Am I the only sane person left?

[baseline bum]

Cuz all black people get the foodstamps he can't get, and he'll be damned if he has a president on welfare.

[Wild Cobra]

An orgy for Obama today at Lincoln Memorial. Instead of the normal halftime show game, we got Katie Couric give us highlights during the Pitt/Baltimore halftime.

Who cares. Anyone with an ounce of political intelligence knows the mainstream media biased all their support towards Obama. Why is this any different?

Even pollsters wouldn't and wont be fair:

Zogby won’t duplicate Obama poll

Am I the only one who believes the amount of hype and significance being given to Obama's inauguration is completely asinine?

Not at all. I just see it as a way to better understand who in this country lacks any real patriotism. Someone who really was patriotic would have seeked out the facts from both sides before voting.

Martin Luther King. Ceasar Chavez. Mother Teresa. Ghandi.

Barrack Obama?

Only fools thing they are in the same league.

He hasnt actually done anything yet except get him self elected to political positions.

And used Chicago dirty politics at that to make it to the senate. Then look at all the dirty tricks to make president!

Lets see how he governs before putting his face on the money, yes?

I agree. At least the painted coins are not as permanent as impressions.

[baseline bum]

You forgot to call him a ######.

[Brutalis]

Everyone knows that he's mixed race. But most Americans that are half black call themselves (and are called by others) African American, black or light-skinned black. Why does it both you that people "still" call him African American?

It doesn't, therefor I asked.

Cuz all black people get the foodstamps he can't get, and he'll be damned if he has a president on welfare.

[MannyIsGod]

You forgot to call him a ######.

[spurster]

Yes, the coverage is way over the top. You can always turn off the TV, you know.

[FreeMason]

An orgy for Obama today at Lincoln Memorial. Instead of the normal halftime show game, we got Katie Couric give us highlights during the Pitt/Baltimore halftime.

Obama supporters have buttons that say "Yes we did!"

Beyonce told the crowd "America, we are one!!"

Am I the only one who believes the amount of hype and significance being given to Obama's inauguration is completely asinine?

Martin Luther King. Ceasar Chavez. Mother Teresa. Ghandi.

Barrack Obama?

He hasnt actually done anything yet except get him self elected to political positions.

Lets see how he governs before putting his face on the money, yes?

You are not alone..

I just spent 3 days out in the bay fishing for reds and missed it ALL

[clambake]

people who think they're the only sane person left are usually insane.

[whottt]

Unite?

I refuse to unite with those that stood with the terrorists during the Iraq war...if they wanted unity that was a much better cause to do it over then electing a faux communist Harvard lawyer surrounded by anti-Americans.

Don't ing talk to me about unity after the past 4 years...how dare you.

Besides, Obama doesn't have slave blood...he's got slave owner's blood(and Cheney's).

Shallow symbolism and nothing more...the Brittney generation flexing their political muscles.

[clambake]

Unite?

I refuse to unite with those that stood with the terrorists during the Iraq war

who did that?

Don't ing talk to me about unity after the past 4 years...how dare you.

i think unity was obvious in this election.

Besides, Obama doesn't have slave blood...he's got got slave owner's blood(and Cheney's).

is this the new job? family trees?

Shallow symbolism and nothing more...the Brittney generation flexing their political muscles.

she was for bush. remember?

[Mister Sinister]

Spoiler: Obama is a Skrull.

[whottt]

who did that?

That's the worst thing about anti-Americans...they won't admit it.

i think unity was obvious in this election.

And I think you should leave the thinking to others.

[AntiChrist]

I must admit, even I'm getting sick of Obamapalooza.

[angel_luv]

I am half black and half white ( birth father is black, birth mother is white,and I was adopted by a white couple.)

When I was a teen, the black kids I knew would not claim me as black, giving as the reason that I was raised by white people.

I am not sure how black people who are adults classify me because, of course, they have never said and I have never asked.

Also I have heard of a few African Americans whom feel somewhat cheated about President Obama since he will go down in history as the first black president, when in truth he is only half black.

[doobs]

The inauguration hysteria is mildly irritating, but soon it will be done. Even though I'm not an Obama partisan, I understand some of the excitement: Bush is unpopular, we're currently involved in two foreign wars, the economy is struggling, and the people have elected a smart guy from the other party. And, yes, people are also praising themselves for being so enlightened as to elect a black guy.

My hope is that the Obama personality cult quickly fades, and people start taking him and his presidency seriously. The media needs to stop having tingled legs when he speaks. His words won't save us; his policies will matter much more than his speeches. I mean, he's about to be the most powerful man on the planet. We had better be skeptical of his actions and hold to him to a high ing standard.

The people will need to start demanding actual results from Obama, not mere empty promises of hope or change. Unfortunately, the Obama team has done a great job of talking down our current economy, which accomplishes two things: (1) it lowers expectations for future elections, thereby making the case for 8 years of Democratic rule; and (2) it positions Obama to get a lot of credit when the economy inevitably does recover.

[Darrin]

An orgy for Obama today at Lincoln Memorial. Instead of the normal halftime show game, we got Katie Couric give us highlights during the Pitt/Baltimore halftime.

Obama supporters have buttons that say "Yes we did!"

Beyonce told the crowd "America, we are one!!"

Am I the only one who believes the amount of hype and significance being given to Obama's inauguration is completely asinine?

Martin Luther King. Ceasar Chavez. Mother Teresa. Ghandi.

Barrack Obama?

