Congress: Get off my lawn!

You've got to suffer a certain level of dumb to want to be on the Mall on January 20th.

But it's just a popularity contest... right? Right?

I think it's something else entirely.

I still want to know if The Messiah will carry his own cross or if someone does it for him? And what about the nails, who brings the nails?

BillCo: I still want to know if The Messiah will carry his own cross or if someone does it for him? And what about the nails, who brings the nails?

You all sound like a the girl that lost out on being Prom Queen. Your candidate sucked by comparison. Get over it.

BillCo: I still want to know if The Messiah will carry his own cross or if someone does it for him? And what about the nails, who brings the nails?

HA HA! You lost to a Magic Negro!

BillCo: I still want to know if The Messiah will carry his own cross or if someone does it for him? And what about the nails, who brings the nails?

While Sarah Palin is the Messiah of the right who often believe she will lead the religious right to political victory, I really don't see why she would show up in Washington bearing a cross at Obamas inauguration.

Can you imagine the wharrgarbl that would erupt from conservative talk radio if a hundred people were trampled during the innauguration?

"OBAMA HAS MURDERED 100 OF YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS!!!!GARBLWHARRBL!!!!"

Av8rLuvr: You've got to suffer a certain level of dumb to want to be on the Mall on January 20th.

Amen to that. You could brave the crowds for the extreme privilege of being allowed to stand around for a couple of hours, freezing your bits and pieces off while watching the proceedings on a jumbo-tron. Sounds like fun!

Kazuya:

You all sound like a the girl that lost out on being Prom Queen. Your candidate sucked by comparison. Get over it.

No... his fighter jock candidate got his ass kicked by a nerd.

p.s., BillCo The only people I see with the Messiah crap are folks like you.

PoopStain: The last time I was in DC I think of the 10 metro stations I visited, two had working escalators. Some of those stations are like 15 stories down.

I fully expect a spate of "had a heart attack" stories in the news after Inauguration Day. Unless tempers get really short, I doubt there's going to be a huge increase in crime, but you never know. It could be exciting. I'll be comfortably about 3,000 miles away.

Even the most conservative estimates put 2 million extra people in DC that day...I'm pretty sure there's gonna be some crime going on.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Can you imagine the wharrgarbl that would erupt from conservative talk radio if a hundred people were trampled during the innauguration?

"OBAMA HAS MURDERED 100 OF YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS!!!!GARBLWHARRBL!!!!"

Or you could use: "The Obama Administration failed to do their first job, which was organizing a safe and secure inauguration!"

Remember, if anyone connected to Obama does it, surely Obama meant for it to happen.

DeathByGeekSquad: Or you could use: "The Obama Administration failed to do their first job, which was organizing a safe and secure inauguration!"

Remember, if anyone connected to Obama does it, surely Obama meant for it to happen.

True, but the right wing radio shows tend to be more on the batshiat crazy side. So it'd probably be more like: "The Obama Administration actively promoted the murder of 100 innocent Americans in the name of Moooooslims"

I think it would be pretty neat to be able to say "I was there" at the million man march, at the "I have a dream" speech, or at the inauguration of the first black president. I'm sure a large number of people will go to be able to say "I was there." Then at least your grandchildren would love you for more than your ice cream storage.

Nudge: I think it would be pretty neat to be able to say "I was there" at the million man march, at the "I have a dream" speech, or at the inauguration of the first black president. I'm sure a large number of people will go to be able to say "I was there." Then at least your grandchildren would love you for more than your ice cream storage.

Your grandchildren will be more likely to ignore your "war stories" and loudly complain that you don't have an X-Box 2040 Platinum II and the latest version of Halo.

he's just got brown skin. whats the big deal?

All those with a crush on Obama to the Mall!

Nudge: I think it would be pretty neat to be able to say "I was there" at the million man march, at the "I have a dream" speech, or at the inauguration of the first black president. I'm sure a large number of people will go to be able to say "I was there." Then at least your grandchildren would love you for more than your ice cream storage.

I just tell people I was there, regardless if I was or not.

Doesn't matter GWB will launch the nukes on the 19th. Thus, he will begin the apocalypse, the Rapture and the second coming of Christ.

PoopStain: The last time I was in DC I think of the 10 metro stations I visited, two had working escalators. Some of those stations are like 15 stories down.

That hasn't changed. They have announced they are testing new seat fabrics though. So we have that going for us.

I fully expect a spate of "had a heart attack" stories in the news after Inauguration Day. Unless tempers get really short, I doubt there's going to be a huge increase in crime, but you never know. It could be exciting. I'll be comfortably about 3,000 miles away.

January in DC tends to be cold and wet. Mix in the fact people will be walking/standing for hours on end I expect a lot of "old person falls" type stories.

I'm staying home. I don't have tickets so I would only be standing outside watching it on a big screen TV anyway. Might as well be warm while doing it.

no one i know who put their house up for rent for $2000 a night got any takers. and the expected numbers were recently revised by half.

