Inauguration musings, for what they're worth

[shoebox2]

Weirdest quote on yesterday’s events comes from Toronto MetroNews TV columnist Rick McGinnis:

“The inauguration was as uninteresting as it was overwrought…”

Dude. Anger, sure I can understand that; also cynicism or even the more moderate forms of paranoia. But if you were unable to find anything interesting in what happened in Washington

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[shoebox2]

Oh god, I'm sorry - I didn't even see the lock, which proves that my brain is completely nonfunctional due to lack of sleep. Fixed both issues. :)

[tree_and_leaf]

... what? I mean, I'm always struck by how much bigger American rhetoric is than British - you can say things in the States that would just get you laughed at over here. And I'm always torn between being suspicious of the bombast and feeling sad that we're so much more cynical and cramped.

But whatever your politics, yesterday was an extraordinary day, and how you can have found it boring baffles me.

[shoebox2]

No no no no no, I didn't think it was boring, Rick McGinnis did. He's a bit of a blusterer at the best of times, but that statement was so over the top I just had to use it to frame my own, very real interest.

...sheez, did I offend the blogging gods with this post or something? :)

Ack, that came out completely different to how it was meant.

[tree_and_leaf]

No, you misunderstand me - I expressed myself badly in the first place (that was a generic 'you' that would have been a 'one' if that didn't sound pretentious) I was agreeing with you that I don't get RM.

... sorry, I clearly shouldn't comment on LJ when I'm half asleep.

Re: Ack, that came out completely different to how it was meant.

[shoebox2]

And I shouldn't reply when I'm nearly fully asleep, either. :) No worries.