In 2001, I wondered how we’d ever make it through four years. In 2005, I wondered how we’d make it through another four.
But we did it. We’ve made it. Our nation has been battered and bruised, but we’ve made it.
Hallelujah.
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11:56
Contrary to popular belief, Obama will not become president when he takes the oath of office. I didn’t realize this until a couple of days ago.
According to the official schedule (see page 14), Obama takes the oath at 11:56 a.m., four minutes before he actually becomes president.
When I found this out, it really bothered me, for purely anal retentive reasons, because I envisioned some invisible mantle of power transferring from Bush to Obama at the precise moment Obama says “so help me God.” But I guess it makes sense for him to take the oath in advance of becoming president instead of at the moment he becomes president, or else there will be several seconds in which he’s president without having taken the oath. I suppose it doesn’t really matter how far in advance of noon he takes the oath, since he’ll constitutionally become president at the stroke of twelve.
So even after you watch Obama recite the oath and everyone errupts into euphoria and the band plays “Hail to the Chief,” Bush is still president for another couple of minutes. But by the time Obama begins his Inaugural Address at 12:01, he’s the new president.
Just some TV-watching advice from your friendly neighborhood Tin Man…
Jeff K
“As Joe the Plumber fades into a distinctly embarrassing part of American history, a new face has emerged from the crowd and assumed the glow of Sudden Random Celebrity: Jeff Kolodjay, 31 years old, of Norwalk, Connecticut, has become the Face of the Crash of 1549.”
I admit that when I first saw this guy on the news yesterday, I thought he was a Brooklyn hipster.
I then predicted that he would be on the Today Show this morning, and — of course — he was.