Does Obama really think he's

[Hallelujah]

Lincoln and thus following Lincoln's tracks to the White House?

So he thinks he is the messiah, Lincoln, geez, who's next? Rev. Right? Osama?

He's going to be a bigger disaster than I thought. $1 Trillion bailout. Openly gays in the military. Crooks for his cabinet. Clinton retreads.

Yeah buddy, change!

[woot]

Lincoln and thus following Lincoln's tracks to the White House?

So he thinks he is the messiah, Lincoln, geez, who's next? Rev. Right? Osama?

He's going to be a bigger disaster than I thought. $1 Trillion bailout. Openly gays in the military. Crooks for his cabinet. Clinton retreads.

Yeah buddy, change!

Jesus Christ.

[SteelBlue]

Lincoln and thus following Lincoln's tracks to the White House?

So he thinks he is the messiah, Lincoln, geez, who's next? Rev. Right? Osama?

He's going to be a bigger disaster than I thought. $1 Trillion bailout. Openly gays in the military. Crooks for his cabinet. Clinton retreads.

Yeah buddy, change!

Well at least you dropped the Oh bama thing you used to do. You still sound head injured but slightly less so.

[RobinFinderson]

This isn't a moment of self-congratulation. A man who could have been a slave in this country 150 years ago is sworn in as the president on the same bible used by the man who emancipated the slaves.

Some people just don't have a mind for poetry. This is a poetic gesture.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Some people just don't have a mind for poetry. This is a poetic gesture.

I think it's pretty cool to imagine MLK on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, looking east across the Mall toward the Capitol giving his I Have a Dream Speech, and seeing Barack Obama on the steps of the Capitol, looking west toward the Lincoln Memorial as he begins his inaugural address. "My fellow Americans...."

Obama is going to be in for some very tough sledding, but I wish him well and I'm glad I've lived to see this unfold.

[Babs]

Conversation with my nine-year-old:

me: "How fitting that Obama is being sworn in on Martin Luther King Day."

"Why, mom?"

"Well, what was Martin Luther King famous for?"

"He died."

"Okay, but why did they kill him? What was it he was doing when he died?"

"Talking."


Thank you, Captain Literal.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Thank you, Captain Literal.

Oh, so your son is a super hero also.

[Babs]

Oh, so your son is a super hero also.

yep. His name's Jeff. He's a racecar driver by day, but by night he protects Metropolis from the dark villains Sarcasm and Idiomatic Expression, and from the twin foes Simile and Metaphor.

[TripletDaddy]

yep. His name's Jeff. He's a racecar driver by day, but by night he protects Metropolis from the dark villains Sarcasm and Idiomatic Expression, and from the twin foes Simile and Metaphor.

Does he come to the rescue when people scream "onomatopoeia!" in the middle of the night?

[Babs]

Does he come to the rescue when people scream "onomatopoeia!" in the middle of the night?

Only when things go bump.

[Surfah]

This isn't a moment of self-congratulation. A man who could have been a slave in this country 150 years ago is sworn in as the president on the same bible used by the man who emancipated the slaves.

Some people just don't have a mind for poetry. This is a poetic gesture.

It's one expensive gesture.

The man can throw a party. It's nice to see a President unite Hollywood.

[Goatnapper'96]

Lincoln and thus following Lincoln's tracks to the White House?

So he thinks he is the messiah, Lincoln, geez, who's next? Rev. Right? Osama?

He's going to be a bigger disaster than I thought. $1 Trillion bailout. Openly gays in the military. Crooks for his cabinet. Clinton retreads.

Yeah buddy, change!

Sister Summers Eve,

You smell like your mother's douche pile.

Have a nice day!

[RobinFinderson]

It's one expensive gesture.

The man can throw a party. It's nice to see a President unite Hollywood.

You are talking about the pre-inaugural gala I watched on HBO last night?

Expensive compared to what? Your ward's x-mas party? Agreed. But it isn't expensive considering how many thousands of citizens have flown to DC from all over the world to celebrate this historic moment.

Architectural theorists borrow a French term, bienséance, to discuss the relationship of a building's form to its function. Literally translated the word means 'propriety.' Its critical use isn't very different than the literal translation -- the scale of things should fit the purpose, which is why Greek columns on a person's home is tacky.

So how about the bienséance of Obama's pre-inaugural? If I, like several of Little Robin's classmates, had traveled to DC at great personal expense, I don't think a little outdoor concert in the park would seem out of scale among the sea of people filling the mall.