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Some Now Question Cost of Inauguration
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| By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer
Posted on 01/13/2005 7:20:49 PM PST by alessandrofiaschi
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To: alessandrofiaschi
If I recall, 40 million is less than the clinton's last junket to Africa when they took along a large entourage including Chelsea
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posted on
01/14/2005 4:33:35 PM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: LPM1888
I disagree. I'm happy for America. I want to party and to hell with what Will Lester, moonbat Democrats or the rest of the world thinks. For once, its a pleasure to rub it in the libs' faces. Let them go organize their stupid counter-inaugural.
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posted on
01/14/2005 4:35:13 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: alessandrofiaschi
But there are also $17.3 million security costs of the inaugural. Who pays? The costs would have been lower if the dim wits weren't calling for actions on the streets demonstrating against the inauguration that are potentially dangerous.
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posted on
01/14/2005 4:37:54 PM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: dirtboy
President Bush's second inauguration will cost tens of millions of dollars $40 million alone in private donations for the balls, parade and other invitation-only parties.I don't know what the big deal is about, Ted Kennedy spends $40 million on booze every 6 months...
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posted on
01/14/2005 4:38:19 PM PST
by
Jimmyclyde
(Dying ain't much of a living boy...)
To: alessandrofiaschi
May I ask a question?
Did you vote absentee or which state did you cast your vote?
Here is another obsessive cost post you may be interested in.
Regards, :^p ilgrim
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posted on
01/14/2005 4:41:07 PM PST
by
pilgrim
To: goldstategop
I disagree. I'm happy for America. I want to party and to hell with what Will Lester, moonbat Democrats or the rest of the world thinks. For once, its a pleasure to rub it in the libs' faces. Let them go organize their stupid counter-inaugural.
I'm happy for America too. Supposedly we've won a battle to fix the financial mess this great nation is in but now the attitude seems to have changed. The new attitude seems to be now that we're in power to hell with being fiscally Conservative.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Meet the new Boss, just like the old Boss.
Why am I not surprised.
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posted on
01/14/2005 4:51:04 PM PST
by
LPM1888
(What are the facts? Again and again and again -- what are the facts? - Lazarus Long)
To: LPM1888
THE INAUGURATION IS BEING PAID FOR WITH PRIVATE DOLLARS. Sheesh... some people can't be happy. There's nothing wrong with being fiscally responsible but I'm the sort of person who believes in spending to enjoy life and quit worrying what I can't control about tomorrow.
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posted on
01/14/2005 4:55:00 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Trout-Mouth
Today on Cavuto, he had one of the NYC idiots "Weiner", and he was there whining about the $40 million the repubs were going to spend on the inaugural.
I sent Cavuto a msg and said, "if the inaugural was for John Kerry - would we be having this conversation ..?? I don't think so!!
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posted on
01/14/2005 6:16:10 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
(Where are the dem supporters? - try the trash cans in back of the abortion clinics.)
To: LPM1888
And my tax dollars should be used to pay for fund raising events? I don't think that's even legal. To the victor goes the spoils. Look, security is going to be tight even if it was just one tiny ball. Thats just a smaller target for other political groups to disrupt. I live near DC and this place battens down the hatches for every freak group that invades. I'll be the first person to admit that this inauguration is going a little overkill, but lets think about it this way: There is going to be a whole hell of a lot of people descending on DC without the intent of trashing it. Hotels will be used, dinners will be eaten, movies will be watched. For once the group descending on Dc isn't trying to disrupt something- they instead are celebrating. Security gets called out to DC for lots of protests and the feds (via DC) pick up the tab. Should security be reserved for only the riffraff? . For a change, this will be productive crowd descending on DC that businesses will welcome with open arms. Well - with exception to the orange wearing freaks.
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
What the hell are you talking about? I used your own screen name to refer to you. YOU named yourself that. Not me. I also made no judgments about your screen name. I just used it as an identifier.
How else would you like to be identified on an anonymous board? That is the only name you have given us to use.
