And the world watched... (pic heavy)

[sabra]

A woman watches on television the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Puerto Tejada, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Descendants of African slaves had the day off in this town of mostly sugar cane cutting workers, in Colombia's Cauca valley, to celebrate Obama's inauguration.
(AP Photo/Christian Escobar Mora)


Cecilia Perez, center, watches the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama with Oscar Rodriguez at her taco stand in Mexico City, Jan. 20, 2009. Perez has two brothers working in the United States.
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)


US soldiers observe a minute of silence during Barack Obama’s inauguration …
(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)


US soldiers celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama, as the 44th president of the United States at the US camp Phoenix base in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday Jan. 20, 2009.
(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)


An American child watches US President Barack Obama during the inauguration ceremony from a giant screen at a hotel in Jakarta January 20, 2009.
REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA)


People hold hands to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as the new president of the U.S. in Puerto Tejada, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Descendants of African slaves had the day off in this town of mostly sugar cane cutting workers, in Colombia's Cauca valley, to celebrate Obama's inauguration.
(AP Photo/Christian Escobar Mora)


Iraqi members of the "Movement of Free Iraqis", a political party formed by the black descendants of African slaves, listen to their secretary Jalal Dhiab, delivering a speech during a gathering in the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first black US president.
(AFP/Essam -al-Sudani)


Foreigners react as they watch Barack Obama speaking during his inauguration ceremony as the 44th U. S. President on a large video screen at a cafe in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.
(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)


Residents watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.
(AP Photo/ Ricardo Moraes)


Residents watch on television the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad January 20, 2009.
REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ)


People in the Polish capital watch Barack Obama's inauguration as 44th president of the United States on television at a bar in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Jan.


A child with Obama's name painted on her face seen at a mock inauguration party, held in Kisumu, Kenya, Tuesday Jan. 20, 2009 to celebrate the inauguration of American President elect Barack Obama in Washington DC.The election of a black American president stands as a powerful symbol of unity on this continent, where many countries are still riven between competing ethnic groups and the older generations still remember the injustices of colonialism.
(AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)


A man watches U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration on a large television screen at the Barack Obama Nyang'oma Kogelo Primary School, 430 km (267 miles) west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 20, 2009.
REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA)


Supporters cheer as they watch the televised inauguration speech of U.S. President Barack Obama, at a bar in central London January 20, 2009.

[YOY]

1. We're back baby.

Sorry to Palin's "real America".

[Cha]

29. Better than

EV-AR!

[OneBlueSky]

36. this is why the size of the crowd was so important . . .

people around the world not only saw Obama being inaugurated, they also saw that a couple of million Americans stopped what they were doing to travel to Washington to bear witness . . . those tv crowd shots gave me goosebumps, and I imagine others across the globe were similarly affected . . .

[Cha]

37. Good point...they knew then

and there how we felt about the last 8 years if they didn't already:)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. This is just ...

I can't even describe the emotions of this week... I can't... No words can describe how great this change is for not only America but for the world.

[Eurobabe]

3. My whole class last on Weds evening

(I just started teaching English as a foreign language) everyone was buzzing, and wanted to talk about Obama, the US and what this means for the world. We'll continue to discuss next week. :D

[calimary]

46. Hey! I hope you post about that. I'd love to know how everybody felt about it.

And how they still feel about it.

It's just wonderful, isn't it? I feel so happy all the time! Renewed and refreshed, like I finally got a good night's sleep after eight years of insomnia.

Happy Happy Happy Happy!!!!!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. *sniffling*

[Aloha Spirit]

5. What if Obama inspired the whole world to get engaged... in the immortal words of Kevin Garnett,

Anything Is Possible!

[GinaMaria]

50. President Obama has the chance to unite more than just this

country. People all over the world are celebrating him as their own leader not just ours.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

6. I can't stop crying with joy and relief! K&R

This is MAGICAL!

[applegrove]

7. Someone on the news last night stated that Obama was the most famous living person

the world had ever seen. I think that is true. People on every continent know who he is.

