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Old 01-20-2009, 09:53 AM
 
Location: State of Being
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GROUP HUG!!! GROUP HUG!!! Come on - we are all Americans. This is a solemn occasion for transfer of power. Let's all hope our new President can lead us out of this mess our country is in.

 
Old 01-20-2009, 09:54 AM
 
Location: State of Being
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ARETHA! Alright! She is a national treasure, for sure!
 
Old 01-20-2009, 09:55 AM
 
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Watching it on cnn with facebook. Had to queue to get in but I'm in now.
 
Old 01-20-2009, 09:55 AM
 
Location: CLT native
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ARETHA! Alright! She is a national treasure, for sure!
+1!
 
Old 01-20-2009, 09:58 AM
 
Location: Union County
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ARETHA! Alright! She is a national treasure, for sure!
I was enjoying it until that rendition of the song.
 
Old 01-20-2009, 10:02 AM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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The violin performance is nice.
 
Old 01-20-2009, 10:04 AM
 
Location: State of Being
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You just don't get better than this - John Williams' arrangement - and YoYo Ma is amazing!!!!
 
Old 01-20-2009, 10:05 AM
 
Location: State of Being
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I think the crowd is plain disrespectful. Maybe I am just an old poop. The screaming and shouting is inappropriate. I about passed out when people started shouting and screaming during the invocation.
 
Old 01-20-2009, 10:32 AM
 
Location: Moon Over Palmettos
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Okay this poem (or whatever it is) is making me yaaawwwwn and I have a conference call at 2 pm. That was a non-event IMO.
 
Old 01-20-2009, 10:51 AM
 
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I thought the poem was great, it's really nice that Obama decided to have the poet read, it hasn't been done the last couple inaugurations.
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