Inauguration to break from tradition - AND "Let the Eagles Soar"

[cyberpj]

Inauguration to break from tradition

House speaker Hastert to swear in Dick Cheney The Associated Press
Updated: 12:48 p.m. ET Jan. 5, 2005WASHINGTON -

House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., will swear in Vice President Dick Cheney at the inauguration Jan. 20, an unusual but not unprecedented choice.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6789830 /

Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, announced details of the event Wednesday, including the musical performers at the Capitol and who will administer the oaths.

William H. Rehnquist, chief justice of the United States, will swear in President Bush and Hastert will do the same for Cheney. Rehnquist had sworn in Cheney four years ago.

(snip)

Guy Hovis, a vocalist from Tupelo, Miss., who performed on the Lawrence Welk show, will sing, “Let the Eagles Soar,” a song written by Attorney General John Ashcroft.

(note - I'll bet this is just for Michael Moore's benefit)

The congressional committee received $1.25 million for the ceremony. A separate Presidential Inaugural Committee is raising some $40 million to cover the cost of the parade, the nine official inaugural balls and candlelight dinners with the president and vice president for major donors.

[Coventina]

1. The horror! The horror!

:scared:

[onenote]

2. this will make your ears bleed

This will have you laughing or crying or both:

http://www.cnn.com/video/us/2002/02/25/ashcroft.sings.wbtv.med.html

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[KDLarsen]

10. I'm not sure about what to do..

.. one part of me wants to cry from laughter, the other just wants to cry.

[struggle4progress]

48. Ask your favorite rightwing radio station to play LTES over and over again

[calimary]

50. There may be a protest in your area. I think Code Pink or A.N.S.W.E.R.

may have details. That's where I'm going on coronation day.

[Chimpanzee]

22. Now I'm wondering if Asscroft is the anti-Christ! He should have his

tongue cut out so he can't sing again!

[Quakerfriend]

3. The real eagles will be protesting in the streets!

[Cha]

5. Touche~!

The inaugeral goon squad are "walking eagles..too full of Shit to fly".

[unpossibles]

23. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

brilliant. I will have to use that.

[demnan]

4. May an eagle fly over

and shit on his head.

[Redstone]

12. You want an eagle to fly over

and shit on his head? We have Bald Eagles visit our yard several times a year, and they shit prodigiously, let me tell you.

Not only would it be great symbolism, but would lead to a hell of a drycleaner's bill as well. Now we just need to find one of those people who do the raptor shows with the trained eagles and find out his or her price to go to the inauguration...I'd pay big to see that.

Redstone

[cyberpj]

6. Why?

"House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., will swear in Vice President Dick Cheney at the inauguration Jan. 20, an unusual but not unprecedented choice."

But I wonder WHY.

[BeTheChange]

36. Well..

Its a good question. But right now everyone is business discussing the lyrical stylings of Attorney General Ashcroft not trying to understand what it might mean.

[FredScuttle]

42. Rehnquist can only muster the strength for one swearing-in (Chimpy's)?

just a guess

[NYC]

62. That could be it.

I wonder if we'll find out.

[daleo]

7. All the little piggies in their starched white shirts...n/t

[bunkerbuster1]

57. But for all the little piggies, life is getting worse.

I can only hope.

[sniffa]

8. i wonder if..

they'LL book him for the freeper inauguraL baLL.

[DemoTex]

9. "Let the Eagles Whore," by Attorney General-Pimp A$$croft.

Whore on, GOP Eagles.

[Just Me]

14. "Let us prey" ~GOP (eom)

[pacifictiger]

41. Prey - yes very telling symbol.

Its too bad that the noble, close family knit, turkey was not chosen to be our national symbol, as Ben Franklin wanted. Instead, the turkey has become synonymous with ridicule.

[Redstone]

43. Turkeys are superior to eagles

in another way, too. They taste a hell of a lot better.

Redstone

[Massachusetts]

11. The clown troup stages another show

just as der Fuhrer pranced and paraded with his show...:mad:

[xxqqqzme]

13. Lawrence Welk Show?????

I guess I know the demographics of the $$$$$ behind this dog 'n pony show.

[Danmel]

15. Is this from "The Onion?"

"Let the Eagle Soar?" Are they serious???? How much lower can we sink????

