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19 Jan 2017, 7:25 pm

Tomorrow (Friday), Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. (Or 45th depending on how you count Grover Cleveland.) This thread can be for news items and commentary on the inaugural events.

This evening (Thursday) was the inaugural concert and fireworks at the Lincoln Memorial, featuring a grand performance of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, the great Republican anti-slavery anthem of the Civil War:


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19 Jan 2017, 8:10 pm

Here's the schedule of tomorrow's events:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/us/p ... edule.html

The swearing-in ceremony begins at 11:30am eastern US time.


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19 Jan 2017, 8:48 pm

Woo Hoo! This is my kind of thread! Mr. Darmok, could you post maybe some places online to watch the Inauguration for those like me who have no cable TV? I heard that some YouTube sites will be airing it live.

It should be quite interesting to watch. Ma told me that the Left plans on having a "cough out" where they just continuously keep coughing. :roll: What bright mind thought that one up I have no idea. I wonder if they will do it during Trump's speech.

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19 Jan 2017, 9:15 pm

nurseangela wrote:
could you post maybe some places online to watch the Inauguration for those like me who have no cable TV?

Why not watch straight from the White House starting at 11:05 am:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/inaugur ... ted-states


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19 Jan 2017, 9:41 pm

I hope Mrs Clinton stays in bed this time and like the rest of the world, I'm going to bed, Goodnight Hilary, Farewell Obama, Hello Free World. :lol:



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19 Jan 2017, 9:48 pm

Darmok wrote:
nurseangela wrote:
could you post maybe some places online to watch the Inauguration for those like me who have no cable TV?

Why not watch straight from the White House starting at 11:05 am:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/inaugur ... ted-states


Really! Thanks Mr. Darmok! I can't wait!


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19 Jan 2017, 10:15 pm

Trump, Pence Will Be Sworn Into Office On Historic Bibles

(CNSNews.com) – Both President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence will swear their oaths of office Friday on historic Bibles used by former Republican Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) announced.

Trump will be sworn-in by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts using the same Bible that President Lincoln used during his swearing-in by Chief Justice Roger Taney on March 4, 1861.

In addition, Trump will also use another Bible that was given to him by his mother in 1955 when he graduated from Sunday Church Primary School at the First Presbyterian Church in New York....

Pence will be sworn-in by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas - who will become the “first African-American in history to administer the oath of office to the Vice President or President of the United States” - using the Reagan Family Bible. He will be the first official since Reagan to do so.

The Reagan Family Bible is on permanent display behind bulletproof glass at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California. During Pence's swearing-in, it will be “open to the same passage used during President Reagan’s two inaugurations,” according to the PIC.

That passage is from II Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”


http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/bar ... ric-bibles

The Lincoln Bible in its special case in the Library of Congress:

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19 Jan 2017, 10:37 pm

First-known photograph of a presidential inauguration: James Buchanan in 1857.

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19 Jan 2017, 10:47 pm

So far I think the wreath-laying ceremony was very nice, and the concert was decent. I like that it took place at the Lincoln Memorial. I think the weight of responsibility is starting to hit Trump. The fireworks were neat, even though the USA one was messed up a bit.



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19 Jan 2017, 10:57 pm

Darmok wrote:
Trump, Pence Will Be Sworn Into Office On Historic Bibles

(CNSNews.com) – Both President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence will swear their oaths of office Friday on historic Bibles used by former Republican Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) announced.

Trump will be sworn-in by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts using the same Bible that President Lincoln used during his swearing-in by Chief Justice Roger Taney on March 4, 1861.

In addition, Trump will also use another Bible that was given to him by his mother in 1955 when he graduated from Sunday Church Primary School at the First Presbyterian Church in New York....

Pence will be sworn-in by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas - who will become the “first African-American in history to administer the oath of office to the Vice President or President of the United States” - using the Reagan Family Bible. He will be the first official since Reagan to do so.

The Reagan Family Bible is on permanent display behind bulletproof glass at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California. During Pence's swearing-in, it will be “open to the same passage used during President Reagan’s two inaugurations,” according to the PIC.

That passage is from II Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”


http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/bar ... ric-bibles

The Lincoln Bible in its special case in the Library of Congress:

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Oh my! I don't know what's wrong with me. Just reading about all of this and the history and seeing the pictures, I'm getting so emotional. I'm already needing the Kleenex. :mrgreen: No Presidency has affected me as much as this one will. I believe that one of my patient's that I had last weekend couldn't have said it any better, "Trump is going to be the best President this Country has ever seen." I just feel so blessed to be alive to see it. I thank God every day for Trump and his family - he will turn this Country around and make it great again. I Love You Trump! I mean I Love You PRESIDENT TRUMP! (I need another kleenex!)


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19 Jan 2017, 11:36 pm

The waterworks is happening again. (Kleenex please! On second thought just give me the whole box!)




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20 Jan 2017, 12:08 am

Not to rain on Trump's parade, but CNN has done it again! Are they trying to give a signal for someone to do something on Inauguration Day? I do not put it past them.


CNN: If Trump is Killed During Inauguration, Obama Appointee Would be President. http://tiny.iavian.net/esbi


They should shut that news station down. SOB 'S.


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20 Jan 2017, 12:19 am

The exact wording of the oath of office taken by the president is specified in the Constitution itself -- it's the only specific oath the Constitution contains. In Article II, which creates the Executive Branch, it is specified that

Before he enters the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:—"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Franklin Pierce was apparently the only president who said "affirm" rather than "swear."


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20 Jan 2017, 12:21 am

Some more extra little tid bits.

Media warns of inauguration drone bombing, not 'safe'. http://tiny.iavian.net/esdb

Washington braces for anti-Trump protests, New Yorkers march. http://tiny.iavian.net/esd1

At Activist Training Camp, Protesters Prep To Disrupt Inauguration. http://tiny.iavian.net/ese1

DC Starbucks store removes tables, chairs from seating area ahead of inauguration. http://tiny.iavian.net/estt

Anti-Trump protesters pepper-sprayed in Washington DC. http://tiny.iavian.net/esyl

Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Celebrity News. http://tiny.iavian.net/esvf


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20 Jan 2017, 12:30 am

...Perhaps the presentation was a little questionable in taste , but Ithink it was an interesting story .
If Hillary had won an identical story had run , would you be protesting ?
Who is the : they : that should shut CNN down ?
Will Trump , as President , do what he did to all the people who paid for Trump University or that he tried to pull eminent domain on?



uote="nurseangela"]Not to rain on Trump's parade, but CNN has done it again! Are they trying to give a signal for someone to do something on Inauguration Day? I do not put it past them.


CNN: If Trump is Killed During Inauguration, Obama Appointee Would be President. http://tiny.iavian.net/esbi


They should shut that news station down. SOB 'S.[/quote]


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ASS-P wrote:
...Perhaps the presentation was a little questionable in taste , but Ithink it was an interesting story .
If Hillary had won an identical story had run , would you be protesting ?
Who is the : they : that should shut CNN down ?
Will Trump , as President , do what he did to all the people who paid for Trump University or that he tried to pull eminent domain on?



uote="nurseangela"]Not to rain on Trump's parade, but CNN has done it again! Are they trying to give a signal for someone to do something on Inauguration Day? I do not put it past them.


CNN: If Trump is Killed During Inauguration, Obama Appointee Would be President. http://tiny.iavian.net/esbi


They should shut that news station down. SOB 'S.
[/quote]

You need to think again if you believe that means a US President should be assassinated.

Did you not see from the same article:

"Given the huge number of death threats leveled at Trump – including one family friend of Hillary Clinton who was arrested after he threatened to assassinate Trump at the inauguration – is CNN irresponsible in drawing attention to this issue?"

I sure didn't hear about that story - who the heck was the family friend? Hillary's other personality? Or maybe Bill.
Whoever it was, they were arrested - might as well toss Hillary right in the slammer with them. The whole family is nuts.


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