jhowe actually attended the inauguration with his rocket scientist girlfriend. He stood for seven hours in his -paid for- spot before our new savior and his beloved even began speaking.
I spend that whole day in bed waiting for work to call me to confirm or deny my hours for the coming night. I feel like such a slacker. All I have is a list of buildings and properties owned by various banks, credit bureaus, and personal background data caches I was going to blow up if my parents ended up losing their home.
What Jay showed me was that even my 110-odd pounds of ammonium nitrate is still just a drum of gray dirt when compared to the brilliance of personal effort and individual responsibility.
I didn't see you on TV, Jay -- but your frozen-ass Caucasian figure pressed against your numb-girlfriend squinting to see the Kwisatz Haderach nine rows back from the curb is painted vividly in my mind. I will probably be on television when I finally get my patriotism party started -- but your story sounds a lot better than the one I'd write.