http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601081229,00.html http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear/article/0,31682,1861543_1865068,00.html http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear/article/0,31682,1861543_1865068_1865069,00.html http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear/article/0,31682,1861543_1865068_1867014,00.html Inaugural line up:
http://inaugural.senate.gov/media/releases/release-12172008-inauguralwebsite.cfm http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/aretha-franklin-to-participate-in-inaugural-ceremony/ Including:
John Williams, the composer whose music was heard at Mr. Obama’s victory party on election night in Grant Park, will compose a new piece to be played for the incoming president.
His new piece will be played by Mr. Perlman on violin, Mr. Ma on cello, Gabriela Montero on piano and Anthony McGill on clarinet. (Usually at this juncture in previous inaugurations an operatic soloist performs.)
Obama also selected gay-basher and fat corrupt preacher Rick Warren to give the invocation:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/17/163743/98/114/674151 Of all of Obama's appointments the most appalling, the most egregious, the most pathetic is the selection of former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack, a corporate DLC Monsanto ADM lackey for secretary of agriculture:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/17/63219/619/313/673968 http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/17/11022/307/240/674025 The Senate should resoundingly reject the nomination of the corrupt Vilsack.
Enjoy the high fructose corn syrup and ethanol everyone! With Vilsack there will be no change we can believe in.
See also:
http://www.politico.com/politico44/