I watched the inauguration festivities at the main library auditorium in downtown this morning/afternoon and though there was much cheering, clapping, and enthusiasm as well as one awesome older gentleman declaring "I haven't felt this way since Kennedy" it was still tame, tame, tame compared to the party going on INSIDE MY SOUL every time Obama opened his mouth and spoke exactly in tune with how I'm feeling about my country and the contributions necessary from each and every citizen in the years to come.

That soul party looked something like this:

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Cheers to everyone, in the US and outside of it!

In case you missed it or didn't know you were missing it:

Barack Obama at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner Part One and Part Two.

My girlfriend Rachel Maddow introduced the segment and I have no other commentary because I can't hear myself type over the sound of how awesome Barack Obama is.