[Serial_Worrier]

I think the whole thing was deliberately designed to drive conservatives apeshit and it's succeeding. The libs are pouring $140 million into this "dear leader" annointment, it's sickening.

[eastbay]

More like $150 million blown on a party.

At this point. It'll probably be lots more if you add in everything, such as the cost of flights and per diem for all the security arriving from all over the USA.

What a waste of money at a time like this. It sets the tone for four more years of gluttony and waste.

As a kid we had a socially unacceptable term for someone who got their hands on sudden money and wasting it as fast as possible. But I won't repeat it. But it's what we see with Obama ... thus far.

[Serial_Worrier]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '[')url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090117/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inauguration_spending]More like $150 million blown[/url] on a party.

At this point. It'll probably be lots more if you add in everything, such as the cost of flights and per diem for all the security arriving from all over the USA.

What a waste of money at a time like this. It sets the tone for four more years of gluttony and waste.

As a kid we had a socially unacceptable term for someone who got their hands on sudden money and wasting it as fast as possible. But I won't repeat it. But it's what we see with Obama ... thus far.

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Serial_Worrier', 'I') think the whole thing was deliberately designed to drive conservatives apeshit and it's succeeding. The libs are pouring $140 million into this "dear leader" annointment, it's sickening.

[Serial_Worrier]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Serial_Worrier', 'I') think the whole thing was deliberately designed to drive conservatives apeshit and it's succeeding. The libs are pouring $140 million into this "dear leader" annointment, it's sickening.

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'A')s a kid we had a socially unacceptable term for someone who got their hands on sudden money and wasting it as fast as possible. But I won't repeat it. But it's what we see with Obama ... thus far.

[AlexdeLarge]

Obamapalooza!

"Think of it this way: If the risen Christ descended from the sky tomorrow, your interest in the federal deficit would wane pretty quickly. That’s what we’re looking at here."

It doesn’t matter if Maryland’s broke as long as Obama’s president

"I will avert my eyes from the hopeychangieness bullshit. I will sip whiskey with my friends as we work on a plan to survive the coming years."

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Serial_Worrier', '
')I did that 4 years ago when I canceled my cable subscription. I only watch DVDs. Also I should stop listening to political talk radio, just more of the nauseating bullshit.

[Serial_Worrier]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Serial_Worrier', '
')I did that 4 years ago when I canceled my cable subscription. I only watch DVDs. Also I should stop listening to political talk radio, just more of the nauseating bullshit.

[Serial_Worrier]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'A')s a kid we had a socially unacceptable term for someone who got their hands on sudden money and wasting it as fast as possible. But I won't repeat it. But it's what we see with Obama ... thus far.

[Plantagenet]

Maybe we'll get a good speech out of it. The MSM is saying Obama will give a speech that will be a combination of JFK, Martin Luther King, and Lincoln and will unify all Americans and be a major event in the history of our country!

[Serial_Worrier]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'M')aybe we'll get a good speech out of it. The MSM is saying Obama will give a speech that will be a combination of JFK, Martin Luther King, and Lincoln and will unify all Americans and be a major event in the history of our country!

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Serial_Worrier', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'M')aybe we'll get a good speech out of it. The MSM is saying Obama will give a speech that will be a combination of JFK, Martin Luther King, and Lincoln and will unify all Americans and be a major event in the history of our country!

[Munqi]

I heard that atleast all the hollywood stars were paying quite a bit for being there so i would imagine that atleast some of that money is coming back.

But yea, 150m is alot.

[Plantagenet]

The Obama Coronation Committee has announced that the $150 million dollar coronation fest will be "green" and environmentally correct.

They even boasted that the carpet that Obama stands on when he recites his oath of office will be a 100% recycled carpet.



I hope they get all the smells out of the recycled carpet before they reuse it.....

[ZombieMalthus]

You guys are really butthurt about 150 million when compared to the trillions of dollars flushed away over the last 8 years?

Puh-leaze.

Let Obama have his inauguration: he's earned it

[yeahbut]

I just heard a reporter on the radio talking about all the promotional tat that is being flogged off as the inauguration approaches...the one that stuck in my mind was a flavour of icecream called, inevitably, 'of course pecan'...ba-dum ching...

[perdition79]

Even Taco Bell is celebrating the coronation of Lord Barry Soetoro: 20 cent tacos on Tuesday, limit 10 per customer.