[texastoast]

8. He's a good one

to replace Princess Diana. I think they would have been very fast friends.

[applegrove]

10. Those are two people from very different worlds. I don't know that they would

have been fast friends. I don't think Diana was an intellectual.

[texastoast]

12. No, but she was very good people

Kind, positive, caring, and determined. Being enormously famous is very hard. I think they would have found a lot of common ground.

[peacetalksforall]

25. You don't have to be an intellutucal to do good - landmines, charities. When you travel as much

as she did and listen as carefully as I think she did, you have knowledge that isn't subject to a professors'grade. There are all kinds of intelligences. Thanks to our blessings.

[DUlover2909]

45. as opposed to the most imfamous: shrub. the most reviled man on earth.

2nd is darth chainy.

[JuniperLea]

9. I'm still pinching myself...

After all we've been through, it's hard to make myself realize that the nightmare is over! We still have all his residual destruction to fix, but the monster is gone! It is so much easier to face the problems with Obama at the helm... even knowing things will get much worse before they get better. At least we are headed in the right direction instead of running full throttle in the WRONG direction.

W = WRONG

[chill_wind]

11. "Hello Everybody". Join or least visit this new jubilant picture gallery (links).

You're gonna love it.

http://www.sorryeverybody.com/

Backgound:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8120340

K & R!

[crispini]

22. Ah, that made me cry.

Beautiful. Maybe it's time to go see the world again.

[Cha]

30. That was nice and I'm

crying on the whole thread:cry::) The Pics are killer.

[Stardust]

40. The "We're Sorry" pix from before were heartbreaking. This is much better !

Before long, there will be thousands of well-wishers reaching out in cyber space, sharing our unbridled joy. Man, it's good to have pride again.

Thank you, Obama. Thank you America.

[DrZeeLit]

55. That's GREAT. Needs its own post. I remember the "I'm sorry" site, so this is PERFECT!

I just sent everyone who worked on the campaign with me this site.
I hope we can all travel without wearing "canada" or "I didn't vote for W" buttons now.

Eight years is surprisingly a LONG time to go without.

I feel like a weight is off my shoulders. Atlas shrugged!

[chill_wind]

57. I love it that you did that!

"I just sent everyone who worked on the campaign with me this site."

:hug:

They surely will, too.

[treestar]

13. Has the rest of the world ever before been so impressed by a US

President?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. JFK, kinda.

But of course we didn't have the media amplification we have today.

[peacetalksforall]

27. I remember JFK. I was astounded to learn that there were people living

in remote parts of the world that had his picture in their 'home' - a remember seeing one in a yurt and this was before his assasination. I thought about it often and still do. Something passed through to people who did not speak English, who may have only spoken one language. Whether his words were translated or they got something from his voice, plus some translation - they locked on to him. It will be even greater for Obama, because we were not threatened when Kennedy was President like we have just experienced and are not finished with.

[life long demo]

49. Obama, JFK, Roosevelt

I also remember JFK, I was a teenager, 17 when he was elected. He was loved, and I also remember the stories of JFK's picture in those small homes around the world, especially in South America. I predict that generations from now we still will be talking about and fondly remembering Roosevelt, JFK, and Obama. It seems now in the conservative circles they are trying to downgrade Roosevelt and his handling of the depression. We wouldn't have the safety nets we have now if it wasn't for Roosevelt. Not only social security, but Unemployment compensation, aid to dependent children, death benefits, FDIC, health care, FHA and on and on. That's one reason why the Repug's dislike Roosevelt so much and seem to be trying to revise history. Which we should not find surprising. They are calling Kennedy weak and superficial and will revile or try revise Obama generations from now. They are also trying to show that Nixon was a victim of viscous liberals. God bless President Obama.

[renate]

52. I was going to say "welcome to DU," but I see you've been here a while

So I'll just say: Post more often! :hi:

[BuelahWitch]

54. Welcome to DU!

:toast:
Oops, seems you've been here for a couple years, but what the hell, welcome anyway!

