# Thank God, change is finally here. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 20, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626 "2009-01-20T09:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/41 "2009-01-20T10:59:29Z")
Meh. They haven’t been waiting their whole lives for a $150,000,000 dollar party… I agree it’s excessive when he’s preaching that it’s time to buckle down. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/42 "2009-01-20T11:07:33Z")
> [@StrokedZ28](#): > > I good portion of that was/will be payed for by donations, last I heard there was over $50 million raised and that number is going up. > > After such a horrible year for so many people, and for African Americans who have been waiting for this thier entire lives to see. It would be irresponcible for us to allow wall street to destroy an event that could never be repeated. > > America needed this. For many it was the accumulation of lifetimes amount of work. > > There were over 2 million reasons to have this event, and they were all present in Washington. $180 million - $50 Million = $130 million. Still a lot And I didn’t need this event. Why did I need to see a Golden Globes or Grammy style event to start a new Presidental term. As mentioned, the change he could have started with is the way the inauguration was done. No one was OWED this. I lost a ton of money in the market and you don’t see me saying that he OWED this ceremony to me. I’d rather see the money put towards fixing our debt. African Americans aren’t OWED this. But yet, as mentioned the black messiah hasn’t done anything yet and has an 80% approval. Support is only behind him because of his color, even though he is only half black? I don’t understand why 2 million people wanted to stand in a sea of people to just say they were there. But yet people are so lazy to do anything on a smaller level to help out their comminity, economy, etc. The people there made no impact other than filling a crowd. I don’t know about those people, but I seem to recall that I have a job and a responsibility that made it so I could not even go there if I wanted to. Instead of going to Washington to say you were there, help at a food panty, homeless shelter, etc. Easier and more rewarding. I wish I was there to sell Obama tshirts. That would make up for the killing in the market that got me. I’d be all set selling shirts to the sheep. ---
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/43 "2009-01-20T11:08:39Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#): > > We need a President…not a rockstar. The overwhelming popularity for doing nothing is a mechanism for failure. > > People should be shot on sight for what they have made of the Presidency with this election. Obama 44 hats…Obama Lip Balm…Obama Bobble heads. Its pathetic and I hope he becomes the legend people have made him out to be or else the nation is in some serious trouble. > > You think today is bad…4 years and counting. I guess we all get to find out together. Hey it helpped the economy a little. :lol: Again you can blame Washington to producing useless uninspiring rejects for the last 20 years for the popularity of Obama. Although I did say something similar about Bush in 2004 and I was right. So who knows… ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/44 "2009-01-20T11:11:47Z")
Curious as to where this will lead. History of what happens when people worship a leader without knowing anything about them is rather frightening. Hopefully that fear isn’t well founded. All hail king Obama? ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/45 "2009-01-20T11:11:47Z")
The popularity of Obama has everything to do with the color of his skin and the reaction people had to Bush/GOP politics. His presidency will go down in history as the greatest marketing campaign any business has ever known. ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/46 "2009-01-20T11:12:04Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Meh. They haven’t been waiting their whole lives for a $150,000,000 dollar party… > > I agree it’s excessive when he’s preaching that it’s time to buckle down. The majority of that cost is the security and services required to have millions of additional citizens pour into the Nation’s capital. ---
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/47 "2009-01-20T11:13:39Z")
> [@camarojoe](#): > > $180 million - $50 Million = $130 million. Still a lot > > I don’t understand why 2 million people wanted to stand in a sea of people to just say they were there. But yet people are so lazy to do anything on a smaller level to help out their comminity, economy, etc. The people there made no impact other than filling a crowd. I don’t know about those people, but I seem to recall that I have a job and a responsibility that made it so I could not even go there if I wanted to. > > Instead of going to Washington to say you were there, help at a food panty, homeless shelter, etc. Easier and more rewarding. You didn’t need it because you already hate him, but for most other people he is a person of hope to turn the country around and get it back to where it should be. And Obama is pushing for a lot more volunterring. AKA Kennedy style. I’ve already started to see the commericals for it. ---
**Author:** ![Eazy716](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eazy716/32/7443_2.png) [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/48 "2009-01-20T11:16:15Z")
so will our checks be in the mail today? ---
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/49 "2009-01-20T11:19:27Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#): > > The popularity of Obama has everything to do with the color of his skin and the reaction people had to Bush/GOP politics. > > His presidency will go down in history as the greatest marketing campaign any business has ever known. Didn’t you read the first post about keeping this thread to intelligent comments? Because last I checked you weren’t a psychic. PS: I didn’t vote for him because he was Black, I know that would be a comforting rational for why the republicans lost. It probably had more to do with the Republicans picking Bush as their best and brightest example of the party for eight years, then picking a dinosaur as his successor. You had your time in power and fucked it up. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/50 "2009-01-20T11:20:05Z")
