Obama Sworn In. US Presidents Inauguration Ceremonies Photo Essay

Barack Obama was sworn in as The President of The Unites States on 2o January 2013 in a simple White House ceremony.

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Gathered with his family in the Blue Room on the White House’s ceremonial main floor, Obama put his hand on a family Bible and recited the 35-word oath that was read out loud by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts.

“I did it,” Obama said as he hugged his wife, Michelle, and daughters Sasha and Malia. “Thank you, sweetie,” he told Michelle when she congratulated him. “Good job, Dad. You didn’t mess up,” 11-year-old Sasha Obama told her father.

It was a low-key start to the first African-American U.S. president’s second term, which is likely to be dominated – at least at the start – by budget fights with Republicans and attempts to reform gun control and immigration laws.

Obama, 51, will be sworn in publicly on Monday outside the West Front of the Capitol overlooking the National Mall in front of as many as 800,000 people, a much bigger ceremony replete with a major address and a parade.

Downtown Washington was all but locked down with heavy security. Many streets were closed, lined with barricades. Police sirens blared. Outside the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, an elaborate presidential viewing stand encased in bullet-proof glass was set up for Obama and other VIPs to watch the parade.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/20/us-usa-inauguration-idUSBRE90I04I20130120

Let’s look at some Inauguration cereminies of The US Presidents.

President Warren Harding inauguration, 1921 As President Barack Obama prepares to take his second oath of office, we’re looking back through our archives at other presidential inauguration ceremonies Daily News photographers have snapped through the years. From Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address to President Bill Clinton’s swearing in, take a look back in history … Dressed in fancy top hats and overcoats, Woodrow Wilson (l.) and the newly-elected President Warren Harding ride to the Capitol in Washington D.C. for Harding’s inauguration in 1921.

President Calvin Coolidge inauguration, 1925 Thousands of people brave cold temperatures to crowd Capitol Hill for the inauguration of President Calvin Coolidge in 1925. The ceremony was the first one to ever be broadcast to Americans via radio.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt inauguration, 1937 After being elected for a second term as President, Franklin D. Roosevelt waves to the crowd outside the Capitol during a rainy ceremony in 1937. Because of the inclement weather, the Inauguration Committee of Congress had considered holding the ceremony indoors until F.D.R cut short their discussion.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower inauguration, 1953 Monty Montana, a cowboy from California, rises from his saddle to throw a rope around President Dwight D. Eisenhower during the 1953 inauguration ceremonies. In the background, former President Herbert Hoover raises his arm to protect himself from being hit by the lasso.

President John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural address after taking the oath of office at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 1961. During his historic speech, Kennedy wagged his index finger as he said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

President Bill Clinton inauguration, 1997 President Bill Clinton clasps hands with his wife Hillary as the couple marches down Pennsylvania Avenue with daughter Chelsea following his second inauguration ceremony. It was the same walk Clinton had made four years earlier after taking his first oath of office in 1993.

President Barack Obama inauguration, 2009 With his wife Michelle holding the Bible at his side, President Barack Obama takes the oath of office as he is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. It’s an act the President will repeat on Jan. 21, 2013.

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NRA Targets Obama Family ‘Why His Children More Safe?

Abhorrent,Obnoxious Revolting.

 

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NRA AD on Gun Control against Obama.

The National Rifle Association pre-empted Wednesday’s White House announcement on the results of Vice President Joe Biden‘s task force on gun violence prevention byreleasing a controversial ad that targets the president’s family. Amid a widespread backlash, White House press secretary Jay Carney offered a statement: “Most Americans agree that a president’s children should not be used as pawns in a political fight. But to go so far as to make the safety of the president’s children the subject of an attack ad is repugnant and cowardly.”

What got the NRA’s back up, in such controversial fashion? Well, the word on the street was that the announcement on what President Barack Obama would propose as sensible reforms to existing gun laws in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting would include a stronger background check system, a ban on high-capacity magazines and a renewed effort to pass an assault weapons ban. Naturally, the NRA, which lobbies on behalf of gun manufacturers, is not happy about any of this and released a video Tuesday criticizing Obama for being a “hypocrite” and an “elitist.”