[life long demo]

58. THANK YOU, THANK YOU

to Renate and Buelah. Yeah, been here for a while, mostly just read and learn. You are never too old to learn. Just trying to keep up with the youngsters. :patriot:

[bigwillq]

14. Awesome pics!

:bounce:

[lunatica]

15. Here's a photo from UC Berkeley as everyone on campus watched

[skeewee08]

17. I just got goose bumps AGAIN!

[qanda]

19. Me too!

Those pictures are awesome.

[babylonsister]

18. Gorgeous! Thank you! nt

[Starry Messenger]

20. k & r.

[Tsiyu]

21. The change heard round the world

Thank you for compiling these wonderful shots.

K&R

:kick:

[psychmommy]

23. the pics were great and i learned something today.

i had no idea there were black Colombians or iraqis. i am just amazed and i guess i should have known. but in america we aren't taught about the diaspora. i guess there were slaves dropped all over north/central and south america. i guess the proximity of iraq to africa-it makes sense. it is sort of cool to realize that there are people that look like me all over the world. hello to all my brothers and sisters in the diaspora-all over the world..

[Nedsdag]

31. Shortstop Edgar Renteria is from Colombia.

[psychmommy]

33. thanks. i am not a big baseball fan.

but he is cute, maybe i should change up sports watching habits.

[DUlover2909]

48. Remember when shrubbie was surprised to find out that Brazil had black people?

He asked Brazil's president, "Do you have blacks too?" Rice stepped in and explained that Brazil probably has more blacks than any country in the world outside of Africa.

[MikeNearMcChord]

24. I love these kind of threads, especially watching the world's reaction.

That is a special kind of pride.

[peacetalksforall]

28. I wish I could look at every photo taken.

[polichick]

26. We're part of the global community again!!!

[leftstreet]

39. And the US needs an International News channel again

I'm so sick and tired of insulated US news here.

I remember CNN International, before all the news channels went AMERICA: WE'RE NUMBER ONE!!!!1111

[Number23]

32. Love it! And I'm LMAO at the little girl in the 2nd picture with beads in her hair

I wore my hair in braids/beads when I was a little girl ONCE. I was about 11. It took 9 hours to do and because my hair was so long, I'd whip people, doors, whatever was close by if I turned my head too fast. I loved those things. :)

Happy to rec. Beautiful collection of photos.

[Laelth]

34. I wish Molly Ivins was with us to see this day.

Sorry, just a little bittersweet reflection.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Mira]

35. I'm sitting here in tears, and then you bring up Molly Ivins. She would so have

liked to watch the Shrub's helicopter go up and away !
And her delight over our election of Obama would be complete along with ours.

What a wonderful assembly of photos. Thank you !
My Mom sat in her old age home in Germany and watched all day long.

[Hekate]

43. Try this link to hear "Missing Molly Ivins", a great song by the Righteous Mothers...

http://www.righteousmothers.com/pages/sndfiles/Missing%20Molly%20Ivins%20download.mp3

Be prepared with kleenex

More:
http://www.righteousmothers.com/pages/RMVideo.html

Hekate

[RFKHumphreyObama]

38. Inspirational and profoundly moving pictures

Happy days are here again and the world nows it

[Frank Booth]

41. The 2nd picture is very powerful.

That old lady's face speaks volumes.

[mackerel]

42. Don't forget Irish dispora

http://www.oneeyedparrot.org/obama.html

[October]

51. That was fun!!! LOL! /nt

[Undercurrent]

44. Dang!

I thought I was all cried out, but I'm not.

Great photos. Thanks!

[Aristus]

47. I feel like anything is possible again.

We're the can-do country once more! B-)

[graywarrior]

53. Cry with joy, laugh with joy, cry with joy, laugh with joy

That's the effect this thread had on me

[lostnfound]

56. I love the picture of the two soldiers high-fiving it, and the smiles

on the faces of both the black female soldier who looks obviously happy, and on the face of the white soldier (partially hidden) in the background who seems to
appreciating the celebration of the two black soldiers who are high fiving it. People sharing in each others' joy.