I watched some of The Neighborhood Inauguration Ball last night.  There were some great moments, like when President Obama asked the crowd about how great his wife looks.  Also, even though I am no Beyonce fan, I loved her performance of “At Last” while Mr. and Mrs. Obama danced.  She really seemed to have it [...]

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This thread is for folks to post their Inauguration Day news. This thread is sticky, so scroll down for fresh content.
The below image is a pencil drawing of Barack Obama posted on DeviantArt.com.

Barack Obama by ~Readux on deviantART

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January 19, 2009 – 5:54pm
WASHINGTON (AP) – Emily Miller made a beeline for a rack of gowns, grabbing a fuschia dress and a stole for an inaugural ball Tuesday. Combing through the display tables, she added silver pumps, a beaded choker and earrings. Then, she enjoyed a manicure as live jazz played in the background.
Many [...]

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It’s impossible to think of one this week, without thinking of the other.

Obama – Luther King by *BenHeine on deviantART

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I wonder how long it will take them to sell out.  Ten minutes maybe?
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Inaugural Parade Bleacher Tickets on Sale Today Tickets go on sale at 1 p.m.
Updated 7:00 AM EST, Fri, Jan 9, 2009

Bleacher seat tickets for President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural parade go on sale Friday at 1 p.m.
There will be 5,000 tickets for sale.  They cost [...]

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Ben Smith, Nia-Malika Henderson Ben Smith, Nia-malika Henderson – Wed Dec 17, 5:59 pm ET
Barack Obama’s choice of a prominent evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration is a conciliatory gesture toward social conservatives who opposed him in November, but it is drawing fierce challenges from a gay rights movement that – [...]

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Fire hits Palin’s church in Alaska
By Monte Plott
CNN
(CNN) — A “suspicious” fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla, the church’s minister said.
“We have no idea what caused it,” the Rev. Larry Kroon of the Wasilla Bible Church said Saturday, [...]

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In the “gosh, that’s a huge surprise” department – religion played a major role in the new bit of the California Constitution that takes away rights – but only to a certain apparently undeserving minority in sunny California.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Voters’ economic status and religious convictions played a greater role than race and age in [...]

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Can Mall Be Filled For an Inauguration? 4 Million May Try It.
Nikita Stewart and Michael E. Ruane | Washington Post
District and federal officials are preparing for as many as 4 million people for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, a crowd that would be three or four times larger than previous big events on the [...]

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“I expect Obama will restore the American dream and create economic security by creating new jobs in new fields like alternative energy, science and math, global warming and health care. That is the only way economy can get back on track,” Aman said.”
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First-time voters look to Obama to restore American dream
CNN.com

(CNN) — Like many voters [...]

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It was among the juicier post-election recriminations: Fox News Channel quoted an unnamed McCain campaign figure as saying that Sarah Palin did not know that Africa was a continent.
Who would say such a thing? On Monday the answer popped up on a blog and popped out of the mouth of David Shuster, an MSNBC anchor. [...]

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“I like Sarah Palin, and I’ve heartily enjoyed her arrival on the national stage. As a career classroom teacher, I can see how smart she is — and quite frankly, I think the people who don’t see it are the stupid ones, wrapped in the fuzzy mummy-gauze of their own worn-out partisan dogma. So she [...]

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Obama Ethics Rules
* Federal Lobbyists cannot contribute financially to the transition.
* Federal lobbyists are prohibited from any lobbying during their work with the transition.
* If someone has lobbied in the last 12 months, they are prohibited from working in the fields of policy on which they lobbied.
* If someone becomes a lobbyist [...]

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“How did we run up a 10 trillion dollar debt in a Republican administration?
How have there been blunders with war strategy under a Republican administration?” – Sarah Palin, November 9, 2008
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Palin’s own words: ‘Amazing we did as well as we did’
Gov. Sarah Palin blames the Bush administration for the failure of the McCain-Palin ticket, thinks [...]

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Now that the campaign is over, it’s a good time to assess the treatment of Sarah Palin as the first female candidate on a major party ticket for President.
Was there sexism involved or was she treated no different than any man who might have been in her place?
For my part, I could not WAIT [...]

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