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We will soon see if this administration is an improvement or not.
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Realy? Unless he nukes somewhere, or sells all the white folk into slavery for revenge how could he do worse?
First Blair, now Bush! (Pulls party popper)!
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The hole in the ozone hasn't repaired itself, global warming hasn't reversed, the economy still stinks, and war still exists. Can we start complaining now?
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quote:Originally posted by Omega: George Bush is no longer President.
Dick Cheney is no longer Vice President.
Celebrate.
YIPPEEE!!!!!!
The inauguration was playing on the projector in the school auditorium all day, so I got to watch snippets of it between classes, and during health, my teacher took us down as a class to watch it. I got to see the oaths of office, and the composition by some of the top classical musicians in the world. Pretty cool.
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My brother thought Bush looked pretty happy on TV. I didn't see it, but I figure he must be - something like "Ohh my God I'm going home to Texas and I'm never ever running for anything in my life oh my GOD" probably went through his head. He may not be able to read, but I'm sure the TV tells him how hated he is.
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I have to admit, all the way through the ceremony the dark humoured cynic in me kept expecting to hear the crack and echo of a gunshot. We'll see if he's able to turn the world's opinion of America back around from outright hatred to casual dislike where it belongs.
quote:Wouldn't you be happy to get rid of all that stress? I'm sure *every* former President has been quite relieved at the end of their term.
Nor every one. I think Nixon still wants back in...
Which reminds me, we're still stuck with Gordon "nobody voted for me" Brown.
quote:Originally posted by Fabrux: Y'know, it makes me wonder if its still Marine One when the outgoing president boards it for the last time to go home?
The channel I was watching said that it wasn't; just like the plane that flew him to Texas wasn't Air Force One (even though that's what's painted on the hull). Those call signs are only used when the President (the current one) is on board. (Didn't you watch that Harrison Ford movie?)
Maybe they used the call sign "Marine Don't-Let-the-Door-Hit-You-on-the-Way-Out One"?
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"Air Force One" is not painted on the hull. It has "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", the Presidential Seal, "28000" or "29000" depending on which plane it is, the American flag, and the USAF roundel. Any aircraft of the USAF that carries the president is called Air Force One, as any Marine Corps craft carrying the president is called Marine One. The plane used to carry Johnson and Kennedy's body back to Washington was not called Air Force One until Johnson was sworn in during midflight. Only then, during midflight, did the call sign switch from SAM 26000 to Air Force One.
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