Comments on: Check out this view y’all #inaug09 (updated with map of our spot) http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: GreenLadyHerehttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346816 GreenLadyHere Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:51:41 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346816 baratunde: This is <b>ALL SO EXCITING!!! THANK YOU 2 FOR TAKING US WITH YOU!!</b> :>) :>) baratunde: This is ALL SO EXCITING!!! THANK YOU 2 FOR TAKING US WITH YOU!! :>) :>)

]]> By: GreenLadyHerehttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346828 GreenLadyHere Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:40:44 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346828 spirit: Glad you/daughter are able to do some <b>MEGA sight-seeing!</b> :>) :>) spirit: Glad you/daughter are able to do some MEGA sight-seeing! :>) :>)

]]> By: isonprizehttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346817 isonprize Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:29:19 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346817 ya'll are getting me geeked up for this. Part of me thinks I am crazy for actually going down there and part of me says "I wouldn't miss this for the world"!<br><br>I'm on AMTRAK Tues arriving in DC at 8:00am. I hope I actually can get to my ticket entrance... ya'll are getting me geeked up for this. Part of me thinks I am crazy for actually going down there and part of me says “I wouldn't miss this for the world”!

I'm on AMTRAK Tues arriving in DC at 8:00am. I hope I actually can get to my ticket entrance…

]]> By: Rhondacocahttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346827 Rhondacoca Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:11:40 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346827 wow...thanks Val...I will use that in the future. wow…thanks Val…I will use that in the future.

]]> By: Rhondacocahttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346825 Rhondacoca Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:08:39 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346825 Do share!! I am driving into DC tonight (lucky me, lucky me).<br><br>I hope you feel better-is it anxiousness? I suffer from that, I get so excited about things, I end of missing them. However you won't miss anything because you'll feel better. Do share!! I am driving into DC tonight (lucky me, lucky me).

I hope you feel better-is it anxiousness? I suffer from that, I get so excited about things, I end of missing them. However you won't miss anything because you'll feel better.

]]> By: Rhondacocahttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346819 Rhondacoca Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:08:12 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346819 Awww...when my family and I used to go on vacations, my father used to take all the pictures with his professional camera. I had a little "hello kitty" cam that I got one year for Christmas so then there were two photographers in the family.<br><br>I remember the first time I went to DC, it was for my cousin's graduation from Howard many years ago. I love D.C. even though the fact that there are so many urban poor living in the capitol of a wealthy union is pretty embarassing and shameful reminder of certain realities in this country.<br><br>Anyways....I am so happy and excited for the Obama girls. I would die to meet them and give them both kisses!! Awww…when my family and I used to go on vacations, my father used to take all the pictures with his professional camera. I had a little “hello kitty” cam that I got one year for Christmas so then there were two photographers in the family.

I remember the first time I went to DC, it was for my cousin's graduation from Howard many years ago. I love D.C. even though the fact that there are so many urban poor living in the capitol of a wealthy union is pretty embarassing and shameful reminder of certain realities in this country.

Anyways….I am so happy and excited for the Obama girls. I would die to meet them and give them both kisses!!

]]> By: Justice58http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346820 Justice58 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:56:52 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346820 Wasn't that too cute! :) Wasn't that too cute! :)

]]> By: spirit_55zhttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346826 spirit_55z Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:55:41 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346826 Rest up. Craig. Looking forward to seeing your commentary and photos!! Rest up. Craig. Looking forward to seeing your commentary and photos!!

]]> By: Angelahttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346818 Angela Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:36:22 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346818 I was so taken with Malia and her camera....acting like a typical tourist! It was so warming to know her parents probably told her to take her own camera to take pics of the performers. This is a family for all of us!!!!! I was so taken with Malia and her camera….acting like a typical tourist! It was so warming to know her parents probably told her to take her own camera to take pics of the performers. This is a family for all of us!!!!!

]]> By: RobMhttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346821 RobM Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:22:56 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346821 Check this mixtape out courtesy of the Black Snob. A blow by blow recap of 8 years of deliberate nonfeasance.<br><a href="http://blacksnob.blogspot.com/2009/01/dick-n-bush-unrepentant-to-end-mixtape.html" rel="nofollow">http://blacksnob.blogspot.com/2009/01/dick-n-bu...</a><br><br>As to the crowd it will bigger than even I think. tomany parents bringing their children to be part of this and this is why; courtesy Jimmy McGinty Washington Sentinels coach, the Replacements.<br><br>.But what they didn't know, was that their lives had been changed forever because they had been part of something great. And greatness, no matter how brief, stays with a man....<br><br>Anybody here thinks greatness will be brief? Check this mixtape out courtesy of the Black Snob. A blow by blow recap of 8 years of deliberate nonfeasance.
http://blacksnob.blogspot.com/2009/01/dick-n-bu…

As to the crowd it will bigger than even I think. tomany parents bringing their children to be part of this and this is why; courtesy Jimmy McGinty Washington Sentinels coach, the Replacements.

.But what they didn't know, was that their lives had been changed forever because they had been part of something great. And greatness, no matter how brief, stays with a man….

Anybody here thinks greatness will be brief?

