More Thoughts About The Inauguration

• Close to 2 million people, and not a single arrest. That is pretty cool.
• It was an absolutely friendly crowd. I was striking up random conversations in the Metro and around the Mall. Everyone was happy to be there and was dying to talk to someone about it.
• Two people got booed at the mall- George W Bush and Joe Lieberman.
• Biggest applause line during the inauguration speech: "we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals."
• My favorite line: "To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."
• Finally, another Punahou pic for Lorena: