Yr Funny Valentine » Obama http://www.yrfunnyvalentine.com you make me smile in my heart Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:58:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 #inaug09 http://www.yrfunnyvalentine.com/2009/01/20/inaug09/ http://www.yrfunnyvalentine.com/2009/01/20/inaug09/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:45:00 +0000 larn http://www.yrfunnyvalentine.com/?p=53 I watched today’s events on my laptop, on CNN.com, which was partnered with Facebook, and made watching it more interactive, I suppose. Realtime status updates from my friends? Oh joy. Oddly, though, we had CNN on in our room, but I preferred listening with my headphones. At least on the web version, Wolf Blitzer wasn’t talking during the “Air and Simple Gifts” performance.

I was particularly struck by this line of Obama’s address:

To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

Obama is such a powerful writer and orator, and that line just invokes such amazing imagery. I’m also quite excited about the new white house website. It has a BLOG! And you can follow the white house on Twitter? God Bless Obama for embracing technology.

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