> [@StrokedZ28](#): > > You didn’t need it because you already hate him, but for most other people he is a person of hope to turn the country around and get it back to where it should be. > > And Obama is pushing for a lot more volunterring. AKA Kennedy style. I’ve already started to see the commericals for it. And no, I don’t hate him. I just feel that he is not experienced to be president yet. Given more time, maybe. But as mentioned, he ran the greatest marketing campaign all on open promises. If he comes through, then I will admit he did good. But as of now, I have seen nothing that he has actually done to make me think different. People are holding on to his promises, and are going to get pissed off when he doesn’t follow through. He’s going to get experience the hard way. And as I stated, if McCain or anyone else spent that insane amount of money on the inauguration, I would have stated the exact same thing. And I didn’t NEED a big inauguration party. What does it honestly prove or give me other than more promises and some ticker tape and party baloons. Waste is waste. ---
**Author:** ![dtvburns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dtvburns](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dtvburns)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/51 "2009-01-20T11:22:40Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#): > > His presidency will go down in history as the greatest marketing campaign any business has ever known. Then he will displace George Washington, he did quite the sales and acting job. No disrespect to George here, he was a great politician/leader and one we needed at that time. I like President Obama but the party does seem excessive ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/52 "2009-01-20T11:22:41Z")
> [@StrokedZ28](#): > > Didn’t you read the first post about keeping this thread to intelligent comments? Because last I checked you weren’t a psychic. > > PS: I didn’t vote for him because he was Black, I know that would be a comforting rational for why the republicans lost. It probably had more to do with the Republicans picking Bush as their best and brightest example of the party. You had your time in power and fucked it up. I know why you voted for him. I could care less about the color of the mans skin…hell he could be a woman for all I care. My problem with the ENTIRE thing is the fanfare and reaction people are giving him before he has done ANYTHING. It is an example of exactly what is wrong with today’s America. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/53 "2009-01-20T11:24:46Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#): > > I know why you voted for him. > I could care less about the color of the mans skin…hell he could be a woman for all I care. > > My problem with the ENTIRE thing is the fanfare and reaction people are giving him before he has done ANYTHING. > > It is an example of exactly what is wrong with today’s America. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/54 "2009-01-20T11:27:25Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#): > > My problem with the ENTIRE thing is the fanfare and reaction people are giving him before he has done ANYTHING. And you’re surprised? They voted him into this office without really doing much his entire career. We elected David Archuleta president. “He’s so cute. He’s so cool. Lets vote for him!”. ---
**Author:** ![dtvburns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dtvburns](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dtvburns)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/55 "2009-01-20T11:28:27Z")
Maybe the excitement is so high because the bar has been lowered so far. OK who would have been better? ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/56 "2009-01-20T11:28:30Z")
> [@camarojoe](#): > > But as of now, I have seen nothing that he has actually done to make me think different. Really? He’s been president for 2 and a half hours ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/57 "2009-01-20T11:29:03Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > And you’re surprised? They voted him into this office without really doing much his entire career. I am never surprised by anything America as a society can do…good or bad. I am fearful of future generations and what their ideals are currently and will be in the future. But we have gone off topic…so I respectfully digress. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/58 "2009-01-20T11:29:34Z")
> [@dtvburns](#): > > OK who would have been better? Giuliani, but he ran the dumbest primary race in history. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/59 "2009-01-20T11:30:21Z")
> [@camarojoe](#): > > Instead of going to Washington to say you were there, help at a food panty, homeless shelter, etc. Easier and more rewarding. > . I remember hearing something about this on NPR. Obamas campaign manager had a lot of supports that used the internet to arrange meetings and gatherings to promote him. His manager had hopes that they could form an army of sorts that could effect change on a small and local scale. I wish I remembered more about it. At the time I heard it, all I was thinking was that there are a bunch of people on line that will blindly do what they are asked without needing to think for themselves. I think this was it. > **[Obama Team Keeps Grass Roots Growing](https://www.npr.org/2008/12/15/98254995/obama-team-keeps-grass-roots-growing)** > > While President-elect Barack Obama staffs the top rungs of his administration, his team is paying close attention to the campaign's grass roots. Over the weekend, supporters held thousands of "Change Is Coming" house parties across the country. And more I found while looking for the above. > **[Obama Campaign Manager Focuses on Grass Roots](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/01/12/ST2009011203557.html)** > > Latest news on the US federal government. Information and analysis of federal legislation, government contracts and regulations. Search for government job openings, career information and federal employee benefits news. > Lois Romano: What are you going to do with the vast grass-roots network you built – to harness that power? > David Plouffe: It is going to be a challenge, because it is much different than a political campaign. . . . For those people that want to get involved on issues out in their community, we want to try to figure out the best way to try and help facilitate that. Now, the great thing about people these days is they don’t really wait for your lead, they’ll go out there and do it on their own. We’ll have to determine which legislative initiatives are going to require the full weight of the grass roots. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626/60 "2009-01-20T11:31:16Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > “He’s so cute. He’s so cool. Lets vote for him!”. Isn’t that why a majority of the people voted for Kennedy? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thank-god-change-is-finally-here/61626.md?page=4)