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The Intellectual Redneck <a href="http://bloggingredneck.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-is-president-rally-around-your.html">Obama is President: Rally around your checkbooks</a>
Obama's Inaugural Speech: Live Thread
TalkLeft —
12:08 pm: President Barack Obama begins his inaugural speech, expected to last 20 minutes. The full text of the speech is here. On challenges: "Know this America, they will be met." He acknowledges the different religions, including "non-believers." Followed by tough talk against those who need to "unclench their fist." 12:26 p.m. Speech over. We have a new President. What a relief. This is a thread for your reactions. I'll be back tonight to cover the televised inaugural balls. ...
Welcome, 44*
Mojo Feed | Mother Jones —
... It's official, we can all sigh a breath of relief and hope, and George Bush can go crawl back under his Texas rock and be forgotten, or prosecuted, or whatever. Here's the full text of President Obama's (how sweet the sound) inaugural address. ...
Inaugural address
Angry Bear —
Transcript of inaugural address courtesy of ABC News.
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... Barack Obama delivered an inaugural address that promised Keynesian economics, green energy, a focus on the economic condition of the non-rich, more careful regulation of markets, respect for the rule of law in the conduct of foreign policy, renewed use of diplomacy, and the honoring of real science -- sentiments his speech tried to present as fully within the American grain, and as fully consistent with a strong defense and overall economic prosperity. ...
Changing the Verb of Homelessness
The American Spectator —
"If good intentions, well-meaning programs and humanitarian
gestures could end homelessness, it would have been history
decades ago."
-- Philip Mangano, Executive Director, United
States Interagency Council on Homelessness
Of all the shortcomings of the Bush presidency, perhaps none was
as frustrating to conservatives as its poor communications
strategy. The problem wasn't just the administration's habit of
announcing policies without sufficiently explaining them, or its
failure to defend unpopular policies. Most discouraging was its
reluctance to talk about policies that proved wildly ...
