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January 21, 2009
January 20, 2009
Barack Obama & the Inaugural Speech, January 20, 2009
Full Transcript of President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Speech, January 20, 2009
Barack Obama Inaugural Speech
FULL TRANSCRIPT: President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address
President Barack Obama Delivers Inaugural Address at US Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Full transcript as prepared for delivery of President Barack Obama’s inaugural remarks on Jan. 20, 2009, at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition. (more…)
January 19, 2009
Monday Reading List 1.19.09
Things to Read Around the Web:
The Man in the Middle, on New York Senior Senator Chuck Schumer, by Joshua Green in the Atlantic Monthly. Should Obama’s Inaugural Address Be Bleak, by Eve Fairbanks for The New Republic.
McSweeny’s features a selection of children’s letters to newly elected President Obama, from what I believe is a forthcoming book. Between The Ritz and the Gutter: Francis Bacon’s Life in London, by Amabel Barraclough for The Fanzine. Interview with Benjamin Weissman from an older issue of The Believer, in part (subscribe for the entire feature). Also pick up Benjamin Weissman’s two awesome collections of short stories here, by clicking either Headless or Dear Dead Person.
Analysis of The Seventh Seal, a film by Bergman, written by Dennis DeNitto and William Herman for Winona State University.
They Are It, and article about The Strokes by Gerald Marzorati from the NY Times, originally published October 6, 2002.
History and Information on Niagara Falls from Info Niagara. Inaugural Galleries: Gilbert Stuart at the NGA, from Modern Art Notes by Tyler Green. Interview with Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Grant from ArtSlant LA, September 2008.
