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For all of us who could not be there in person I've put together some great pics (along with some great music to go with them) of our First Couple enjoying themselves. (click on the each of the 3 song titles to listen to the music)

55th Inauguration And Day's Events - Live Thread

Post your Freep/Protestwarrior activities here from the 2 days of the Inauguration.

Before the W2 ball on Jan 20th, go out and help Protestwarrior protest ANSWER in operation Hail to the Chief, and show these people that they are not in the majority.

  Let's help liberals understand that "VALUES" thingy in the American heartland!   It has everything to do with moral values..Our side aspires to achieve them even though we regularly fall short of our goals, however, the left despises even our meager efforts and openly displays it's disdain for anything religious including but not limited to moral standards. It has everything to do with Gay Marriage..Our side wants to call an unusual and unnatural affection for persons within your own gender anything but marriage; however, the left, wants all or nothing. It has everything to do with our children, and...

Military Muscle, High-Tech Screening Are Features of First Swearing In Since 9/11 An unprecedented level of security will frame President Bush's second inauguration, with officials planning to use thousands of police from across the country, new screening technology for inaugural guests and a military contingent that could include a combat brigade of up to 4,000 troops. Security is always tight on Inauguration Day, but it will be magnified for the first inauguration since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Law enforcement officials have been preparing for months to protect U.S. and world leaders and citizens who attend. Organizers are planning...

This was supposed to be the presidential election in which those hip souls who dwell in the cybersphere would revolutionize politics, and a gargantuan army of draft-wary young people would really rock the vote. These and other axioms were embraced by many as articles of faith going into Election 2004. Hopeful Democrats also believed that President Bush would find reelection impossible because so many Americans disapproved of his performance, thought the country was headed in exactly the wrong direction, and knew they were worse off in almost every imaginable way than they were four years ago. Bush's opposition was convinced...

NEW YORK One day after winning re-election, President George W. Bush held a rare press conference. With the campaign pressure off, and with neither "side" having to worry about an embarrassing flub, the president and the press pack enjoyed a little bantering. "I want to thank you all for your hard work in the campaign," Bush informed the reporters. "I told you that the other day and you probably thought I was just seeking votes." This provoked general laughter. "But now that you voted...I really meant it. I appreciate the hard work of the press corps. We all put in...

why do people keep banning me everytime I put up interesting articles? I work for a website I think some of you are familiar with called phantirath weekly world news and each time we put somthing up on FR no matter how conservative it is it keeps getting banned. Whats the matter with it?! Damn man what are you marxist socialists communists? I just got a call this mroning from a Juwish friend of mine who said that you banned an important article about Zionism and Noam Federman and about how we were to support israel. I thought you guys...

As I and many of my fellow expatriates are often hard pressed to get any non-biased information from the media (we are often stuck with CNN-International!!), I have decided to start this thread in the tradition of the Operation Iraqi Freedom Situation Room threads.  I hope this meets with the approval of Jim & John and the Admin guys . . . The purpose of this thread is to be a place to collect information from all sources into one area for discussion.  Specific threads for specific topics and cross linking are highly encouraged.

Even though it's the day before a 3-day-long Jewish holiday, I put my cooking and preparations aside to hear a speech by President Bush on the campus of Oakland Community College in Farmington, MI. Security was VERY VERY tight. My son and I got tickets for the event from jewsforgeorge.com. The rally was held on the sports field and the grass was very muddy. No one wanted to sit or stand on a Bush/Cheney poster and disrespect the President and the Flag, and there weren't any Kerry/Edwards posters at the site. Anyway my New Balance sneakers lost their nice white...

Of the American electorate, Abraham Lincoln said, "If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters." In this election our country, 26% of which is composed of people under the age of 18 according to the U.S. Census bureau, is in danger of reversing four years of progress, and instead sitting on four years of a John Kerry presidency. During his speech before the Democratic National Convention, Kerry announced plans to eliminate the ten percent tax cut given to this country's top earners. However, he...

Jews for George is a grassroots political movement of Michigan Jews dedicated to securing the Jewish vote in our state. We believe The President's record on Israel, Homeland Security, and the War on Terror demands the full support of Michigan's Jewish community.

Mr. Chairman, delegates, fellow citizens: I am honored by your support, and I accept your nomination for President of the United States. When I said those words four years ago, none of us could have envisioned what these years would bring. In the heart of this great city, we saw tragedy arrive on a quiet morning. We saw the bravery of rescuers grow with danger. We learned of passengers on a doomed plane who died with a courage that frightened their killers. We have seen a shaken economy rise to its feet. And we have seen Americans in uniform storming...

WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE (the Lone Ranger) Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood wood wood Says Ron's up...says Ron's up...to no good good good He'll be screwed, he'll be screwed, in his neighborhood And they say he will not work again They are p*ssed, they are p*ssed, they are p*ssed p*ssed p*ssed That he talked, that he talked, about terrorists He is dissed, he is dissed, he is dissed dissed dissed And they say he will not work again And he knows...and he knows...and he knows knows knows That they want us to all be dead He will say...he will say...he will say...

but the pro Bush rally was 35 strong, we were behind a barricade and for the most part, had a few thumbs up. Care to guess how many Kerry supporters were there to counter protest us? ZERO!!!!!!! Only a few middle fingers from drive bys BUT I did witness some liberal idiotness@@ One of the organizers was a blind man working for one of the county's Republican committees. Anyway, apparently he was Jewish and some loser came up to him and shook his hand and then proceeded to say, " YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY!" The gentlemen...

<p>It's really already a conclusion. Bush will win, AND HOW (Go President BUSH!). He may WIN all 50 states. Everyone with a clue knows how incompetent and corrupt Kerry and his cronies are. I mean, all of us have had it with all this senseless talk of appeasement and recession. Yuck!</p>

OXFORD, Miss. -- For years now, Democrats born in traditionally Democratic states with strong Democratic leaders have begged for a candidate who could run for the presidency and win without scandal and baggage. Bill Clinton was a great leader and a great president, but his personal life made America want a breath of fresh air in 2000. Not even the Boy Scout-like Al Gore could survive the backlash of the Clinton era. In one of the narrowest elections in history, the Democratic Party saw its best chance for lengthy control of the White House dissolve with a candidate who could...

We knew there was a dinner planned with ambassador Bremer and LTG Sanchez. There were 600 seats available and all the units in the division were tasked with filling a few tables. Naturally, the 501st MI battalion got our table. Soldiers were grumbling about having to sit through another dog-and-pony show, so we had to pick soldiers to attend. I chose not to go. > But, about 1500 the G2, LTC Devan, came up to me and with a smile, asked me to come to dinner with him, to meet him in his office at 1600 and bring a camera....

Email from Vice President Cheney, Nov 10, 2003 November 10, 2003 Dear xxxxxx, The election year begins today. Next November our fellow Americans will go to the polls to elect the President of the United States and to chart the course of our nation. Voting is every American's responsibility, perhaps the most serious and important duty we have as citizens. Yet for people like us, xxxxxx, working to elect our nation's leaders is not something that happens once every four or even every two years. You and I take this responsibility seriously every day. And like President Bush, we know...