# Inauguration Day follow-along thread -- Woo-hoo! Cue the brass bands & fireworks! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 20, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958 "2021-01-20T13:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/341 "2021-01-21T02:43:59Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > There was a moment when they at least seemed to be doing the right thing in terms of their news coverage, but today they basically gutted some of the political news side execs and they’ll probably fire more. Many years ago, I worked at the same regional newspaper with a guy who eventually became a senior executive at Fox. He just ‘retired’ … he was always a very conservative guy, but was also a very good reporter back in the day and I think he was one of the ones who was trying to keep them from completely throwing themselves over the edge. Nothing to stop 'em now, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/342 "2021-01-21T02:47:13Z")
John Legend has a voice as smooth as silk. Man, he is so good. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/343 "2021-01-21T02:51:09Z")
I’m watching on PBS. No commercials. Why does Tom look like he had his jaw wired almost shut? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/344 "2021-01-21T02:52:16Z")
Oh, huh. Are there commercial-sized gaps that PBS is filling with other content, or is the whole thing commercial free and ABC on Hulu is just running commercials over half of it? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/345 "2021-01-21T02:54:17Z")
Great joint statement by Obama, Bush, and Clinton about the importance of a peaceful transfer of power. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/346 "2021-01-21T02:59:49Z")
I think he’s freezing his butt off. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/347 "2021-01-21T03:00:48Z")
I only watched the following: a) Trump’s departure to Elba, or wherever the hell he’s going, b) Biden’s Zoom meeting to swear in the White House staff, c) Jen Psaki’s first press briefing (hey, anyone remember the quaint ritual of daily press briefings?) I’m sure the variety show was very nice, but I was TV’d out by that point. I didn’t feel I was missing anything by not watching the Presidential swearing in ceremony. You know why? Because I was dead certain that Biden wasn’t going to do the political equivalent of biting the head off a bat onstage. Unlike a previous, recent resident of the White House I could name. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/348 "2021-01-21T03:13:35Z")
Anybody else thinking “Joe, please get inside” during the fireworks finale? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/349 "2021-01-21T03:13:42Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Oh, huh. Are there commercial-sized gaps that PBS is filling with other content, or is the whole thing commercial free and ABC on Hulu is just running commercials over half of it? No gaps. Continuous content- performers, video, statements prerecorded from people all over the country. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/350 "2021-01-21T03:15:38Z")
Happy New Year everyone!! It was a long December but 2020 is finally over! ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/351 "2021-01-21T03:19:11Z")
I did not cry all day. I watched His Ickyness fly off thinking that witnessing the worst president ever was finally gone and I could maybe feel some relief. Kamala and Joe were sworn in, and I was okay. It wasn’t until tonight’s fireworks that I let all of the stress of the last four years fall away. It really felt like finally leaving an abusive relationship that you knew all along was not good for your health. I’ve been crying for ten minutes. And it feels good. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/352 "2021-01-21T03:37:36Z")
I look forward to waking up tomorrow without that heavy heart that I’ve felt every morning since Nov 2016. To knowing that the country is right where I left it when I went to bed. It was great sharing the day with fellow Dopers! 'Night, y’all. 😴 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/353 "2021-01-21T03:40:37Z")
I think they used every firework in the United States! Wow, that was amazing. No commercials on msnbc. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/354 "2021-01-21T03:46:30Z")
I really enjoyed the Celebrating America show. I’m not American, but it was great to see a celebration of America from all parts of the USA and celebrities as well as ordinary people, rather than news items on inaugural balls in Washington. I’d like to see this as a tradition on inaugural days. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/355 "2021-01-21T04:04:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It was great sharing the day with fellow Dopers! 'Night, y’all. Thanks for starting the thread. Sleep well. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/356 "2021-01-21T04:40:59Z")
Anderson Cooper interviewed Amanda Gorman, the poet laureate. She’s super impressive. She had a speech impediment where she couldn’t pronounce r’s until a couple years ago. She says that she doesn’t think in pictures; she thinks in words and text. And she likes the idea of being President in 2036. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qHhut5nhI8g/maxresdefault.jpg "'Overjoyed': Hear from poet who stole the show at inauguration") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHhut5nhI8g) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/357 "2021-01-21T04:44:14Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > She says that she doesn’t think in pictures; she thinks in words and text. Wait… is that considered unusual? ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/358 "2021-01-21T04:50:40Z")
Sorry, that wasn’t right. I went back and heard it again. She said that she doesn’t “work” in images. She works in words and text. That makes more sense. I misheard it the first time and thought it was odd as well which is why I wrote that. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/359 "2021-01-21T04:56:34Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > It was great sharing the day with fellow Dopers! 'Night, y’all. > > Thanks for starting the thread. Sleep well. Sleep tight. It was lovely sharing the bright new day with all of you. I’d forgotten what a deep breath felt like. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/360 "2021-01-21T05:08:08Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > She said that she doesn’t “work” in images. She works in words and text. That makes more sense. I misheard it the first time and thought it was odd as well which is why I wrote that. Well, no, my point is that it sounds NORMAL to me, so I didn’t get what was remarkable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958.md?page=19)