perfect! I remember when Bush was in office and you'd have to drink whenever he said things like "freedom" and "terrorist"

The only thing is.. What time is the actual swearing in? Cause unfortunately my drinking hours do not begin until evening.

I'm doing the kid thing w/ the event all day tomorrow. Is it wrong to teach kids a drinking game? We could use diet coke?

Hey, maybe they'd pay attention to the event better right? :::no parental flames please::: heheh

I'm sick as a dog, so I'll have to limit my drinking to virgin screwdrivers.

Recipe for certain death. I'm in.

>> ^rottenseed:
perfect! I remember when Bush was in office and you'd have to drink whenever he said things like "freedom" and "terrorist"

That's why I've been constantly drunk since 9/11. They hate us for our Mai Tais!

And swampgirl: You're a horrible mom.

(Jim! Get your dad a beer, pronto!)

You really need different lists for pundits and for Obama's speech itself.

That list will pretty much serve for the pundits, though you're forgetting:

• Martin Luther King (also "The Mountaintop", "I Have a Dream" or just "the Dream")
  
• FDR
  
• Ronald Reagan
  
• "unity" or "unite the country" or "the country is united"
  
• Mention of the White House being built by slaves
  
• Talk of a "post-racial America" as if such a thing were possible or a good idea
  
• Descriptions of the massive security measures, to remind you that not everyone loves him
  
• Talk of the size of the burdens facing him (drink twice if Bush is actually referenced by name)
  
• Talk of how even conservatives are rallying to him (drink twice if the same pundit immediately mentions how that's going to piss off liberals, three times if the pundit also makes it clear that he or she disagrees with Obama's plans)
  

For Obama's speech:

• Change, used as a verb
  
• "This was never about me, it has been about you"
  
• "There are no Red states or Blue states, there are only the United States"
  
• The theme that this is only the beginning of our work, not the end
  
• The theme that we must work together to build the America we want
  
• "Let us"
  
• "We must"
  
• "The better angels of our nature"
  
• "Hope"
  

Of course, that list will get you outrageously drunk.

>> ^kronosposeidon:

And swampgirl: You're a horrible mom.
(Jim! Get your dad a beer, pronto!)


Yes Kronos...my quilt is palpable. "Today's lesson kids, Mommy's teaching you a drinking game! Now go get mommy's shot glasses...."

I think am going to skip it. Its easier to take the disappointment later on when you don't build up your expectations about his presidency.

^party pooper

The Shirley Temple version:

Drink everytime anyone mentions:
* Ending and abolishing torture
* Ending violence in Gaza / Iraq / Afghanistan
* Ending illegal spying on citizens
* Holdings banks and corporations accountable with bailout money
* Taxing all the corporation money being hidden in offshore accounts
* Canceling tax deductions and govt money for companies outsourcing jobs
* Penalize CEOs and corporations who move jobs overseas
* Investigating crimes of Bush Adminstration
* Warcrimes
* Prosecuting the financial crimes like 9/11 shorts, Madoff ponzi, Freddie & Fannie toxic derivatives
* Ever rebuilding NOLA and letting people move back home
* Restoring the pension funds stolen by Cheney's energy buddies in Enron scam
* Enforcing FISA, PRA, or any type of Congressional oversight
* undoing the damage done by lax or revoked EPA rules
* Returning the FCC control back to citizens and no the highest bidder
* Cracking down on monopolies (especially with media outlets)

Damn! It starts at what? 11 eastern? My kids' go to piano lessons from 11 to 12.

I'll be DVR'ing it then

take a drink when "Someone in the crowd passes out."

Well geez.. we've had what? A couple of heart attacks and a senatorial seizure. That has to count for more than just *one* drink