 

“”Are the president’s kids more important than yours?” the ad asks. “Then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school?”

The ad continues: “Mr. Obama demands the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, but he is just another elitist hypocrite when it comes to a fair share of security.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/nra-ad-obama_n_2487719.html

 

 

This diatribe  continues.

 

“Later today, President Barack Obama will surround himself with children, and men with guns, to continue his efforts to make it more difficult for you to purchase guns to protect your children:..

Gun Free Zones are supposed to protect our children, and some politicians wish to strip us of our right to keep and bear arms. Those same politicians and their families are currently under the protection of armed Secret Service agents. If Gun Free Zones are sufficient protection for our children, then Gun Free Zones should be good enough for politicians.

As of this writing, the petition needs exactly 2,222 signatures to reach the 25,000 threshold required for an official White House response. Just yesterday, the WH announced that the new threshold is 100,000 signatures, but existing petitions will be grandfathered in. I’d say we can manage 2,222 more signatures, can’t we?

If gun-free zones keep people safe, then I can’t think of a person whose safety is more important than the President of the United States. If having a gun in your home increases your risk of getting shot, how can we allow our president and his family to be surrounded by dozens of them? Think of the children.

 http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/16/please-sign-the-petition-to-keep-obama-and-his-family-safe-by-making-the-white-house-a-gun-free-zone/#ixzz2IF8I98Ej

 

 

 

Obama Re Elected US President, Romps Romney. Live

Barack Obama has been elected as the 45th President of the US in a closely fought election.

Watch This Event Live.

 

Obama Re elected

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/06/us-election-2012-results-live-blog

 

Election 2012: President Barack Obama secured a second term as president, according to a Fox News projection. Obama beat challenger Mitt Romney after a long and contentious campaign.(Fox Business)

 

US President Barack Obama swept to re-election Tuesday, creating history again by defying the undertow of a slow economic recovery and high unemployment to beat Republican foe Mitt Romney.

Obama became only the second Democrat to win a second four-year White House term since World War II, when television networks projected he would win the bellwether state of Ohio where he had staged a pitched battle with Romney.

“This happened because of you. Thank you,” Obama tweeted to his 22 million followers on Twitter as a flurry of states, including Iowa, which nurtured his unlikely White House dreams suddenly tipped into his column.

With a clutch of swing states, including Florida and Virginia still to be declared, Obama already had 275 electoral votes, more than the 270 needed for the White House and looked set for a comfortable victory.

There was a sudden explosion of jubilation at Obama’s Chicago victory party as the first African American president, who was elected on a wave of hope and euphoria four years ago, booked another four years in the White House.

Romney’s aides had predicted that a late Romney wave would sweep Obama from office after a single term haunted by a sluggish recovery from the worst economic crisis since the 1930s Great Depression and high unemployment.(inquirer.net)

 

Who The Word Prefers as President Obama, Romney?

Whether one accepts the US as the Uni-polar Power or not, it is indisputable that the world has its eyes and ears glued on the results of the US Presidential Election 2012.

Each Nation, from its perspective has its favorite.

The exception is India!

The US also does not take into account other Nations’ choices, least of all India.

Unlike India, the US Foreign Policy is dictated by its needs, not by what its politicians could make(in US ,they make it at Home)

Again in The US the people are aware of its Foreign Policy and they are confident that there will be a Foreign Policy in consistent with its needs, Dollars,Oil,Business not necessarily in that order.

Here in India many of us are not aware of our Foreign Policy,,

Are we friendly with Pakistan,Bangladesh,Nepal,Myanmar,Sri Lanka,?

Are we involved in the rebuilding of Afghanistan?

Is our equation the same with Russia as it was during the Bangladesh period?

Are we pro-Arab or pro-Israel?

Are we in touch with Japan?

Are we scared of China?

Do we ever think of Vietnam, Korea,Thailand, Indonesia and Latin American Countries?

Are we with EU?

Do we know enough of France and Spain?

It is not mistake in not knowing these.

Even Cabinet Ministers do not know.

Remember Foreign Minister SM Krishna’s Speech in the UN?

Any way let us look who the world wants as the US President, according to the Guardian, UK.

