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Archive for January, 2009

Quote Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. Filed under Humor, Politics

From law professor Orin Kerr:
To my mind, the flubbed oath at today’s inaugural teaches one important lesson: The answer to the question, “How many former editors of the Harvard Law Review does it take to administer the Presidential oath properly?” is “More than two.”
Heh

Chief Justice Roberts Messes Up Presidential Oath Of Office

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Inauguration Day 2009, John Roberts, Politics

Chief Justice Roberts made a pretty big mistake when he was administering the oath to Barack Obama today:
WASHINGTON – Chief Justice John Roberts swore in President-elect Barack Obama as president of the United States on Tuesday with a slight stumble over the wording of the oath of office in the first of what could be [...]

Vodkapundit Puts On Some Pajamas

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. Filed under Blogging

Stephen Green has taken his Vodkapundit blog inside Pajamas Media.
Cool new design.
Same martini-influenced punditry.

So What’s A Libertarian Supposed To Think About All This ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Inauguration Day 2009, Politics

Doug Bandow sums up what January 20, 2009 means for those of us who believe in freedom and limited government:
Finally, after eight long years of wasteful spending, unnecessary war, and trashing the Constitution.  Finally!
Now the challenge begins to constrain President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress.  Onward and upward.
Exactly.
Now that Bush is out of office, [...]

It’s Official: President Barack Hussein Obama

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Inauguration Day 2009, Politics

Shortly after noon today, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States:
Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th president of the United States Tuesday, and called on Americans to join him in confronting what he described as an economic crisis caused by greed but also “our collective failure to make hard choices.”
“Today I say [...]

How The Borg Put Barack Obama In The White House

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics, Star Trek

A little bit of political trivia.

Quote Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Inauguration Day 2009, Politics

Millions of people have already packed the national Mall to capacity. I hope that someone remembered to bring a loaf and a fish.
Tim F. @ Balloon Juice

Remember, We’re Inaugurating A President, Not Coronating A King

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Inauguration Day 2009, Obamagasms, Politics

Words of wisdom:
Men( and any woman will tell you this ) are just men. Some are good, some are bad, but they all have their flaws. Let us not forget that he is a man, and only a man and that any man who holds the office will someday leave it. Let us pray he [...]

Don’t Blame Me, I Warned You

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. Filed under Inauguration Day 2009, Washington DC

If you’re not already downtown, you may as well stay home:
At the blurry line between late night and early morning, it was hard to tell whether the crowds were left over from the evening before, fresh from a long nap, or newly arrived from out of town and praying for a place to park.
Probably a [...]

Secretary Of State Biden

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Politics, Transition Issues

Jill Biden spills the beans:
During the taping of the Oprah Winfrey show today, Dr. Jill Biden said that her husband, the vice president-elect, was given a choice of being either vice president or secretary of State.
This revelation came after Vice President-elect Joe Biden told Oprah that after then-Sen. Obama offered the job of VP he [...]

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