tomorrow is Obama's big day
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Rick Warren will be there to support Obama.
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and today is your banning day
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20 Jan will the the day obama is beginning to save the world. His load is much heavier than the pee M of sg who draws much higher pay than him.
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what's with the sudden influx of fireice "related" clones
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admirers of fireice bah
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FireIce popular what !
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of course lah, she the mod of this forum.
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I dont think she would enjoy this kind of attention.
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oh dear, better go back to the topic on obama.
OBama the world's saviour.
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soon, people will correleate obama with chuck norris
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catch the inaugaration "live" on BBC.
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sad, 11pm live telecast tmr..
i cant watch, or else i'll get a hangover tmr..
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Originally posted by SBS7484P:
sad, 11pm live telecast tmr..
i cant watch, or else i'll get a hangover tmr..
programme schedule: 12.00
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CHANGE IS ON THE WAY!
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
programme schedule: 12.00
nooo!*bangs walls*
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'Overwhelming emotion' at star-studded inaugural concert
AFP - Monday, January 19
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A galaxy of music legends joined Sunday with hundreds of thousands of people before Washington's Lincoln Memorial in a vast emotional celebration of Barack Obama's upcoming inauguration as the country's first black president.
Obama and his family enjoyed the show alongside the massive crowd who braved bitter cold to witness mega-stars including Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Stevie Wonder perform on the same steps Martin Luther King Jr roused the civil rights movement 46 years ago.
By dawn tens of thousands bundled in winter coats and gloves were already streaming through intense security cordons for the "We Are One" extravaganza that boasts a line-up with as many big names as a LiveAid concert.
Music legends Wonder and Springsteen joined soul divas Beyonce and Mary J. Blige and a host of other stars -- Jon Bon Jovi, John Legend, Shakira and James Taylor, among many others.
Actors Tom Hanks, Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington and Jack Black also took the stage to read historic passages, honoring Civil War president Abraham Lincoln and the American outdoors, interspersed with rousing gospel choir songs and sweeping orchestral numbers.
It was Obama's address before the grand statue of Lincoln that was the highlight for many in the crowd who see his election as a transformational moment.
"It is overwhelming to see this happen," said Linda Marshall, a school teacher from Obama's hometown Chicago who marched with King and other civil rights leaders as a teenager in the early 1960s, as she waited in line at a security checkpoint.
"Martin Luther King spoke here. And to have Barack come and stand in those same shoes, from Lincoln, to MLK, to Barack Obama ..." Her voice trailed off.
"This is history. I couldn't have imagined hoping for a day like this."
Scores of attendees huddled under blankets or jumping around to fend off temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. In a sign of the bitter cold, the 2,029 foot (618 meter) Reflecting Pool in front of the memorial was covered by a sheet of ice.
The wait in security lines and extreme cold did not hinder a throng of revelers from attending the free concert, which was broadcast live on an open signal by HBO television and National Public Radio.
A group who drove up for the inauguration from Florida even said they would have camped outside overnight if they had been allowed.
"I didn't march with Dr King, but to see his dream come to life is overwhelming," said Donella Reddick, 51, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, whose family and friends were pressed up against one of the metal barriers.
"My only disappointment is that Martin Luther King wasn't here to see this," she said.
Audrey Warren, of Hollywood, Florida said it will be hard to keep her composure should Obama make reference to King's historic speech on the steps of the memorial.
"Remember how Martin Luther King said how he had been to the mountaintop? Well this is the top," Warren said.
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Originally posted by alwaysbemybaby:
hey,should change the pic to money sucking heartless lee hsien loong.
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nice nick
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we can say gd bye to bush
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bush contributed war and chaos in his 8 years as PM of US.
Very happy to let him go. Bye and please don't come back to mess around anymore, we don't need you, bush.
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the funny thing was it was the Americans who voted him for president...
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Originally posted by fairlady_xoxo:
the funny thing was it was the Americans who voted him for president...
after his first 4 years of nuisance, I was surprised and disappointed that the Americans still have not enough of him and voted him in for another term. funny -
this is what we call retarded...
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Originally posted by fairlady_xoxo:
this is what we call retarded...
same goes to the taiwanese. after 4 years as president with lacklust performance, they still went on to vote for Bian.