Obama won!

colorthestars · 21 Jan 09 :: 06:27

I agree. Good one, Anne.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 21 Jan 09 :: 07:39

Beautiful pic...

Illinoisguy1 · 21 Jan 09 :: 09:40

Is Obama a Trekkie???

http://trekmovie.com/2009/01/20/star-tr … ion-event/

As reported by TrekMovie (and elsewhere) Barack Obama is the first Trekkie President, having made several references to Star Trek in the past. And it just so happens that Star Trek worked its way into an event on his inauguration day today, unfortunately it was another Star Wars/Star Trek conflation.

Obama, Jedi or Vulcan?
This morning Bishop T.D. Jakes, a pastor of a Dallas megachurch, was the keynote speaker for the Inauguration Day Prayer Service at the historic St. John's Church on Lafayette Square, across from the White House. The Obamas were in attendance and after giving a reading from the Bible, Jakes decided to try to 'get hip.' In an articled titled "At pre-inaugural church service, Jakes mixes up 'Star Wars' and 'Star Trek'" The Dallas Morning News reports what happened next:
Jakes then tried to make the point a different way:
"I say to you as my son who is here today, my 14-year-old son – he probably would not quote Scripture. He probably would use Star Trek instead, and so I say, 'May the force be with you.' "
Swing and a miss Bishop Jakes. As a Trekkie, and comic collector, Obama surely noticed that as a Star Wars quote. Jakes should have gone with "live long and prosper." The Dallas Morning news asked Jakes if he realized his mistake and said that he heard from his son who who showed him his error. Jakes noted "So much for trying to be young."
Tahir attends inauguration
There is another Trek connection to today's inauguration activities. The Associated Press of Pakistan reports that Pakistani actor Faran Tahir (Capt. Robau in the new Star Trek movie), was one of the invited guests of inauguration of President Obama…Surely this can inspire one of those 'Facts About Captain Robau.'

domesticelefant · 21 Jan 09 :: 12:17

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan wrote:

Samsy-Marie wrote:
BU(LL)SH(IT) is finally out! :applause:
OBAMA's finally in! :dancing:
You said it, Anne. What you did with Bush's name is very true and clever. ; ]

LOL Thanks. I spotted a guy holding a sign with that on TV eight years ago when I watched the news and they brought some snippets about Bush's inauguration. I loved that (The sign, not the inauguration).

CappuGirl · 21 Jan 09 :: 13:33

"Just a friendly reminder, shave your crotch, January 20th is the last day for Bush."

:rofl: Something funny I just read somewere...

TheCentralScrutinizer · 21 Jan 09 :: 16:20

That's HIGHlarious!

justme · 22 Jan 09 :: 07:45

Not only did he win, he's now been sworn in twice over.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_ … th_do_over

WASHINGTON – After the flub heard around the world, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesday night at the White House — a rare do-over. The surprise moment came in response to Tuesday's much-noticed stumble, when Roberts got the words of the oath a little off, which prompted Obama to do so, too.

Don't worry, the White House says: Obama has still been president since noon on Inauguration Day.

Nevertheless, Obama and Roberts went through the drill again out of what White House counsel Greg Craig called "an abundance of caution."

This time, the scene was the White House Map Room in front of a small group of reporters, not the Capitol platform before the whole watching world.

"We decided that because it was so much fun ...," Obama joked to reporters who followed press secretary Robert Gibbs into the room. No TV camera crews or news photographers were allowed in. A few of Obama's closest aides were there, along with a White House photographer.

Roberts put on his black robe.

"Are you ready to take the oath?" he said.

"Yes, I am," Obama said. "And we're going to do it very slowly."

Roberts then led Obama through the oath without any missteps.

The president said he did not have his Bible with him, but that the oath was binding anyway.

The original, bungled version on Tuesday caught observers by surprise and then got replayed on cable news shows.

It happened when Obama interrupted Roberts midway through the opening line, in which the president repeats his name and solemnly swears.

Next in the oath is the phrase " ... that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States." But Roberts rearranged the order of the words, not saying "faithfully" until after "president of the United States."

