Inaugural President

With midterm elections in the US about to begin, RT has spoken with 4-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader about the real powers that govern America. Ralph Nader does not belong to either of the two parties ruling Congress. Nader believes that Theodore Dreiser put it very well many years ago, when he said that “the corporations are the government”. “Knowing they [corporations] can’t be out front because people don’t like a lot of these big corporations, they are ripped off by the banks and credit card companies, they camouflage and their camouflage is that they give the Tea Parties certain deceptive information and focus on certain politicians, and therefore they continue their work behind the scenes. We have corporate socialism in this country where profits are kept and losses are socialized on the back of the taxpayer,” Nader said. “There isn’t a single department agency in the US government whose outside influence overwhelmingly is not corporate,” he added. “They control from the outside, they put their representatives into government positions, funding the members of Congress with their cash [and] 35,000 full-time lobbyists in Washington — they are the government.”

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Barack Obama – Presidential Inauguration Day 7 of 12 – Presidential Oath & Inaugural Speech 1 of 2 – BBC News

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I took the full video live on 1/18/2009 at the Martin Luther King Awards Ceremony in DC.
Per popular request…I do not have any other videos other than this one.

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Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Anthony McGill & Gabriela Montero perform John Williams Composition “Air And Simple Gifts” at President Barack Obama’s Inauguration, Washington D.C., Jan. 20, 2009

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Barack Obama – Presidential Inauguration Day 5 of 12 – Invocation Opening Prayer & Anthem – BBC News

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Available on itunes.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/party-like-an-obamaton/id395474060?i=395474065&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Party Like An Obamaton by The Silent DoGooders

Well, there’s a cop in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
I’m gonna add him to my Facebook friends list.
I bought a wrench from a plumber named ‘Joe’ up in Toledo,
one November day I’m just gonna twist.
Yeah! I got a brand new “Don’t Tread On Me” flag!
And, I hope it makes ole’ Kenneth Gladney real glad
when I peaceably assemble and petition a redress
of the worst grievances I’ve ever had.
“Of the worst grievances he’s ever had”!
I’ll send a message–to Wasington, D.C.
That there’s alot of ticked Americans like me.
“Oh, there’s alot of ticked Americans like me”!
Well, I’ll tell ya that Jesus Christ is my Savior.
I think the Founding Fathers seem to agree.
I got an atheist neighbor wearin’ Che’ Guevera
says I’m “crazy for the things I believe”.
And he tells me that ‘global warming’ and ‘climate change’
are the dangers that should petrify me!
But, I look straight up to God and I thank him for my Freedom,
and I thank him for the air that I breathe.
“Yes, he thanks him for the air that he breathes”!
I heard the news today it said…
‘Party on! party, party on!
Oh, party just like an Obamaton.
Everybody just, party, party, party on.
Teach your kids to sing–’mmm mmm mmm’.
Party, party, party on!”-(ha ha ha)
I got the message–from Washington, D.C.
That there are some who want to take our Liberty.
“Yes, there are some who want to take our Liberty”!
And, guess what?!
Yes they can, yes they can;
they can blame it on Bush/Cheney AGAIN!
No, they didn’t really read that bill
when they signed thier names up on that hill.
So, now your life’s a government plan.
And they’ve got to get more legislation passed!
2012 will be approaching real fast…
Yeah, the socialist agenda’s here
as ‘hope and change’ turn into fear.
And, the ‘dreams of all our Father’s’ will be taxed!
I said ‘the dreams of all our Father’s” will be taxed”!
So, everybody might as well party on!
Party, party on!
Oh, party just like an Obamaton!

Everybody just, party, party, party on.
Teach your kids to sing–’mmm mmm mmm’.
Party, party, party on.
Arizona border disappears!
Salvation seeking sinners I can hear.
Yeah, the press is sleeping with Marx and Mao.
Hugo Chavez can show ya how,
how to take a country back 500 years(serfdom/enslavement)
“How you take a country back 500 years”!
Well, all you’ve got to do is just party on!
Party, party on!
Oh! Party just like an Obamaton!
Everybody just party, party, party on.
Teach your kids to sing–’mmm mmm mmm’.
Party, party, party on.
Well, there’s a cop in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
I’m gonna add him to my Facebook friends list.
I bought a wrench from a plumber named ‘Joe’ up in Toledo
one November day I’m just gonna twist…
(shocking truth from the one and only Frank Zappa)
“Naw, I’m a conservative and you may not like that, but I am”
God Bless the U.S.A.!
Now, back to work! So, you can PAY for them to PARTY ON!
Party, party on.
Oh! Party just like an Obamaton!-Get down!
Everybody just party, party, party on.
Teach your kids to sing–’mmm mmm mmm’.
Party, party, party on.
Teach your kids to sing–’mmm mmm mmm’.
Party, party, party on.
Teach your kids to sing–’mmm mmm mmm’.
Party, party, party on
Lookout!
Party, party, party on…
How’s it feel to make history?
Party, party, party on…
Whoa, it’s a fundamental transformation y’all!
Party, party, party on…
Can you feel the thrill run right up your leg now?
Party, party, party on…
Oh, I got the thrill, I got the thrill!
Party, party, party on…
And, if you run-off and join that Tea Party,
Party, party, party on…
you’re a simple-minded, gun totin’, bible-huggin’ racist!!
Party, party, party on…
Obamatons!! Obamatons!!
Party, party, party on…
Can I get one BIG Amen for the new Messiah?!
(Barry)–’Let me be clear’
AHHHHHHHH
(Barry)–’make no mistake’
MAHYEAHYEAHYEAHAHHHYENNNNNNNN!
(Right hand on heart please).

