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.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on January 20, 2009, 06:19:04 PM
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!
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.
excellent!
:lulz:
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/wheelchairaccident.jpg)
:mittens:
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."
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(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/jaysus.jpg)
thirdly, I wonder if we are going to continue to be reminded of Obama's race for the next four years.
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?
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.
what is the first number without any interesting properties?
67.
anyway, somebody on IRC likened him to Dr Strangelove :)
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 20, 2009, 08:06:42 PM
67.
I don't know.
I mean it's the FIRST number without any interesting properties.
that's kind of interesting.
nonono that was 38. I got my bases covered.
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 20, 2009, 08:06:42 PM
67.
anyway, somebody on IRC likened him to Dr Strangelove :)
WOMP
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 20, 2009, 08:10:18 PM
nonono that was 38. I got my bases covered.
There you go then
I should have done the math.
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 20, 2009, 08:10:18 PM
nonono that was 38. I got my bases covered.
.38 is Special.
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 20, 2009, 08:06:42 PM
67.
anyway, somebody on IRC likened him to Dr Strangelove :)
Charles Krauthammer is the Dr Strangelove of Neoconservativism. He sits in a wheelchair and constantly calls for the nuking of Iran, before it was cool.
Quote from: Iptuous on January 20, 2009, 09:00:57 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on January 20, 2009, 08:18:01 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 20, 2009, 08:10:18 PM
nonono that was 38. I got my bases covered.
.38 is Special.
:lol:
67 is interesting as well.
QuoteSixty-seven is the 19th prime number (the next is 71), an irregular prime, a lucky prime, and the sum of five consecutive primes (7 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 19)
Wikipedia makes every number special... I just wonder who the hell is so completely devoid of life that they make wiki entries for random numbers.
IANAR
Quote from: Ratatosk on January 20, 2009, 09:43:29 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on January 20, 2009, 09:00:57 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on January 20, 2009, 08:18:01 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 20, 2009, 08:10:18 PM
nonono that was 38. I got my bases covered.
.38 is Special.
:lol:
67 is interesting as well.
QuoteSixty-seven is the 19th prime number (the next is 71), an irregular prime, a lucky prime, and the sum of five consecutive primes (7 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 19)
Wikipedia makes every number special... I just wonder who the hell is so completely devoid of life that they make wiki entries for random numbers.
I also named it because it's been found that it's the number people are most likely to forget in lists of random numbers below 100 :)
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on January 20, 2009, 06:19:04 PM
I think with all of the hoopla, pomp, and circumstance
I get me and Hoopla, but who the hell is Circumstance?
"Sir Cumstance" would be a nice discordian name, though.
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 21, 2009, 01:55:20 AM
"Sir Cumstance" would be a nice discordian name, though.
Dear god! :lulz:
This was fucking FULL OF WIN.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on January 20, 2009, 06:19:04 PM
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.
:mittens:
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/927540_0767f7eebc.jpg?v=0)
Reminded me of Mr.Potter from It's A Wonderful Life.
I thought it was almost sad when him and bush were walking were walking through the capital.
Cheney had to make a turn for the wheelchair ramp but Bush kept on walking without even noticing. There was this weird look of like anguish on his face.
Like this :x
Is it weird for me to feel sorry for me?
Bump, because it's just that good.
Fuck it. Stickied until Roger gets over the fact that Bush is gone.
I just showed this to my father, and he about had a seizure, he was laughing so hard.
He says RWHN should be a syndicated columnist, as this sort of verbal flogging is wasted on the internet.
I am emailing it to The Terrible Old Man (ie, my ancient, perverse, and warped grandfather) on my father's suggestion.
Cheney also looked almost like FDR except more evil and slightly more East-European-Dictator-Reviewing-The-Troopsish
Quote from: Obecalp on January 24, 2009, 06:24:51 PM
Cheney also looked almost like FDR except more evil and slightly more East-European-Dictator-Reviewing-The-Troopsish
I was thinking JP Morgan mixed with Captain Pike.
Nahh, he looks like Potter from Its a Wonderful Life.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 24, 2009, 06:23:08 PM
I just showed this to my father, and he about had a seizure, he was laughing so hard.
He says RWHN should be a syndicated columnist, as this sort of verbal flogging is wasted on the internet.
I am emailing it to The Terrible Old Man (ie, my ancient, perverse, and warped grandfather) on my father's suggestion.
I'd submit it to some of the local rags but I know damn well they'll never print it.
And you know, the more I think about it, the more surreal that whole Inauguration was. There was just so much shit going around between Cheney hunched over in that chair, Bush looking like he's rather be making out with Michael Moore than being there, to Roberts butchering the Oath of Office. Oh and fucking Rick Warren, what the hell was Obama thinking having that stooge on the stage? And maybe that's why he avoided turning his inauguration into "I Have a Dream part Deux", he recognized that he would be surrounded by so much mediocrity and weirdness, that it just would've made the whole thing look wrong.