[onenote]

16. its real and you can hear ashcroft sing it

http://www.cnn.com/video/us/2002/02/25/ashcroft.sings.wbtv.med.html

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[cyberpj]

17. Don't know "The Onion" - the MSNBC link is posted in orig msg.

Now I'll go see what The Onion is .......

PJ

[IHeart1993]

18. All I can say is...

:scared: :puke:

[lebkuchen]

19. Aren't the Bushies already using this song in Iraq

as a torture device?

[LibertyLover]

20. Oh gods

I work in DC, on Pennsylvania Avenue too, about 6 blocks from the White House. Reading this, all I can say is that I am sooooo glad that I have booked annual leave for that entire week and will not have to deal with these jerks and the Republiclones that will be coming in for the inauguration.

[tuvor]

21. What does Ashcroft think the eagle represent, anyway? n/t

[MaineDem]

24. Oh, barf!

At least Ashcroft isn't singing it.

[KingoftheJungle]

25. I heard Asscroft sing the song on the Daily Show

It was pretty damn funny, if I do say so myself. Although I'm getting the impression that John didn't write it to be humorous. Eh...

[Ganja Ninja]

26. LOL! Let the eagle soar. Ha Ha Ha Ha!

Perfect, a lame song that fits this administration to a tee. It's so bad it's embarrassing. Perfect symmetry. The video record of this will be a moment in history that will make future generations of Americans squirm in their seats and look for a place to hide. I'm so glad I'm not a Republican.:+

[HeeBGBz]

27. Good gawd, they are turning the USA into Branson.

They've ruined this town for "real" people. Don't let them do the whole country that-a way.

Please.

[Spike from MN]

28. R.A.M.B.O. ( a punk band) had a snippet of Ashcroft

singing that god-awful tune for both the beginning and ending on their split 7" with Crucial Unit. To add insult to injury, on the outro the track keeps repeating and never goes to the lead-out. Oh man, talk about rubbing it in. It's actually pretty hilarious. Very painful, but hilarious. Uh, and in case anyone is wondering, no, these guys are definitely not Ashcroft fans. Their first tune on that record is entitled "All the Assholes are Heroes Now."

[kohodog]

29. I thought this year we're having a Coronation.

Word has is Chimp is getting a crown.

[oneighty]

30. I do not understand

After scaring the shit out of many gullible people with all the talk of a terrorist Nuclear Device on every street corner how can they even think of putting so many indispensable people in one place at the same time.

Perhaps we were being bullshitted?

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[bmbmd]

31. Guy Hovis is the "guy"

who divorced Lubbock's own, the lovely Ralna English, for unspecified indiscretions. (Kept secret even from Welk). Interestingly enough, he now works for Mississippi Senator Trent Lott.

http://www.midtod.com/bestof/ralna.phtml

[janx]

32. Dammit, why isn't Ashcroft doing it?

I'd tune in if he sang it--only for that part, however.

It's his song! He should sing it! x(

[MADem]

33. The friken LAWRENCE WELK SHOW????

My GOD, I'm OLD, and even I think that was the lamest, most disgusting program on the telly!!! Will they also have a dusky fellow come on and do some obsequious tap dancing for the rich white folk??? Maybe drag out the Lennon sisters to harmonize a faith-based tune? The damage to the ozone layer from the hairspray alone is enough to make an environmentalist cringe in despair and disgust!

All I can think of is ole LW saying "And ah one, and ah two..." Four more years, and we are screwed!

The whole concept is not just tasteless, it is grotesque!!!

[HeeBGBz]

35. Branson satellite hookup for Inaugural

President Bush to address Branson, MO

Eagle Soars with Right Wing

[LongTomH]

49. I love your comment!

"Maybe drag out the Lennon sisters to harmonize a faith-based tune? The damage to the ozone layer from the hairspray alone is enough to make an environmentalist cringe in despair and disgust!"

Perfect putdown! :yourock:

[Solly Mack]

34. LMAO what caricatures these people are

[ashmanonar]

60. i know!

i was just thinking that myself, every president and staff we've had have been somewhat silly looking, but bushco takes the cake...bush's photo ops are horrible, and always produce some very strange or demonic images...why can't we have a normal person be president?

