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January 20, 2009

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As of today, our new money. Compliments of fellowes.

Posted by Van Helsing at January 20, 2009 11:09 AM

Comments

is it safe to now begin calling him pobama?

Posted by: nanc at January 20, 2009 11:12 AM

NO! You must begin referring to "him" as DEAR LEADER or THE ONE. In a pinch BIG DADDY is acceptable.

Posted by: Name at January 20, 2009 11:49 AM

Obama said to accept HOPE over FEAR.

Ok, I used to FEAR for America with Obama in charge, now just I HOPE is impeached. Not than Joe Biden would be any better. Ok, I HOPE his is impeached 2nd and I HOPE Nancy Pelousy is impeached after that. How soon down the chain until we get to someone half decent? Anyone know?

Posted by: Anonymous at January 20, 2009 11:54 AM

I believe FIFTH in line is Chief Justice, as a pro-tem position. There would have to be a special election.

Posted by: Eric at January 20, 2009 11:57 AM

Well, adios to the Free Republic and howdy to the New Democratic Socialist States of America. We've only ourselves to blame.

I keep having a vision in my head of the young Charles Foster Kane playing in the snow, waving a wooden sword and shouting "The Union Forever!"

Instead of a call to victory, it seems more like nostalgia now. Sigh.

Posted by: matt at January 20, 2009 11:59 AM

Name, I combine them both and call him the Dear One.

"I'm sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and disagree with this administration, somehow you're not patriotic. We need to stand up and say we're Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Rodham Clinton

Posted by: V the K at January 20, 2009 12:10 PM

My stock portfolio is not the one I've been waiting for.

Apparently, and this is just a guess from a ring-wing nut, but apparently, socialism isn't getting a big vote of confidence in year 1 A.O.

Posted by: mega at January 20, 2009 12:46 PM

Fourth and Fifth in line you would not like:

Vice President Joe Biden
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
President Pro Tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

The Chief Justice is not in the line of presidential succession. Once we get past the President Pro Tempore, we go through the cabinet officers in the order in which their departments were created.

Posted by: Anonymous at January 20, 2009 1:16 PM

Actually, having the half-breed's face on food stamp coupons is not that far fetched, since he's already promised them a 30% increase!

Posted by: Flame at January 20, 2009 2:09 PM

at the tender age of eight, when potus kennedy was assassinated and we were all released from school to go home, i found my mother throwing herself on the floor in convulsions and tears.

it took what seemed like a lifetime to gather her up to see what was wrong, all the while trying to calm my younger brother and sister.

they began crying and finally my mother came to her senses and blared out that kennedy had been shot and began her death roll on the floor again.

i thought he must be a relative of ours or something, although i knew he was the potus.

what kind of whack person would act this way was it not a close person who suffered such a fate?

a few years later is when i realize i'd been exposed to the unbalanced ways of a libtard. i was born to a family of them and that's when i began my mental run in the opposite direction. haven't stopped.

God help u.s. and God be with this administration.

Posted by: nanc at January 20, 2009 2:13 PM

I found this gem on the NY Times facebook wall.

"- -- - - - - - - - (Northern Colorado, CO) wrote
at 3:30pm
I let my kids stay home this morning from school to watch the inauguration. I hope one day they can look back on this and be able to say they watched Change begin. The past 4 years have been a struggle for everyone, from the rich to the poor. I hope these next 4 years will bring about the Change we need to allow us to do what we were born to do...LIVE LIFE FULLY! Not worry about where the next paycheck or meal will come from. If we all do our part, like Prez Obama says, and pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off....we can do it! Yes, WE CAN! Wishing the US and the World the best of Change!"

Posted by: Pete at January 20, 2009 2:26 PM

Well, Pete, thank you for finding that gem and posting it here. "Not worry about where the next paycheck or meal will come from." So, in addition to neglecting her children's education, she's going to starve them as well and let the house get foreclosed on. Nice.
Note how she capitalizes Change like normal people capitalize God.

Oh the letdown people are going to have.

Posted by: Karin at January 20, 2009 2:45 PM

You can't imagine how difficult my day was today being a white teacher in a majority black high school in south Louisiana trying to actually teach my lessons, listening to "why we had to come to school today?" and "Why ain't we watching the inauguration on TV?" and "we ain't doing no work in here today, are we, cuz it's the inauguration today..." etc...etc...etc....

I just powered through, held my tongue, and kept teaching.

Their savior has come. They are all going to be living on easy street now. They are going to go from poor to rich overnight. Why do people act like black people in this country have NEVER had any chances or opportunities until now??? Chances and opportunities have ALWAYS been there...if you choose to take them.


