Obama raises hand, lifts a nation

[Tom]

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-cvr-090120-InaugParade-ss-315p.grid-8x3.jpg

Barack Obama delivered a hopeful vision of what America can become during his inaugural address as the 44th U.S. president. He is now making his way to watch the inauguration parade. "This is America happening," said Evadey Minott, one of an estimated 2 million people who watched in Washington.

[scOotZ™]

Meh.. just another president. Whether things will change, that remains to be seen.

[Chargers2133]

I watched some. But of course, my ten year old brother is watching Loony Toons.:|

[Samwesty999]

I'm watching it now. He mucked his words up when saying the oath and forgot what to say. I don't blame him anyway, he must be nervous.

Note: It is running several minutes late.

P.S. Well done Barack Hussein Obama!

[conman1001]

He or the Chief justice messed up, it was kind of funny.

[Greenguy312]

I'm watching it now. He mucked his words up when saying the oath and forgot what to say. I don't blame him anyway, he must be nervous.

Note: It is running several minutes late.

P.S. Well done Barack Hussein Obama!

He or the Chief justice messed up, it was kind of funny.

"Take th-"
"Take the oath"


At least they had music by John Williams.


But has anyone noticed that his middle name is "Hussein"?
And you can re- spell his name easily as "Osama"?

Creepy...

[Samwesty999]

"Take th-"
"Take the oath"


At least they had music by John Williams.


But has anyone noticed that his middle name is "Hussein"?
And you can re- spell his name easily as "Osama"?

Creepy...

I noticed that too. He is called Hussein as he was named after hid grandfather. His grandfather was a Catholic who converted to becoming Muslim.

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On topic: His speech sounds very good, but it is going on a bit.

[STaLAmiTe 67]

I noticed that too. He is called Hussein as he was named after hid grandfather. His grandfather was a Catholic who converted to becoming Muslim.

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On topic: His speech sounds very good, but it is going on a bit.

Its apparently going to be 2 hours long. Or maybe shorter. Thats what my some say. We'll have to wait and see.

EDIT: FORGET EVERYTHING I JUST SAID.

[Greenguy312]

Its apparently going to be 2 hours long. Or maybe shorter. Thats what my some say. We'll have to wait and see.

"We REFUSED to let this journey end. God bless you.
*COUGH COUGH* Whoa I'm parched can I get a Mountain Dew over here?"

EDIT: Speech finally ended. :D

[penguindude515]

Meh.. just another president. Whether things will change, that remains to be seen.

My thoughts exactly...

P.S. It's annoying that he takes long breaks in his speeches.

[TnT]

He had a good speech, I only caught part of it because of basketball practice though.
Hopefully he proves me wrong and is a great president!

Congrats President Obama!

[walmartshrty]

I know what Tom's next thread is going to be; Half of Inauguration Audience Dies of Hypothermia.

[Tetsumonchi]

Tomorrow we will see if this change can really begin to happen.

[Pen Rua]

Tomorrow we will see if this change can really begin to happen.
Change wont begin straight away.

Everyone says he's the 44th President... but he's not! He's the 43rd. One man [I've forgotten who it was] was President for one term, then someone else took office, and then he returned. So there has only really been 43 Presidents.

It was a great ceremony. The speech was great, although Obama did rush the Oath a bit... ah well, he must've been very nervous.

I really hope change does come.

OT - My 5,000th post o:

[256log]

I skipped lunch to go watch it on a big screen. A few people next to me cried because they were so happy. It is amazing how well respected he is. The speech and all was pretty good. I didn't think he was the best one for the job, but I realize we have to move on. Good luck, BHO.

EDIT: I finally removed my Mccain/Palin avatar. hhhhhhhaaaaa

[kogeck]

I watched this during school, when I was supposed to be in chem and Symphonics. Far from paying attention, I caught up on some sleep. I only watched when he recited the oaths.

[Nut]

I got to watch it in school after all.

