Jason Moyer on 20/1/2021 at 19:36
No option for 1 term/2 impeachments, so we all lose.
SubJeff on 20/1/2021 at 19:38
Come on guys. What did Lopez say?
bassoferrol on 20/1/2021 at 19:53
Una nación bajo Dios, indivisible, con libertad y justicia para todos.
One nation under God, indivisible, with freedom and justice for all.
SubJeff on 20/1/2021 at 20:22
Thanks!
Nicker on 20/1/2021 at 21:21
Too bad Yahweh made an appearance. He's got a lot of blame to bear for what's wrong with America. Not just that specific religious ideology but the whole God Is With Us mind set. The myth that the nation of the USA is not a secular work in progress but a personal manifestation of one of the most vile characters in the human imagination, the same one used to justify the rights of monarchs and slave owners.
Sorry, not sorry.
lowenz on 20/1/2021 at 21:41
"vile"?
More like schizoid by the book :D (not so bad when you need a guide-figure.....like in the old semitic tribal world )
It's impossible to imagine USA without the "god" rhetoric.
Putin's Russia too.
ZylonBane on 20/1/2021 at 22:33
Quote Posted by SubJeff
Anyone know what Jennifer Lopez shouted in Spanish?
"My hovercraft is full of eels!"
Pyrian on 20/1/2021 at 23:08
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
No option for 1 term/2 impeachments, so we all lose.
The question is "how long will Trump be president" so 1 term wins. ...Why is this so hard for so many people?
Starker on 20/1/2021 at 23:44
Well, I never thought he would last 4 whole years, but here we are. Then again, I never thought the people of the US would actually elect someone like him to be president, so clearly I had a far more rosy perception of the US than was warranted. And I don't think the world will soon forget this side of the US.
Can't say the whole thing wasn't entertaining, though. With daily scandals and a protagonist as base and vulgar and incompetent, how could it not have been? It's funny that he started his presidency with the American Carnage speech when it would have been far more appropriate for Biden to have done so. Hundreds of thousands of people dead, millions of jobs lost, the Capitol ransacked and vandalised... Instead, Biden started his presidency with a vigil for the dead and a message of hope and inspiration from a young poet:
[video=youtube;Jp9pyMqnBzk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp9pyMqnBzk[/video]
One interesting coincidence -- this girl has struggled with a speech impediment, just like Biden.
Kolya on 21/1/2021 at 00:01
I'm sure that speech felt good to a lot of people. The pathos with which she speaks about a country at an official political event is still deeply foreign to me. Not only because I entertain no such deep feelings for any land, but because I believe that pathos and emotions are utterly misplaced in countries and politics. They can too easily lead to absolutist antagonistic thinking and sweeping judgements. Even if it's all well meant, I vastly prefer politics to be a sober factual work matter.