Tough conditions at Obama inauguration

St. Petersburg Times Blog ^ | January 08, 2009 | Will Van Sant

[Brandonmark]

January 08, 2009

Tough conditions at Obama inauguration

So Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch asked Congressman Gus Bilirakis for tickets to President-elect Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration. Bilirakis' office came through, sending an e-mail to Welch offering two seats at the swearing-in. But check out the warnings from Bilirakis' office that came with the offer.

It may be historic, but it sure doesn't sound comfortable.

"Please keep in mind that January in Washington, DC tends to be very cold and damp (often in the 20s or 30s and occasionally snowing) ... Also, keep in mind that there will be absolutely NO food or water allowed on the premises. Additionally, there will only be 1 facility for every 6,000 people, and you will most likely be required to remain at the inauguration site from 9 AM- 2 PM without being able to leave and come back."

Ouch.

Welch decided not to take the tickets, but for other reasons. Accomodations in D.C, he said, are going for $800 to $900 a night.

"For that kind of money we could buy an HD TV and watch it in high definition and keep the TV," Welch said.

Will Van Sant, Times staff writer

[Eva]

Hey, maybe we’ll get to see the Democrats break out the Fur coats, again.

[CarolTX]

>”1 bathroom for every 6000 participants...”<

Yike!! Especially since a lot of people plan to bring their children to “see history being made”. Waiting in line for the can, they may not see much of the history.:-)

[WayneS]

The TRUE believers will be willing to suffer ANY discomfort or indignity; just to be in the presence of their messiah!

[Blue Jays]

It seems the Liberals like to "talk" that they're attending the inauguration, yet it doesn't actually happen in reality.
It's probably just to appear fashionable among their Leftist friends and cohorts.

[Charles Henrickson]

there will only be 1 facility for every 6,000 people

For a FUn take on this, come over to this thread:

DUmmie FUnnies 01-07-09 ("One toilet for every 6,000 people (at the Inaugural)")

[Centurion2000]

The American “night of the long knives” cannot be far away.

Texan mentalities are VERY different from Jews. An American Kristalnacht would be followed by mass funerals ....

[Question Liberal Authority]

More than 2% of all US Presidents have died in office after contracting an illness during their inauguration speech.

That rate is more than 2% higher than the number of people who have been killed by man made global warming.

[FrankR]

Make no mistake...this is not an inauguration of a President, it's the coronation of a Kenyan "king of North Amerika".

[tomnbeverly]

Well Liberals frown on History so maybe we will have a repeat of the mistakes made by Willian Henry Harrison.

[DogBarkTree]

Franken will be wearing Luvs.

[Arrowhead1952]

Thanks. I forgot to look at the replies on that edition of DUmmie Funnies.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Will Obama’s follower’s still be allowed to flash gang signs?

[bicyclerepair]

WEAR ALL BLACK ON 1/20 ! I AM.

[Future Snake Eater]

My first campaign promise for when I’m elected President in ‘0Never is that I will not hold an inaugural parade, I will simply be sworn in in the Oval Office, then I’ll immediately go into a Cabinet meeting and get started on business.

I probably just lost the DC hot dog vendor vote, huh?

[pabianice]

1.5 million attendees, 1000 toilets. The perfect symbol of the Obama administration.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> 1.5 million attendees, 1000 toilets. The perfect symbol of the Obama administration.

Let us hope, for the sake of public sanitation, that these attendance figures are grossly exaggerated by a couple three zeroes.

[4integrity]

I was proud to at W’s 2001 Inauguration. And, I clearly recall how COLD, wet, muddy it was....my husband was literally shivering at one point. And, yes, there were only certain places one could enter ......I didn’t care, I was thrilled to be there.

So, why is the St Pete Slimes making a big deal of the conditions for the upcoming coronation????? Rhetorical question.....the minions of ‘that one’ must share EVERYTHING connected with the chosen one with the peons....

[4integrity]

immediately after the election, I noticed someone fly the American Flag upside down.

[4integrity]

‘..but since no food or water is allowed, there is nothing to pee or poop out..’

ROFL.

[Cicero]

So, what is it? Early reports said that 5 million would attend the coronation. Then an article this morning said 3 million. Now this one says 1.5 million. Will it actually be more than any other inauguration?

We all know that the press and the Capitol police exaggerate these numbers for liberals, and slice them by 90% if it’s right-to-lifers or conservatives.

I’m kind of hoping that it will rain down sleet, frogs, and locusts on coronation day, although I’m not actually praying for it. Maybe a lightning strike on the White House or a power outage, like the one Obama had on his Hawaiian vacation.