Posted by: Andrea at January 20, 2009 3:14 PM

THE INAUGURATION: PART II–Obamanians Rip Our President

Heaps of stories will be forthcoming about this inauguration, its aftermath and its repercussions.

News reports will be filled with hyperbole such as one WABC reporter’s reference to Obama’s inaugural speech as “stirring,” when in fact it was anything but stirring and was punctuated by a frequent pauses as the new president seemed waiting for applause, and none came.

The massive crowd missed its applause lines until the end when screams and howls filled the air but the day is far from over. The applause will continue and swell tonight at the ten inaugural balls being held around the capital as Obama supporters continue their revelry throughout the night.

Presidential inaugurations are somewhat like college commencements when speakers extol the graduates and extend fatuous encouragement for their futures before all head out to commence their careers, filled with infused courage and optimism.

One difference is that the swearing in of a new president and his first address as America’s leader, along with the attendant invocation, prayer, poetry and song, represent an opportunity to fill the American citizenry with hope and confidence as we embark with the president on the next four years.

Inauguration Day 2009 accomplished little of that. The invocation was worthy of the occasion but, following that, the prayer, poetry, song, and Obama’s speech were filled less with hope and good thoughts than they brimmed with insulting rhetoric, uninspiring verse, and failed pretensions to greatness.

Reverend Lowery’s line verbally spanking white people, almost half of whom had voted for a black man was the worst of the lot, although Alexander’s lame effort at an inspiring poem and Obama’s disappointing attempt to be a new Lincoln or JFK weren’t far behind. His speech was devoid of a single memorable phrase and he even fumbled his “oaf” of office, Senator Dianne Feinstein’s word.

Wall Street caught the word about the future by going into a freefall. The Dow lost 332 points, the worst Inaugural Day performance in history.

Behind the public scene, there were health scares with Ted Kennedy’s post-luncheon seizures and Robert Byrd’s premature exit. Earlier, Hillary Clinton and Senator John Cornyn had a heated, gesticulated “discussion” beneath a statue of George Washington, http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0109/Clinton_and_Cornyn_wrangle_in_Rotunda.html.

Not to be outdone in the inappropriate department,...

(Read the rest of this article at http://genelalor.com/.)

Posted by: Berlet98 at January 20, 2009 3:54 PM

Spicoli: I'm not a stooge for dictators... I'm just a willing propaganda mouthpiece for totalitarians with no respect for human rights.

Posted by: V the K at January 20, 2009 4:34 PM

to Flame:

Calling him a half breed is too much.

What are you of pure blood or something? Care to prove you don't have international genes flowing through your veins? What a farce, it does more to discredit you than anything else.

Frankly, I think you guys might be overdoing the hate at times.

Posted by: fine ahht at January 20, 2009 5:29 PM

"Calling him a half breed is too much."

His mother was a caucasion, his father an Arabian, what do YOU call that?

To me, BO's speach seemed disjointed and at times he went from one topic to another and back without any apparent connection. It was as if he had memorised the speach and recited parts of it as they came to him. It all came off like a speach you would give at a rally to "whip up the crowd".

Posted by: Anonymous at January 20, 2009 6:01 PM

Posted by: cowlove at January 20, 2009 6:01 PM

Forgot to add my name.

Posted by: KHarn at January 20, 2009 6:04 PM

I proudly call myself a "heinz 57" Let's see: Scotch, Irish, French Canadian and German. I guess I would be called a mut but I don't mind it's just words. Get over it Fine and quit acting like anything but the libacrit you are.

Posted by: Farmer Ted at January 20, 2009 6:08 PM

Bush inauguration 2001:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAp6YAPtC2c

Spread that around!

Posted by: scaramouche at January 20, 2009 6:44 PM

cowlove at January 20, 2009 6:01 PM

Sorry. Way late on that one.

Posted by: cowlove at January 20, 2009 7:20 PM

Posted by: BURNING HOT at January 20, 2009 7:49 PM

mega - Year 1 A.O.

LOL ! Perfect!

1460.5625 days to go.

Posted by: batman at January 20, 2009 7:50 PM

Batman - try this for counting down the days...

http://obamaclock.org/

Posted by: Anonymous at January 20, 2009 8:04 PM

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20090115_5_activists_arrested_at_gun_shop_protest.html

Deranged moonbats commit crimes in the name of stopping violence.

LMAO

Posted by: scaramouche at January 20, 2009 9:04 PM

Farmer ted: So I'm a hypocrite?

It is not *just* words. If I called you a redneck it would be an unfounded attack. Its pretty easy to demonstrate that I don't know much about you, except you seem OK with words.

