https://freerepublic.com/tag/ragingstorms/ en-us Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:19:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168391/posts WASHINGTON – Barack Hussein Obama claimed his place in history as America's first black president Tuesday, summoning a dispirited and divided nation to unite in hope against the "gathering clouds and raging storms" of unfinished war and grave economic woe. A jubilant crowd of more than a million waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness the moment as a young black man with a foreign-sounding name took command of a nation founded by slaveholders. AP on Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168391/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:19:33 GMT