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Obama's inauguration set to be the most expensive in US history
guardian.co.uk ^
| January 14, 2009
| Ewen MacAskill
Posted on 01/14/2009 7:17:04 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
President Barack Obama's inauguration next week is set to be the most expensive ever, predicted to reach over $150m (£102m). This dwarfs the $42.3m spent on George Bush's inauguration in 2005 and the $33m spent on Bill Clinton's in 1993.
Part of the spending includes emergency funding announced by the White House on Tuesday to help with the soaring costs. Most of this new federal funding will be to deal with the huge influx of people, estimated 1.5 million to 2 million.
A White House statement said that President Bush "declared an emergency exists in the District of Columbia".
If there is snow, the costs will grow higher. The long-term forecast suggests there is a chance of snow on Sunday and again on the day of inauguration, on Tuesday.
Carole Florman, spokeswoman for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, told the New York Daily News, which estimated the cost at $160m: "We're always very budget conscious. But we're sending a message to the entire world about our peaceful transition of power, and you don't want it to look like a schlock affair. It needs to be appropriate to the magnitude of events that it is."
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To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:18:11 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Free ThinkerNY; MurryMom
$150mHow many people could that feed?
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:22:25 PM PST
by
Libloather
(January is Liberal, Leftist, Marxist Awareness Month.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
You need to Photoshop the text — I clearly read “Stalin”...
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:23:00 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|RCongressIn2Years)
To: Free ThinkerNY
A White House statement said that President Bush "declared an emergency exists in the District of Columbia". Nevermind Captain Obvious, this calls for Master of the Understatement.
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:23:20 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(Inauguration of Desolation)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I suppose we’re paying for the farce...
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:23:35 PM PST
by
madison10
To: Free ThinkerNY
you don't want it to look like a schlock affair
Especially when the guest of honor is such an elitist fraud.
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:23:46 PM PST
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Love Stalin .... Schaste Narodnoye ... can't make out the rest.
Yeah, that's about right.
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:26:09 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(To protect and defend ... against all enemies, foreign and domestic .... by any means necessary.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Those chickens are already doing their thing all over our finances, and I don’t mean in a good fertilizer way.
Welcome to the 0bamaworld of Entitlement. Nothing is good enough for the 0. He deserves it after all of his life ‘struggles.’
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:28:09 PM PST
by
mplsconservative
(-22 degrees. The number of college degrees I'd give Algore on the subject of global warming)
To: Free ThinkerNY
It’s well worth it
1) First black (liberal) president
2) Hope and change
3) He loves us
4) He walks on water (so what if treasury secretary is a tax dodger and raises our taxes?? It’s not like he’s a republican)
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:30:59 PM PST
by
sickoflibs
(Obama : " I will claim my 1B $ federal contracts to local gov (unions) is all private sector")
To: Free ThinkerNY
only the best for a socialist.
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:31:02 PM PST
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: Libloather
How many people could that feed? A few greedy Marxists, it seems. And yeah, 6 portapotties for every 1000 useful idiots.
Meanwhile the rest of us working stiffs that don't bend to socialism will pick up the slack. Can you tell I'm a little ticked by these ostentatious, craven bloodsuckers?
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:32:42 PM PST
by
mplsconservative
(-22 degrees. The number of college degrees I'd give Algore on the subject of global warming)
To: Free ThinkerNY
This is a person so insecure that he constantly needs symbols to prove he’s somebody.
He’s a nobody who stole an election with the help of ACORN and a psycho media.
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:35:44 PM PST
by
Carley
To: Diana in Wisconsin; flaglady47; Chigirl 26; oswegodeee; seenenuf; seekthetruth; ExTexasRedhead; ...
Oh, I hope the weather is frightful
It'll make me feel so delightful
Though I wish no woe for the Bro
Let it snow, let it snow, REALLY snow
Leni
To: mplsconservative
Can you tell I'm a little ticked by these ostentatious, craven bloodsuckers?
And you ain't seen nothing yet! Hold on to your wallet, we still have social security for illegal aliens, college for terrorists to kill us more efficiently, houses for people who can't afford the mortgage (wait, they already did that)......
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:37:59 PM PST
by
BILL_C
(ANSWER Palin is unqualified with SO IS OBAMA, but Gov.Palin is all American, and is NOT A MARXIST!)
To: mplsconservative; writer33; Liz; AT7Saluki
...6 portapotties for every 1000 useful idiots.The Maha was in DC yesterday and mentioned that toilets rimmed the entire mall. Sickening really. Dubya's fault?
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:40:29 PM PST
by
Libloather
(January is Liberal, Leftist, Marxist Awareness Month.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
It must be a cultural thing with Kenyans...
Bling Bling, taking on airs and spending other people’s money.....
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:46:01 PM PST
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: BILL_C
It’s going to be a crazy few years. I hope this country survives.
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:48:30 PM PST
by
mplsconservative
(-22 degrees. The number of college degrees I'd give Algore on the subject of global warming)
To: mplsconservative
After Zero produces the American version of the Weimar Republic, President Palin's inauguration is going to cost way more that Barry's.
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:52:34 PM PST
by
hunter112
(We seem to be on an excrement river in a Native American watercraft without a propulsion device.)
To: hunter112
You just gave me the chills. What you say could be true, more than I hate to think about it.
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posted on
01/14/2009 7:56:09 PM PST
by
mplsconservative
(-22 degrees. The number of college degrees I'd give Algore on the subject of global warming)
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