{"id":30,"date":"2009-01-22T02:34:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T02:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=30"},"modified":"2018-11-26T23:48:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T23:48:53","slug":"and-hes-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"And, he&#8217;s off!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Youtube has video of the inaugural speech, in high def, no less. Check it out <a title=\"YouTube - President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3PuHGKnboNY\">here<\/a>. Or you can watch the lower-res version below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3PuHGKnboNY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nOk, I&#8217;m excited. Seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Day 1 (Well, ok.. day 2.. be that way) :<\/p>\n<p>Iraq Withdrawal? <a title=\"Associated Press - Obama asks Pentagon for responsible Iraq drawdown\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jlEwGEJtiJYWb6WLWWQ4RfLX7eIwD95RT81O1\">Check<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Close Guantanamo? <a title=\"Guardian - Barack Obama: Administration drafts order to close Guant\u00e1namo camp within year\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/jan\/21\/guantanamo-barack-obama-draft-order-closure\">Check<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Be more transparent? <a title=\"ABC News - http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/politicalpunch\/2009\/01\/president-oba-3.html\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/politicalpunch\/2009\/01\/president-oba-3.html\">Check<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cap White House staff pay? <a title=\"Bloomberg - Obama Freezes Pay, Toughens Ethics and Lobbying Rules\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aYSQ9OT7ErVU&amp;refer=home\">Check<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lobbyists? <a title=\"CBS News - Obama Freezes Pay For White House Employees, Limits Lobbyists\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/blogs\/2009\/01\/21\/politics\/politicalhotsheet\/entry4744108.shtml#ccmm\">Kiss my ass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah.. excited. Understatement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youtube has video of the inaugural speech, in high def, no less. Check it out here. Or you can watch the lower-res version below. Ok, I&#8217;m excited. Seriously. Day 1 (Well, ok.. day 2.. be that way) : Iraq Withdrawal? Check. Close Guantanamo? Check. Be more transparent? Check. Cap White House staff pay? Check. Lobbyists? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/?p=30\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;And, he&#8217;s off!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rant.godshell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}