The Inauguration Thread

[Marilyn]

This is the day.....

I don't worship him
I don't think he is a "savior"
I don't have unreasonable expectations
I am only in awe that this has come about and I lived to see it.

I am a child of the movement, and today, the ancestors are smiling.

[halfwaytree]

Re: Inauguration Day

(((Miss M))))

Go ahead and soak it all in! Finally there is some fruit to reap from the long struggle you were part of.

This is a day for the history books for sure. Everyone (around the world) will still remember years from now where they were and what they were doing the moment Barack H. Obama became the President of the U.S..

Big up to all my American family and friends!

[Marilyn]

Re: Inauguration Day

<span style="font-size: 11pt">Thanks Milo....today it is champagne by the fireside at my house....I have a friend in DC with a cell phone so I can actually be there...she's bringing back my Inaugural T shirt, and all is right with the world today. </span>

[Hush Darlin]

The Inauguration Thread

Today History will be made.
The First Black President of The United States of America will be sworn in
President Barrack H Obama




Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: &quot;In God is our trust.&quot;
And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

[halfwaytree]

Re: The Inauguration Thread

How come it took a Jamaican living in Canada to start &quot;The Inauguration Thread&quot;? With the exception of Miss M. they are all still fast asleep perhaps?

(((Sweets)))

Today, out of respect, we will not start a &quot;Canada Carry the Swing&quot; thread.

[Hush Darlin]

Re: The Inauguration Thread

no Milo dem not sleeping dem all out on the street.

no we will show some respect
but u dun kno sey we carry the swing

[Suesumba]

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2 million people expected. the national mall is crowded.

[loops]

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could someone help the stupid person embed a youtube video in this thread please?

i am clueless

[CeaBee]

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click that

and then select what type of video : google, myspace, youtube, something else i cant remember ..., and then paste link

hope that makes sense...off for more cawfee

[loops]

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<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ClFCyI3jBEY"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ClFCyI3jBEY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> </embed></object>

ok but when i preview...i see nada.

could be my dinosaur desktop though.

[loops]

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ooo...i guess it DID make sense. thanks CB

[CeaBee]

Re: The Inauguration Thread

i see it fine loops

good job

[R00TS]

Re: Inauguration Day

What a grand day for America! The sun is shining in Washington!

Cheers Miss M

[Wahalla]

Re: Inauguration Day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/7831637.stm

Watch dis.. Deh lady in here is one hat ooman.... Mi woulda love fi get artical wid ar....

[Suesumba]

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just heard there are bus loads of people going from toronto. they left 8 o'clock last night.