Congratulations!

Felicitations à mes amis et voisins Americain! Congratulations to my American friends and neighbours! The 44th president has given a kick-a$$ inaugural speech, and the ceremony has pre-empted all regular programming up here in Canada, showing the degree of interest this event has. So, what's the mood like at your place?

>>>

The black vote is overrated.they are only 12% of the population.Obama won in a landslide with 345 electoral votes.He got the white votes too even though many whites claim they voted for MCcain.It's amazing how friendly the media is to the new president.I haven't seen any comedians yet to make fun of him.Poor G W Bush was mocked from the day one.>>>

Very true jed,they were able to motivate voters who would normally have never voted,like the illegal aliens! :woohoo:>>>

Obama is already campaigning for a second term. He has already told us that he can't fix everything in one term, it is going to take a second term in office to get things right.

Patty, you are out near Somerset, aren't you? Near Murtha's district? How much of a slap in the face would it be to the citizens of Somerset, not to mention the familys of those who gave their life on 9-11 by fighting the terrorists in that plain, to do as Murtha said and bring the prisoners from Gitmo to his district? It makes me sick just to think about it!

Scared? Hell No! I am terrified of what this man thinks he can do! I hope with all my heart that he is a successful president because it is my life and security that he holds in his hands. I have no choice but to accept him as president, but I don't have to like it!>>>

I am first an American. I hope he is the best president we ever had! That being said, I can't help but think the "CHANGE" we voted for is the change from the same old Republican B.S. back to the same old Democratic B.S.!! Just look at he people he has surrounded himself with. Biden, V.P.; been part of the problem for 30+ years! same old same old...Hillary?! Change? c'mon...really

But I do remain hopeful, at least.>>>

Obama what did he do for illinois before he became president?Highest tax rate in the country?High unemployment?Hes a one term president for its going to get much worse and theres nothing he can do about it!>>>

Were in it know clean coal is going to shut down the coal industry,he will also kill drilling in the U.S. By the time him and left wing nut cases running the country now are done so will we be done! :S>>>

The way this country is today Im ready for change. Give the man a chance. Ya never know. Politics are politics so nothing is going to be perfect.>>>

Obama has become sort of a saint.I'm thinking what has he done for the mankind so far to deserve that kind of status except run for the president.I never was a fan of Bush but using him as a scapegoat blaming him for all our problems is a dangerous scary thing to do.It shows that we may not be able to ever find out what got us into this mess therefore we'll be likely to repeat our mistakes.>>>

Sadly enough, of the people that I have talked to on the subject are of this frame of mind :( :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI

One of my recently departed former workers told me that he was voting for Obama because Obama was lowering his mortgage. He honestly believed this.>>>

I am afraid. I am very afraid.

I still don't understand why people think that the office of the president can:

Fix the economy, Lower gas prices, Fix the mortgage crisis, Bring us prosperity, Negotiate with terrorists, Bring the troops home from Iraq, Provide health care, Do anything outside of his constitutional power without congressional approval, Etc.

Someone please tell me how this party can do any of this!!!! Any party?!?!?!?!

Are the people that think he is all-powerful that ignorant of how things work?>>>

What??? Aren't our wallets fatter already?? I could have sworn mine swelled in porportion to his EGO.. I didn't watch any of it. We can rest easy though, he'll open negotiations with the terrorists now. He said so.

Last i heard, they were open to negotiation, They said so. "Convert or Die an infidels death" was their first order of business. Last too, if I recall.>>>

This is the what the revereand said notice the referances .. in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around ... when yellow will be mellow ... when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right. This is one of the most shocking wrong thinking statements he made ............ 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. Put a sign out side your house and say to everyone who walks or drives by that there are good people inside we do not lock our doors and we have no weapons etc. What we do have is we are just we are a good example and have tempering qualities B.S. That is totally wrong . Here's hoping ????????????? :huh: :side: :ohmy: :woohoo: :angry: :unsure: What is to come ?? The stock market fell to below 8000 today. Don't get me going I'll start trying to tell you to get ready it is going to get worse much much worse.>>>

WoW CIAK that's is definitely food for thought. What's to come... :huh:>>>

Holy neanderthals Batman . Who was that old guy speeching about Melow Yellow ? Us white folks >>??? That was one of the most racists inaugurations I've heard in history. The speech Obama gave was so filled with wrong thinking it left me stunned Mellow Yellow......... A phrase used to determine the appropriate circumstances under which to flush a toilet. Urine was to be left unfinished in the toilet bowl while feces were to be flushed right after bowel evacuation. >>>

well i was up @ 5am, watch'n Canada AM. it was still dark in Washington, but the energy was huge, they said that 1 in 10 people were either police or secret agents and military. that's alot of security... I don't know if i swollw that?>>>