Yesterday was Martin Luther King Day, Today there is an African-American President of the United States

From: Rabble.ca

Innauguration Day

Today's inauguration of Barack Obama will undoubtedly be the most widely watched political event ever. The media coverage runs the full gamut. rabble.ca is proud to bring you live coverage on rabbletv via our colleagues at Democracy Now!, whose pre-inaugural coverage featured a full program of excerpts from the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

At the other end of the media spectrum from Amy Goodman's standard-bearer of independent journalism, all of the entertainment shows are also in D.C., reporting on the utterances and wardrobes of the Hollywood stars who are in town to perform at inaugural galas or just to bask in the Obama glow. Justin Timberlake offered this profundity, regarding the moment's historical significance: "Hey America, we're cool again!"

What a tragedy if the Obama administration were merely to bring sexy back to the image of the American Empire - it would amount to the greatest re-branding scam in history. But beyond the myopia of the star set, others are already looking to Obama with tears in their eyes.

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