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Questions: The Inaugural Edition
OK, so I didnt find a way to scrounge up an Inauguration ticket. I'm certainly not going to spend one of the most beautiful and meaningful weeks in recent memory being bitter. At least A-man and the Big O are making me feel like I'm there with their insanely comprehensive coverage (although how about a little more multimedia please!). In the meantime, as my own little contribution to the week's festivities, I hereby offer up a special Inauguration version of my Questions column. Now these are no fun without reader participation, so you need to contribute by answering!
1) I've been to the mountaintop and I've seen the inevitable references.
2) A well-stocked Cabinet?
3) The over/under.
4) In case Orlando has some free time in DC.
5) For the love of god.
6) First line of business.
7) I still cannot believe his reign is over.
8) The pundits.
9) It's never too early to think ahead.
10) What is the biggest miracle of the week: Black man become POTUS, Passenger plane crashes in river without any fatalities, Cardinals make the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history.
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Koch Brothers, Allies Pledge $100 Million At Private...
Huffington Post - A. Terkel/R. Grim begins report with:
WASHINGTON -- At a private three-day retreat in California last weekend, conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch and about 250 to 300 other individuals pledged approximately $100 million to defeat President Obama in the 2012 elections.
and report includes:
The source told The Huffington Post that they lamented the direction the conference has taken over the years. They said it used to be about "conservative strategy" and building a movement, but now it was mostly an "alpha male" spectacle focused on fundraising to beat Obama.
This is downright frightening.
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Brooks Goes All Revolutionary
If I could offer advice to a young rebel, it would be to rummage the past for a body of thought that helps you understand and address the shortcomings you see. Give yourself a label.
Effective rebellion isn’t just expressing your personal feelings. It means replacing one set of authorities and institutions with a better set of authorities and institutions. Authorities and institutions don’t repress the passions of the heart, the way some young people now suppose. They give them focus and a means to turn passion into change.
As if the socio-political change is a matter of removing one set and plugging in the other set.
In the end, all Brooks once wants to do is point to the kids of today and say "aren't they being silly."
What Brooks wants to avoid is the messiness that comes from delving into the change where the outcome is not known before one set out ahead of time. It wraps this up by saying those who see it in a different way are merely motivated by personal feelings, which is about as asinine as it gets.
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Komen caves, kinda, but still refusing to approve Planned...
As they say, you read, you decide. Preview:
They'll still turn down Planned Parenthood again next time because of the supposed pass-through grant. Unless of course, Nancy Brinker was lying last night. So which is it?
“This represents nothing new. We have known and have reported that they are continuing five grants through 2012. This is a reference to that. The second clause about eligibility is certainly true. Any group can apply for anything. It does not mean they are going to get anything,” Ruse told LifeNews.
Geez, is the 'surrender' a trojan horse? Or in fact, not even a surrender, since ongoing current funding was not being stopped. According to this, it's all about the future funding processes, which is still not committed. Hmmm.
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Senate Votes To Ban Its Members Insider Trading Not Really
Once again, as ever, this bill (as many legislative actions) provides only the facade that our Nation's leaders are legislating what the country needs and holding themselves to the same standards as their constituents.
In truth, the proposed legislation does not provide the same oversight and consequences for Congressional insider trading malfeasance, as the rest of our nation's citizens are subject to under current insider trading laws.
We need to stand up and speak out that this is not good enough! Please, blog - send emails - call - communicate the facts to the WH, media and your own local governmental body, asking them to pass a resolution to be forwarded to your state's congressional members as well as the WH. Don't attack either party as all are culpable. A bi-partisan coalition none should support.
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Komen Reverses Course
Well it took longer than I thought, but just a day longer. KOMEN has reversed course.
We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.
Nancy Komen Brinker goes on to deny what happened and continues to say they were misunderstood, but the backlash has been enormous, and they have reversed course and apologize.
The thing is, I think this will continue to hurt them, as they've been found out, they support policies that that hurt women.
Yep, sorry Nancy, your days in the spotlight are probably over.
I will update this with some video soon.
Read the article at http://blog.komen.org/?p=994
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1) Isn't it awesome that America will officially inaugurate its first black president one day after the country celebrates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? How much credit do you think Dr. King can take for making this inauguration a possibility? Do you think Obama will reference King's mountaintop speech, i have a dream speech, both or neither in his inaugural address?
Yes, it's awesome. King and those who preceded him paved the way, as did the entertainment media: once people (and not just white folk) came to accept someone like Morgan Freeman or Jimmy Smits in the role, an eventual black president became inevitable.
But it was the audacity and smarts of Barack Obama himself that short-circuited the slow plodding of history. Instead of two or three election cycles from now, it's happening tomorrow. That's the incredible part.
If Obama refers to King, it is likely to be obliquely. Beginning now, and certainly by the end of his first term, he wants everyone to see him as the president -- not the first African-American president.
No reference to Dr. King. A couple of subtle, appropriate references to the civil rights struggle to note the historical significance of the moment. I suppose the fact that Obama made several King references on Monday took away the necessity for any further mention of the man. But i think there's no doubt that the good Dr. did more than almost any man to make this dream a reality.