He hasnt actually done anything yet except get him self elected to political positions.

Lets see how he governs before putting his face on the money, yes?

I think that this is a momentous occasion. It brought me to tears when I heard him accept the election results in November. It brought me to tears the next day.

I did some reading between that moment and this one. The Dred Scott case, Lincoln's first Inaugural, and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech culminated in sobbing tears at a public library.

I had to learn to love my country and recognize our system for what it was to see the true context of this moment. It's big and in 20 years you'll regret this thread.

[Bartleby]

Also I have heard of a few African Americans whom feel somewhat cheated about President Obama since he will go down in history as the first black president, when in truth he is only half black.

They must be from that very small minority of African Americans who have no white ancestors in their family tree.

[angel_luv]

They must be from that very small minority of African Americans who have no white ancestors in their family tree.

I have no idea. It is not a sentiment I have heard often.

[Gino]

I think that this is a momentous occasion. It brought me to tears when I heard him accept the election results in November. It brought me to tears the next day.

I did some reading between that moment and this one. The Dred Scott case, Lincoln's first Inaugural, and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech culminated in sobbing tears at a public library.

I had to learn to love my country and recognize our system for what it was to see the true context of this moment. It's big and in 20 years you'll regret this thread.

On the contrary. I belive in twenty years, we'll look at back at this hysteria and realize that this moment wasn't near as monumental as the The Dred Scott case, MLK's speech etc. Much like Obama's big speech on race/Wright during the campaign that many were claiming was his "Gettysburge-esque" speech. I knew two seconds afterwards that that speech accomplished nothing and he would still have to hear about Rev. Wright until he out-right denounced him (which he eventually did).

Wednesday, we're going to have uneployment over 7% and moving upward. We're going to have a trillion dollar deficit, a post-bubble housing market, two military conflicts and social security en lements for the majority of our population on the horizon.

Being black doesn't make Obama a great man. Being a good speaker doesn't make Obama a great man. Lets wait until he solves any of our problems or gets the country to come together on any issue before we wear the "yes we did!" buttons.

[byrontx]

The nitpicking about Obama's right to be called an African-American because he is half-white is ridiculous. Most the black people in the US have a European mix to their bloodlines ( I remember seeing an estimate of an 20% average). The 20% is not the number out of the population but the average amount of genetic mix each "black" person shares with their European ancestors. The 20% is an average, many people called "black" in the US have more of a European heritage than African (especially in Louisiana).

Here it is:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2283637

Cell cations and blood pressure in US whites, US blacks, and west African blacks.
Cooper RS, Aina O, Chaco L, Shamsi N, Achilihu A, Islam N, Hsieh SC, Feinberg H.

Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Loyola University School of Medicine, Maywood IL 60153.

Differences in cell cation metabolism have been previously demonstrated between blacks and whites in the US. To investigate a potential racial/genetic basis for these differences we studied red cell sodium content (Nai) and platelet cytosolic calcium (Cai) in a group of US whites (n = 26), US blacks (n = 20) and West African blacks (n = 26) residing in Chicago, IL. Participants in all groups were primarily health professionals. The West Africans had lived in Africa until at least age 21 and subsequently resided in the US for an average of 19 months. Immunological markers were used to estimate European gene admixture among the US blacks. Red cell Nai was significantly lower in US whites (7.72 +/- 2.49 mEq/l cells) compared to both the US blacks and West African blacks (9.98 +/- 2.36 and 10.60 +/- 2.80, respectively; P less than 0.01) and Cai was higher in whites than among US blacks (P less than 0.05). No differences were noted in blood pressure (BP) levels among the three racial groups. A linear correlation existed between Nai and both systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) (r = 0.378 and 0.339, respectively; P less than 0.01), which was strongest among the blacks, particularly the US blacks (SBP vs. Nai, r = 0.716, P less than 0.01). Approximately 20% European gene admixture was present among the US blacks. Based on these findings, it would appear that, compared to US whites, higher levels of RBC Nai are common to black persons native to the US and West Africa.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

[baseline bum]

That's the worst thing about anti-Americans...they won't admit it.

Hey head, we won the election. Don't like America? Then get the out.

[whottt]

Hey head, we won the election. Don't like America? Then get the out.

Nah...that's the liberal approach(in theory, although they didn't get the out in 2004 as promised)...

I'll take the conservative approach of killing your enemies...a good civil war is what the country needs.

Liberals refuse to fight the terrorists, but they'll probably put up a better fight against their fellow Americans, which is their major problem in the first place. Which is they whyy need to be killed.

[whottt]

The bottom line byron...is the symbolism of this being some coming of age for African Americans all the way from the dregs of slavery is bull ...Obama didn't make that journey, and neither did his ancestors.

I know it doesn't matter to liberals...because hey all those darkies are all the same...but I imagine it does to many African Americans.

[baseline bum]

Nah...that's the liberal approach(in theory, although they didn't get the out in 2004 as promised)...

I'll take the conservative approach of killing your enemies...a good civil war is what the country needs.

Liberals refuse to fight the terrorists, but they'll probably put up a better fight against their fellow Americans, which is their major problem in the first place. Which is they whyy need to be killed.

GoArmy mother er.

[Heath Ledger]

I went to a mostly black high school and I also observed that the bi-racial kids had a really hard time being accepted by the black kids in general often discarded as being white and not quite fitting in. I was kind of surprised at the reaction of the black community quickly scooping Obama up and claiming him as on of their own.