...and in the end, he had to be wheeled out.

[AFK]

I think with all of the hoopla, pomp, and circumstance of today's Inauguration, perhaps the greatest symbol of the ceremonies was Dick Cheney in that wheel chair.  The images of he and George W. Bush entering the grandstand.  Bush, standing, but with a look of heavy and cumbersome relief that his end is finally nigh.  Cheney, hunched in that wheel chair, like a decrepit, Igor being wheeled to justice.  The clear disdain etched on his face for having to exist in that moment and in that capacity. 

They are announced to the crowds and the boos, chants, and jeers did start.  And it was to be expected.  One cannot face the end of oppressive mediocrity and not be overtaken by the need to give voice to the emotions and feelings inside.  George W. Bush is seated, Dick Cheney wheeled to his spot to witness history.  And his spot was behind a clear, fiberglass partition.  Yet another poignant metaphor of what the rest of his miserable life will be.  Hiding from history.  Hoping he dies peacefully in his sleep and not by the bullet of an enraged widow of a Gulf War vet. 

His disposition at this moment in time so very apropos.  A symbol, that in the end, not even he, Dick Cheney could escape this administration unharmed.  He was foiled by the simple act of lifting a box that inevitably contained some piece of his past 8 years.  It is fitting to see that not even he, can be untouched by the weight and burden of what he, and his friend George W. Bush, had created.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I think with all of the hoopla, pomp, and circumstance of today's Inauguration, perhaps the greatest symbol of the ceremonies was Dick Cheney in that wheel chair.  The images of he and George W. Bush entering the grandstand.  Bush, standing, but with a look of heavy and cumbersome relief that his end is finally nigh.  Cheney, hunched in that wheel chair, like a decrepit, Igor being wheeled to justice.  The clear disdain etched on his face for having to exist in that moment and in that capacity. 

They are announced to the crowds and the boos, chants, and jeers did start.  And it was to be expected.  One cannot face the end of oppressive mediocrity and not be overtaken by the need to give voice to the emotions and feelings inside.  George W. Bush is seated, Dick Cheney wheeled to his spot to witness history.  And his spot was behind a clear, fiberglass partition.  Yet another poignant metaphor of what the rest of his miserable life will be.  Hiding from history.  Hoping he dies peacefully in his sleep and not by the bullet of an enraged widow of a Gulf War vet. 

His disposition at this moment in time so very apropos.  A symbol, that in the end, not even he, Dick Cheney could escape this administration unharmed.  He was foiled by the simple act of lifting a box that inevitably contained some piece of his past 8 years.  It is fitting to see that not even he, can be untouched by the weight and burden of what he, and his friend George W. Bush, had created.

Hail Hail!
Hail Yes!

[indigoblade]

My favorite part was the nananana nananana hey hey goodbye chant. Fucking awesome to watch their faces when they heard that, it brought a tear to my eye.

[Elder Iptuous]

excellent!

[Payne]

[Cramulus]

and well said, RWHN. I was hoping Cheney'd take this last opportunity to use his Force Lightning, but alas, he was too decrepit.

Anybody else think the poet was pretty milquetoast? I guess she wrote exactly what the inauguration poem is expected to be.


"Stuff was bad. But we have to be good and do the right thing. It'll take hard work, but love conquers all."
                                /






thirdly, I wonder if we are going to continue to be reminded of Obama's race for the next four years.

[Fuquad]

Am I the only one Cynical enough to think that Cheney was faking so he didn't have to stand when Obama took the oath?

[AFK]

1.  Thanks.
2.  Yeah, boring poem was boring.
3.  I hope not.  In these times, race should be incidental.  Let's see if the guy can get anything done. 

[Elder Iptuous]

what is the first number without any interesting properties?

[Triple Zero]

67.

anyway, somebody on IRC likened him to Dr Strangelove

[Fuquad]

67.

I don't know.

I mean it's the FIRST number without any interesting properties.

that's kind of interesting.

[Triple Zero]

nonono that was 38. I got my bases covered.

[fomenter]

67.

anyway, somebody on IRC likened him to Dr Strangelove

WOMP

[Fuquad]

nonono that was 38. I got my bases covered.

There you go then


I should have done the math.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

nonono that was 38. I got my bases covered.

.38 is Special.