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2017-01-20

I just finished watching President Trump take the oath of office.

No North Koran missiles wiped out the capital.

As far as I know, no trains were chained to their stations.

No drones zapped anyone.

The Chief Justice didn't refused to administer the oath because Trump is yucky to SJWs.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir showed up and sang God Bless America.

The University of Missouri Choir showed up and sang something a capella.

There was an enormous crowd on the Mall. They were well-behaved. No Democrats showed up in KKK costumes. Chuck Schumer didn't talk all afternoon. A lady named Jackie Evancho, who has a sweet Charlotte Church-ish voice, sang the National Anthem possibly as well as I've ever heard it sung, only trying to sex it up at the very end.

Trump's speech was sixteen minutes long. His theme was that we all bleed the same color and that We, the People, are in charge now.

I don't know about everybody else, but I'm psyched.

Posted by:Fred

#21 Wonderful moments.
He ignored a number of haters turned ass kissers, like Paul Ryan.

Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-20 22:03

#20 So help me, I set out to post a straight take, but when I saw this I couldn't help myself.

For all you older Burgers, especially, and for you, Mom.

Posted by: Bezonia Golfer9550 2017-01-20 18:56

#19 Bella Canto

Posted by: Jeasing Creque5352 2017-01-20 18:31

#18 Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, it's a good day!

Posted by: Bobby 2017-01-20 18:05

#17 Trump gave a God and country speech. God bless him.

And Andrew Card, former Bush Sr. adviser, trashed it. Un-fucking believable...

Posted by: Raj 2017-01-20 18:03

#16 @tw - You are far too kind.

Posted by: Woodrow Sinatra7133 2017-01-20 16:52

#15 Woodrow Sinatra7133, if I could write like you, I would.

Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-20 16:28

#14 @Ptah - Someone else will have to confirm but I believe one who receives a pardon cannot exercise their Fifth Amendment right. That is to say their testimony on all matters for which they received a pardon can be compelled.

Posted by: Woodrow Sinatra7133 2017-01-20 16:25

#13 This was the speech of an American President drawn straight from central casting at the darkest depths of act two who arrives just in time to lead the unlikely recovery of the nation throughout a glorious act three. That's a good thing as it likely resonated with everyone for whom it was intended. I found it reminiscent of early Reagan.

For those of you who've been there: it was also a speech by a CEO to a bloated and floundering organization badly in need of a new direction.

I particularly liked the bright lines and clarity, including moral clarity about the struggle of our times that has been so sorely absent for a couple of decades now. Consider, "We will ... unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth...." (emphasis mine)

Not "Islamist", not "not the true Islam", not "Islam is the religion of peace but ...", or any of that tripe we've been subjected to for so many years now but instead a clear statement of the plague that defiles our planet. Moral clarity of that sort has been sorely lacking in DC for a very long time. Again, I might go so far as to say the last example of that sort of bright line moral clarity was Reagan's reference to the Soviet Union being an evil empire.

And note his invocation of the "civilized world". I'd wager that a wide majority of the world's diplomatic corps (and everyone at Turtle Bay) dove for their fainting couches and Valium at that. This, too, was as welcome as it was long overdue because much of the world is not civilized and it's past time we admitted that to ourselves.

I'm optimistic and there's a great deal this administration can accomplish on their own but he'll still need to intimidate a few squishy RINOs and eight or ten Dems in the Senate in order to accomplish large things. Time will tell.

Posted by: Woodrow Sinatra7133 2017-01-20 16:23

#12 We've had VE Day and VJ Day...now it's VO Day.
God bless America!

Posted by: Warthog 2017-01-20 16:18

#11 Happy Freedom Day to all!

Posted by: badanov 2017-01-20 16:07

#10 @9 Ptah: Hillary pardon? Bill Clinton is, probably, looking for a deal with the Donald. The Soros Mob hates both of them so there is probably something...

Posted by: magpie 2017-01-20 15:40

#9 I happen to be off today, so I could watch (11:30-12:15 range). I used CSpan so there were no whiny announcers.

I was moved to tears. Especially impressed that in his speech Trump used "you" and "we," rather than Bambi's incessant "I" and "me." He gets it.

This is probably our last chance, people. We can't get complacent again. As much as I hate politics, we need to PAY ATTENTION all the time to protect our wonderful nation.

God Bless America.

Posted by: Barbara 2017-01-20 15:33

#8 Hmm...is it just me, or is there no news of a pardon for shrillary because there has been NO pardon?

Posted by: Ptah 2017-01-20 14:53

#7 Trump stood up there in front of all those politicians and bureaucrats and told them they have done wrong but it's all over now. They were not smiling because he had some very tough words for them and they had to sit there and listen. He raked them over the coals. It was great. As has already been noted, Trump has already performed a great service to our country by preventing the Clintons and the Bushes from reacquiring the White House. Time will tell if he can continue to perform as advertised. I've been disappointed by politicians many times before. But he sure delivered a great speech.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-01-20 14:19

#6 Tradition has it that a sermon service is held just before the president elect takes the podium. The attendees are the president elect, his/her immediate family and friends. 300 people were at the service this morning.

The preacher was the pastor of the 12,000 member mega-church First Baptist Church of Dallas who the now ultra-liberal Dallas Morning News hates. The pastor announced last Sunday morning to all the services attended by the many thousands of members. The Dallas Morning News, 7 blocks away, not one member let the new know about it.

A week later, yesterday, the Dallas Morning News found out about it from CNN in DC. Not one member bothered to tell the local news. Tells you how divided this nation is due to liberal intolerance.

Posted by: Pearl Jath5911 2017-01-20 14:00

#5 While Mr. Obama, esq. is making a speech, President Trump is already at work, signing excutive orders. Talk about setting the tone and hitting the ground running!

I'm psyched, too. Reading some interesting things lately -- apparently he trademarked "Making America great again" shortly after Mitt Romney lost in 2012.

Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-20 13:31

#4 I watched, too, my first inauguration but I wanted to sit as witness if something awful happened. A clean event, though Mr. Trump and then-president Obama sat fifteen minutes beyond the schedule chatting before descending to join the rest parading out to their places. It may be prejudice, but I suspect the delay did not come from the man about to be sworn in.

Former President Obama is now speaking somewhere in Washington, DC. He can't let go of the spotlight, nor the newsies from giving it to him.

Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-20 13:14

#3 Dissonance and such are the modern fashion for choral singing, demonstrating their ability to go beyond Beethoven, Bach and Brahms. I loathe it, but there it is. That's what the U of Missouri was doing.

The very best choruses also eschew vibrato except where period-appropriate, going for the more difficult pure note sound.

Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-20 13:09

#2 And we didn't hear a lot of first person pronouns.

Posted by: gorb 2017-01-20 13:06

#1 Trump gave a God and country speech. God bless him.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-01-20 12:53

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