Donald Trump Gives Resolute Inaugural Message

This is Friday January 20, 2017.   To the people who predicted that Obama would not survive his term in office, they were proven wrong today.  Things went off without a hitch.  The world didn’t come to an end.  I didn’t start watching inauguration coverage till ten after eight because breakfast runs so late.  Then I found that my camera said to change the batteries so it wasn’t working, and the other two batteries were probably shot anyhow.  These in there now were freshly charged the last time I used the camera.  Then the TV picture went all gray and streaked after having initially come in all right.  I think the TV was pro democrat because when Chuck Schummer and democrats were being announced the picture was working fine.  Only when they announced Donald Trump did the picture go out for maybe ten minutes or something.  Things got under way perhaps eight thirty.  Actually I was expecting the choir to sing more songs.   Vice President Pence was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas, who is showing his age these days.  Then Trump was sworn in by Chief Justice Roberts.  As to Trump’s speech I guess it was kind of a pep talk for America and the sovereignty of the voters.  “This is the day we turn over government from the Washington beaurocrats who have bled you dry,  to you the people.  This is your day.   There were a lot of absolutes in the speech like eliminating ISIS.  There was talk of putting America First and defending our own borders for a change rather than the borders of other nations.   Some commentators claimed the speech was too combative, like another campaign speech.  Bernie Sanders could have given large portions of it.  I don’t know if this was by design.  There was talking about reaching out to the inner ghetto and farmers on a Nebraska plain.   There was a lot of talk about bringing former jobs back to America and getting back respect for America and making America great again, and a lot of other things “again”.   I didn’t have the TV on during the lunch period.  Apparently Trump spent a lot of time talking with Chuck Schummer.   I had Thom Hartman on and he collected feedback on the speech.   Thom Hartman said there was a lack of humility or philosophical uplift or something.  For a while I had KTLA on and I switched to ABC and Stephanopolis and then switched to KNBC.   The parade has never been so late.  The previous lateness record was with Clinton and it was at ten to four or something.  This parade didn’t get going till after five and it was getting dark and they had artificial lighting.  The trek to the White House was endless.  Donald Trump got out of the car twice briefly but Pence walked more of the distance.  Trump did a lot of saluting.  In terms of trivia,  Jimmy Carter started the tradition of walking part of the inaugural rout.  Dolly Madison started the tradition of the inaugural balls.  Only Woodrow Wilson didn’t follow it.  U S Grant started the tradition of the parade reviewing stand.  They used to have floats in the parade but they became too expensive.   Everyone and everything is getting cheaper these days. 

 Norman says he doesn’t want to hear any bitterness about how the democratic campaign was run.  I must strongly disagree.  Those who will not learn from history are condemned to repeat it, and the past campaign is exhibit A.   Why couldn’t Hillary come up with “Buy American” and “Hire American”.  That’s what Thom Hartman has been talking about so much.   Just now at the bottom of the hour I went outside and it’s started sprinkling again and it’s still cold and windy with rain clouds everywhere. 

Last night I got coffee from Glenda in her room.   It was ABC news and Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.  I got medication from Ida in a long line.  Bill got coffee from Glenda after this and had a surplus and gave me coffee so I had a second cup.  Then it was that “Legends of Tomorrow” program and I dozed off.  I slept well.  It had started raining in the night and was pouring down rain by six.  The medication line with April was short but slow moving.  Stephanie Miller was in Thom Hartman’s studio with his bookcase.  I went to the front room and waited there briefly.  It was raining some but not as heavily when I went to the store.  I got a $1.25 coffee for the last time till February barring a financial miracle.  It was kind of a rerun from yesterday.  We got our Cheerios with the bowl less full today.  It was a longer wait for our main plate.  But we finally got our scrambled eggs and a waffle but today we also got a sausage patty.   Augustine was in charge of the coffee and I got seconds on coffee for both breakfast and lunch.  My system needed all that coffee.   I felt in need of a strong mental lift.  

Washington’s blog states that ninety percent of the US Senate qualifies as “neo conservative”.  This of course would be a hawkish internationalist, who believes in the famous “New World Order” Bush 41 talked about.  The piece goes on to say that the Senate and House both are “to the right of the incoming President”, Donald Trump.  This is a lot to swallow.   Earlier I read Rude Pundit because I wanted his take on things now and I hadn’t looked at the blog in a while.  I was so impressed with the posting that I re-posted it.  This is the first time I have ever pasted over a Rude Pundit blog post, obscenities and all.  I think he’s tapped into the disgust I personally feel about Obama and he tapped into my fear and all Obama thinks he’s accomplish will soon get swept away as Trump does a massive cancelation of the Presidents executive orders.   My fear was that we had our chance and blew it and now the tide has turned and the Republicans are calling the shots and are not above re-writing history.  This whole bit about the “meek and mild black man” isn’t flying.  We don’t need Clark Kent; we need Superman.  The Rude Pundit says, “We live in a world of messaging and Trump is a lot better at messaging”.  We live in a world of heroes and villains, not “right” and “wrong”.