YES We did!

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by cirquelover

The news said the Jonas brothers were the surprise at the end of their scavenger hunt. I thought that was pretty cool!

Not too surprising, I would expect to find them under a rock somewhere...

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

Heh.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/...a_oath_do_over And this little nugget:
Awesome that a president was sworn in without using the bible. Scary that there's a need to assure that a bible-free oath can be binding.

Considering the era the Constitution was written, it doesn't surprise me that they needed to verify this.

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Well, he's gonna be dismantling the Constitution, but that's not scheduled until next week.

Would that be the actual Constitution, or the Double Secret Probation Constitution as defined by the Bush presidency?

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by JWBear

These makes me happy:

I hope he'll switch desks-- I'm sick of the current one. The Theodore Roosevelt desk is my favorite, of the 4 most used desks (although personally, I think this is a great time to have a new desk commissioned. You know, a new era and everything.)

[Jazzman]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I think we have to be prepared to eat a little for the sake of history.

Bullshyte. I haven't oppressed or subjugated anyone, and I do not have to "eat a little." I'm sorry that blacks faced adversity in America. It was wrong, but it's in the past. Black Egyptians oppressed and subjugated white slaves to build pyramids and palaces and such. Does that give me a right to make blacks "eat a little?" Or is your entire concept predicated on an arbitrary number of years which limits victims of such oppression to carrying grievances for only however long it is necessary to make only whites bad and only non-whites good? Face it, everyone has hurt everyone, and everyone has been hurt by everyone. Applying rules to certain people and not others, such as "He can be a douche and say douchey things, but you can't, so eat it" does nothing other than perpetuate the cycle of inequality and prejudice which brought about those injustices in the first place. Just as with Israel and Palastine, progress will only be possible when all sides, victim, aggressor and bystander, lay down their grievances, stop sniping at each other, and put it all in the past for good. Douchebags like Lowery only prevent that from happening, and all of you making apologies and excuses for him are merely enabling him. If you're cool with that, good for you. I, however, prefer to actually embrace what's right, instead of merely talking about doing it.

[Jazzman]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

What a load of perfect-example White-Privilege Blindhood crap from scaeagles and jazzman. Get a fracking clue! No one's accusing YOU personally.

Actually, you can get a fracking grip iSm. What privilege have I had from being white? Is that the privilege that has led to me being thirty and still finishing college because my family was too poor to buy one for me when I was eighteen? Is this the privilege that had me working full time in high school to help my family keep the electricity on? Is it the privilege that brought me hand-me-down clothes, broken Salvation Army toys at Christmas, and food-stamp-purchased, minimal groceries growing up because we couldn't afford better? Tell me, iSm, what White Privilege are you talking about? Because I don't see it. All I see is a lot of middle, and upper-middle, class white people who can't get over their own senseless, liberal white guilt, making excuses for a bigoted old douchebag who was classless enough to take a swipe at the largest group of people in America, from a world wide stage. As I said earlier, I wasn't offended by his remarks, just saw how insulting and stupid they were. But I am annoyed by the blatant tsunami of hypocrisy flowing forth because of it.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by bewitched

I hope he'll switch desks

I'd assume this is the one he wants. It is my understanding that all the furniture was changed Tuesday morning.

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by Alex

I'd assume this is the one he wants. It is my understanding that all the furniture was changed Tuesday morning.

But I want change!

Actually, the picture JWB posted shows Bush's furniture is still in there.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Jazzman

What privilege have I had from being white?

That was a joke, right?

[JWBear]

It's not Bush's furniture. Some of the furniture traditionally stays in the room from administration to administration. Most notably, the side chairs. They may be reupholstered from time to time, but they have been in the Oval Office since the 30's.

Also, the grandfather clock, IIRC.