:D

Congratulations President Obama!

[Jeebus]

Most of my school day was watching the inauguration.

1st - Computers - Played computer games and watched inauguration (sub)
2nd - Gym - Went downstairs and watched inauguration for whole period.
3rd - Science - No inauguration but no classwork, either. Just reading.
4th - Math - Regular math. D:
5th - Social Studies - Watched inauguration and did easy work. We got out of class 15 minutes early to get lunch because...
6th - Lunch - My whole grade went into the auditorium and watched inauguration while we ate lunch because the superintendent wanted everyone to see it and 6th and 8th grade went across the street to the high school and watched it in their auditorium.
7th - German - Inauguration was on the TV, did easy work.
8th - English - Did presidential inauguration worksheet while inauguration was on TV.

So it was a pretty easy day. =p I thought his speech was really good. I didn't think it was too long. My friend Brad was like the most enthusiastic in the whole auditorium and he was sitting 2 away from me so he was clapping and cheering really loud. xP Congratz Obama!

[Butters]

I watched it at school. -_-


BTW: I asked Obama for change and he gave me .25 cents ......

[Djquecumber]

Yeah, I know we had to watch it at school. WGN news crew was next door at the elementary school lol.

[Oceanside344]

Surprisingly, I got to watch a part of it during the first half of my third period class. Just his oath and the 20 minute speech, which was pretty good. Except for him taking random breaks between sentences or paragraphs.

[drew618]

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.inauguration/t1wide.inaug.tues.74.cnn.jpg



Barack Obama delivered a hopeful vision of what America can become during his inaugural address as the 44th U.S. president. He is now making his way to watch the inauguration parade. "This is America happening," said Evadey Minott, one of an estimated 2 million people who watched in Washington.


We (luckily) got the morning off to watch them all leave the White House, come to the Capitol Building, and then they were all introduced and we got to watch Joe Biden get sworn in and then Obama got sworn in and gave his speech.

Did you know that the guy almost messed up the swearing in ceremony? Yep, he did.

[Chandru]

We (luckily) got the morning off to watch them all leave the White House, come to the Capitol Building, and then they were all introduced and we got to watch Joe Biden get sworn in and then Obama got sworn in and gave his speech.

Did you know that the guy almost messed up the swearing in ceremony? Yep, he did.

It's good you got to see it. I had my math final. :mad:

[Nut]

I watched it at school. -_-


BTW: I asked Obama for change and he gave me .25 cents ......

Who do you not like President Obama? The world isn't going to end because an African is president.

[Snoopy4life]

Meh.. just another president. Whether things will change, that remains to be seen.

Exactly what I think.


I don't agree with much that Obama is ''going'' to do..

Say goodbye to America.

And @ Nut:
WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK THAT THE FIRST THING PEOPLE GO TO IS RACE WHEN IT COMES TO HATING PEOPLE?! God, it's so annying. That's like the LAST thing on my mind right now.
What's on my mind right now is all the horrible things that are banned, will become un banned. And the large chance my brother might DIE over in the Middle East. So seriously, you all need to stop drawing conclusions abour that.

[Tina]

Meh.. just another president. Whether things will change, that remains to be seen.

100% agreed.

Obama isn't the God people claim him to be. We'll see what miracles he creates.

[Greenguy312]

100% agreed.

Obama isn't the God people claim him to be. We'll see what miracles he creates.

Totally.
Everyone thinks "CHANGE IZ COMIN".

We will have to wait and see, I guess.

[Chandru]

Exactly what I think.


I don't agree with much that Obama is ''going'' to do..

Say goodbye to America.

And @ Nut:
WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK THAT THE FIRST THING PEOPLE GO TO IS RACE WHEN IT COMES TO HATING PEOPLE?! God, it's so annying. That's like the LAST thing on my mind right now.
What's on my mind right now is all the horrible things that are banned, will become un banned. And the large chance my brother might DIE over in the Middle East. So seriously, you all need to stop drawing conclusions abour that.

