I admit I cried a little

Yea!  We’ve now got a Muslim president who hates America!  I’m so happy, I could launch a rocket at Tel Aviv.  Abortions for all!  Michelle Obama: tell us what you really think.

So I’ve now been alive under five presidents.  (Funny how between 1963 and 1977 there were five presidents, and how there might also be five from 1981-2017, almost three times as long).  Hopefully this one will be better.  We could have done a lot worse.  You know, like we always have.

Little can be added to the voluminous discourse on how historical today really is, so I’ll skip it.  It’s a biggie, we get it.  I did notice, though, in the run-up to the whole affair, how Republicans were largely on their best behavior.  Let’s hope it stays that way among the rump caucus of dead-enders for a long while.  I heard George Radonovich, who represents Modesto in the House, on NPR and while he’s crazy and thinks everything that needs to happen is “socialist,” (to be expected) I also noticed that there is a tendency to see Obama’s inauguration as a triumph, at last, over slavery.

One of the reasons NPR pales beside the BBC is how they let things like that go.  Slavery.  That’s it?  What about the subsequent 130+ years of oppression which are still going on?  I’m not sure this squares well with history.  It reminds me of how, when the Democrats were in the Senate minority, the use of the filibuster was so contentious that a “Gang of 14” had to have a confab to prevent the chamber itself from imploding.  Now that Republicans regard it as simply what you use when you’re about to lose a vote, it’s become just another complex mechanism inherent to the legislative process.  Oh, that liberal media.

Also, seems like both Obama and Chief Justice Roberts kind of fucked up the oath a little bit.  How long before wingnuts take this as Birth Certificate Part II and claim Obama isn’t really the president?

And what about Aretha?  The hat.  Just faboo.  The Bush Administration ended when the fat lady sang.

OMG, hot!