Def. gotta be at that inauguration, history!

First….

Ralph Nader needs to shut up. Thats y no one voted for his dusty a**.
i really am tryin 2 go to tha inauguration. Thanks for posting this info.

I’m glad you cleared up the Inaugural Ceremonies info. There are tons of people who were ill informed about the process and even more scammers claiming they have tickets to sell.

Good looking J

First…
Yeah, i seen this ralph nader thing on tha o’rielly (sp) factor and i was shocked. Got on him too. Its just messed up people are still like this in tha world.

I’ve been looking for tickets to tha inauguration. Thanks for posting this.

**************I am sooooooo happy for Obama I am going to stop watching some news
************channels it seems like the media is waiting on him to fail but he will do fine
*******he is the best person to lead the US in the right direction. God Bless him

I’m definitely trying to go to the presidential inauguration. My former AVID teacher actually got a deal, so no matter the cost I’ll try and figure some way to cover it. This is just something I couldn’t miss, no matter what, especially since the first vote I cast in my life was for him (I’m 18).

Anyway, I thought the Press Conference was great, and I can only expect the same caliber in future ones; I don’t know too much about Nadar, but I knew that he pretty much was respected. But now, I don’t think people have those same sentiments. His comments really made him look ridiculous, and someone who was hoping for some attention to shift his way.

Ralph Nade is irrelavent.
I am definitely going to try to get tickets to the inaguration. I am so exited.

My PRESIDENT IS BLACK

Obama’s Inauguration will draw the biggest crowd in the history of inaugurations. Obama is the most famous person in the history of the world. Look at it, this guy doesn’t sing, he is not an actor, nor is he a professional athlete but yet still his pulling power is second to none. The only person I have see this much euphoria around in my lifetime would be Michael Jackson and yet still I think he’s gotten Michael beat. If someone can find facts that can prove me wrong, I would like to know.

Ralph Nader should go to Harlem or any other prominent black community to make his frivolous statements. Don’t go to Faux News, because in my opinion you are preaching to the choir in those settings. If you really want people to react to what you are saying, do it in places where you will get reactions. It might not be what you’re looking or there might be some furniture moving but you will get some reaction.

I enjoyed watching the press conference. President- elect Obama seemed so at ease and he was so Presidential! I admire this man and he inspires me so much. I bought both of his book last week and i still cant beleive his is the President. He came from so far..

I wish I could attent his inauguration , however I live in Canada and im not even an American so Im not sure if i’ll be able to attend…

I love Obama! People we gotta look out for ignorant people like Nadar. SMH

the press conference was good, but why did obama have to say the seance comment. When he said it, i logged on to cnn to see how long it would be until somebody had issues with it

Who is Ralph Nader? Uncle Tom? What does he know about an Uncle Tom? He just bitter that an African-American became president before his ass!

I will be in the house for his Swearing In on 1/20/09!! Hotels are booked all the way to Philly but I found a spot in Baltimore. The owner said “I have never experienced anything like this in my life.” I said “We’ve never had a black President before that’s why!!!” lol … I’m so excited!!!

Oh, by the way….Am I the only one who has a slight crush on our new President-Elect??? I’m so ashamed lol…

***i work in the motorcoach business and i advise people to stay home to watch this
****because you will be no where near obama. this event will be greater than i have
***a dream speech and million man march combined.

I know I’ll be nowhere near Obama, but I just want to be in the presence of history. To be in the atmosphere with others who wish to share in the joy is good enough for me

I so can’t wait for 1/20/2009. Hotel and flight booked, and email to my member of congress and U.S. Senator. I will be fighting the cold to see my president.

Proud Citizen of the United States of America

Hotel is booked, email to my congress rep on tickets sent and I’m ready to go! My whole family is heading to DC just to experience this historical moment.

