Obama pauses to honor war dead at Arlington

[Contrary1]

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.



"WASHINGTON - Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns on Sunday, somberly pausing to honor America's war heroes in the midst of a mostly festive weekend prelude to taking on the presidency.

Just over 50 hours from becoming the 44th president of the United States, Obama walked with Vice President-elect Joe Biden to the tomb site at Arlington National Cemetery, placed his hand over his heart as a bugler played taps and then joined Biden in easing the wreath onto a stand.

Obama will take the oath of office on Tuesday at a time of heavy expectations and high anxiety, and the capital has taken on the look of a fortress city, in places, with streets, bridges and overpasses obstructed in the name of security. But on television, it was a normal Sunday as a parade of political leaders of all stripes appeared on television to speculate, wax poetic and sometimes question the plans of the incoming administration.

The temperature rose above freezing, lending a measure of relief from the frigid weather the Obamas and Bidens braved — along with countless throngs of admirers — during a 137-mile whistle-stop train ride from Philadelphia to Washington on Saturday..."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28719897/

[Bicoastal]

1. "Walls" and "stalled" don't rhyme.

:P