]]> By: WordSmithhttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346822 WordSmith Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:51:08 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346822 Having been disgusted by the Bush 'wins' I didn't pay attention to the inaugurations for him. Is this a bit of a raucous inauguration? <br><br>I was reading and saw HBO was airing the concert, ran out, flipped the TV on, and sure 'nuf - there was the 40 year-old virgin & what's-his name, Jamie .... (brain lockdown). I wasn't going to watch it, but Bettye Lavette came out and I was out there for quite awhile. John Mellencamp is playing now. Oh! Queen Latifah.<br><br>That John Legend is so damned cute, Jon Bon Jovi still looks pretty good as does his hair, and those boots Mary Jo Blige wore (saw the pic) - I'm not much on animal prints, but those SO go. Having been disgusted by the Bush 'wins' I didn't pay attention to the inaugurations for him. Is this a bit of a raucous inauguration?

I was reading and saw HBO was airing the concert, ran out, flipped the TV on, and sure 'nuf – there was the 40 year-old virgin & what's-his name, Jamie …. (brain lockdown). I wasn't going to watch it, but Bettye Lavette came out and I was out there for quite awhile. John Mellencamp is playing now. Oh! Queen Latifah.

That John Legend is so damned cute, Jon Bon Jovi still looks pretty good as does his hair, and those boots Mary Jo Blige wore (saw the pic) – I'm not much on animal prints, but those SO go.

]]> By: kristaspherehttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346823 kristasphere Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:34:51 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346823 So where are u relative to the stage in this shot Baratunde? So where are u relative to the stage in this shot Baratunde?

]]> By: lamh31http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-346824 lamh31 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:17:02 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-346824 Toobin was on CNN saying that the crowd may not be as big as expected because of the stories on security issues and crowd size.<br><br>Does anyone think he's right? <br><br>Well, in New Orleans, people always complained that the crowds were too much during Mardi Gras, but that never stopped people from coming every year, even after Katrina. So if people can come to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, with windows still blown out, homes still boarded up, people still not returned to N'awlins, then I think that by Monday, most people witll have come to Washington, and Tuesday will be a beast.<br><br>Here's hoping Toobin is wrong!!! Toobin was on CNN saying that the crowd may not be as big as expected because of the stories on security issues and crowd size.

Does anyone think he's right?

Well, in New Orleans, people always complained that the crowds were too much during Mardi Gras, but that never stopped people from coming every year, even after Katrina. So if people can come to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, with windows still blown out, homes still boarded up, people still not returned to N'awlins, then I think that by Monday, most people witll have come to Washington, and Tuesday will be a beast.

Here's hoping Toobin is wrong!!!

]]> By: GreenLadyHerehttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-161361 GreenLadyHere Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:51:41 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-161361 baratunde: This is <b>ALL SO EXCITING!!! THANK YOU 2 FOR TAKING US WITH YOU!!</b> :>) :>) baratunde: This is ALL SO EXCITING!!! THANK YOU 2 FOR TAKING US WITH YOU!! :>) :>)

]]> By: GreenLadyHerehttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-161368 GreenLadyHere Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:40:44 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-161368 spirit: Glad you/daughter are able to do some <b>MEGA sight-seeing!</b> :>) :>) spirit: Glad you/daughter are able to do some MEGA sight-seeing! :>) :>)

]]> By: isonprizehttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-161362 isonprize Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:29:19 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-161362 ya'll are getting me geeked up for this. Part of me thinks I am crazy for actually going down there and part of me says "I wouldn't miss this for the world"!<br><br>I'm on AMTRAK Tues arriving in DC at 8:00am. I hope I actually can get to my ticket entrance... ya'll are getting me geeked up for this. Part of me thinks I am crazy for actually going down there and part of me says “I wouldn't miss this for the world”!

I'm on AMTRAK Tues arriving in DC at 8:00am. I hope I actually can get to my ticket entrance…

]]> By: Rhondacocahttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-161367 Rhondacoca Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:11:40 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-161367 wow...thanks Val...I will use that in the future. wow…thanks Val…I will use that in the future.

]]> By: Rhondacocahttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-161365 Rhondacoca Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:08:39 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-161365 Do share!! I am driving into DC tonight (lucky me, lucky me).<br><br>I hope you feel better-is it anxiousness? I suffer from that, I get so excited about things, I end of missing them. However you won't miss anything because you'll feel better. Do share!! I am driving into DC tonight (lucky me, lucky me).

I hope you feel better-is it anxiousness? I suffer from that, I get so excited about things, I end of missing them. However you won't miss anything because you'll feel better.

]]> By: Rhondacocahttp://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-161363 Rhondacoca Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:08:12 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-161363 Awww...when my family and I used to go on vacations, my father used to take all the pictures with his professional camera. I had a little "hello kitty" cam that I got one year for Christmas so then there were two photographers in the family.<br><br>I remember the first time I went to DC, it was for my cousin's graduation from Howard many years ago. I love D.C. even though the fact that there are so many urban poor living in the capitol of a wealthy union is pretty embarassing and shameful reminder of certain realities in this country.<br><br>Anyways....I am so happy and excited for the Obama girls. I would die to meet them and give them both kisses!! Awww…when my family and I used to go on vacations, my father used to take all the pictures with his professional camera. I had a little “hello kitty” cam that I got one year for Christmas so then there were two photographers in the family.

I remember the first time I went to DC, it was for my cousin's graduation from Howard many years ago. I love D.C. even though the fact that there are so many urban poor living in the capitol of a wealthy union is pretty embarassing and shameful reminder of certain realities in this country.

Anyways….I am so happy and excited for the Obama girls. I would die to meet them and give them both kisses!!

]]> By: Justice58http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/comment-page-1/#comment-161364 Justice58 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:56:52 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/01/check-out-this-view-yall-inaug09/#comment-161364 Wasn't that too cute! :) Wasn't that too cute! :)

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