Comments on: Inauguration Liveblog http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/20/inauguration-liveblog/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Hunsblog » Live-Blogging My Phone Call to the California Student Aid Commission http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/20/inauguration-liveblog/#comment-20105 The Hunsblog » Live-Blogging My Phone Call to the California Student Aid Commission Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:36:15 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2470#comment-20105 [...] Most notably this occurs at sporting events, music festivals, conferences, and most recently, political events. Today I venture my first attempt at live blogging, a phone call with the California Student Aid [...] [...] Most notably this occurs at sporting events, music festivals, conferences, and most recently, political events. Today I venture my first attempt at live blogging, a phone call with the California Student Aid [...]

]]> By: patty http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/20/inauguration-liveblog/#comment-20106 patty Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:17:26 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2470#comment-20106 Don't quote me, but I think the hamsters we want to harness were all gathered in Aretha's hat. Don't quote me, but I think the hamsters we want to harness were all gathered in Aretha's hat.

]]> By: patty http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/20/inauguration-liveblog/#comment-20104 patty Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:17:26 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2470#comment-20104 Don't quote me, but I think the hamsters we want to harness were all gathered in Aretha's hat. Don't quote me, but I think the hamsters we want to harness were all gathered in Aretha's hat.

]]> By: The Confabulum » Blog Archive » Citizenship vs. Love (II) http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/20/inauguration-liveblog/#comment-20103 The Confabulum » Blog Archive » Citizenship vs. Love (II) Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:09:40 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2470#comment-20103 [...] Will Wilkinson translates Obama’s inaugural: Basically, all dichotomies are false. Freedom AND security. Free markets AND big government. […] The troops are awesome, because they “find meaning in something larger than themselves.” So we all need to be like troops in the war on badness. [...] [...] Will Wilkinson translates Obama’s inaugural: Basically, all dichotomies are false. Freedom AND security. Free markets AND big government. […] The troops are awesome, because they “find meaning in something larger than themselves.” So we all need to be like troops in the war on badness. [...]

]]> By: Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/20/inauguration-liveblog/#comment-20102 Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:18:03 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2470#comment-20102 Hey, why'd you stop in the middle of the inauguration? It was getting really good! Hey, why'd you stop in the middle of the inauguration? It was getting really good!

]]> By: Kevin B. O'Reilly http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/20/inauguration-liveblog/#comment-20101 Kevin B. O'Reilly Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:41:26 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2470#comment-20101 Enh. I liked your commentary. "Facebook us, Kenya!" Classic. Enh. I liked your commentary. “Facebook us, Kenya!” Classic.

]]> By: Kevin B. O'Reilly http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/20/inauguration-liveblog/#comment-22567 Kevin B. O'Reilly Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:41:26 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2470#comment-22567 Enh. I liked your commentary. "Facebook us, Kenya!" Classic. Enh. I liked your commentary. “Facebook us, Kenya!” Classic.

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/20/inauguration-liveblog/#comment-20109 Will Wilkinson Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2470#comment-20109 Also, I believe a couple posts down I express my unironic enthusiam over GWBs departure. Isn't it OK if I hate everybody? Also, I believe a couple posts down I express my unironic enthusiam over GWBs departure. Isn’t it OK if I hate everybody?

]]> By: DMonteith http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/20/inauguration-liveblog/#comment-20100 DMonteith Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:51:32 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2470#comment-20100 But of course. But of course.

]]> By: Sol http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/01/20/inauguration-liveblog/#comment-20099 Sol Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:47:39 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=2470#comment-20099 If you mean the song with lyrics something like "Dance, dance, whomever you may be", then that's just a different set of words to the tune of "Simple Gifts", and the piece at the inauguration seemed to be a John Williams arrangement/bastardization of part of Aaron Copland's arrangement of "Simple Gifts". (That is to say, Copland's ballet "Appalachian Spring".)<br><br>If instead you are implying some sort of Michael Flatley involvement, I must have missed that bit. If you mean the song with lyrics something like “Dance, dance, whomever you may be”, then that's just a different set of words to the tune of “Simple Gifts”, and the piece at the inauguration seemed to be a John Williams arrangement/bastardization of part of Aaron Copland's arrangement of “Simple Gifts”. (That is to say, Copland's ballet “Appalachian Spring”.)

If instead you are implying some sort of Michael Flatley involvement, I must have missed that bit.

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