Fortunately, Austin, democracy works. You lost. Live with it. :-) On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM, austin.franklin@xxxxxxxxxxx <austin.franklin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Rob, > >> Having said that I would say this particular inauguration was an >> 'event' of the 'People' rather than a person or a party. > > I'd have to disagree. I found it offensive that a lot of "entertainers" > are given a stage at a political event like this. Who the f is Opera > Winfrey? No one elected her to squat. It was a circus more than an > inauguration IMO. Tom Hanks? Why is he being given a podium during a > presidential inauguration? Obama is being treated as a "rock star", and > that, to me, as well as the blubbering and drooling over him, is offensive. > > I turn on the TV this morning to listen to sports scores, and on a sports > program, the announcer is blubbering about Obama this and Obama that. If > it was McCain who won, I guarantee all I would have heard about was > sports...which is what I was supposed to be hearing about anyway. If I > want to hear political blathering, there are channels dedicated to the > such, and I would have turned there. > > Entertainers and sports "figures" were considered lower class some century > ago. Now, for some stupid human trick of a reason, some of them make big > money, and because of that, they are given some credence when it comes to > politics and opinion. Some of them sure do real good for "humanity", but > most of it is grandstanding and puffery. Well, I guess I just figured out > why there is a blurry line between politicians and entertainers. Sigh. > > I'm more afraid of what Obama's wife is going to do than what he's going to > do. She'll probably have me wanting for the days of Hillary... But in > reality, I wish Obama and his staff well (though I wish he chose *anyone* > but Biden for VP). Obama comes across as a decent guy, a little haughty > and elitist, but a whole lot better than Clinton or Gore. > > Regards, > > Austin > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com – What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list