Nut can't find anything wrong with Obama.

[Puppy Love64]

If you can't even say the oath right, you don't deserve to be the president. And this is the man, the so called "The One". Wow. We watched in my 2nd hour class today. Like the whole class period we watched it. His speech was boring.

I hated it when the other presidents came out. Everyone cheered for Jimmy Carter, William J. Clinton, and Hillary Clinton. But like no one cheered for George H.W. Bush Sr.. And a few cheered for George W. Bush Jr. Now I'm sorry, but that is messed up. And the whole crowd went up when President Barrack Obama came out. I really don't trust "The One".

[Tom]

Say goodbye to America.


Goodbye? Where is America going? :rolleyes:

If you can't even say the oath right, you don't deserve to be the president. And this is the man, the so called "The One". Wow. We watched in my 2nd hour class today. Like the whole class period we watched it.

I hated it when the other presidents came out. Everyone cheered for Jimmy Carter, William J. Clinton, and Hillary Clinton. But like no one cheered for George H.W. Bush Sr.. And a few cheered for George W. Bush Jr. Now I'm sorry, but that is messed up. And the whole crowd went up when President Barrack Obama came out.

Actually, Obama didn't screw up the Oath, the Chief Justice did by putting "faithfully" before "will" instead of "will" before "faithfully. Not Obama's fault.

[Butters]

Who do you not like President Obama? The world isn't going to end because an African is president.

It's not because he's black. Someone where the only thing they led is a Community Planner (which is even usually a woman job :P) just doesn't make me trust him. Hilary Clinton's 3:00 A.M. commercial was a big hit at Obama because it was true. Obama doesn't have enough experience.

[worldking01]

I was kind of offended when the news came to my school, they where looking for only black kids to comment on the whole thing.

[Puppy Love64]

I was kind of offended when the news came to my school, they where looking for only black kids to comment on the whole thing.

Oh wow. That is wrong on so many levels. Of course they are going to say great things about him, only because he is African-American.

[Tom]

Here is a stunning image from space of the Capitol.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.inauguration/t1wide.mall.satellite.geoeye.jpg (http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.inauguration/index.html)

[conman1001]

Something I found a bit disturbing in the speech, "We are friend to all the nations of the world" or something like that.

To be honest, I don't think Iran wants to be our friend, I don't think Cuba does either, neither does Venezuela.

I'm sure the feeling is mutual as well.

[Butters]

Something I found a bit disturbing in the speech, "We are friend to all the nations of the world" or something like that.

To be honest, I don't think Iran wants to be our friend, I don't think Cuba does either, neither does Venezuela.

I'm sure the feeling is mutual as well.

A lot of our allies have said things about us too. I believe France said we deserved 9/11

[Snoopy4life]

Here is a stunning image from space of the Capitol.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.inauguration/t1wide.mall.satellite.geoeye.jpg (http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.inauguration/index.html)

Kinda looks like alot of ants over a spilled can of mountain dew to me =D

[Jay Bird]

Kinda looks like alot of ants over a spilled can of mountain dew to me =D

Wow, that's exactly what I thought too! :P

[Chandru]

Something I found a bit disturbing in the speech, "We are friend to all the nations of the world" or something like that.

To be honest, I don't think Iran wants to be our friend, I don't think Cuba does either, neither does Venezuela.

I'm sure the feeling is mutual as well.

Actually, Cuba said they'd welcome talks with Obama. People feel a lot better about Obama than they did Bush.

[Articsledder]

I noticed that too. He is called Hussein as he was named after hid grandfather. His grandfather was a Catholic who converted to becoming Muslim.

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On topic: His speech sounds very good, but it is going on a bit.

Eh, better then harrisons. His was 8,450 words. As you might have guessed he caught phemonia while reading it:P

[worldking01]

Truth be told. I am going to die a little when Obama gets rid of Guantanamo Bay. I loved that place... Other then that I am all for him and his "Change."

