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Inaugural Security Restrictions Vex Elderly and Parents
FoxNews.com ^ | Saturday, December 20, 2008

Posted on 12/20/2008 9:05:15 AM PST by Joiseydude

No strollers near the Capitol. No tents on the National Mall. None of that Silly String on the parade route.

That's just a sample of the items forbidden from President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration for security reasons. And while many people say the inconvenience is a small price to pay to witness the swearing-in of the nation's first black president, others are scratching their heads, trying to figure out how they will sit, snack, carry diapers or transport tired tots.

Some older people are backing out of their inaugural plans, partly because of a no-chair rule for the parade route. Parenting blogs are abuzz with complaints about the less-than-kid-friendly restrictions. Thermoses, coolers and backpacks are out at both the Capitol and the parade route.

"Of course, they're not going to say, 'no children,"' said Sunny Chanel, a San Francisco-based contributor to Babble.com, a parenting Web site. "But they're definitely not making it easy for parents with smaller children to go."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhoinauguration; impeach; jackassinauguration; noboma; obombaboypresident
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And yet Linda Douglass, spokeswoman for the Presidential Inaugural Committee said the inaugural festivities will be "the most open, accessible, and inclusive inauguration in recent history."
1 posted on 12/20/2008 9:05:16 AM PST by Joiseydude
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To: Joiseydude

“Recent History” = three years.


2 posted on 12/20/2008 9:06:35 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Joiseydude

What are they afraid of? I thought the Great One could take care of himself. Those streets belong to the people, not Obama.


3 posted on 12/20/2008 9:09:21 AM PST by RC2
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To: Joiseydude
"But they're definitely not making it easy for parents with smaller children to go."

So stay home. It will make for a happier day for you and everyone else there.

4 posted on 12/20/2008 9:10:09 AM PST by Tax-chick ("And the rum is for all your good vices.")
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To: Joiseydude

Someone is really scared.


5 posted on 12/20/2008 9:10:52 AM PST by realdifferent1 (We've tried the soap box, jury box and ballot box. Only one box left and it's time to use it.)
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To: RC2

All potential dictators are PARANOID with self-importance and “security”.


6 posted on 12/20/2008 9:11:31 AM PST by brushcop (We remember SSG Harrison Brown, PVT Andrew Simmons B CO 2/69 3ID KIA Iraq OIF IV)
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To: RC2

> What are they afraid of? I thought the Great One could take care of himself. Those streets belong to the people, not Obama.

The streets are his now. So are the fighter jets that will fly past. So are the Navy ships. So are the monuments. So is the Grand Canyon and the Mississippi River. So are you.


7 posted on 12/20/2008 9:12:31 AM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: Joiseydude

Heard “Whitey” has to stand in the back of the crowd.

Referring of course to Hubert “Whitey” Whitney.


8 posted on 12/20/2008 9:12:49 AM PST by rineaux
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To: Joiseydude
Best of all, every adult who comes to the National Mall will receive a free bottle of this......
9 posted on 12/20/2008 9:15:38 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: DieHard the Hunter

So long as we believe that.....it’s true. I happen not to believe it....no one owns me. If we allow him to believe that also, we loose. If he goes off the deep end as President, the people need to shut him down at every turn.


10 posted on 12/20/2008 9:16:13 AM PST by RC2
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To: Joiseydude

No chairs? I wonder about wheel chairs.

Perhaps Holy Hussein Obama will heal the lame.

Or perhaps Joe Biden will tell those in wheel chairs to stand up and walk.


11 posted on 12/20/2008 9:16:13 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Joiseydude
"It's truly scaring people,"

No worries, I'd wager The Black Panthers will be there making sure everyone tows the line.

Glad I'll be far, far away from the Coronation.


12 posted on 12/20/2008 9:17:54 AM PST by SouthDixie (We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly.)
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To: BenLurkin

I predict a few “incidents”, because some people just dont know how to act out of the village.


13 posted on 12/20/2008 9:17:58 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: Joiseydude
Some older people are backing out of their inaugural plans, partly because of a no-chair rule for the parade route. Parenting blogs are abuzz with complaints about the less-than-kid-friendly restrictions.

I'm sure they will talk themselves into believing that this is all Bush's fault. Somehow.
14 posted on 12/20/2008 9:18:11 AM PST by LostInBayport (The press and the Barackolytes view you as a miracle worker...so turn the economy into wine, Barry.)
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To: Joiseydude
"But they're definitely not making it easy for parents with smaller children to go."

Isn't that because having a baby is a punishment? "I don't want my daughter punished with a baby..." Hail to the Chief.

15 posted on 12/20/2008 9:19:05 AM PST by HondaCRF450
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To: t1b8zs

Notice how they extended booze sales hours until like 4AM, for this entire period around the Inaugural? For an event like...I would have have cut off all booze in the entire district for twenty-four hours.


16 posted on 12/20/2008 9:21:42 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Joiseydude

I just might attend out of sheer curiosity.

I was a campaign ‘04 volunteer. Besides a photo of GWB and Laura, my reward was crowd control duty at the inaugural parade. In truth it was a cluster-f**k and cold as hell but quite the experience nevertheless. We volunteers were able to use our own heads and improvise fairly well but I’ll never forget the knots of hardcore Truth, Peace and Justice types ranting foul-mouthed slogans as the parade went by. They reverted to mindlessly screaming obscenities when the presidential limos passed. At least the streakers I saw were nubile.

I’m betting that the Kos Kidz, Code Pinkos and Gays will be wanting to give Obama (King of Kings, King of Lands, Seas and Sky, May He Live Forever!) just as hard a time for not measuring up to their wet dreams. What I want is to see how indulgently they are handled under “O’s” reign compared with the evil Bushitler. They may be in for a rude awakening.


17 posted on 12/20/2008 9:23:04 AM PST by sinanju
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Hello to beautiful New Zealand!
Just for your edification- American’s aren’t OWNED. I can promise you I am not!
Obama might be the TEMPORARY head of this country( or fate might deign otherwise- he isn’t President yet, and being President doesn’t mean staying President).
No President has ‘owned’ us, and none will.
If that is what Mr. Hussein and the rest of the world thinks, stand by for a real surprise.


18 posted on 12/20/2008 9:23:10 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: Joiseydude
Open? Totally strange. Usually you don't need to carry food, bedding and seats with you to this event. HOWEVER, since 5 million people have said they're showing up, these things become necessities.

Pray for a blizzard BEFORE inauguration day. That'll keep the crowd away from the parade route and the Mall and may reduce their numbers.

On the chance that we have several million storm refugees in the area I'm buying about $10,000 worth of bottle water which will be available at the intersection of I95. I495. I395, Keenemill and Rolling Roads for $5 per bottle.

Warm blankets and plastic raincoats suitible for camping out under culverts and overpasses in the Mixing Bowl are tentatively priced at $500 ~ CASH, no credit cards, no checks please.

19 posted on 12/20/2008 9:24:05 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: DieHard the Hunter

One of my treasured pictures is of George W. Bush standing on the mound at Yankee Stadium after 9/11.

A real man, standing up before America. Showing his courage.


20 posted on 12/20/2008 9:24:32 AM PST by Carley
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