Perhaps more "memorable" than "favorite" to me was the mistake that he made while reciting the oath. Not that I find it humorous in any way. But it's interesting to see that even the very best speakers make a mistake once in a while.
Then he just put it behind him and delivered a very powerful and compelling speech.
Yeah, when they got all messed up during the oath. Looks like nerves did it. It was cool- a big memorable moment...
My favorite moment was during the motorcade after the inauguration. It was hard to see President Obama in that big, safe but tinted window limousine as it moved slowly along. But then the limo stopped and President Obama and the First Lady got out and walked in front of the limo for a block or so and they were smiling and waving, and the crowd was cheering and I started crying.It was beautiful.
When he was welcomed to the podium at some five minutes past noon for the invocation, he let Mitchell the fast lady walk infront of him as he said "after you",loud enough that it was picked up by the microphones. And when he faltered when saying the words of the swearing-in. Coming from a  man who delivers speeches flawlessly and with great orator,those few sentences seemed to be such a great burden.
Overall it showed just how Human we all are included Mr President Anyhow you can catch the video from youtube on this link.
MSNBC has the whole thing split up into several segments for each of the different parts of the ceremony. (For some reason they seem to have Elizabeth Alexander's poem twice. )msnbc.msn.com/id/27721638/vp/28738394I suppose my single favorite moment was a simple one, the end of the oath of office...Chief Justice: ".... So help you God?"Obama: "So help me God.
"CJ: "Congratulations, Mr President. "*Enormous cheers*There were plenty of other lovely moments too. I loved the poem by Elizabeth Alexande, though I think a lot of people were a little bemused by it.
And it's worth listening to the entire Obama speech, not just the clips you might see on the news.
My favorite part of his speech was when he made reference to (I can't remember word for word) dusting ourselves off as a nation and getting to work. To me, that meant there are no more excuses - rather than sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves waiting for change, we need to get up off our butts to make these changes. I talked to m kids about that after they got home from school and it prompted a very productive conversation about how we can't wait around for others to do things for us - we have to do things for ourselves.It was a very positive message.
My favorite moment was also the oath of office. I was only able to listen to it on the radio but when it was occurring I thought to myself "How can anyone remember this entire dialogue under such pressure? " It reminded me a little of a Three Stooges episode "Disorder In the Court" .
Check this out around 3:15 into the video - youtube.com/watch?v=IZI2gv6Rq0U.
I loved Reverend Joseph Lawry and his wonderful rhymes. Â " We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around -- (laughter) -- when yellow will be mellow -- (laughter) -- when the red man can get ahead, man -- (laughter) -- and when white will embrace what is right. "I thought it was very clever and added a little something to the celebration.
I like momen "Dance Party for president Obama yesterday.
If your yellow, then your mellow, red like a head.
On Wednesday, May 29th, OFA St. Louis staged a climate change event outside the local office of Republican Congresswoman Ann Wagner. Along with the local Sierra Club chapter, we had planned to call out Rep. Wagner for her opposition to meaningful action on this important issue—but shortly before the event, we learned that Rep.
Wagner denies the very science behind climate change. We tracked down a response letter Rep. Wagner had sent to a blogger that was a textbook example of climate denial misinformation.
An article published the morning of the event publicized our action and presented the full text of Rep. Wagner’s climate denial letter. About two dozen people gathered outside Rep.
Wagner’s office, and a Sierra Club organizer requested to meet with her staff. That request was initially declined, but we stood our ground and were eventually informed that someone from Rep. Wagner’s staff wished to speak with us.
As our event wrapped up, Rep. Wagner’s staff agreed to schedule a future meeting with us. Huffington Post covers #OFAction for climate change outside Rep.
We know climate change is real and is already affecting people in St. Louis. We look forward to meeting with Rep. Wagner to talk about the science of climate change, and why it's so important to address this issue and reduce dangerous carbon pollution now.
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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.