"President Barack Obama's first public act in office Wednesday was to institute new limits on lobbyists in his White House and to freeze the salaries of high-paid aides, in a nod to the country's economic turmoil."
Why didn't he care about the country's economic turmoil while he spent millions of dollars on his inauguration (which was the most expensive in US history)?
He must be cutting a few small 'drop in the bucket' expenses to help finance his invasion of Iran and send another 3 billion to Israel.
Why didn't he care about the country's economic turmoil while he spent millions of dollars on his inauguration (which was the most expensive in US history)?
He must be cutting a few small 'drop in the bucket' expenses to help finance his invasion of Iran and send another 3 billion to Israel.
post by niccolai at Jan 21,2009 7:59pm edited Jan 21,2009 7:59pm
The actual swearing-in ceremony will cost $1.24 million, according to Carole Florman, spokeswoman for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
It's the security, parties and countless Porta-a-Potty rentals that really run up the bill.
The federal government estimates that it will spend roughly $49 million on the inaugural weekend. Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland have requested another $75 million from the federal government to help pay for their share of police, fire and medical services.
And then there is the party bill.
"We have a budget of roughly $45 million, maybe a little bit more," said Linda Douglass, spokeswoman for the inaugural committee.
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"President Barack Obama's first public act in office Wednesday was to institute new limits on lobbyists in his White House and to freeze the salaries of high-paid aides, in a nod to the country's economic turmoil."
Why didn't he care about the country's economic turmoil while he spent millions of dollars on his inauguration (which was the most expensive in US history)?
He must be cutting a few small 'drop in the bucket' expenses to help finance his invasion of Iran and send another 3 billion to Israel.
And I'm sure the tourism benefits from the MILLIONS of people that flocked to that part of our country went straight to Obama's secret ruin the country and shit in niccolai's cereal fund.
And I'm sure the tourism benefits from the MILLIONS of people that flocked to that part of our country went straight to Obama's secret ruin the country and shit in niccolai's cereal fund.
You're right in that Obama never said in black and white 'I don't believe in diplomacy, I am going to invade iran'.
But he appoints people that want to, and that's a pretty big deal. Bigger than I think you're making it. He doesn't appoint people to his cabinet that don't influence him just so he can sit around all day and play devil's advocate.
By the way, voting to fund georgia, voting to invade Iraq, and voting to fund Israel are all pretty unconstitutional.
If you wanted a president that isn't going to wipe his ass with the constitution then why didn't you vote for Ron Paul?
Because I think Ron Paul is an unrealistic christian fundamentalist loon. We've been over this and I'm not getting into that again.
You believe whatever you like, buddy. Clearly we're going to have to agree to disagree. I think I just officially transitioned into "I don't give a shit" mode.
You're right in that Obama never said in black and white 'I don't believe in diplomacy, I am going to invade iran'.
But he appoints people that want to, and that's a pretty big deal. Bigger than I think you're making it. He doesn't appoint people to his cabinet that don't influence him just so he can sit around all day and play devil's advocate.
By the way, voting to fund georgia, voting to invade Iraq, and voting to fund Israel are all pretty unconstitutional.
If you wanted a president that isn't going to wipe his ass with the constitution then why didn't you vote for Ron Paul?
Dennis Kucinich > Ron Paul.
Except Kucinich's voting on handguns, which negates his stance as a staunch defender of the Constitution. But I guess he's open to interpretation, hence a Federalist.
I like the idea of a simplified, level tax code... the way to fight false elites ("the rich" is commonly mistaken for this term) is to ensure that no one makes money off some ludicrously easy scam.
I mean, I hear lots of people bitching about Bernie Madoff... but very few complaining the Google guys don't deserve their income.
