I sure hope so. Time will tell.
$150 million for Obama Inauguration
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I sure hope so. Time will tell.
Everywhere is full of Obama. I'm sick of it! Gonna vomit. Enough is enough.
That $150 m is just too much. How about funding some newly unemployed people or donating Unicef? Fuck no! Spend it for an American Way political show. USA is still a showoff country.
Only change Obama brought is the change in president's name. From Bush to Obama.
Obama/Biden 2012 comes true if there still will be a nation to elect and a country to be governed.
Don't overrate him. You have pretty high expectations from him. I hope USA won't have a great disappointment due to failling of the high expectations.
I like him but this Obama-mania makes me sick.
That $150 m is just too much. How about funding some newly unemployed people or donating Unicef? Fuck no! Spend it for an American Way political show. USA is still a showoff country.
Only change Obama brought is the change in president's name. From Bush to Obama.
Obama/Biden 2012 comes true if there still will be a nation to elect and a country to be governed.
Don't overrate him. You have pretty high expectations from him. I hope USA won't have a great disappointment due to failling of the high expectations.
I like him but this Obama-mania makes me sick.
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
You know he's right Chef. :tongue:
Obama is spending in excess, using government money.
The regular person spending money on the net, cigarettes, food, and so on is their money they worked for.
There's a huge difference.
Obama said he was for "change" What change?
He's spending more money than Bush did on both of his inaugurations combined and then some.
ChefChiTown
The secret ingredient? MY BALLS
Once again, it's not Barack Obama who is throwing this money around. I'll give you the same advice that I gave to NI...
If you're going to be upset with the choices that our government makes, try to understand how it works first.
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
I know how the government is supposed to work and it hasn't been working right in a long time.
Obama could stand up and oppose the excess spending on his inauguration.
If he were truly for "change." But, he's not and never was.
There's so many people in the government that could be tried and hung for treason right now its not a laughing matter.
Do I even need to bring up Waco, Ruby Ridge, subverting the Constitution and Bill of Rights,
the Patriot Act, taxes, the Federal Reserve, 9/11, lying to start wars and on and on.
Obama could stand up and oppose the excess spending on his inauguration.
If he were truly for "change." But, he's not and never was.
There's so many people in the government that could be tried and hung for treason right now its not a laughing matter.
Do I even need to bring up Waco, Ruby Ridge, subverting the Constitution and Bill of Rights,
the Patriot Act, taxes, the Federal Reserve, 9/11, lying to start wars and on and on.
ChefChiTown
The secret ingredient? MY BALLS
You might know how it's supposed to work, but you obviously don't know how it does work.
How can you honestly say that? He's not even President yet!!! He hasn't even had the chance to do anything yet!!!
:1orglaugh
To put things in some perspective, our presence in Iraq is costing us roughly 13 million dollars per hour, which means we blow through 150 million in half a day.
You seriously should consider purchasing an island so you can be the master of your domain. Basically you have issue with US government itself so I doubt you'll be happy with anybody as Prez except yourself.
So I suppose there should be no security in DC for the entire U.S. Government and all the living Presidents.
I suppose there should be no police in the crowd of 5 million people.
There should be no port a johns for the 5 million people.
There should be no viewing stands for the crowd.
They should not have built the stage at the Capital for the government.
I suppose there should be no police in the crowd of 5 million people.
There should be no port a johns for the 5 million people.
There should be no viewing stands for the crowd.
They should not have built the stage at the Capital for the government.
No ...
The reason people are making a "big deal" over this is because people made a "big deal" over W.'s inaugurations, Clinton's, etc... They chastized W. for spending 1/5th as much, so Obama gets equal criticism.
Frankly, it's all politics to me.
I think the point was that President Obama could have limited the number of the tickets and closed many streets to prevent more people from getting in, cutting costs and other issues due to the greatly reduced attendance.
The reason people are making a "big deal" over this is because people made a "big deal" over W.'s inaugurations, Clinton's, etc... They chastized W. for spending 1/5th as much, so Obama gets equal criticism.
Frankly, it's all politics to me.
METAL HEAD
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more power too obama !!!!!!!
We actually look like a powerful nation today, eager to fix the mistakes of the past 8 years.
The inauguration has been impressive to behold. What a GREAT DAY IT IS to be an American....
We can make back the $150mil in any number of ways....but as I said earlier, there are sooo many greater "fish" to catch that people criticizing the money spent on an American ceremony for the nation is nothing more than piss and moan.
The kind of "Change" that Obama ran on and will bring to America is A LITTLE HIGHER UP THE FOOD CHAIN than simple ceremonies....
The inauguration has been impressive to behold. What a GREAT DAY IT IS to be an American....
We can make back the $150mil in any number of ways....but as I said earlier, there are sooo many greater "fish" to catch that people criticizing the money spent on an American ceremony for the nation is nothing more than piss and moan.
The kind of "Change" that Obama ran on and will bring to America is A LITTLE HIGHER UP THE FOOD CHAIN than simple ceremonies....
ChefChiTown
The secret ingredient? MY BALLS
This kind of, sort of, almost, maybe, somewhat has to do with this, so I'll ask it here...
Does anybody know if the inauguration coverage is going to effect tonight's regular TV schedule? The TV listings look normal to me, but, you never know.
Fringe comes back on TV tonight and I love that show. If I have to watch inauguration shit instead of cool ass supernatural things, I'm going to be pissed. :cussing:
Does anybody know if the inauguration coverage is going to effect tonight's regular TV schedule? The TV listings look normal to me, but, you never know.
Fringe comes back on TV tonight and I love that show. If I have to watch inauguration shit instead of cool ass supernatural things, I'm going to be pissed. :cussing:
Damn straight. $150 mil is chum change these days, what with the billions already spent on war and billions in economic stimulus spending. If Obama has his way this country will be on the right course to recovery and who's gonna remember how much the Inauguration costed then?
Nobody will give a shit about the cost of this inauguration in one week, one month, one year. We deserve to celebrate our culture, heritage, and citizenship every 4 years...
Today a new page is written in the history books. It is exciting to think about America being a great nation again where everyone comes together and fixes our problems with new solutions.
Chef--I'm sure the cable news channels will be covering the parties tonight.
Today a new page is written in the history books. It is exciting to think about America being a great nation again where everyone comes together and fixes our problems with new solutions.
Chef--I'm sure the cable news channels will be covering the parties tonight.
More on this over exaggeration from the media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHKaLKqLk_w&feature=channel_page
Yes, but little things add up. $150 million for an inauguration, 2 million for a crab fishing museum in Massachusetts, $150,000 for a tire and bestiality museum in Alaska, 1 trillion $ for a bailout, etc.
When need dramatic spending cuts all around, in my attitude.
Also, I'm opposed to welfare, as well, but it would still be better to use our money to feed people than have an unnecessary war and other bullshit thing we do.
Re: No ...
Prof from what I can gather the comparative numbers (and thus the ratio) are skewed. The price being quoted re bush's inauguration (approx 44 mil) doesn't include the high cost of security, while the estimated price of Obama's (150 mil) does. I'm pretty sure I heard that if you add that expenditure (based on current dollar value) to Bush's total his inaugural actually cost, at minimum, 120 mil.
Prof from what I can gather the comparative numbers (and thus the ratio) are skewed. The price being quoted re bush's inauguration (approx 44 mil) doesn't include the high cost of security, while the estimated price of Obama's (150 mil) does. I'm pretty sure I heard that if you add that expenditure (based on current dollar value) to Bush's total his inaugural actually cost, at minimum, 120 mil.
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