Quote from: R.W.H.N. on January 25, 2009, 03:38:02 PM
And you know, the more I think about it, the more surreal that whole Inauguration was. There was just so much shit going around between Cheney hunched over in that chair, Bush looking like he's rather be making out with Michael Moore than being there, to Roberts butchering the Oath of Office. Oh and fucking Rick Warren, what the hell was Obama thinking having that stooge on the stage? And maybe that's why he avoided turning his inauguration into "I Have a Dream part Deux", he recognized that he would be surrounded by so much mediocrity and weirdness, that it just would've made the whole thing look wrong.
Fuckin' A right. I just spoke to my cousin Mia, who looks after The Terrible Old Man, and she said that he cackled like a loon through the inauguration, and then again upon reading your post. He's very amused by the entire thing...especially the Cheney thing (he refers to Cheney as "that peckerwood kid").
I like your grandpa, Rog! :D
RWHN, RIGHT on the MONEY, dude. And the Potter comparison is too.
How did I miss this thread?
This is brilliant!
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on January 20, 2009, 06:19:04 PM
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.
Bump. This is the kind of thread that should be bumped, if anything has to be ressurrected.
Just saying.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on January 20, 2009, 06:19:04 PM
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.
:mittens:
Yeah, that one wasn't too shabby.
Too bad the ensuing administration has been so :kingmeh:
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 18, 2010, 06:41:33 PM
Yeah, that one wasn't too shabby.
Too bad the ensuing administration has been so :kingmeh:
What were you expecting? Really?
I certainly wasn't looking for all the big Hopey Changey stuff. But I was hoping for at least a small morsel of it. And I knew the Democrats were eventually going to fold like a cheap table after they got their big majority, but damn, I didn't expect it to fold, ferment, and then catch on fire.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 18, 2010, 06:51:17 PM
I certainly wasn't looking for all the big Hopey Changey stuff. But I was hoping for at least a small morsel of it. And I knew the Democrats were eventually going to fold like a cheap table after they got their big majority, but damn, I didn't expect it to fold, ferment, and then catch on fire.
I was pretty certain that some things are now written in stone (NCLB, DHS, etc), and if they weren't going to change, then nothing else Obama does makes any difference at all.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 18, 2010, 06:41:33 PM
Yeah, that one wasn't too shabby.
Too bad the ensuing administration has been so :kingmeh:
Dont count Obama out yet.
He still has two years to magically fix all of our problems.
And dont count the Dems out either, Texas could always secede.
Quote from: Kingderp on August 18, 2010, 06:54:07 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 18, 2010, 06:41:33 PM
Yeah, that one wasn't too shabby.
Too bad the ensuing administration has been so :kingmeh:
Dont count Obama out yet.
He still has two years to magically fix all of our problems.
And dont count the Dems out either, Texas could always secede.
I've been looking over the constitution, and unfortunately, there's no way to evict Texas.
The Dems didn't really have a platform except 'Yes we can.' If course the folded.
Quote from: Kingderp on August 18, 2010, 06:54:07 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 18, 2010, 06:41:33 PM
Yeah, that one wasn't too shabby.
Too bad the ensuing administration has been so :kingmeh:
Dont count Obama out yet.
He still has two years to magically fix all of our problems.
And dont count the Dems out either, Texas could always secede.
Heh, we have problems left over from the 60s and earlier that haven't even been fixed yet. So far he's wussed out on all of the big agenda items from his campaign that he's actually bothered to go forward with. Then there are the others that were obviously lip service. (DADT anyone?)
And now his new old commander in Iraq, Patreus, seems to be murmuring about the time table being too soon. I'm waiting for the big announcement, on a Friday afternoon, from Obama that he's delaying troop withdrawal into 2012.
Quote from: Charley Brown on August 18, 2010, 07:32:31 PM
The Dems didn't really have a platform except 'Yes we can.' If course the folded.
They had a platform.
WHAT HE SAID!
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:sadbanana: ----> :mullet: <---GOP
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 18, 2010, 07:33:47 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on August 18, 2010, 07:32:31 PM
The Dems didn't really have a platform except 'Yes we can.' If course the folded.
They had a platform.
WHAT HE SAID!
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:sadbanana: ----> :mullet: <---GOP
This is so sad I am still laughing.
Bump for sheer awesomeness.
Quote from: Cramulus on January 20, 2009, 07:01:12 PM
thirdly, I wonder if we are going to continue to be reminded of Obama's race for the next four years.
SO FAR SO GOOD