To quote a friend's .sig file

[prog]

"Good job everybody."

Also:

• Is this the first time a sitting U.S. president gave a shout-out to nonreligious Americans in a major speech? (He used the word 'non-believers', which I also approve of.)

• I was glad that there didn't seem to be much chanting after his speech. The time for that stuff is done; now is the time to get to work.

Comments

[kahuna-burger.livejournal.com]

He seemed to hesitate before he said it, I wonder if he had been debating whether to include it or not. I'm glad he did.

I'm all verclempt and such, especially at the idea that Henry doesn't understand the big deal and could grow up taking the idea that a black man can be president for granted.

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

on Q1, I don't know, but I'd be interested in the answer. I certainly noticed.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

(He used the word 'non-believers', which I also approve of.)

Oh, good. It sounded funny to me, as a choice of term, but then I wasn't sure what wording would actually be preferable (and spent some moments tuning out of the speech thinking about it. Humanists? Freethinkers?).

[ahkond.livejournal.com]

see also: http://steelydan.com/emgtracks.html#track4

[(Anonymous)]

Yes! His shout-out to athiests was way cool, topped only by "we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals," which although not entirely unique to this speech now carried the weight of a sitting president - and has already been acted upon in the last few days! Woohoo!