I opine that Obama is better for India because he is a known Devil.

Romney ,Obama.

‘The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, is widely perceived to be rooting for a Romney victory, against all protocol. Many commentators have accused him of interfering in internal US politics in his eagerness to see an ideological soulmate in the White House.

Relations between Obama and Netanyahu have been severely strained by the Israeli leader’s insistence on a tougher US stance on the Iranian nuclear programme, which the US has resisted. Romney is seen as more hawkish on this issue. But he is also even less inclined to push Israel towards allowing the Palestinians an independent state – another factor endearing him to Netanyahu.

The opposition leader, Shaul Mofaz, publicly accused the prime minister of trying to influence the outcome of the election. “Israeli meddling in internal US affairs and turning the US administration from an ally to an enemy has caused us severe damage,” he told the Israeli parliament….

Palestinians are watching the election campaign with cynicism. Many feel badly let down by Obama’s failure to force progress towards a Palestinian state, but they also know that Romney is unlikely to be a friend to their cause.

“Obama is not a saviour, and Romney will not be a devil,” said Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation executive committee. “Neither one is a free agent; there is a US policy of bias and support for Israel.” said Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation executive committee.

Those who expected a re-elected Obama to “suddenly develop a backbone and stand up to pressure” were likely to be disappointed, she said….

Obama’s election provoked euphoria in his ancestral village in Kenya, as well as among African governments who scented a chance to move up the US’s list of priorities.

Four years later, there is largely a sense of deflation and, judging by column inches in the press, somewhat less enthusiasm for this year’s presidential race. Sub-Saharan Africa has barely been mentioned in the campaign and the feeling of apathy is mostly mutual.

Yet residual loyalty to Obama remains deep and, if Africa’s billion citizens got to vote, it seems likely he would win by a landslide…

The Obama-mania that swept Europe four years ago has faded fast amid transatlantic rows over the euro crisis, the administration’s failure to deliver on its promise to close down Guantánamo Bay, and the waning attention paid to Europe by the US.

But despite the fact that the centre-right remains in the ascendancy across most of Europe, disaffection with Barack Obama is not translating into support for Mitt Romney.

Quite the opposite. There is strikingly little support for the Republican contender whose gaffe-prone visit to Europe in July won him few friends and who regularly turns European welfarism and “entitlement societies” into points of mockery in his campaign speeches.

According to the New York Times, European diplomats in Washington have been discreetly lodging complaints with the Romney camp about the candidate’s criticism.

An opinion poll last month showed widespread dislike of Romney, and residual, if no longer starry-eyed, support for Obama among Europeans…

Just 5% of those polled in France, Germany, and Britain had a good opinion of Romney. Only 4% of Germans polled said a President Romney would make them better-disposed towards the US, while 12 times that figure took the opposite view. Two in five French people said a Romney victory would turn them more against the US, while only 5% said they would be happier with him in the White House.

By contrast 87% of Germans said they would vote for Obama, while in France 67% described him as their president of choice.

The ongoing German love affair with Obama started in July 2008 when the would-be president was famously denied the chance to speak at Berlin’s Brandenburg gate by the chancellor, Angela Merkel, and opted instead for the roundabout at the Victory column where thousands gathered to hear him speak, cementing his celebrity status in Berlin at least…

China’s elite would normally be watching the election more closely. But with its own once-a-decade leadership transition beginning days after the US votes, it has other matters on its mind.

For many in China, the election is of relatively limited interest. Some will follow results avidly, but others are only concerned about the impact on China.

“I like Obama’s style. He is a very charming guy … Romney seems quite aggressive,” said Beijing-based marketing researcher Ming Ming, adding: “I’m more concerned about who will have better policy towards China.”

Zheng Jihua, an entrepreneur, said: “I don’t think it makes much difference whether it’s Obama or Romney.”

Despite the tough-talking on tackling China during debates, he said: “The economic connections [between the countries] matters more than political things. If they become president they will be more realistic.”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/05/us-presidential-election-rest-of-the-world

Mitt Romney Obama Presidential Poll Money Flows.

I was curious to know how much these candidates have been spending their mad race to power.

