Peter Murmann

Diary, Politics, Music, Pop

My favorite music at the Presidential Inauguration 2021

21 January 2021

Hollywood and Nashville came out big yesterday producing two wonderful TV specials in addition to the performance at the inauguration itself.

First the Parade Across America Watch on Youtube

and then at night the

Biden inauguration: “Celebrating America” event hosted by Tom Hanks Watch on Youtube.

There were many great performance by ordinary citizens and stars.

I am picking out three that you should see if you missed them.

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Stunning Inauguration Poem by 22-year-old Amanda Gorman

20 January 2021

Click on picture to watch “The Hill we Climb”.

Transcript below

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Joe Biden Inauguration speech was great

20 January 2021

I was not sure whether Biden could pull off a speech that would inspire. He did. If you missed it, see for yourself and read the transcript below.

Click on picture to watch speech.

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Georgia on my mind

5 January 2021

Today the control of the senate will be decided.  John Legend and Barak Obama team up for Georgia.

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37% for Dictator in USA

14 November 2020

This a scary poll and hard to believe but it would explain the Trump phenomenon.

[...] share of voters who want “a strong leader who does not have to bother with Congress and elections” grew from 25 percent in 1990 to 37 percent in 2017, according to the World Values Survey, which measured attitudes in 48 countries.

Source: https://wapo.st/3kuCg4s

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Biden TRiUMPhed - A new era begins

8 November 2020

I have been writing one-liners for the last few days.

The Winning Line

“Biden TRiUMPhed”

Other candidates

“Trumped no more.”

“You are fired”

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Biden win is 70%

14 August 2020

Nate Silver put Trump’s chances only at 30%.