Thursday, January 22, 2009

Inaugural Twitter

The whole shebang.

56 Inauguration Twitters in all...
  1. 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.
  2. quote of the morning "i'm going to put my paper on eBay" (that wasn't me talking)
  3. 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.
  4. Beyonce singing At Last for Barack and Michelle's first dance. Priceless. i thought Beyonce was close to crying.
  5. Sitting in the warmth of my home watching the parade. I'm enjoying this quite a bit.
  6. 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.
  7. As incredible as this is its still hard to believe.
  8. Photos to come
  9. The mood is contagious. Walking home I passed an older gentelman on his front steps asking shivering passersby if they wanted free coffee.
  10. Photos to come
  11. What an experience!
  12. A wonderful historic speech for a wonderful historic day
  13. "The world has changed and we must change with it."
  14. "On this day..."
  15. Barack Obama our new 44th President of the United States. Awesome
  16. Biden is our new VP!
  17. Here it comes. History in the making
  18. Overall a good invocation. One mention of Jesus. Next up Aretha Franklin singing My Country Tis of Thee...sweet.
  19. Uh oh Rick Warren begins the invocation.
  20. Crystal clear skies, cold, happy crowd, Obama...what a great day!
  21. Barack just introduced. The crowd chants Obama and Yes We Can.
  22. Sha na na na goodbye to Bush
  23. Ouch. They just booed Bush
  24. Finally got in. Bands playing, flags waving, tons of people looking for a good vantage point. I'm about 100 yards away.
  25. crowd spontaneously singing America the Beautiful and God Bless America
  26. crowd spontaneously singing America the Beautiful
  27. still not much movement and its getting colder. the throng is in a good mood tho
  28. Encircled by folks from Nevada, Montana, N Carolina... have moved about 15 ft in 30 minutes.
  29. i have my doubts that everyone can get thru security in time. its chaos.
  30. Peaceful madness. No directions, little signage....its crazy out here amongst the mass of humanity.
  31. just got to the Capitol. still dark out but the Capitol is lit up with the moon directly behind it. Beautiful!
  32. its cold but not too cold
  33. Passed the Obama decorated house again. This time its lit up.
  34. 6am on the move walking toward the Capitol
  35. Giant is taking things a bit far...selling Obama decorated cakes. Hmmm
  36. I scored two tkts for the Blue area of the Inauguration. Standing room only but I'll be closer! Yeah!
  37. Coincidentally passed Obama's motorcade on North Capitol St. Wow!
  38. Barack is speaking and you can hear a pin drop. Inspiring!!!
  39. The whole eagle thing..bizarre
  40. U2 wow what a performance.
  41. Samuel Jackson remembers Rosa Parks and the March on Washington. Nice.
  42. Stevie. Nuff said.
  43. Tiger Woods giving a shout to the military
  44. Jon Mellencamp aint that America followed by Queen Latifah...probably never before.
  45. Patti Labelle and Jon Bon Jovi nailed "It's Been A Long Time Comng". Tom Hanks being grand.
  46. The party is rockin. So far Bruce Springsteen, MLK 3rd, Mary J Blige. Great atmosphere.
  47. Its packed now and getting.
  48. Uh oh...they're starting up the wave.
  49. Its a regular rainbow coalition out here Beautiful crowd.
  50. Its cold but bearable. Not like the last two days.
  51. just arrived at the Lincoln Memorial concert its crowded but not to bad.. 2 hours til it starts.
  52. ok, so why are the CNN broadcasters in the open when its 18 degrees outside and they could be enclosed?
  53. Wow its freaking freezing here! I hope it warms up soon.
  54. wait til you see the Obama decorated house. Photos to come.
  55. More thrones (porta-potties) than you can count.
  56. Drove past the Capitol, down PA Ave and past the White House. Flags and police everywhere. DC is looking good..

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