So what's the over/under on an assassination attempt?

DeathByGeekSquad: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Can you imagine the wharrgarbl that would erupt from conservative talk radio if a hundred people were trampled during the innauguration?

"OBAMA HAS MURDERED 100 OF YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS!!!!GARBLWHARRBL!!!!"

Or you could use: "The Obama Administration failed to do their first job, which was organizing a safe and secure inauguration!"

Remember, if anyone connected to Obama does it, surely Obama meant for it to happen.

Worked for the last 8 years. Why fix propaganda lines that aren't broken?

I think Obama's probably going to be a pretty good president. At least, probably less-bad than the previous three.

But I don't get this cult-like devotion at all. I mean, WTF?

Said it before and hope I'm horribly wrong... The event will be a terrorist's wet dream. No way in heck I'd be within 5 miles of the gathering, given any choice in the matter...

PoopStain: The last time I was in DC I think of the 10 metro stations I visited, two had working escalators. Some of those stations are like 15 stories down.

they never fix the broken escalators. once one breaks, it remains broken for a minimum of 3 years. if you aren't willing to fix a broken escalator, why not just install stairs instead?

vid: But I don't get this cult-like devotion at all. I mean, WTF?

He has an easy to comprehend and inspiring message that is hard to argue against, and he is a young Politician who seems to act smart.

He is also a winner. American's love winners.

67 Beetle: Av8rLuvr: You've got to suffer a certain level of dumb to want to be on the Mall on January 20th.

Amen to that. You could brave the crowds for the extreme privilege of being allowed to stand around for a couple of hours, freezing your bits and pieces off while watching the proceedings on a jumbo-tron. Sounds like fun!

THIS

I'm taking off work that day, heard scuttle but that they are gonna partially close I395 to park buses on it.
Google earth the area to see the potential comedy value of implementing such a plan. Unfortunately they (Local officials) don't have a choice.

AR55: He is also a winner. American's love winners.

And river otters. Americans love river otters.

SlothB77: they never fix the broken escalators. once one breaks, it remains broken for a minimum of 3 years. if you aren't willing to fix a broken escalator, why not just install stairs instead?

Isn't a non working escalator just a set of stairs?

I pity the fool who shows up wearing a "Keep The Change" t-shirt in an ocean of Obamatrons, 'cause it's gonna be be chilly in da city!

I don't understand the need to make such a large deal out of someone being sworn in. Sure, his family and close friends have a vested interest in that but others? Seems to be a rather collosal waste of money.

Did we have this type of ceremony when NASA hired Neil Armstrong? His only achievement was to be the first person to walk on the surface of the moon. I suppose that pales in comparison to starting the job of President. After all, thats only been done 43 times before.

What's wrong with a private little ceremony that can be televised to all of America? Or do people really need to vicariously live thier lives through others?

dettigersnw22: he's just got brown skin. whats the big deal?

Because a black man finally went out and got a job.

/Oh no he didn't.
//Oh yes he did.
///Puts on asbestos suit.

SlothB77: if you aren't willing to fix a broken escalator, why not just install stairs instead?

that is the thing about escalators. if it breaks... Boom. you have installed stairs.

I live in DC - on 16th Street, up from the White House, and am staying far away from that area on the 20th. Or, at least, staying at home.

Everyone at work has been advised to take a personal day that day - most major streets and bridges into and out of DC are going to be closed to vehicles except police and charter buses. Metro is going to be a nightmare (and they're charging rush hour rates all day).

While it'd be neat to say I was there, hell, I'm a few blocks away no matter what. I practically am there. I'm looking at this like most people I know in DC treat, say, the 4th of July on the Mall. Everyone asks "Oh, do you go to the 4th of July on the Mall?" No. Tourists do that. We go to the roof of our (or a friend's) building and get a much better view without 523612623 people.

SlothB77: no one i know who put their house up for rent for $2000 a night got any takers. and the expected numbers were recently revised by half.

Well that tears it. I'm voting for McCain.

I live 1.5 hours outside DC (on a normal traffic day). The local hotels here have been booked for weeks for that time.

I think I may just stay home that day.

There's no such thing as a suitcase sized thermo nooclear device.

SlothB77: they never fix the broken escalators. once one breaks, it remains broken for a minimum of 3 years. if you aren't willing to fix a broken escalator, why not just install stairs instead?

Because a broken escalator pretty much *is* stairs?

Stop it, dang it! I want to like Obama, but you damned worshippers are so freakin' obnoxious, it's becoming more and more difficult. You're becoming what you despise.

/don't forget to tip your waiters and waitresses

MilitaryTigger: Said it before and hope I'm horribly wrong... The event will be a terrorist's wet dream. No way in heck I'd be within 5 miles of the gathering, given any choice in the matter...


Yes, terrorism on US soil is such a huge problem these days, as evidenced by the spending of billions on security theatreprecautions and Big Brotherthe DHS and TSA.

