Today is a historical event one that I felt I would see eventually in my life but now that it's here I really have found it to be a profound experience all ready. For the first time ever an African-American will be sworn in as President of the United States, the most powerful position in the world. And I for one am proud to see it finally happen.

Why the thread title then? Regardless of color, Barrack Obama has me worried. Too many people believe in his rhetoric about "Change" yet are blind to the fact that already, 2 months after the election, he has changed many of his ideas and will not follow through on many of his promises (most of which I believe will/would have harmed our economy and country) Yet he still plans on doing things that I can only see as harmful for us as a nation. But in a world were "Style" over shadows "Substance" many people seem to worship Obama as if he is the second coming. As the President of the United States I give my full support and hope and pray he will do things that only help our country but unfortunately I just don't see it happening.

So for our American members how do you feel about this historical event today? What are your feelings about Obama and his promise of "Change"? And for our other members what do you see for Obama in the next 4 years and what are your feelings on the man and his future presidency.

Either way it truly is a historical event and though I feel this extravagant spectacle of an Inauguration is a prime example of wasting government money (were the "Change" in our economically troubled times?) due in part to his "Messiah-like" image I do see and feel the importance of today.

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Bill Clinton was and is blacker than Obama.

His office is in harlem ffs.

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Originally posted by Bit_Confused
Bill Clinton was and is blacker than Obama.

His office is in harlem ffs.

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OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGE!!!!

I for one am a firm believer of "Seeing it to believe it."

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Well, personally I can't see how he can be worse than Bush so it's an improvement but he has been put on a pedestal and the expectations are extremely high and I doubt anybody could live up to them... So good luck to him but I suspect after the initial honeymoon period the right-wing press will turn on him.

So I'm not being pessimistic, I like to think of it as realistic optimism

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There should be a law enacted by Congress that requires "Won't Get Fooled Again" to be played at every Presidential Inauguration.

that is how I feel every election: "Meet the New Boss, The same as the Old Boss" This one being no different. I don't hold high hopes for what he can/can't do in the next 4 years, mostly because our shit is so fucked he won't be able to impact most of it, even if he did stick to all his promises.

I am indeed sick of all those who want to rejoice and celebrate like the Munchkins of OZ because Bush is gone and Obama the good has gained control. The touchy, feel good shit is going to hit them harder when things don't quite work out the way they believe.

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I just wish NPR would talk about something else today... for fuck's sakes, he talked for about 15 minutes, I don't need to hear it repeated for the rest of the fucking day.

Don't get me wrong, if I voted for one of the two parties, I would've voted Obama, he seems to at least say the right things, but even if my third party candidate had won, I wouldn't want to hear about it all fucking day.


He may be president of the US, but he's still not my president. I won't have a president until we get one that doesn't say "god bless america" or swear in on a bible. So probably never in my lifetime.

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Thats alot of words for someone that sells DVDs out of the back of a truck

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He may be president of the US, but he's still not my president. I won't have a president until we get one that doesn't say "god bless america" or swear in on a bible. So probably never in my lifetime.

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Are we talking about that black bloke that's gonna save the world during his term as the first black bloke to live in a white house?

If so, is the world doomed?

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Originally posted by Neversoft
right-wing press will turn on him.

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Amen

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Originally posted by Bit_Confused
Amen

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Originally posted by parasiticgannon
That's great.

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That's my future wife!

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Orginally posted by doctor zoidy He may be president of the US, but he's still not my president. I won't have a president until we get one that doesn't say "god bless america" or swear in on a bible. So probably never in my lifetime.

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Amen

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Looks like you both got your wish:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/na...0,4123501.story



If you notice no bible in the picture and according to other news sources no bible was used in his "official" swearing in (after Roberts flubbed the first one requiring them to do it over again) Contrary to popular belief the bible is not required under the Constitution for swearing in to public office.

The first week is not even over and already Obama has made some dumb choices (some of his admin nominees are idiots) bad executive orders (close Gitmo?!?!) and a faux pas with the press (hence the only proof of the second swear in is the picture above, he totally blew off the rest of the press corp lol). Oh this is gonna be a fun 4 years!

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Looks like you both got your wish:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/na...0,4123501.story



If you notice no bible in the picture and according to other news sources no bible was used in his "official" swearing in (after Roberts flubbed the first one requiring them to do it over again) Contrary to popular belief the bible is not required under the Constitution for swearing in to public office.

The first week is not even over and already Obama has made some dumb choices (some of his admin nominees are idiots) bad executive orders (close Gitmo?!?!) and a faux pas with the press (hence the only proof of the second swear in is the picture above, he totally blew off the rest of the press corp lol). Oh this is gonna be a fun 4 years!

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Originally posted by parasiticgannon
Can't be as bad as the last 8 years so. We've been fucked and were going to get fucked. So guess what? WE'RE FUCKED.

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