I am so proud of us (Americans) right now. We truly stepped up our game for this election. I don’t contribute only blacks although we did come out strong but you have to commend our Caucasian brothers and sisters who rose above the “norm” and voted for Obama as well. We also owe our youth, who came out in insurmountable numbers” to vote for the first time. Again, I’m so proud of each and every one of us and we’re making history in 09. It’s time for us to step up our game as African Americans, unite with our fellow Americans and support our New Great President. We can do this!!!! God Bless the United States of America!!!!!

obama has inherited the crap the bush administration has put out to the u.s. so folks need to stop thinking obama has to clean up all that’s been destroyed!!! do your best obama because ol bush has made a damn mess here!!!

OBAMA I LUV YOU!!! (wanted to get that in)hahahahaha

I was a little taken aback by President-Elect Obama’s (

Now instead of talking about all this Uncle Tom business, why couldn’t Nader just say what he really wanted to: How could the American people elect a Black man to the white house before me!!

I was a little taken aback by President-Elect Obama’s (I love saying that) comment, when he called himself a ‘mutt.’ However over the weekend I read a really good article from the Associated Press that said him saying that was America’s first indication of how his presidency is going to be different that others before him.

I’m sure that being of mixed race Obama has heard people being called that and may have even been called that himself. At first when he said it I was very uneasy but this article let it be known that to hide it, to speak silently of it only makes it worse but to expose racism allow it to rear its ugly head and confront it by bringing it out into the open is the only way to defeat it.

It reminded me of the movie 8 Mile when Rabbit (Eminem) started rapping about himself, he knew that the other rappers that night had based all their material about him, Rabbit was rapping about all the things that they were going to say about him, which left them with nothing left to say.

Anyway it was a good article.

^5 @ #17 & #18…Thank God I love the winter because it’s gonna be brick!! lol

OOPS : ‘of how his presidency is going to be different that others before him.’

Correction ‘of how his presidency is going to be different than the others before him.’

Am I the only one that Nadar’s statement wasn’t that big of a deal? I’ve heard dozens of Black people say the exact same thing…and even wonder the same myself.

thanks j. dakar!
i’m looking for some tickets.
and i’m at the 6 min point in obama’s press conference. i really want to finish it.
anyhow, thanks:D

love him so much!!

so poised and relaxed! def ready for the white house!!!

and i’m going to the inauguration as well! HISTORY

Black people could never have it easy…white man made the mess and the black man have to clean it up….
Big up the USA for picking the right man for the job
Nadar who????

@#8, you done lost your ignorant spineless mind. Obama’s very popular NOW but his fame is nothin like that of Elvis Presley worldwide. That man’s been dead for over 30 years and still worshipped like a GOD to billions! His home is a world historical shrine and the most famous home int he world and his grave has been visited by millions from all over, including black folks. Michael “I play with little boys” Jackson is a freak and ain’t even relevant anymore.

Like the man or not but Elvis is an icon who is probably the most recognized name and face ever to walk this earth. Even in Egypt they refer to King tut as “their Elvis”. Not their Michael or Obama. LMAO Not to mention that in Israel where Jese walked that Elvis has a big following there with both jews and muslims. They wanna put an Elvis statue in the holy land.

My cousin just told me that Rush L. called President Elect Obama a thug? did anyone else hear/see this? WTF? How rude is that? he wouldn’t dare call Bush or any other Republcian a redneck!! I guess becuase he’s one HIMSELF. If anyone has heard or read this, let me know, i tried to google it but with no luck.

….obama is naders uncle .. and if nader dont shut the
……fuck up he will hafta go git his own switch
…… and get that good old ass whoopin
……straight out of the foot tub good and wet lolol

Why must these white people continuously get out of pocket the way they do!! I understand his message but his tone and choice of words leave much to be desired!! Looky here white folks, its President-Elect Obama, he has won, he is our President, he didn’t do this on his own Americans chose him! With all the obstacles this new president has to face all the mess he has to fix support him cause you damn sure can’t criticize him!! Greedy white folks and equally dumb people who elected George W. for a second term are responsible for the state of your country deal with that shit!