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THE ART OF JUNK performing live
some raw video by zone3 the night after obama’s inauguration in washington dc.

check them out at :
www.myspace.com/artofjunk

WASHINGTON Unemployment is up. The stock market is down. Let’s party.

The price tag for President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration gala is expected to break records, with some estimates reaching as high as $150 million. Despite the bleak economy, however, Democrats who called on President George W. Bush to be frugal four years ago are issuing no such demands now that an inaugural weekend of rock concerts and star-studded parties has begun.

Obama’s inaugural committee has raised more than $41 million to cover events ranging from a Philadelphia-to-Washington train ride to a megastar concert with Beyonce, U2 and Bruce Springsteen to 10 official inaugural balls. Add to that the massive costs of security and transportation — costs absorbed by U.S. taxpayers — and the historic inauguration will produce an equally historic bill.

In 2005, Reps. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., and Jim McDermott, D-Wash., asked Bush to show a little less pomp and be a little more circumspect at his party.

“President Roosevelt held his 1945 inaugural at the White House, making a short speech and serving guests cold chicken salad and plain pound cake,” the two lawmakers wrote in a letter. “During World War I, President Wilson did not have any parties at his 1917 inaugural, saying that such festivities would be undignified.”

The thinking was that, with the nation at war, excessive celebration was inappropriate. Four years later, the nation is still at war. Unemployment has risen sharply. And Obama pressed Congress to release the second half of a $700 billion bailout package in hopes of rescuing a faltering banking industry.

Obama’s inauguration committee says it is mindful of the times and is not worried people will see the four days of festivities as excessive.

“That is probably not the way the country is going to be looking at it,” said committee spokeswoman Linda Douglass. “It is not a celebration of an election. It is a celebration of our common values.”

Douglass said the campaign sought to keep costs down by having the same decorations at each of the 10 balls, eliminating floral arrangements and negotiating prices on food.

“Those at the Obama administration are trying to be reflective of the climate,” McDermott’s spokesman, Mike DeCeasar, said Saturday.

The festivities began Saturday with a speech at Philadelphia’s historic 30th Street train as Obama’s trip began.

Sunday’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial includes performances by Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder, Garth Brooks and others. Denzel Washington and Queen Latifah will read historic passages. HBO paid $2.5 million for the exclusive rights to broadcast the concert.

Monday, the inaugural committee is hosting a national day of service, followed by three “bipartisan dinners” and a concert at the Verizon Center honoring military families. The Disney Channel will broadcast the concert, which includes performances by teen stars Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers, as part of a $2 million deal that also gave ABC the exclusive rights to broadcast one inaugural ball.

The television deals allowed the committee to recoup about $5 million of the $15 million production costs for the televised events, Douglass said.

Security and transportation costs are being paid by taxpayers. And with millions of tourists expected to descend on Washington for Tuesday’s inauguration ceremony, Bush declared a state of emergency, allowing the district to recover some costs for the event.

The inauguration committee is paying for 10 stadium-style screens to broadcast the inauguration ceremony on the National Mall. It is also hiring garbage and recycling services and renting thousands of portable toilets for what one supplier called “the largest temporary restroom event in the history of the United States.”

Obama has pledged transparency in his inauguration fundraising. He has disclosed inaugural donors as the fundraising continued, though he is not required to do so until after the ceremony.

Many of the fundraisers are well-known moneymen and women in Democratic circles. Those leading the list raised at least $300,000. They include two of Obama’s top campaign fundraisers: Louis Susman, who retired this month as vice chairman of banking giant and government bailout recipient Citigroup, and billionaire Hyatt hotel heiress Penny Pritzker.

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Recently I posted early movies of the Inauguration of President Calvin Coolidge from 1925. Then I wondered, what were the FIRST movies ever shot of an American Inauguration?
I found the answer by looking it up in the National Archives: it was President William McKinley on March 4, 1897.
With less than 2 minutes of film footage, here is that historic event from over 110 years ago!
William McKinley, Jr. (January 29, 1843 September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected.
By the 1880s, McKinley was a national Republican leader; his signature issue was high tariffs on imports as a formula for prosperity, as typified by his McKinley Tariff of 1890. As the Republican candidate in the 1896 presidential election, he upheld the gold standard, and promoted pluralism among ethnic groups. His campaign introduced new advertising-style campaign techniques that revolutionized campaign practices and beat back the crusading of his arch-rival, William Jennings Bryan. The 1896 election is often considered a realigning election that marked the beginning of the Progressive Era.

President and Mrs. McKinley attended the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He delivered a speech about his positions on tariffs and foreign trade on September 5, 1901. On the second day, McKinley was at the Temple of Music, greeting the public. Leon Frank Czolgosz waited in line with a pistol in his right hand concealed by a handkerchief. At 4:07 P.M. Czolgosz fired twice at the president. The first bullet grazed the president’s shoulder. The second, however, went through McKinley’s stomach, pancreas, and kidney, and finally lodged in the muscles of his back. McKinley’s doctors believed he would recover, and the President convalesced for more than a week in Buffalo at the home of the exposition’s director. On the morning of September 12, he felt strong enough to receive his first food orally since the shooting—toast and a small cup of coffee. However, by afternoon he began to experience discomfort and his condition rapidly worsened. McKinley began to go into shock. At 2:15 A.M. on September 14, 1901, eight days after he was shot, he died from gangrene surrounding his wounds. He was 58. His last words were “It is God’s way; His will be done, not ours.”

Recorded: March 4, 1897

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Shabaka performs his world hit “Black Loyalist” at The Zanzibar President Obama Inauguration Weekend Celebration. This video is courtesy of and Produced by Shabaka Sounds and Juju Films Productions. http://www.ShabakaSounds.com http://www.JujuFilms.tv

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Tour of the Capital after President Obama’s Inauguration Speech.

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