8:54am pst : what the fuck is this girl singing? announcer fella (trent lott, i guess) called it the american anthem. i expected the star-spangled banner. i guess i'm at fault here

so far, there's been parading and announcing and cheney swearing in and lots of hoopla

8:56 : bush sworn in. gun salute. lovely.

supposedly his speech has been clocked at 17 minutes. that's about 16 too long for me, but i'm gonna try to watch it anyway, just cause i'm a masochist

9:02 : the first real groan, with that line about everyone in the world having equal rights cause they bear the image of the maker

9:03 : i grab the dictionary to doublecheck the definition of tyranny, since our goal is to get rid of it by force and all

9:05 : "freedom is eternally right" so why does god have rules?

9:06 : "america's belief in human dignity" like that in chomping down on bull testicles on fear factor

9:07 : i swear a soldier in the audience just rolled his eyes at the permanent tyranny/permanent slavery line

9:07 : "when you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you" or on you, if that's the way it has to be

9:08 : "rulers of outlaw regimes" - technically, bush isn't one of those anymore, is he? the lucky bastard

9:09 : "freedom's enemies" - didn't he just explain that every mind goes toward freedom? so, who are these enemies then?

9:11 : so, he's talking about the dead soldiers and it occurred to me: with all the money spent on the celebration today, could they have afforded to invite the families of the 1300 + dead soldiers to come represent their fallen family members? not that they'd want that visual a symbol of all that death, of course

9:13 : "an ownership society" - isn't that the problem? that we're all about owning everything and believing the world belongs to us?

9:15 : cool, didn't know ennoble was a word. dictionary confirmed, though, he wasn't just making up that one

9:18 : he's just rambling now, soemthing about the ebb and flow of history, the author of liberty, and something

9:19 : the liberty bell meant something when it rang?, does he really want to reference that bell as a symbol here? i mean, considering that it's been broken for years

and, he's done, and he's got that shit-eating grin going on, and i'm done for now

i'd rather let the kids watch a few cartoons than listen to anymore of this, though i'm sure i'll check in again later

ALL HAIL OUR HOLY EMPEROR BUSH (and check out that halo):