youtube.com - 1/19/2009
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Barack Obama's speech at the Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/18/2009
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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com —
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to
gather at the Lincoln Memorial today for the "We...
Are One: Opening Inaugural Celebration." Times reporters are at the event and will regularly update this post throughout the day.
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The Scene at the Lincoln Memorial
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Barack Obama: Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
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President-Elect Barack Obama speaks at the Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. January 18th, 2009.
Yes we can
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
by Amanda Marcotte
I saw this video at Ezra’s and started to choke up, like the giant nerd that I am. The idea of America has seemed so unlikely for so long that I thought it was most likely dead for me, but turns out that my hopes could surface once again with the mere application of a folk song that expresses the best of our national character, instead of the worst that’s been given license to run a path of destruction for the past 8 years. A friend of mine said that she knew the minute that they certified Bush’s election that we would be at war within a couple of years, but I doubt ...
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