[Piperay]

37. So looking forward to the inaugural

because then the official countdown really begins and each day that passes makes it a day sooner for this ass to be out for once and for all. :bounce:

[IA_Seth]

38. Oh lord....I just about lost my lunch n/t

[CottonBear]

39. Guy Hovis worked as State Director for Trent Lott

Here is info about Guy Hovis from the Welkshow.com website
<http://www.welkshow.com/hovis.html>

"Guy Hovis, a vocalist, was born in Tupelo, MS on September 25, 1941. He attended the University of Mississppi and originally wanted to be an accountant, but soon found music and showbiz more inviting. While paying his dues in nightclubs all over Los Angeles, he married Ralna English in 1969. The next year, he joined his wife on the Lawrence Welk Show as one half of "Guy & Ralna" which was one of the show's most popular acts. Since Welk, he has remarried, recently to Sarah (Sis) Lundy, and has worked as State Director for US Senator Trent Lott (R-Mississippi). While not working in politics, he sings live, as a soloist or with his ex-wife Ralna, and spends time with his daughter Julie."

Doesn't Lott sing with Ashcroft?

[cornermouse]

40. Guy Hovis, a vocalist from Tupelo, Miss.,

who performed on the Lawrence Welk show, will sing, �Let the Eagles Soar,� a song written by Attorney General John Ashcroft.

We can ony hope that when he opens his mouth to sing a large bug flies in.

[calimary]

51. Unfortunately cicada season is over. But I can dream...

[suegeo]

44. How can I possibly UNITE with these people?

I hear the refrain "United we stand!" I heard John Kerry calling for George Bush to unite the country. Unity, blah blah blah.

There is no way in hell I can unite with people like this. Besides murdering innocent people in their reminisent-of-Hitler's pre-emptive strikes, the "torture is ok", stealing elections, etc. etc. they're just so UNCOOL.

Asking myself to show unity with these losers? You gotta be kidding.

[UndergroundLight4]

45. It's Just a Song...

It kind of stinks, but it isn't that bad... It is hard to seperate it from the scene in F911, but it just sounds like what you'd expect an Ashcroft song to sound like.

[Sterling]

56. "It kind of stinks, but it isn't that bad"

I would hate to see your record collection, lol.

[montana_hazeleyes]

63. LOL

[Arkana]

46. I think the Democratic Party should issue official barf bags for this.

Cause we are gonna need them.

[tsuki]

47. I think the opulence of this inauguration is inappropriate considering

the war, the loss of lives, homes and hope of both the US and Iraqis.

The GOP can only lose respect in the long run for their "Party Down Dudes" attitude when so many are suffering.

I am quick to point out to everyone that the 40 million being spent on the inauguration would put a lot of men and women through rehab, provide medical and educational opportunities, and help them restart their lives instead lying in a bed in a ward waiting. Or maybe we could protect our men and women by making sure they have the equipment they need.

The Iraqis are suffering also. They have lost everything, family, homes, water, electricity, sanitation, the list is so long.

And yet the GOP, in time of war, is going to "Party Down." Are they really that proud of the carnage?

[llmart]

52. Things like this......

make me so glad I don't watch TV. I will not be tuning in to any of that crap. My time/life is way too important to waste on that shit.

These people are sickening.

[pinniped]

53. The eagle will never come back as long as these pieces of trash...

are running our country into the ground.

[goforit]

54. Why don't ya just get a new flag for your fascist taste as well.

[truthisfreedom]

55. let the eagles soar, as long as they keep curtains over their privates.

[Whoa_Nelly]

58. And then the manipulation of the media whores will make this song

our NEW national anthem. Ashcroft will be exalted as a blindingly brilliant leader, and future beatified saint, simply by him bringing to THE LIGHT his glorious song that represents ALL Americans and ushers in the NEW America that is hated for its freedoms.

If evil exists, these people are the keepers of that gate.

[Gloria]

59. I heard a very quick mention that only $15 million has been

raised so far for "the party." It was on Olbermann a couple of nights ago (just before he got sick)

[Deja Q]

61. Candles? Around President Segway there, are they nuts?! And a note to

Trent Lott:

We can support our troops without supporting our President.

In other words:

Fuck you, squirrel-hair.