2) Aside from the Clintonites, I'm not too familiar with much of Obama's cabinet. Which nomination are you most impressed with and why? What about the worst selection (Richardson not an option)?
Vilsack and LaHood are in a race to see who is deeper in the pockets of the industry they're supposed to be regulating.
I guess it's not technically a cabinet post, but Panetta as CIA director had me smiling -- especially since it pissed off Feinstein and Rockefeller, the incoming and outgoing Democratic intelligence committee chairs. The U.S. spy apparatus needs a serious shakeup, and Panetta with Obama's backing can deliver it. Feinstein and Rockefeller had way too cozy a relationship.
Hilda Solis as labor secretary may have all the right instincts, but her apparent evasiveness on policy at her nomination hearing didn't bode well. I still don't know if Hillary can be the team player Obama needs her to be, but I'll give her the benefit of a doubt.
3) Give me a time estimate, down to the seconds, for the length of Obama's inauguration speech. Closest to the actual number wins the right to give me a topic for one of my next two question columns. (Edit: Length will be determined by timing speech on Tivo from moment Obama begins actual speech to the point when he says God Bless America, or similar ending, i.e. no thank yous, wife kissing time included)
come on. any other guesses? it wont count if its after the fact!
We know it'll be longer than Lincoln's second inaugural. I'll shoot high: 20 minutes.
according to my tivo, it took 18 minutes and 28 seconds from the time he uttered 'Dear fellow citizens' to the time he said '...and god bless the United States of America.'
So acanuck wins the prize - congrats, and feel free to reply here with a questions column topic if you are so inclined!!
4) What's your favorite tourist attraction in Washington D.C.?
Rock Creek bike paths
I haven't been a real tourist in DC since I was a kid, but I loved the Washington Memorial and surrounding area, and the Smithsonian was awesome when i was a kid.
5) Will Rev. Rick Warren utter the word Jesus or Jesus Christ in his inauguration invocation. If so, how many times will he say it? If not, what word or phrase will he utter that will be closest (i.e. savior, Holy Trinity, son of God, J.C., etc.)?
Either Warren or Orlando will say, "Jesus F'ing Christ it's cold!"
No. He'll say God but keep the references generic and non-denominational. He also won't use the words abortion, gay or same-sex.
well, dijamo, he said Jesus once though he proceeded to utter his name in several different languages, which I guess he thought would be all cool and multiculturalism of him. instead, it just sounded like he was being a typical evangelist, wanting to be a missionary and act as if jesus was the true god for everybody, no matter where they lived or what language they spoke. He also threw a bone to Jews with the recitation of the shema. Im not going to say the invocation was awful - the guy can clearly deliver a speech with passion - but it wasn't inclusive and I still don't think it was a necessary choice given his antigay rhetoric.
6) What will be the first executive order signed by Obama? What about the first bill passed by Congress?
Tomorrow, he'll quietly block or overturn a slew of last-minute Bush executive orders. Wednesday, he'll meet the top military brass, officially give them the mission of bringing the Iraq troops home. As he's announcing that, he'll also say he's ordered Gitmo closed and maybe for good measure that he's ending don't-ask-don't-tell.
I'm cheating here since CNN source is predicting this, but honestly eliminating the prohibition on funding int'l family planning agencies that provide info on abortion would have been my first guess.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/19/obama.abortion/index.html
First bill passed by Congress their own payraise :) Something they can all agree on.
7) And George W: What do you think will be the first non-vacation(ranch)-related thing of significance he does after leaving office?
He's planning something of significance?
haha. good point acanuck. but i'd actually be surprised if he doesn't eventually work hard to rehabilitate his reputation with some good work and charitable activity. he's a young man, and while we know he likes his ranch and texas, i'm hoping he continues some of the important work he did for africa (one of the very few good things he did during his administration).
if he ends up just trying to use his title as ex-president to make money by giving speeches, i'll be shocked.
8) Which channel's television coverage of the Inauguration will you be watching the most? Whose opinion of Obama's inaugural address are you most interested in hearing?
CBC is sending a team down to view things from a Canadian perspective. I'll give that a shot, along with CNN. And I'll tune in Dagblog for in-depth analysis.
9) OK, let's keep thinking big: What will be the next minority to reach the highest office in the land? Hispanic, Jewish, Gay, Female, Asian (I know, I know, I've excluded a ton of others) ... List them in order of likelihood.
given our whole debate about warren's invocation, i should have added non-believer to the mix of groups. That's probably the last thing we'll ever see, at least a non-believer who's out of the closet...
10) I know it's an inauguration column, but I still have football on the mind right now. So please give me you Super Bowl Winner, Final Score and MVP Predictions. For those of you who don't care about the game or follow sports, please predict whether Springsteen's halftime act will suck ass or not.
Steelers, 24-14, Polamalu
Springsteen never sucks.
Cardinals 24, Steelers 20. Warner. I hate halftime shows, tho i agree prince gave a rahter good one. Springsteen will be fine but not that memorable.