That appeared to throw Obama off. He stopped abruptly at the word "execute."

Recognizing something was off, Roberts then repeated the phrase, putting "faithfully" in the right place but without repeating "execute."

But Obama then repeated Roberts' original, incorrect version: "... the office of president of the United States faithfully."

Craig, the White House lawyer, said in a statement Wednesday evening: "We believe the oath of office was administered effectively and that the president was sworn in appropriately yesterday. Yet the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out of the abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the oath a second time."

The Constitution is clear about the exact wording of the oath and as a result, some constitutional experts have said that a do-over probably wasn't necessary but also couldn't hurt. Two other previous presidents have repeated the oath because of similar issues, Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur.

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domesticelefant · 22 Jan 09 :: 11:00

Yeah, I read on the news this morning that he did it again. But hey, two are better than one, right?

TheCentralScrutinizer · 25 Jan 09 :: 05:44

Another really cute pic...

Illinoisguy1 · 25 Jan 09 :: 12:00

As some of you know I use DVD Profiler to inventory my DVDs.

Well on their forum they have a General Discussion section and they do discuss politics.

Let's just say that many on there are Republicans and really dislike Obama. I don't post in that discussion because they'll jump on you like a pack of dogs. Heck they even think that closing down Guantánamo is a bad idea.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 25 Jan 09 :: 20:32

Well, you know, it's not like the wingnuts are gonna just disappear over night. They're bitter little whiners now because they lost the absolute power they enjoyed for 8 years. Awwwwww. Don't they all sound hilariously desperate now? My favorite thing is how they called progressives America-haters for 8 years and now that we're in power you have assclowns Lush Limpballs saying he hopes Obama fails. Because, you know those right wingers love their country so much they want to see her brought to her knees.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 29 Jan 09 :: 23:07

Excuse the language, but I just LOVE this...

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 30 Jan 09 :: 04:59

Awesome photo! I love it!

Lynnie~ · 04 Feb 09 :: 06:10

Has anyone else noticed yet that Obama is left handed? I noticed it his first day in office, and they showed him signing something for the first time as president, and I was like Oh my word, he's left handed! I think that's pretty cool.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 04 Feb 09 :: 06:11

Lots of very special people are.

domesticelefant · 04 Feb 09 :: 18:31

Lynnie~ wrote:

Has anyone else noticed yet that Obama is left handed? I noticed it his first day in office, and they showed him signing something for the first time as president, and I was like Oh my word, he's left handed! I think that's pretty cool.

Yeah, I noticed that too. I was watching CNN and I saw him sign something on his first day (probably the same thing you saw) and I thought "Hey, he's left handed, how cool!" LOL

justme · 04 Feb 09 :: 22:09

I'm liking our new president more and more:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_ … cutive_pay

It's a good start, anyway.:)

TheCentralScrutinizer · 04 Feb 09 :: 22:33

Oh yeah, totally agree with him on that one. Why should these guys be allowed to lay off regular workers so that they can keep their million dollar salaries and obscene bonuses? It's about time the top 1% started feeling the pinch too.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 05 Feb 09 :: 04:57

That's great he's left-handed. I'm left handed as well.

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TheCentralScrutinizer · 05 Feb 09 :: 05:01

So many of my favorite people are.

domesticelefant · 05 Feb 09 :: 15:05

My oldest friend is left handed. I remember I wanted to be left handed too after I found out when I was a kid. LOL

domesticelefant · 12 Feb 09 :: 18:48

I think these are the coolest pics I ever saw of an American president. (Minus the cat, of course. Poor thing! I don't know who put that together.)

TheCentralScrutinizer · 12 Feb 09 :: 19:59

LOL! I love that. HIGHlarious!

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 13 Feb 09 :: 21:20

Those pictures are really cool! = )

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TheCentralScrutinizer · 04 Mar 09 :: 22:39

This is HIGHlarious. Bad paintings of Barack Obama. Read the article, click the link and giggle till you pee.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/0 … 71525.html

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