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U2 at the Lincoln Memorial
Bono sings Pride (In the name of love) and City of Blinding Lights at the Lincoln Memorial concert. I was about half way down the reflecting pool. Great day. Great crowd. Great memories.
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Inauguration photos
It is a difficult thing to describe. I was among the million in the crowd, and had a front row seat to history being made. Among the highlights though were the reaction of the crowd to George Bush – wholescale boos. This was followed by everyone singing “na na na na, na na na na,…
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Inauguration day
Heading down to the national mall now… looks like 2 million people will turn out. Will take a few photos. 🙂
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In the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial
Garth Brooks does shout. The crowd went wild. The ground shook from people jumping up and down. Unbelievable.
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Lincoln Memorial concert pictures
If anyone was wondering how many people went, all I can say is that a huge amount went. I have never seen so many people congregate in one place. This photo demonstrates, almost: All the way from Lincoln to the Washington monument. Estimates are 500,000 people, which I would agree with. Lots more in the…
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Off to Inauguration 2009
Tomorrow I head to Washington to go boozing celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama. Blogging will be lighter but you will still be able to follow me on Twitter for text and photos and on Qik for live/recorded video.
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Anglo Irish Bank nationalised
The Government has finally seen sense and nationalised Anglo Irish Bank. We will have to see how good a job they do of it. The Government has today decided, having consulted with the Board of Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc (“Anglo”), to take steps that will enable the Bank to be taken into public ownership.…
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Schwarzenegger: A state of emergency
Things are looking bad for California.
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Earth observing
Some spectacular images from NASA’s Earth Observatory via the Big Picture blog.
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Cowen's IMF comments
I know some readers may have thought I was joking when I said that I thought the IMF would be called in this year. I wasn’t. Ireland is essentially bankrupt. That Cowen is using it as a threat to public service unions is incidental – IMF intervention is a very real possibility. The lads over…
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