In a Democracy, information and dissemination of information is power.

Words and moving images can  persuade,confuse,delude and convince people.

This costs money.

US Presidential Expenses.

US has a Government portal detailing the receipts and expense details of the Elections.

US Presidential Expenses.

What’s Included Here?

Summary

Contributions  Individual $482,139,846  PAC $0  Party $8,610  Candidate $5,000 Federal Funds $0 Transfers-In $149,950,000 Disbursements $540,385,212 Cash On Hand $93,667,891

Size of Contributions

$200 and Under $413,490,398 $200.01 – $499 $65,034,749 $500 – $999 $57,552,500 $1000 – $1999 $60,963,915 $2000 and Over $99,007,644

Receipts and Expenses Up to August 2012.

Visit the site.$2,000,000 $19,084 $10,270,505

Cain, Herman* $0 $15,940,695 $18,832 $275,000 $0 $0 $31,812 $16,266,340
Gingrich, Newt* $0 $23,021,332 $72,323 $0 $0 $0 $170,270 $23,263,926
Huntsman, Jon** $0 $3,642,425 $24,982 $5,139,481 $0 $0 $0 $8,806,888
McCotter, Thaddeus G.** $0 $78,577 $250 $0 $0 $468,561 $1 $547,389
Paul, Ron* $0 $39,683,490 $2,670 $0 $0 $1,000,500 $5,257 $40,691,917
Pawlenty, Timothy*** $0 $4,911,448 $133,816 $0 $0 $0 $105,854 $5,151,118
Perry, Rick** $0 $19,438,435 $250,380 $0 $0 $0 $16,429 $19,705,244
Romney, Mitt* $0 $191,538,802 $901,224 $0 $15,000,000 $66,510,574 $0 $273,950,600
Santorum, Rick* $0 $22,199,847 $67,340 $0 $0 $0 $14,814 $22,282,001
Democrats
Obama, Barack* $0 $333,169,109 $0 $5,000 $0 $98,950,000 $61,355 $432,185,465
Others
Johnson, Gary Earl* $333,751 $1,505,648 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,839,400
Roemer, Charles E. ‘Buddy’ III*** $351,961 $369,525 -$25,000 $45,100 $0 $0 $0 $741,586
Total Republican $0 $328,692,412 $1,485,877 $5,414,481 $15,000,000 $69,979,635 $363,521 $420,935,927
Total Democrats $0 $333,169,109 $0 $5,000 $0 $98,950,000 $61,355 $432,185,465
Total Others $685,712 $1,875,173 -$25,000 $45,100 $0 $0 $0 $2,580,985
Grand Total $685,712 $663,736,695 $1,460,877 $5,464,581 $15,000,000 $168,929,635 $424,876 $855,702,377
* First Financial Report for 2012 Cycle – 2011 Q2
** First Financial Report for 2012 Cycle – 2011 Q3
*** First Financial Report for 2012 Cycle – 2011 Q1
†This candidate used one committee for both a presidential and congressional race.
Therefore, the data reflected in this table for this committee only includes activity through the report in which the candidate withdrew from the presidential election.

1. Estimated amount of disclosed spending in the 2012 election: $6 billion

2. Amount of dark money (money with no donor disclosure) spent in the 2008 election:$105 million

Minimum amount of dark money known to have been spent on the 2012 election: $213 million

3. Amount super-PACs, dark money groups, and other outside groups spent in October: $526 million

4. Percentage of all super-PAC money from just 163 people who gave $500,000 or more: 70 percent

5. Percentage of outside spending coming from disclosed donors in 2004: 96.5 percent

Percentage in 2012: 40.5 percent

6. Amount the Koch brothers are known to have donated to candidates and parties in 2012: $628,100

Amount of dark money they have pledged to spent to defeat Barack Obama: $60 milion

7. Percentage of dark money spent on federal elections that went to electing Republicans and defeating Democrats: 80 percent

8. Percentage of the 1 million-plus ads run by the Obama and Romney campaigns and their allies between April and October that were negative: 87 percent(motherjones.com)

 

http://www.fec.gov/press/bkgnd/pres_cf/pres_cf_odd_doc/presreceiptsM92012.pdf