Slouching Towards Oblivion

Showing posts with label inauguration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inauguration. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Today's Today

Inauguration. Another new start. Another go-round in the American experiment. 

Sometimes we do things in very weird ways. 

1974

2021


Monday, January 23, 2017

The Balls

In 1993, the Clintons attended 14 inaugural balls.

Laura & W went to 8 of 'em in 2001.

And the Obamas had 10 in 2009.

Trump had 2, and they were lightly attended - Trump's 2 itty-bitty sad little balls.

*Is any of this true? Who gives a fuck - this is the Post-Truth World of Alt-Fact.
It's not a question of True vs False. The only thing that matters now is what you choose to believe at any given moment.
And that's how the bad guys get power; and how they stay in power.

Friday, January 20, 2017

Today's Tweet



Not exactly the adoring throngs he was hoping for.

A coupla screen caps from WaPo's live feed:



Where else do we see "presidential parades" where the security forces outnumber the crowd?

This does not bode well.

And y'know, it occurs to me - if almost literally nobody shows up to acknowledge the installation of the POTUS, maybe we only think there's a guy in the office, but we don't really have a president.

My Guy Is Smokin' Hot

...your guy ain't doodly squat