NADER NEEDS TO BE SLAPPED !!!

@ Keepin’ It Real….From your comments I can tell you are white…. Elvis…are you kidding me? Elvis is only big among white people. I don’t know any Black person who listens to Elvis. Hey Angel I should get paid for educating these ignoramuses on your site. Now back to this dirt-bag…do you really want to know the truth is about Elvis’ fame? If it wasn’t for Little Richard, Elvis would starve to death. School children in England know that white people exalted Elvis, because rock n roll was created by black people and since black people had a hard time reaching main stream or public radio, by default white people crowned Elvis, one of their own, the King. Do you know that When “That’s All Right” was played, many white listeners thought Presley must be black, prompting white disc-jockeys to ignore his singles. Elvis had undoubtedly “stolen” or at least “derived his style from the Negro rhythm-and-blues performers of the late 1940s. Now who is the ignorant one? I don’t give a shit what crazy white people want to believe, the facts are the facts. Try researching it someday; this might stop you from making a fool of yourself, AGAIN!!!!

it makes me wonder? ok today barack and michelle goes to the white house and while the first ladies get together, bush shows barack “that room” they call it the situation room but i wonder if its the room where the real bodies who run this country will be in there too in that SITUATION ROOM for a talk w/ him to let barack know the way this game is going to be played. when clinton made all them campaign promises only to skirt them. example; yea i’ll make D.C. a state. i think he was told in the situation room to forget about it. we’ll see yea and valarie jarrett i wouldn’t make a move w/o her either. saw her on meet the press and that woman is colin powell and dick cheney w/ the class of condi rice damn………. she can answer your questions in 10 words or less then make you look stupid for asking a damn question like that in her reply. the woman MS. JARRETT is the REAL DEAL HOLLY-FIELD

What an incredible time. For nearly 300 years, White House, the house that slaves built, has been off limits….

Construction on the President’s House began in 1792 in Washington, D.C., a new capital situated in sparsely settled region far from a major population center. The decision to place the capital on land ceded by two slave states–Virginia and Maryland–ultimately influenced the acquisition of laborers to construct its public buildings. The D.C. commissioners, charged by Congress with building the new city under the direction of the president, initially planned to import workers from Europe to meet their labor needs. However, response to recruitment was dismal and soon they turned to African Americans – slave and free – to provide the bulk of labor that built the White House, the United States Capitol, and other early government buildings.
A major concern in the construction of the new public buildings in this remote location was the acquisition of building materials, such as stone, lumber, bricks, hardware, and nails. Black quarrymen, sawyers, brickmakers, and carpenters fashioned raw materials into the products used to erect the White House. Master stonemason, Collen Williamson, trained slaves on the spot at the government’s quarry at Aquia, Virginia. There slaves quarried and cut the rough stone that was later dressed and laid by Scottish stonecutters to erect the walls of the President’s House. Sawyers listed on government payrolls, such as “Jerry”, “Jess”, “Charles”, “Len”, “Dick”, “Bill” and “Jim” undoubtedly were slaves leased from their masters. Free and slave blacks burnt bricks used to line the stone walls in temporary ricks on the President’s House grounds. Often working seven days a week during the high construction summer months alongside white workers and artisans, black laborers proved vital to the work force that created both the White House and U.S. Capitol.

I requested tickets from my senator last week I told everybody I know even the ones that know they cant go, to request the max (which is 5 in my state CA) so I can have a shot. I heard the tickets are randomly given out not first come first serve.

Ralph Nader shut up thank you.

@36, White? I don’t think so bro. I’m blacker than you, lol. But I know right from wrong and what you said was beyond wrong. Blacks don’t like Elvis? So what do you call Beyonce, 50 Cent, 3 Six Mafia, and other black celebs praising him on tv last year? You need to wake the fuk up because Little Richard not only gives Elvis his props but also highlighted an Elvis music festival in his hometown of Tupelo. James Brown called Elvis his brother. Ali was very close to Elvis. Al Sharpton visited Graceland during Dr King week earlier this week in Memphis.

