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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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 150millionforobama; 2009; bho2008; bhoinauguration; coronation; democrats; fearlessleader; federalspending; houseparty; momoney; obama
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To: Libloather

$100 would feed his half-brother for a year.


141 posted on 01/17/2009 5:01:37 PM PST by omega4179 ("I HOPE HE FAILS" Rush Limbaugh 1-16-09)
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To: EBH

“This is a highly dangerous character flaw”

Especially when dealing with other world leaders who have nukes and/or large armies.


142 posted on 01/17/2009 5:08:35 PM PST by Niuhuru (Fine, here's my gun, but let me give you the bullets first. I'll send them to you through the barrel)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
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143 posted on 01/17/2009 8:08:06 PM PST by vox_freedom ("If God be for us, who is against us?" -- Romans 8:31)
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To: madison10
"I suppose we’re paying for the farce..."

Do you even have to ask?

Of course we're paying for it. Did you think minorities would take up a collection?

We will will be paying for more in the next four years than you ever thought you could afford in a million years.

In fact, you can't really afford it anyway, but thats just too @#$%&^*^ bad for you.

Afford it anyway, because the messiah says you should/will.

144 posted on 01/17/2009 9:21:40 PM PST by libs_kma (F.U.B.O.)
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To: GoldwaterChick

And I hated that Sarah stopped wearing the clothes, screw ‘em all I would have said.


145 posted on 01/18/2009 12:25:13 AM PST by tina07 (In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42 - 12/17/45, d. 11/1/85)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
His inauguration will not only be the most expensive in terms of dollars spent for that day...but even more so in lasting negative impact to this republic.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

NOW WE KNOW WHAT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DOES

OBAMA, THE STOCK MARKET, AND ENERGY

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING

IT'S TIME FOR A RETURN TO THE OLD SCHOOL

146 posted on 01/18/2009 7:16:04 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What ostentatious excess. Think of all the hungry children that $150,000,000 could feed, and the elderly out there surviving on dog food. Think of all the poor kids who could be provided a college education.

Heck, I forgot, that BS is only for Republican inauguration events.


147 posted on 01/18/2009 7:20:10 AM PST by Will88
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To: All
My tagline has arrived.
148 posted on 01/18/2009 8:23:28 AM PST by elpinta (Inauguration day: what hobbies and reruns are for!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

oh that is tasteful.

stay classy barry


149 posted on 01/18/2009 11:00:53 AM PST by modest proposal (Now is the time to take a stand against the left....)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

BUT ER UH ER UH UH ER ER UH - We’re in a RECESSION!


150 posted on 01/18/2009 11:19:08 AM PST by Paige ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," Edmund Burke)
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To: Paige

At the very least I hope it’s so blumin’ cold that the parade is cancelled and they hold all those liberal egos inside for the swearing in ceremony - I know I’ll be swearing!


151 posted on 01/18/2009 4:31:17 PM PST by princess leah
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To: princess leah
..."the most expensive in US history" .....you can say that again, it will cost us all a lot more than just dollars

and keep on costing long after the ceremony is over !

152 posted on 01/18/2009 4:59:30 PM PST by KTM rider (keep thy powder dry, gird thy loins, and brace for the winds of change)
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To: tina07

I can’t wait til she runs! And isn’t managed by the creeps who handled her this time. All the attacks and insults will just roll right off her back. She knows who she is and doesn’t need those idiots to validate her.

My daughter-in-law is a hockey mom—altho her son is long grown—and those ladies aren’t scared of anything! Especially the toothless, hairless, spineless, creeps populating most of the media.

How sweet of you to remember your Dad in your tagline. Scares me what Odumbo will try to do to our military!


153 posted on 01/18/2009 5:26:53 PM PST by GoldwaterChick (We Snowflakes will always remember our beloved Snowman with the incandescent smile.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; justiceseeker93; ..

by a weird coincidence...

Battered Wall St tops Obama inaugural donors: study
Reuters | January 17, 2009 | Kevin Drawbaugh
Posted on 01/17/2009 7:35:37 AM PST by bd476
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166408/posts

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RAW DATA: Obama’s Speech at the Lincoln Memorial Concert
FoxNews | Jan. 18, 2009 | Barack Hussein Obama
Posted on 01/18/2009 3:56:53 PM PST by FocusNexus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167098/posts

Obama raring to go
News24 / Agence France Presse | January 18, 2009
Posted on 01/18/2009 2:51:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167077/posts


154 posted on 01/18/2009 5:45:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Expensive? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.


155 posted on 01/18/2009 7:34:24 PM PST by grace522 (your wallet is in jeopardy with democrats in office)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Consistent with the desire of the Amnerican people to spend themselves into prosperity. Has this ever worked?


156 posted on 01/18/2009 7:56:00 PM PST by Theodore R. (GWB is neither "compassionate nor conservative.")
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To: Centurion2000

People may have to apologize to Stalin before this nightmare ends, and it has not yet officially begun! John McPain will be the emcee!


157 posted on 01/18/2009 7:57:08 PM PST by Theodore R. (GWB is neither "compassionate nor conservative.")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Coronations are not cheap...


158 posted on 01/18/2009 8:09:29 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: MinuteGal

good ditty.
-my sentiments also!


159 posted on 01/19/2009 8:48:18 AM PST by FBD (My carbon footprint is bigger then yours)
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To: madison10; All

In answer - partly - to your question:

Obama Hosting Pricey Party in a Dicey Economy
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i3aj2L6rRy-2tP3IeVNiC5_wh8SwD95P263O0

“Obama’s inaugural committee has raised more than $41 million to cover events ranging from a Philadelphia-to-Washington train ride to a megastar concert with Beyonce, U2 and Bruce Springsteen to 10 official inaugural balls. Add to that the massive costs of security and transportation — costs absorbed by U.S. taxpayers — and the historic inauguration will produce an equally historic bill.”

I am Boycotting ALL movies and those who supported Obama!!


160 posted on 01/19/2009 12:49:47 PM PST by Anita1 ( "Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last." Luke 13:30)
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