What would i call a white/arabian? Well human for one. Why is his ancestry so much an issue that we need to use the offensive term "half breed"?

What do YOU call your "white" friend that happens to have some arabic genetics? If he accepts the term half breed I would be quite surprised. That would be between he and you, but I think it reeks of racial hatred.

My point is that someone who used the term half-breed is not exactly rising above the moonbats. In fact they might be one, I don't know. If you want to spew out terms that cause REAL PAIN and alienate REAL PEOPLE, well I can't stop you but then I certainly can make a case that you don't want a functioning country unless it meets your unstated unexplained racial profile.

Show me one person that is not a half breed, make it solid evidence, and I will permit the term as descriptive. Offensive, but descriptive. We are not talking about dogs or horses here.

Posted by: fine ahht at January 20, 2009 10:18 PM

"Frankly, I think you guys might be overdoing the hate at times."

Lighten up a little, fine ahht. At least 46.6% of Americans were forced to swallow a crap sandwich last November. Many of us still have severe indigestion - and really BAD breath - so if we seem a bit testy for your taste, feel free to go somewhere that serves sweeter fare.

Posted by: Kathleen at January 20, 2009 11:01 PM

Posted by: BURNING HOT at January 20, 2009 11:20 PM

Another member of the of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Arrested

Posted by: scaramouche at January 20, 2009 11:55 PM

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THE INAUGURATION: PART III– The Speech, With CommentaryPublished in January 21st, 2009 | EditPosted by Berlet98 in AMERICAN CULTURE TODAY, GLOBAL WARMING, ISLAM IN ACTION, OBAMA, OUR WORLD, POLITICSNo CommentsObama’s Inaugural AddressMy fellow citizens:

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.

(Nevertheless, Obama chose to bite the hand that fed him by attacking the generous and cooperative Bush administration without ever recognizing that GWB has protected this country for 7 1/2 years. Let’s see you beat that, Barack!)

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.

So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.

These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land a nagging fear that America’s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.

Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America they will be met.

(Amen, Mr. President, to all of the above. Now, let’s can the rhetoric as well as your socialist ideology and get hopping on America’s problems and with no special attention to the special interests of anti-American zealots such as ACORN. )

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

(Amen, again, as long as you keep in mind Dr. King’s admonition to judge people by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin. Closely related is the need to abolish all affirmative action programs and policies which favor certain ethnic and skin-color groups over others. On this day you have proven they are both discriminatory and superfluous.)

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.

For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.

For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.

Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.

(The first stirring words in your address, Mr. President. Those hallowed grounds and many others are testimony to America’s often-unsung heroes. A serious omission was specific comment on our current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and our thousands of fallen soldiers there.)

This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.

(President Obama, America is not in need of a re-make as much as it is in need of a reassertion of our traditional values. We live in the greatest nation on the planet and that greatness was achieved not by government but by government getting out of the way and letting free enterprise and open markets guide us to prosperity. That ground hasn’t shifted an inch.)

Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our Gross Domestic Product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.

As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.

(The illusion that America has lost its preeminence as the leader of the Free World is a conconction of your party, Mr. Obama. So, too, is any implication that Republicans are solely responsible for our economic crisis. Consult Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, et al. on that. Our Founders would have been rightfully horrified at their financial machinations and ethical violations.)

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.

We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and non-believers.We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect.To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

(Nice metaphor there, “unclench your fist” before we can extend our hand but maybe saying that WE will not unclench OUR fist unless and until our enemies unclench theirs. I would also add that if their fists are accompanied by attacks on our soil, they and their nations will be obliterated.)...

Read the restof this article at http://genelalor.com/ )

Posted by: Berlet98 at January 21, 2009 12:49 AM

Fine Ahht, oh please. You are looking under rocks for a reason to be deeply offended, like one of the hypersensitive PC types we have no patience for anymore. I was married to a half caucasian, half Arab, we both referred to him affectionately as a half breed. Also, a camel jockey and towel head when he screwed up the English. He took it all in good fun.

V the K, I saw that thing about Sean Penn that you posted above. Apparently the moonbat factions are at loggerheads with each other once again, as the gay people do not appreciate his associations.

Posted by: Karin at January 21, 2009 6:59 AM

The song is beautiful by about the promise land. But the promise land were for those 40 years ago wriiten in the old testament. It is now called. Eternal life that Jesus christ has promise to those that believe on him and live according to his commandments.

Titus 1:2
This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began.

1 John 2:25 (Whole Chapter)
And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.

Study the bible at (bible.com)

Posted by: Tonya at January 21, 2009 7:19 AM