Nobody could possibly think that we were doing all this for any reason other than to grow our power and extract more taxprotect you from the brown menace, could they?


Sure, if there's an incident, I'll eat my words. I don't think it's going to happen. 9/11 stands out because it's the only thing they managed to pull off.

Oh, unless you mean domestic terrorists? I can imagine some batshiat crazy, extreme right-winger, racist sumbiatch trying something on because they're all butthurt about the Dems winning (at a time like this, when they're obviously on the side of the muslims! Democrats are treasonous traitors!) and there being a black president.

DC + Jan. 20th = Police State

2wolves: p.s., BillCo The only people I see with the Messiah crap are folks like you.

Untrue. Folks like him are the only ones VOCALIZING it in those terms. Obama is being revered in religious terms by a few segments of the US and A without realizing it. Part of it is the fervor of electing a black guy to the Presidency (which is really astonishing), and the total relief of Bush leaving which even makes a lot of us right wingers happy. If you look for it it's there. As God is my witness, there is a Tshirt shop that does it's own airbrushing near my home. In the window was a shirt with a picture of Obama and Biggie smalls on a flag of dollar bills. I saw a shirt somewhere on 70th street in Chicago in which Obama was literally portrayed as Jesus. Halo and everything. It's sort of creepy.

Gothnet: 9/11 stands out because it's the only thing they managed to pull off.

you know they bombed the WTC before, right.

PoopStain: The last time I was in DC I think of the 10 metro stations I visited, two had working escalators. Some of those stations are like 15 stories down.

I fully expect a spate of "had a heart attack" stories in the news after Inauguration Day. Unless tempers get really short, I doubt there's going to be a huge increase in crime, but you never know. It could be exciting. I'll be comfortably about 3,000 miles away.

Rosslyn (Blue/Orange) and Woodley Park-Zoo (Red) stations have the neverending escalators. Then again, I haven't been on the ol' Metro system in about three years. These days, I'd probably die of a heart attack just looking at them.

The biggest concern will be traffic. The entire Federal government has the day off, and with good reason.

I was working at a gas station in the suburbs during the Million Man March back in 1995. Other than selling out of Newports and Kools in about eight seconds flat, there were no issues.

/Staying the hell home, and playing Silent Hill 2, damnit.

Metro will be a disaster. It can barely run on a good day now with too many riders not willing to pay the full cost of running the system. Forget heart attacks, people are going to fall in front of the trains because the platforms will be too crowded.

/going to Vegas

michaeld5: DC + Jan. 20th = Police State

Can it be a Police State when the cops are outnumbered 300 to 1?

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: DeathByGeekSquad: Or you could use: "The Obama Administration failed to do their first job, which was organizing a safe and secure inauguration!"

Remember, if anyone connected to Obama does it, surely Obama meant for it to happen.

True, but the right wing radio shows tend to be more on the batshiat crazy side. So it'd probably be more like: "The Obama Administration actively promoted the murder of 100 innocent Americans in the name of Moooooslims"

My friends, have you ever heard the terms Hajj and Kaaba?

You've probably heard our heroic troops refer to terrorist insurgents as "Hajiis". This is what those people (and I use the term loosely) call themselves after they've gone on a pilgramage to Mecca. The pilgrimage is called the Hajj, and those who have gone on it are Hajiis. So these are the most fanatical of the fanatics, the most terroristic terrorists in existence.

Anyway, every year they have this Hajj thing, and fanatical mobs swarm around a holy black rock called the Kaaba in Mecca. Look, Mr Snerdly, I can't keep all those foreign words straight either, but just bear with me for a second. This is an educational radio show, and I'm trying to educate our listeners.

So when these Mooslims pray to Mecca five times a day, they're actually facing the Kaaba. Well you can imagine what happens when a bunch of fanatics finally comes face to face with the black rock that they've been worshipping from afar their entire lives.

Every single year they have this Hajj, a few dozen people are trampled to death. Imagine that, a bunch of wackos martyring themselves for the sake of a holy black rock. Silly, I know.

Well, how is this any different from the tragedy that just occurred on the National Mall?

A bunch of wacko fanatics, who worship a black object from afar, travel vast distances to be in the actual physical presence of the object of their worship.

What. Did. They. Think. Was. Going. To. Happen?!

My friends, they should have KNOWN this was going to happen.

It happens every year.

In Mecca.

This was an avoidable tragedy. And they did NOTHING to prevent it.

And THESE are the people who claim that President Bush didn't do enough to prevent 9-11? Please.

We're coming up on a hard break, more on this after this EIB Network profit-generating commercial break.

ElMuerte: dettigersnw22: he's just got brown skin. whats the big deal?

Because a black man finally went out and got a job.


Actually.. it was sort of given to him.
/and as is typical of A.A. , a more qualified & experienced white man was passed over to make it happen.
// hehehe :)