Inagural party

[kiryan]

Ok so someone told me that Bush's inagural party cost like 70 million and he raised a lot from private donors. A bunch of left wingers had a f*king fit and were very vocal about how he was wasting money and should give it to starving penguins in the Bahamas. So from the same someone, Obama is apparently throwing a 140 million dollar party, yet I don't hear any left wingers bitching about starving strippers in Michigan.

Has anyone read anything about it? This is the best I could come up with and it only says 40 million for each of Bush's inagural parties. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar ... 5Jan7.html

I'm not willing to really research it, I'll just assume its true cuz it makes liberals look like hipocrites.

Oh and I think its absolutely f*king ridiculous that we waste any money on this shit Republican or Democrat... even if it is all private donations. Obama's new czar of government efficiency could put 140 million in her cap before day 1 if she was on the ball.

[Ragorn]

A bunch of left wingers had a f*king fit and were very vocal about how he was wasting money and should give it to starving penguins in the Bahamas.

If by "a bunch of left wingers," you mean about three bloggers and some guy on MSNBC, you're probably right. 2005 was like, the peak of our economy. I don't remember caring about how much Bush's inauguration cost.

[Sarvis]

A bunch of left wingers had a f*king fit and were very vocal about how he was wasting money and should give it to starving penguins in the Bahamas.

If by "a bunch of left wingers," you mean about three bloggers and some guy on MSNBC, you're probably right. 2005 was like, the peak of our economy. I don't remember caring about how much Bush's inauguration cost.

I don't even remember _hearing_ about it...

[kwirl]

Last night my roommate had a birthday party. We spent about 80 dollars on his party, but it was raised by private donors.

[Kifle]

I don't remember the cost of Bush's party. Quite honestly, I don't know if I feel anything towards either.

[kwirl]

my point was, who really cares. the money is already budgeted for this, and supplemented by their own fundraising, so who cares?

[avak]

I'm just gonna guess you mean the inauguration.

Where's that snarky 'let me google that for you' thing when you need it? You're not willing to research it, but you're willing to rant on the BBS? I guess that just reaffirms my suspicions about the depth of thought on some of your positions. I mean, no offense, but I googled 'cost of inauguration' and got all the relevant information without even clicking a link!

So, for starters, the cost estimates I have seen are around $50 million, but what gets counted is pretty ambiguous. Estimated attendance is ranging from half a million people to nobody even knows. So far, 42000 security forces are mobilized. I'd go out on a limb and say that it is entirely plausible that a huge chunk of the inaugural budget is security and transportation related. Maryland is estimating $12 million to guard the Obama's on the Amtrak ride.

Yeah, it is a massively expensive party. Like others have already pointed out, most of the money has been privately raised.

For comparison, it costs about 12-15 million to host a superbowl. That is the cost to the host city...not the venue.

Long gone are the days when Lincoln would personally greet constituents on the White House lawn and talk issues. Now, not only do literally millions of people want to witness this historic moment, but probably a frightening and appalling number wish them actual harm.

Anyway, nice faux outrage. I'll gladly trade this inauguration bill for one f-22 raptor priced at a reasonable $137 million.

[Alta]

Well it costs more because it's Green. As my husband always says, organic just means more money. We don't want to leave a fingerprint. Or is it a footprint? But we've gotta let all the movie stars know that the plastic spoons were made with corn and the invitations on recycled paper so that they can fly in on their private jets.

Ah, I feel good about change!

[Ragorn]

Well it costs more because it's Green. As my husband always says, organic just means more money. We don't want to leave a fingerprint. Or is it a footprint? But we've gotta let all the movie stars know that the plastic spoons were made with corn and the invitations on recycled paper so that they can fly in on their private jets.

Ah, I feel good about change!

Why do you hate America?

[avak]

As my husband always says, organic just means more money.

Why does this not surprise me? You guys don't go to rural America much, do you?

[kiryan]

fake outrage? no I'm pissed that we waste this kind of money on these kinds of parties... republican or democrat. I'm a little less pissed because Obama is our first black president, I can get behind celebrating this a little more. Theres lots of these stupid parties all over. And I'm the one who pointed out that there is supposedly a lot privately raised. There is no such thing as a free lunch though...

I didn't research it because I don't really care. I did a couple google searches and didn't come up with much, but i wasn't gonna crusade on this lol. I was just joking about believing it cuz it makes some left wingers look like hipocrites. I'm sure a bunch of liberals thought that Bush should spend the money differently, instead of having a big party, give free abortions in the USA. jk again kinda

[kiryan]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl204

150 million. In the middle of a recession/depression, fighting 2 wars and we throw the most expensive inagural party ever!1!!!!!11!! Where is the outrage?

[Sarvis]

For the first time, President Bush has declared an emergency in Washington, D.C. to supplement the $15 million Congress has already allotted for security measures.

Sounds like it's Bush's fault to me!

[kiryan]

http://www.blogher.com/what-recession-m ... ys-history

this one quotes some of the media coverage from 2005 on Bush's 40 million dollar party.

[teflor the ranger]

Ok so someone told me that Bush's inagural party cost like 70 million and he raised a lot from private donors. A bunch of left wingers had a f*king fit and were very vocal about how he was wasting money and should give it to starving penguins in the Bahamas. So from the same someone, Obama is apparently throwing a 140 million dollar party, yet I don't hear any left wingers bitching about starving strippers in Michigan.

Has anyone read anything about it? This is the best I could come up with and it only says 40 million for each of Bush's inagural parties. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar ... 5Jan7.html

I'm not willing to really research it, I'll just assume its true cuz it makes liberals look like hipocrites.

Oh and I think its absolutely f*king ridiculous that we waste any money on this shit Republican or Democrat... even if it is all private donations. Obama's new czar of government efficiency could put 140 million in her cap before day 1 if she was on the ball.

Sorry Kiryan, but liberals being judged by far lower standards is not news or new.