[flyleafdude]

Yeah I saw this. My whole school thought it was so important to watch. So we watched it instead of learning. Which is fine by me! I'm pretty anxious to see what happens in the coming years. I hope things don't turn out like everyone said things would with Obama as president.

[CP forum Reader]

I'm happy for him :)
Lulz

[Chandru]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnygQ02aW4

Has anyone posted it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQzZEK7jVaE

And here's the concert. Absolutely gorgeous.

[Dragonair]

After what I saw today, I have something to say that I never thought would come from my mouth (or the fingers on my keyboard).

I believe in Barack Obama.

Every word that came from each person's mouth was simply amazing.

[weirdo406]

I watched it in school today. I got some good sleeping in during it.


I liked the Reverend guys speech. "When yellah will be mellah" Ahaha i got a good laugh at that.

[Snathan!]

I think Obama will be a good President.
Hopefully he will help sort out the recession.

"Take th-"
"Take the oath"


At least they had music by John Williams.


But has anyone noticed that his middle name is "Hussein"?
And you can re- spell his name easily as "Osama"?

Creepy...

They made fun of teens saying that on Have I Got News For You :P

[Pen Rua]

"Take th-"
"Take the oath"


At least they had music by John Williams.


But has anyone noticed that his middle name is "Hussein"?
And you can re- spell his name easily as "Osama"?

Creepy...

Osama Biden o:

I remember my Dad saying that while he was campaigning and the signs had "Obama Biden 2008" printed on them.

[256log]

Osama Biden o:

I remember my Dad saying that while he was campaigning and the signs had "Obama Biden 2008" printed on them.

I think you might have mixed up a few words? Either that or you're confused. ;]
ehhhh I'm angry at him for reversing the Mexico City policy. :mad: This unity thing is gunna be tough.

[cp kid 1000]

"We REFUSED to let this journey end. God bless you.
*COUGH COUGH* Whoa I'm parched can I get a Mountain Dew over here?"

EDIT: Speech finally ended. :D

you know actually a Mountain dew sounds good right now

[Nut]

Something I found a bit disturbing in the speech, "We are friend to all the nations of the world" or something like that.

To be honest, I don't think Iran wants to be our friend, I don't think Cuba does either, neither does Venezuela.

I'm sure the feeling is mutual as well.
It doesn't matter if they want to be our friends or not, he saying we will be friends to all.
It's not because he's black. Someone where the only thing they led is a Community Planner (which is even usually a woman job :P) just doesn't make me trust him. Hilary Clinton's 3:00 A.M. commercial was a big hit at Obama because it was true. Obama doesn't have enough experience.

Doesn't have enough experience, eh? How can he not have any experience if he can talk in front of over a million people and to the world on television? When he was at Hardvard, he was the first African-American president of the Hardvard Law Review and he was also a teacher and a Senator. But as McCain said, I don't know if he has as much experience as him in world affairs. But with the aid of Biden and others, I think he'll make a change for the better.

[Makarov]

I think it was the Chief Justice who messed up. Our teachers made us look at it, and he messed up a line so Obama didn't repeat it.

[Emillo]

Yeah...
Im happy, when Obama win :)
He is wise and cool!

[JoeyPeng]

If you can't even say the oath right, you don't deserve to be the president.

By that logic, Republican Chief Justice does not deserve to be on the Supreme Court, as he was actually him who flubbed it.

[Chandru]

By that logic, Republican Chief Justice does not deserve to be on the Supreme Court, as he was actually him who flubbed it.

Whoa! When did you get unbanned?

Anyway, it wasn't Obama's fault, Obama was stumbling when the chief justice got the words wrong.

[JoeyPeng]

Whoa! When did you get unbanned?

Anyway, it wasn't Obama's fault, Obama was stumbling when the chief justice got the words wrong.

Just recently. I asked Dracophile if I could come back.