The Biden Inauguration Thread

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:52 pm

Whats the point of bullet proof glass if it stops at chest high?

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:54 pm

I've just got something in my eye, that's all.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:55 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:52 pm Whats the point of bullet proof glass if it stops at chest high?

Protection from below is probably all the risk assessment required. They've got all the rooftops ostensibly.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:56 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:54 pm I've just got something in my eye, that's all.

Wait... Are you going to be in one of those presidential stories about crying men who never cry except when they're thanking the President?

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:56 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:52 pm Whats the point of bullet proof glass if it stops at chest high?

Depends on where the bullet is coming from. If any potential bullet could only come from below (and not too far away) aiming upwards then, depending on the angle, it could be sufficient. But yes, odd.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:57 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:52 pm Whats the point of bullet proof glass if it stops at chest high?

They're standing on a very elevated stage. A shooter on the ground would hit the glass. I'm sure all the buildings that could provide an angle over the glass have been secured by the Secret Service.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:57 pm

Don't underestimate the camera angle, either. It's likely high, and the glass is higher than it seems to be.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:00 pm

Trump is no longer President.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:00 pm

Biden is now President according to the NIST atomic clock.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:03 pm

The message of unity and respecting each other is great - but I'm still not affording any respect to people who believe in alternate facts and want to waste everyone's time arguing myths and conspiracies with no basis.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:05 pm

This is the first inauguration I've ever listened to. I still think they should have had Aaron Sorkin write the speech, but it's not bad.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:06 pm

Woooooooo that was 100 percent the most depressing 4 years ever.

malchior · Post by **malchior** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:06 pm

Paingod wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:03 pm The message of unity and respecting each other is great - but I'm still not affording any respect to people who believe in alternate facts and want to waste everyone's time arguing myths and conspiracies with no basis.

This is a fine day of speech. He is going to have to show some plan for popping that bubble. Otherwise, this is a bit of a fantasy of its own. That doesn't absolutely need to be sussed out today IMO.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:07 pm

The bad orange man is no longer president!

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:08 pm

stessier wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:05 pm This is the first inauguration I've ever listened to. I still think they should have had Aaron Sorkin write the speech, but it's not bad.

Dont think Ive watched an entire one since Bill Clinton until now. Of course I was younger and growing up in those times and busy.

When I hear anyone say "My fellow Americans" I instantly remember Bill Clinton always saying that.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:08 pm

stessier wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:05 pm This is the first inauguration I've ever listened to. I still think they should have had Aaron Sorkin write the speech, but it's not bad.

Dogstar · Post by **Dogstar** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:09 pm

I'd love to hear a Sorkin speech, but I think this speech is tailor-made for Joe, both with the sentiments and speech pattern.

And just as I type this, "Joy cometh in the morning." Takes me right back to a speech on West Wing.

Bartlet:'Joy cometh in the morning,' scripture tells us. I hope so. I don't know if life would be worth living if it didn't. And I don't yet know who set off the bomb at Kennison State. I don't know if it's one person or ten, and I don't know what they want. All I know for sure, all I know for certain, is that they weren't born wanting to do this. There's evil in the world, there'll always be, and we can't do anything about that. But there's violence in our schools, too much mayhem in our culture, and we can do something about that. There's not enough character, discipline, and depth in our classrooms; there aren't enough teachers in our classrooms. There isn't nearly enough, not nearly enough, not nearly enough money in our classrooms, and we can do something about that. We're not doing nearly enough, not nearly enough to teach our children well, and we can do better, and we must do better, and we will do better, and we will start this moment today! They weren't born wanting to do this.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:09 pm

It’s aspirational for sure, but feels like the right speech for this moment.

The stark difference from the past four years and the overwhelming sense of relief is bringing me to tears more than the content of the speech.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:15 pm

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:15 pm

Dogstar wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:09 pm I'd love to hear a Sorkin speech, but I think this speech is tailor-made for Joe, both with the sentiments and speech pattern.

And just as I type this, "Joy cometh in the morning." Takes me right back to a speech on West Wing.

Yeah, I heard it too and immediately knew the reference. Oh sure, they say it is from the Bible, but I'm sure an all knowing God cribbed it from future-Sorkin.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:16 pm

Wow Garth is performing..nice.

WYBaugh · Post by **WYBaugh** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:21 pm

Awesome speech and amazing the difference between his and the orange tyrant's inauguration speech.

So...hell yeah trump is the fuck outta there and here's to healing this country.

As a small message to the GOP, I have changed my affiliation from republican to democrat. Hopefully enough do so to make them notice.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:21 pm

Man that girl is poised and eloquent. Amazing style. Love her speech patterns.

She is amazing. The rhyme and the word.

Amanda Gorman

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:24 pm

It's actually sinking in and feels like rational people are at the helm again.

I honestly didn't think it would make me feel this good.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:24 pm

Wow, that poem was incredible.

Malificent · Post by **Malificent** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:25 pm

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:24 pm Wow, that poem was incredible.

Yeah, that was fantastic.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:27 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:21 pm Man that girl is poised and eloquent. Amazing style. Love her speech patterns.

She is amazing. The rhyme and the word.

Heard an interview with Gorman a few days ago. Apparently she had a severe speech impediment when she was younger, like Biden. Wasn't stuttering like him, but she struggled and overcame it like he did.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:27 pm

She's only 23 years old!!!

geezer · Post by **geezer** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:28 pm

That was absolutely astounding.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:28 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:27 pm She's only 23 years old!!!

Yeah, that's not helping my ego a bit. How does someone so young get that type of eloquence?

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:29 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:27 pmShe's only 23 years old!!!

Plenty of time to work towards President, still.

stessier wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:28 pmHow does someone so young get that type of eloquence?

More inherent and trained cognitive and speech skill than I have, certainly.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:29 pm

Oh, also the wife kept the youngest home from preschool today to watch. I told her to watch on YTT instead of live and run it on a few minute delay, just in case. Hate that it even comes into the equation but there we are.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:31 pm

Ive never noticed those nation colors before. Need to read up on what all those flags are.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:32 pm

I haven 't felt this good in four years.

I almost can't believe it.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:33 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:29 pm Oh, also the wife kept the youngest home from preschool today to watch. I told her to watch on YTT instead of live and run it on a few minute delay, just in case. Hate that it even comes into the equation but there we are.

The kids were all watching downstairs, and I was also a bit concerned. They were watching online, though, and I was watching upstairs. My feed was at least a minute ahead of theirs, so I would have rushed downstairs and knocked things off if necessary.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:36 pm

My late wife always remembered JFK in Dallas that day. She was plopped in front of the tv .

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:36 pm

A black-gloved fist bump between Obama and McConnell? These are all better people than me. There's a place for a fist on McConnell, but it's not a bump.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:40 pm

Executive orders will be coming this afternoon/evening. Biden isn't wasting time.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:40 pm

Paingod wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:36 pm There's a place for a fist on McConnell, but it's not a bump.

I won't kink shame.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:40 pm

Ive never seen a vice pres not run then run and win . neat.