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+ Holy shit...we did it! President Obama! Hells to the Yeah! Here's his inaugural speech (Washington Post)

+ Schoolchildren throughout the city take in the historic events. (City Room)

+ As of noon today, Whitehouse.gov already got its ass a makeover. (Buzzfeed)

+ A great roundup of reactions from other Brooklynites about this incredible day (OTBKB)

+ The new administration's Civil Rights Agenda (Whitehouse.org)

+ Obama speech tag cloud. (Flickr)

+ Watching change. (Gawker)

Yes We Can?

Don't know about you, but for me, this pic of Aretha Franklin has pretty much been the most haunting image of the day thus far.

Word of The Day: Obama Day

Obama Day: is the act of taking a day off school, work or other meetings to watch Obama related events or to see Obama related rallies, specificly the Inauguration.

Are you going to be in school on Jan 20th? No I am taking an Obama Day.

Mom, Fuck Israel; This is the Worst Thing the Times Has Ever Done.

I just keep staring at this thing over and over again like it's 9/11 footage.

Holy christ, could this be as fucking bad as it seems?

In this Sunday's Op-Ed section, the New York Times posted a Roger Cohen song parody so bad that Weird-Al Yankovic should un-friend Roger Cohen and kick him in the nuts.

He was trying to perform y2k maintenance on Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire as a tribute to Obama, though I'm sure the president-elect would have preferred to receive a simple Don't Be Homesick Gift Crate from Zabars.

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Happy 'YES WE CAN' Day: Inauguration Schedule

Here's a great round-up of when/where everything is going down today for the Inauguration.

I think we're going to head over to watch the festivities at BAM.

What are you doing?