Inauguration Notes - True Poetry

I glanced back over the notes I took while watching MSNBC. They're very cryptic but telling for what I observed. I stopped taking notes when the speech started - I wanted to focus on it without writing. Read it like poetry. The last line is especially moving :)

Inauguration Morning

Temperature: 10-15 degrees & clear
Crowd: packing metro, filling the mall and the parade route on pa ave
atmosphere is not one of crisis but of hope and renewal bob woodward & carl bernstein
rancor has been set aside
character of the nation must change
consumerism, values of spending
money's must not be as important
seems younger than kennedy - more physical & vibrant
break with the past even more than kennedy
connection with people not seen in decades
this all started before the country was 'in crisis'
he has moved the country and its institutions to a place of confidence and hope
there is less fear of him
smooth transition, including help from GW Bush
I watch the secret service and I fear for his life
Bush wants out - he wants to leave and get back to Crawford
Coffee with the Bushes
cammaraderie among the people a spirit of goodwill td jakes pastor
never seen anything like it before
it's a beautiful day

crowd size like million man march gene robinson
happy, cold crowd
a day of inclusion
feeling breathless all day

demanding change, change is going to come
michelle obama: comments on her clothes, bright and cheery and young
dick cheney in a wheelchair, hurt his back moving boxes
roland burris comes into view with the other senators and he is not mentioned by chris matthews and keith olbermann
mention of note left by bush for obama
this is a moment when we embrace the trappings of 'royalty'
those that stand out fdr, jfk, maybe barack obama
motorcade people go from screaming to just watching and then it's over
bush going into retreat
keith olbermann: "it's show time, everybody."
I see all these officals together and I fear for them
gaza mentioned pull out timed to get out by today
There they are 43 & 44. Ketih O
john paul stevens swearing in vp
chief justice roberts swearing in pres
not a patch of green grass from here to the wash monument david gregory
af amer kids they'll now go back and read those books of our history. this is a part of me now chris matthews
there is a sense of participation more than elections people are all equal cm
theme is unity, hero worship, but obama wants unity
the speech will summon us to personal and collective responsibility -- we are the people
i find myself applauding as the clintons enter
the moving van comes to move
out the bushes and move in the obamas