56 Inauguration Twitters in all...
- Just watched Barack's speech again in the comfort of my home. Powerful, solid and of course very well delivered. On to my third time.
- quote of the morning "i'm going to put my paper on eBay" (that wasn't me talking)
- The quest for a Washington Post newspaper is on. i went to 8 locations today and finally got a few but it's really hard to find.
- Beyonce singing At Last for Barack and Michelle's first dance. Priceless. i thought Beyonce was close to crying.
- Sitting in the warmth of my home watching the parade. I'm enjoying this quite a bit.
- The question of the day, heard over and over "Did you get in?" The logistics were awful. My wife didn't get in altho she had a tkt. That sucked.
- As incredible as this is its still hard to believe.
- Photos to come
- The mood is contagious. Walking home I passed an older gentelman on his front steps asking shivering passersby if they wanted free coffee.
- Photos to come
- What an experience!
- A wonderful historic speech for a wonderful historic day
- "The world has changed and we must change with it."
- "On this day..."
- Barack Obama our new 44th President of the United States. Awesome
- Biden is our new VP!
- Here it comes. History in the making
- Overall a good invocation. One mention of Jesus. Next up Aretha Franklin singing My Country Tis of Thee...sweet.
- Uh oh Rick Warren begins the invocation.
- Crystal clear skies, cold, happy crowd, Obama...what a great day!
- Barack just introduced. The crowd chants Obama and Yes We Can.
- Sha na na na goodbye to Bush
- Ouch. They just booed Bush
- Finally got in. Bands playing, flags waving, tons of people looking for a good vantage point. I'm about 100 yards away.
- crowd spontaneously singing America the Beautiful and God Bless America
- crowd spontaneously singing America the Beautiful
- still not much movement and its getting colder. the throng is in a good mood tho
- Encircled by folks from Nevada, Montana, N Carolina... have moved about 15 ft in 30 minutes.
- i have my doubts that everyone can get thru security in time. its chaos.
- Peaceful madness. No directions, little signage....its crazy out here amongst the mass of humanity.
- just got to the Capitol. still dark out but the Capitol is lit up with the moon directly behind it. Beautiful!
- its cold but not too cold
- Passed the Obama decorated house again. This time its lit up.
- 6am on the move walking toward the Capitol
- Giant is taking things a bit far...selling Obama decorated cakes. Hmmm
- I scored two tkts for the Blue area of the Inauguration. Standing room only but I'll be closer! Yeah!
- Coincidentally passed Obama's motorcade on North Capitol St. Wow!
- Barack is speaking and you can hear a pin drop. Inspiring!!!
- The whole eagle thing..bizarre
- U2 wow what a performance.
- Samuel Jackson remembers Rosa Parks and the March on Washington. Nice.
- Stevie. Nuff said.
- Tiger Woods giving a shout to the military
- Jon Mellencamp aint that America followed by Queen Latifah...probably never before.
- Patti Labelle and Jon Bon Jovi nailed "It's Been A Long Time Comng". Tom Hanks being grand.
- The party is rockin. So far Bruce Springsteen, MLK 3rd, Mary J Blige. Great atmosphere.
- Its packed now and getting.
- Uh oh...they're starting up the wave.
- Its a regular rainbow coalition out here Beautiful crowd.
- Its cold but bearable. Not like the last two days.
- just arrived at the Lincoln Memorial concert its crowded but not to bad.. 2 hours til it starts.
- ok, so why are the CNN broadcasters in the open when its 18 degrees outside and they could be enclosed?
- Wow its freaking freezing here! I hope it warms up soon.
- wait til you see the Obama decorated house. Photos to come.
- More thrones (porta-potties) than you can count.
- Drove past the Capitol, down PA Ave and past the White House. Flags and police everywhere. DC is looking good..
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