World Affairs
Politics & OpinionsBy halthouse1
5 months ago
Inauguration Day: January 20th, 2009
Nobel Peace Prize Nominations Due: February 3, 2009
Nobel Committee
"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future,"
"a new climate in international politics."
"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future,"
What Was Accomplished In The Two Week Span To Inspire This Award? The Same award, by the way, won by Jimmy Carter. As documented so well by a recent Saturday Night Live skit, not much has happened since he took office. Some rhetoric. Speeches spreading the goodwill of America. A soft line on national security. But in those first 2 weeks?
This may actually be the first annual Nobel Prize For Not Being George Bush! |
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World AffairsPolitics & OpinionsBy Joel McDonald
14 months ago
From the Washington Post: The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies said Thursday that those with blue, silver and purple tickets who didn't make it will receive copies of the swearing-in invitation and program, photos of Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, and a color print of the ceremony. Committee spokeswoman Carole Florman said people should check the committee's Web site early next week for instructions on claiming their items. "We realize this hardly makes up for what they went through," Florman said. "Unfortunately, we can't get the day back, but we can offer something by way of an apology."
All of these items, with the exception of the color print of the ceremony, were included in the packet that Eileen of VBDems and I picked up with our tickets from Glenn Nye's office in Washington D.C. However, only one copy of each was provided, so this might be my opportunity to get copies for myself. If you haven't read my post on our experience trying to get to our ticketed location for the inauguration, I invite you to read it. Related posts: - Live coverage of the Presidential Inauguration
- Inauguration: Left behind, but still thrilled
- Special Screening of the Inauguration
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World AffairsPolitics & OpinionsBy Joel McDonald
14 months ago
 Eileen Levandoski of VBDems and I left Monday morning for Washington D.C. Eileen had been selected to receive tickets from Glenn Nye, Representative of the 2nd District and we had to pick them up on Monday afternoon.
We drove from Virginia Beach to Arlington and parked. We were coming back for the Netroots Nation YES WE CAN Party, so we left my car there and traveled by metro to Washington. Travel by both road and metro were smooth on Monday. Though it was obvious that a majority of the people walking around Capitol Hill were there to celebrate Obama's upcoming inauguration, movement through the area was pretty easy.
We had to pick up the tickets from Nye's office by 2:00 PM. We arrived at the Cannon Building at about 1:20 and were greeted by long lines of others waiting to pick up their tickets from the offices of their representatives. |
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