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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:37 PM Original message |
160 Million |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Think of it as the country's biggest party to celebrate the END of |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:41 PM Original message |
hmmm |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. My understanding is at least half of it was donations. |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Tell that to all the minorities... |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I guess this is the theme for the day. Thanks for your comments. n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I really don't understand this complaint. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I think that many of those who don't think this is a worthy event were born.. |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. I think it's the most important inauguration since Washington... |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I agree one hundred percent about this being the most significant |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Yeah, Washington and Obama... |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:58 PM Original message |
Right again!!!! |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. I think so! |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. Nor do they care to read up on that history so that they can at |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. The overwhelming majority of the cost is for security |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is an historic event as you well know. Many plan to party like it's 1999.. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Right and all the people that spent money to go and businesses that spent to prepare are screwed. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Gee, I wonder if it were Hillary being sworn in if you would feel differently. |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. No, I would not....and I would speak out about it too. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. .... |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Deleted by poster |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. If you were Obama, I still wouldn't listen to you. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. What about the millions now coming to DC for the extended weekend? Fuck em? |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Obviously, it is too late now, but this |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. So, Obama should have told people, "you know, guys, |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. That "pomp and circumstance" is mostly security. He's expected to draw the biggest crowds ever. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:42 PM Original message |
Donate Today - Save Tax Payers & Celebrate In Style |
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AyanEva (428 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. . |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. Some people want to be there. This is history for some people |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It's history for me too. It would STILL be history if an inauguration within |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. To YOU. Please allow other people to chose how THEY want to celebrate. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I think you have a ME issue. This isnt just about you and how you feel. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. Why? No other Presidents have done it |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. So the first black president doesn't get to be inaugurated like all the other presidents. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Keeping the normal entrance to the White House open would cost money in security. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. And eat in the kitchen. Nothin but pot liquor and cornbread. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:51 PM Original message |
We can't be spending taxpayer money on fancy chefs and dining rooms. nt |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. Who needs a chef? Michelle needs to earn her keep. nt |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. He's always been uppity and inadequate. n/t |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yeah! That guy! How dare he want the same as the WHITE presidents! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. He'll learn soon enough how to behave in polite society. Maybe. nt |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. Watching this may help you understand |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. wow, I still can't believe North Carolina went blue this year!! |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. All of that and more because it will signal |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Very true-- it will be a display of competence and of the health of our democracy! nt |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
71. "They cheered when Martin Luther King was killed"... |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. The inauguration is ALREADY televised. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. WWHD? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. were the shoe on the other foot would you be proposing this? i think we all know you wouldn't. |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. Maybe Obama should move into a shack instead of that big mansion. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. And all that security whenever he goes out in public. We oughta be able |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. He can get a bus card and take the bus. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. A bus card!!!! Walking is healthier. nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. thrilled that you aren't Obama. Absolutely thrilled. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
42. Where can I send my check to you to cover your share of the cost, $2.00? |
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AyanEva (428 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Split the cost? |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Done! |
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AyanEva (428 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. LOL Thanks! |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
67. That's the spirit, cheers and welcome |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. Bullshit |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Hear hear! I join with you in calling bullshit. That's all that needs to be said. nt |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Have you seen his new LIMO?!!11!!!11!!! WTF?? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. He gets a limo???? Pffft. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. :) |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
51. You MUST be joking with this post... give it a rest! And you'r wrong, BTW |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. You go girl!!!! Wish I could rec your post. I give it a +10! nt |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Thanks JZ, this inauguration "controversy" BS is insane! n/t |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. delete |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
57. If you were Obama |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
61. And if HILLARY won you would've started an identical thread, right? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
63. so what would this televised inauguration look like |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
64. It's also the largest inaugeration ever. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
66. Wonder what you would have thought about it had McSame cheated his way in there. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
68. I agree 100%. nt |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Bull Shit |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Seconded. nt |
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Cash_thatswhatiwant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
69. w/e, I hope Obama dances his ASS off at the 10+ inaugural balls he goes too. |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
73. It was Hillary's idea |
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Grateful for Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
74. I so can see where you are coming from |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
75. Irony is wasted on the faithful. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
76. You can volunteer for National Day of Service on MLK's birthday..... |
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