You have a real problem with this. I noticed you attacked someone else for using your name also.
BTW, I should have copied that message to you but didn't realize I hadn't included it until right as I hit post.
Would you mind telling me what your big problem is? Don't blame others for your choice of screen name.
You need to calm down about your screen name or change it.
I don't need to "get over" anything. You do. Until this silly post of yours I had no problem with you personally. I just disagreed with your opinion.
The fact that you are an ex-hippie evokes nothing in me, as you allege. I did not judge you.
I simply don't agree with you. It has nothing to do with your screen name.
What a weird thing for you to allege.
You have the problem. Not me.
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posted on
01/14/2005 9:31:31 PM PST
by
texasflower
(Liberty can change habits. ~ President George W. Bush 10/08/04)
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
I don't know of anyone that feels "threatened" by having a discussion about this. Isn't that what we have done on the thread?
Do you feel "slammed" just because we don't agree with you completely? That's not a very mature attitude.
But this is the President's party and what happens at it is his option just like the court told Newdow today.
I would agree completely with you if we paid for the parties. But we pay only for the security.
I am okay with that. Especially for this President who has made the theme of the event honoring our troops and our nation.
The nation needs this.
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posted on
01/14/2005 9:38:37 PM PST
by
texasflower
(Liberty can change habits. ~ President George W. Bush 10/08/04)
To: LPM1888
This is a celebration of our national identity.
It happens every four years. It is really a small amount of money in the whole picture of our economy.
A tiny fraction. For a national event that will be watched all over the world.
The sort of civil and patriotic thing that most of us love and so do many around the world.
It is part of our culture. Don't watch it, complain about it if you like to your congressman, but PLEASE don't keep trying to push this and try and ruin it for the rest of us.
Please? It is going to happen, so please, let us enjoy this President?
This is a sincere, from the heart request.
Tammy
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posted on
01/14/2005 9:45:19 PM PST
by
texasflower
(Liberty can change habits. ~ President George W. Bush 10/08/04)
To: Miss Marple; goldstategop
Noticed this morning that CNN did a minute on the "cost of the inaugural" - listed the items the money could "pay for" right out of Lester's article. THIS is what passes for news.....kipe what AP puts out and run with it.
To: alessandrofiaschi
We visited this topic some time ago.
Getting more than a little late.
I wouldn't mind increasing the wages etc. of hotel etc. staff in DC, if more of them were more patriotic.
As it is, I'd rather the troops got at least half this much and the events were scaled way back in costs but not celebration.
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posted on
01/15/2005 6:33:49 AM PST
by
Quix
(HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
To: LPM1888
Security costs outside of the immediate White House grounds should be paid from private pockets. Perhaps that can be arranged for the 2009 inaugural.
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posted on
01/15/2005 5:34:57 PM PST
by
syriacus
(Was Margaret Hassan murdered because she could have testified about the oil for food corruption?)
To: syriacus
Security costs outside of the immediate White House grounds should be paid from private pockets.
Perhaps that can be arranged for the 2009 inaugural.
That would be excellent!
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posted on
01/15/2005 5:59:07 PM PST
by
LPM1888
(What are the facts? Again and again and again -- what are the facts? - Lazarus Long)
To: Recovering Ex-hippie
I'm sorry for the misunderstanding...thank you for clarifying your position. :)
To: alessandrofiaschi
**The other 40 millions come from lobbyists, not from common citizens, and even if I wouldn't make anything to prevent this**
I contributed to the Inauguration Fund. I'm not a lobbyist. I'm a private citizen. Hello?
Did you vote in our election? Are you an American?
I'm quite sure you won't answer the last two questions but I thought them to be important in this discussion.
To: winodog
**We should stop having "balls" and make the limp wristed pantie wearing sodomite loving liberals have one big picnic on the Whitehouse lawn. BYO of course. **
Don't forget the Ritz crackers with Cheeze Wiz! lol.
To: pilgrim
Do you really think he'll answer your question? lol...nope. I've asked him 3x times. Hmmm.
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