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The Web Braces For Inauguration Traffic
1sockchuck writes "Web sites and social networks are scaling up for huge traffic during today's Inauguration. Photo sharing sites are expecting a surge in volume around the noontime swearing-in, while Twitter has doubled its capacity. Some net watchers say peak volume may not match the record levels seen on Election Night 2008 (as reported by Akamai's Net Usage Index). As noted yesterday, DC-area wireless networks are the most likely bottleneck for messaging and photo sharing. "
...Most likely because it's back-end appears to be running on a MS Access database.
"During My Service In The United States Congress, I Took The Initiative In Creating The Internet." -Al Gore
Since this is the day for it, let me try to put a bit more truth into what you say:
Whether you voted for the guy or not, one cannot deny the magnitude of the ramifications of Barack Obama's election to the U.S. Presidency.
This past election has seen a level of participation from a large cross-section of our nation, showing America's disdain for both the Bush administration and the Republicans who supported him, both home and abroad. While the tea leaves aren't revealing much about what the future holds, Obama's statments and actions so far show us that we have chosen to go down a different path than we have been going for the past eight years, but one that ultimately leads to the same destination as Obama's clubs and associations are similar or near enough to identical to those of Clinton and Bush.
It will be interesting in Obama's freshman year to see how he'll deal with the mess left by W, and if the Republic will survive. I think more than anything, Barack will have trouble living up to the image of a 'Cristo Negro de Esquipulas', as many wrongly look at him as a messiah of sorts for the nation. That aside, we have a unique moment in history in which we will be asked what it was like when the first African American president was inaugurated, to which we'll reply that it was both exciting and uncertain. Exciting because it seems that we have grown from our bigoted and biased past, but uncertain, not because he's black, but because of the economic and foreign calamities and troubles that have been layed before us.
I like to think of Barak as a little weevil. He was certainly the lesser of two evils. That said, there is little expectation among many of us for Obama to do much of anything beyond mere appeasement to attempt to keep the momentum going. He only promises change, not change we need as defined by people that DO understand the economy, the constitution, and empire building.
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drop a deuce dude!
now that's the proper way to celebrate the departure of Bush/Cheney -- by dropping a nice runny, sulfurous, bowl filling turd. Congrats!
Good God, what is the big fucking deal with all the inauguration here? I mean, sure, it is important in that it is the orderly transition of power in the US, but, really people, why are some treating this as the second coming of Christ?
It is just the swearing in of another president....can't we just look at the digested version on the nights news?
Welcome the new Man. Same as the old Man.
Didn't you know? The messiah be here, and his name is Massa Barack Hussein Obama
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your guy and gal lost, you betcha, now get over it you traitorous coward
Because he was born in Africa and obtained a Certificate of Birth from Hawaii and illegally ran for President.