Maybe you should get out of the hood a little more and get educated.

Bruce Springsteen and surviving members of the Grateful Dead, all of whom helped raise money for Obama’s campaign efforts, are expected to perform at the inaugural festivities.

sorry bee

aww he looks so tired..but i belive he is up 2 the task!!!

Please everyone, ignore Ralph Nader. He is just “acting out” because he was unable to ruin the chances of a Democrat becoming President, as he helped to ruin both Gore and Kerry’s chances of winning the Presidency. He’s upset that he has officially become irrelevant.

Hitler killed 6 million jews because they were not blonde, blue eyed and didn’t meet HIS standards, and NOW we have dumb ignorant negroes in leadership advocating hate, condemnation, and destruction of black people for their clothes, and what they consider as inappropriate behavior, that will embarrass President Obama.

White folks must be laughing their azz off.

They’re going to sit back and watch the fools in leadership destroy innocent young black people ALL IN THE NAME OF, WE GOT TO DO BETTA FOR OBAMA, and turn the blessing of a black president into a curse!

a simple question to ask that would have made Nader look like an idiot or at least employ his brain is: “If he were white would that uncle tom statement still apply” or “are you saying that all poor ppl in this country are black and hispanic”
like come on.

I don’t think most of ya’ll understand what Mr. Nader is saying..first & foremost he did not call Obama a uncle tom,,,what ge said is that Obama can either be a president who really live up to his word & help poor people or he can be a tool to the corporations that donated billions of dollars to his campaign & who controls both the republican and democratic parties. It like if your in a jewerly store & right b4 the owner of the store steps out he says to u: “I’am going to step out of the store & leave u alone: either u going 2 be a good citizen or a thief”…does that mean u were called a thief?

#43 How did Nader ruin Al Gore & Kerry from becoming the president…I don’t think most people realize that no where in the constitution it state anything about political parties and that the U.S. is one of the only first-world nations where 2 parties control everything…In a nation of 300 million people and counting and we only have a choice of two parties. Al Gore lost the elections because he saparated himself from Clinton (because of the lewinsky shit) during his 2000 campaign and he even lost his own state (Tennessee). Kerry lost because he allowed the GOP 2 swift boat him and Bush scared the country into thinking that Kerry would be soft on terrorist. In no way Nader ruin both of these men chances of winning the elections especially since few can ever say that they seen/heard a Nader spot on radio or tv.

By the way Nader is not a white both of his parents were from Lebanon, he is Arabic.

I live in Canada, but I and many others want to attend the Inauguration as well. Do you know how we can do this? Or will we have to ask our American counterparts to get tickets?

uhhhh Concrete Loop seems to not understand the meaning of the word nor the way it was used…nor the point…flew over your heads…btw Maxim is right. He is Arabic…and Nader had a point..i love Obama and everything he represents for MINORITIES and others around the world, but he has already shown signs of supporting corporations with the bailouts and the quiet bailout of 2 major car companies…*shrugs*

Wow….Ralph actually made me give Shepherd a hand! Thats big!! Glad he pointed out how irrelevent he was in the election! I can’t personally go to the Inauguration but I will be having a party for the celebration!! I can’t wait to for Obama to take the White House! Him and his beautiful family!! I really believe this man is going to go down as one of the greatest presidents in history, not only because he IS history, but how is going to at least start some of the healing here in America and our relationship with the rest of the world.

@ Keeping it Real…

Blacker than me? Good God, even worse. A Black man who would rather exalt the white man than his own. Wow, I thought Judah was the last of the dying breed of Uncle Toms but I guess I am being too optimistic. And your “hood” comment clearly depicts your level of ignorance. Believe me, dude, though I do not live in the “hood” there are people in the “hood” that are way more intelligent than people in suburbia. Ignorant might be too strong of a word, but you certainly know a lot about things that aren’t so.