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Jan20

Barrack moves in...Bush moves out!

| Phil | 20/01/09 at 06:49:42 pm | Categories: What's Up | 259 words

The long awaited day has finally arrived.

An estimated crowd of over 2 million people has turned out to witness Barrack Obama's inauguration and (hopefully) welcome in a new era of relative political honesty, integrity and accountability.

Many people were also there to do the honourable thing: which is of course to hurl abuse at George Bush and his outgoing entourage. Ahhhhh.....Few sights in the last eight years have made my happy heart do a little Pulp Fiction dance more than the sight of hundreds of people pointing at Bush and chanting: "na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, Good BYE!". Bliss!

In a brilliant related story, a Shoe manufacturing plant in Turkey has seen a huge upturn in demand for the same shoes that were hurled at Bush a couple of weeks back. And you can even play the video game. :))

Watching the inauguration, I spotted one rather depressed (and seriously overweight) looking Bush fan, bravely waving a Texas flag:-

Texas flag

...when I suddenly had a small epiphany.

Look closely at the Texas flag - for all intents and purposes, it's a highly simplified, "big picture" version of the US flag. If it was a book, it would be a story about a dog called ben, have 5 cardboard pages (with lift-up flaps) and come with a guarantee that it was waterproof and chewable.

Suddenly, the last eight years makes more sense!

Still, as the Rolling Stones once said: "but, it's all over now". So welcome to the real world President Obama. Nice to have you with us.