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Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President of the US

Posted by timothy on from the worst-job-in-the-whole-world-but-the-best-perks dept.

Just before noon today, Eastern time, Barack Obama was sworn in before the US Capitol building as the 44th President of the United States (Whitehouse.gov has already been updated to reflect the new President), and offered an inaugural address which outlined some of the challenges that the country currently faces, both within the country's borders and abroad. Obama's election has been called "a civil rights triumph," and his candidacy has inspired perhaps the most visible political involvement of young voters of any candidate since John Kennedy. Here's your chance to discuss the newest occupant of the White House and what you'd like to see happen over the course of his presidency.

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  1. Oh YES!!! by sherms · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Finally someone with a fricken brain!!!

    1. Re:Oh YES!!! by Mr.+Firewall · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      Finally someone with a fricken brain!!!

      And like every liberal -- a shiny new one, 'coz it's NEVER BEEN USED!

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  2. Re:Time by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    He becomes president the moment he's given the codes to the bomb and they start working. Not before, not after.

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  3. Re:Optionally by tmosley · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Sweet, so lets keep "compromising" until we have one branch of government and a nice fuhrer we can all get behind. Great idea. Just wonderful.

  4. I do not think it means what you think it means. by decoy256 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    You have no clue what "General Welfare" means, do you? It doesn't mean "Do whatever the hell you want", which is how it is currently interpreted.

    If it did mean "Do whatever the hell you want", then why have 17 follow-up paragraphs detailing exactly what congress can do? Why even give the illusion of states' rights if "General Welfare" means what you say it means?

    Idiots like you are what ruin this nation. Go fuck up some other country.

  5. Hail to the new chief.. same as the old chief. by k1e0x · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Anyone else get a kick out of the Obama Zealots out there? All this flowing worship over him.. kinda sickening and scary.

    I fell like saying.. "Psst! He's a politician.. he is either lying, doesn't actually mean it, or he's incapable of doing it. Get over it."

    I feel people are going to be seriously let down when Obama..

    Doesn't fix the economy.
    Doesn't end the war on terror.
    Doesn't abolish the Department of Homeland Security. ..and doesn't hold the neo-con's responsible at all.

    The problem is deeper than just one man or one office.. it's the problem man has always had with governments and I'm pretty sure people won't see it this time until it's too late.

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  6. Ad Banner by nurb432 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    How ironic, the first ad i see is 'free government money'.

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