhow, the cherry on the cake of the whole experience of staying up all night to see the inauguration was just this:
Watching President and Mrs. Obama along with the Biden's making sure that King George II got on the helicopter and got the fuck out of DC.
In some small way, I think it was President Obama's way of making sure George didn't fuck anything else up before he left town...Now THAT'S thorough leadership!
Gotta give kudos to President Obama...he's a regular guy...he even takes out the trash.
Beautiful.
Last night I stayed up too late playing World of Warcraft. Ok, owning that bit of indulgence. I was amped to see the inauguration. So I stayed up for it.
A lot of people are saying on the facebook tie-in with cnn.com video that this is a day that people will ask you where you were when it happened.
I was on my couch wrapped up in a blanket, cheering for Obama and looking at Bush going "Buh-bye" in very overjoyed tones.
I sat through watching the movie stars come in, and giggled a bit when I saw Dustin Hoffman and John Cusack...just thought that was way cool.
But then came the Bush Blemishes...the drunkard daughters who have been a blight, right next to their father, on the image of our country. I think I might have thrown up in my mouth a bit to see those two. Just the thought of precious Sasha and Melia replacing that makes me overjoyed. Those two little girls are going to help their daddy fix the very tarnished image of the United States. Good on ya girls!
Then, I watched as Jimmy Carter and his wife came in...cheered for Jimmy, good on him, the boys over at the Nobel Peace Prize committee got something right there. Then came some of the other ex-presidents and vice presidents...I totally cheered my head off for Al Gore. Tipper, I could do without, but Al, you're the shit, man.
BUT THEN, I couldn't help but want to throw things at the television...because then came the progenitors of that useless piece of shit that was in office for the last 8 years... H.W. and Barbara. Dude, back in the day, they called Barbara "The Silver Fox"...she was SO highly respected. Now, when I look at the HORRIBLE job she did on her kid and what that same kid did to this country, along with that other piece of shit kid they parked down in Florida, dude, those two, if they weren't old and worn out and past the age of fertility, I would nominate them for immediate sterilization so the blight they spawn wouldn't be able to infect us any further.
Then they get to introducing all of the other folks, Senator Jo Blow and so forth, Harry Reid was there, (rock on Harry, glad to see you there. But while you're at it up there on capitol hill, fix Education in Nevada, will ya?) and other people who deem themselves as important, when really, they're not...they're just extraneous cogs in an over-wound, and otherwise broken, watch.
Yo-Yo Ma and Itzak Perlman were awesome in that quartet they had. I loved hearing parts of Appalachian Spring. Sad part is that they credited the work of Aaron Copeland to John Williams. Sad, very sad.
I thought the whole ceremony had far FAR too much religion in it. OK, there's no God up there folks...read Richard Dawkins and just know it, understand it, embrace it, live it...THERE IS NO GOD. Get it through people, the only reason why there is a President on election day is because we all went out and voted, not because some 'deity' swooped its hand down and picked the fella out of the crowd. Sorry, but if you look up Divine Right on wikipedia, yeah, the whole notion of Divine Right is just as archaic and ridiculous as the old Greek and Roman Gods. No such thing there kids...get it through.
So, I sat and waited patiently for 2 hours (comfy on my couch watching all those folks freezing on the mall) to watch a man, I believe in, take office and lead us out of the corruption, greed and malicious pride of the last 8 years.
I sat through not one but TWO prayers, which just by the fact that they were a part of the ceremony at all, offended me. First, you get some white jackass who is all about "give us this and give us that", I could have punted that fat bastard because you know, I've just got no room for people that think there is a magic eye in the sky. Ok, you want magic eyes in the sky...ok kids, they're called satellites and uh, HI, human ingenuity and SCIENCE put them there. Let go of the religion thing. THERE IS WHAT IS CALLED A SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. OK, religion has no place in politics...look at the 8 year long Bush debacle we just went through...HI...based on religion!!!! So, why the HECK do I have to sit through 2 prayers...that makes NO sense to me.
Ok, so we get through the invocation...then comes Aretha. Aretha with a big fucking obnoxious bow on her head. Yes, we have a black president, but why oh why does "Let Freedom Ring" have to be done in a soul version? This makes no sense to me. However, if it made President Obama happy, then that's good, now let's move on. That was a big fucking bow on her hat, oh but let's not forget the bajillion rhinestones either...oh how easy it is to take part in a ceremony of reverence and make it cheap.
