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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The White House Has A New Look

  That would be the WhiteHouse.gov website and you are encouraged to check it out. As is with most of the Obama administrations changes, the website has been totally changed and brought into the 21st century.

   The home page:

Welcome to the new WhiteHouse.gov. I'm Macon Phillips, the Director of New Media for the White House and one of the people who will be contributing to the blog.
A short time ago, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and his new administration officially came to life. One of the first changes is the White House's new website, which will serve as a place for the President and his administration to connect with the rest of the nation and the world.
Millions of Americans have powered President Obama's journey to the White House, many taking advantage of the internet to play a role in shaping our country's future. WhiteHouse.gov is just the beginning of the new administration's efforts to expand and deepen this online engagement.
Just like your new government, WhiteHouse.gov and the rest of the Administration's online programs will put citizens first.

   Many of the sites pages and features are not showing to much, if anything, but that will change in quick fashion, I'm sure.

Welcome , President Obama...

   and what the hell took you so long to get here?

    Tuesday,January 20,2009, 12 noon, and after 8 long years of inept leadership,...

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President Obama

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Good luck Mr. President!

Online Inauguration Streams

   I have many friends in places such as Russia and Eastern Europe who do not no where to watch the Inauguration. In some cases, their TV stations will not be carrying it live.

  So, I ran across a list of website that will be streaming the event live.

From by hyperbolic pants explosion

Note: The actual swearing in happens a few minutes before noon (Eastern).

CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/...

MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...

C-Span
http://www.c-span.org/...
(The above is a link to the video control room, where you can choose between 4 live camera feeds.)
http://www.c-span.org/...
http://www.c-span.org/...

C-Span Radio (audio only):
http://cspan.org/...
http://cspan.org/...

Fox:
http://www.foxnews.com/...

ABC:
http://abcnews.go.com/...

CBS:
http://www.cbsnews.com/...

WGN (Chicago):
http://video.wgntv.com/...
(This is currently live, but I don't know if it will be for the ceremony.)

Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/
(There is a live video box on the front page that says AP on it now, but I suspect will become the WGN feed, since the Trib and WGN are the same company.)

CBC (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/...
(No video link yet. Live video begins at 11 am eastern.)

BBC (Video available in UK only):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...

BBC (Video @ 11:00 easter, available globally (I think)):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/...

NECN:
http://www.necn.com/...

Hulu:
http://www.hulu.com/

McClatchy:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/...
(live feed begins at 11:00 eastern)

The World Is Waiting for President Obama...

   and thank God it is no longer a long wait!

Barack Obama had inspired many US citizens to get involved and to hope for change. This inspiration has also managed to be shared by people all over the world, tired of witnessing injustice and a superpower gone mad with its own self aggrandizement and lust for power and resources. He has also come under considerable attack from vicious rabid haters who are desperately maligning him with every libelous accusation known to man.

We believe that you can overcome and you have demonstrated the ability to overcome many challenges. Ignore as you have the insane foaming at the mouth haters. Ignore the special interests that would try to dissuade you from doing the right thing, which would drag us all back down to the corrupt and evil course of the past. Stay firm and stay on the right path and know that you have the good wishes of many who look forward to working with you in the spirit of cooperation and mutual friendship.     Pravda.Ru