All before the ceremony started, there were commentators saying that the capitol building AND the White House were built by slaves. No shit, really? It was built when? October 13, 1792. This was 69 years, longer than an average human lifetime, before Lincoln took office and did the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a part of the times! Nothing to be proud of surely, but when put in an appropriate time frame, HELLO! To even mention it was archaic and silly. Then the poet that chimes in with the "we built it, then we were made to serve in it". *rolleyes* How much longer are we going to be saddled with this? The current generation had nothing to do with it... the African-Americans WAY back before any of us were even fucking born were the ones that got counted as 3/5ths of a person, NOT US. As a 37 year old in 2009, excuse me, but we're not responsible for that, why are we being made to carry that horseshit, which we all know is horseshit and a very unfortunate part of our collective pasts. However, those of us living today that didn't grow up in that culture shouldn't have to bear the burdens of the idiots who came before us. Sorry, but I don't subscribe to the "scared white southern slave owner" mentality. I don't care what a person's skin color is...they're human beings with the right to be treated with respect. End of story folks, let's move on.
Then comes the oaths. Ok, went to the bathroom during Biden, but I could hear him. He did extremely well. Kudos to Biden and the justice who did the swearing in.
BUT THEN! Oh here it comes...oh, I'm trouncing this son of a bitch because OMG! I can't wait until President Obama gives that right wing turkey the prostitute boot and puts him on the sidewalk. John G. Roberts. Oh dude, I've been waiting to tee off on this...John G. Roberts...when I read about this guy before he got appointed to the supreme court, my stomach churned and flipped. Now, not only is he a right wing nut job, but he also subscribes to the "Bush Doctrine". Hey Sarah...yeah, that's right, you up in Alaska...tell us all about the "Bush Doctrine", will ya???
*Crickets*
Oh, I'm sorry, I was asking for an opinion from a clueless moose humping hussy. Forgive me, we'll move on...
So, John Roberts, the right wing turkey and Chief Justice of the Highest Court in our land...appointed by that NO BRAIN Bush...fucks up the oath. DUDE! It was Karma! Ok, we get a no brain, lame duck president who appoints a fucktard to be the chief justice of the highest court in the land. Someone, please, please, dig us out of the quicksand we're in. We're dying here and need a hand...
Oh, that's right, the guy that got sworn in is gonna do that. What was funny about the oath getting screwed up is that President Obama himself had to help the Chief Justice through it. I can't help but see the irony in that. That is just absolutely perfect to characterize what the country is about to go through. It's going to be millions of Obamaites actually reaching down and going, "It's ok, everyone gets duped once or twice in their lives, don't worry, we're going to help you get back onto the path again. However, next time a snake-oil salesman tries to sell you something, don't buy it."
Ok, so then comes the *swoon* Speech. Oh, they cut to Bush a couple of times and he the look I had on my face during the prayer..."yeah, yeah, yada, yada". That sick, sad motherfucker, who I deem is a criminal along with that lackey Chaney, should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law as war criminals and thieves. I was sitting on pins and needles waiting for noon eastern time to pass so I could relax and sleep fitfully knowing that those criminals were no longer at the controls of the country. I love that quote from Time Magazine..."We finally got the smartest guy in the room" to replace that impotent jackass.
President Obama's speech was a total swoonfest for me. I loved it. He even acknowledged US, the athiests, and embraced us just as he did everyone else. That's class right there. He respected everyone's right to believe or not believe as they so choose. Right on man, points for that one...
THEN, he just set Bush up on a tee and went for the field goal. He might as well have taken a rolled up newspaper to Bush's ass and just went to town on him. He absolutely DESTROYED the Bush Doctrine. He sent a clear message that, hey, playtime is over, the crooks and thieves are out on their asses and it's time to get this shit up on Capitol Hill straightened out. I cheered, I laughed and I cried. It was beautiful.
But my bliss didn't last long. The racist comments of the guy who did the "benediction" turned my stomach. According to CNN and the other news outlets, he recited that from the "Black National Anthem" from the Civil Rights Movement which, by the way, dates to before I was born. OK, I thought the whole thing wasn't about race. Obama isn't cheap enough to play that, why the hell is the guy doing the benediction playing it? Yeah, Obama is the first black president, but HI, I didn't vote for him because of his skin color, or because of racial politics, I voted for him because "he's the smartest guy in the room" and can get us where we need to be going. I could give a shit if he was blue, green or aquamarine. So, the guy they chose for the benediction was just flat out bad taste.
Anyhow, the cherry on the cake of the whole experience of staying up all night to see the inauguration was just this:
Watching President and Mrs. Obama along with the Biden's making sure that King George II got on the helicopter and got the fuck out of DC.
In some small way, I think it was President Obama's way of making sure George didn't fuck anything else up before he left town...Now THAT'S thorough leadership!
Gotta give kudos to President Obama...he's a regular guy...he even takes out the trash.
Beautiful.
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