How about the difference from 2005 to 2009 in self indulgent outrage from the media regarding spending that much money on an inauguration during a time of war and economic crisis?

So? I don't mean to be a jerk or anything, but so what? This was important last week. It gave people a good solid 10 days of complaining. They used it to their heart's content and then they dropped it. And, even if you ask the very people that brought it up last week or the week before, their response would be something like "it's a drop in the bucket for what he's going to end up spending" or "whatever. it was a stupid party that he should've completely canceled because the economy is in trouble".

They used the talking point up and have moved on to "obama isn't really President" or "Obama avoided the Politico's questions because he doesn't really like transparency" or "he avoided the medal of honor ball" or some other equally ridiculous claim.

There will be 40-60 comments in this thread and all of the people that spent 400 comments biatching about this last week will, miraculously, all be traveling or something so they miss this thread.

I don't have a problem with the amount of money spent; however, I do have a problem with spending that much money and still serving Korbel at the Inaugural Luncheon. NEVER go cheap on champagne. I'm glad they went with an American producer, but what about Iron Horse or Schramsberg? Much better juice, IMHO. At least they had the decency to serve Duckhorn and Goldeneye for the first two courses.

Damn, I knew I forgot one of the comments the trolls would use in their responses to this article.

bulldg4life: So? I don't mean to be a jerk or anything, but so what? This was important last week. It gave people a good solid 10 days of complaining. They used it to their heart's content and then they dropped it. And, even if you ask the very people that brought it up last week or the week before, their response would be something like "it's a drop in the bucket for what he's going to end up spending" or "whatever. it was a stupid party that he should've completely canceled because the economy is in trouble".

They used the talking point up and have moved on to "obama isn't really President" or "Obama avoided the Politico's questions because he doesn't really like transparency" or "he avoided the medal of honor ball" or some other equally ridiculous claim.

There will be 40-60 comments in this thread and all of the people that spent 400 comments biatching about this last week will, miraculously, all be traveling or something so they miss this thread.

And this story will live on anyway, much like the "Clinton trashed the White House before Bush came in" bullshiat still gets repeated.

jake_lex: And this story will live on anyway, much like the "Clinton trashed the White House before Bush came in" bullshiat still gets repeated.

Or the "61 former Gitmo prisoners have returned to the battlefield" crap...

Thanks subby.

Rut-roh...

It was a fairly historic moment that I will remember a long time.

I've moved on, so should you.

If course it was cheaper, he didn't have the medal of honor ball

Mistah Scrotie: If course it was cheaper, he didn't have the medal of honor ball

Name me a MoH winner who died in the last three days, without Googling, or you're a troll and a poser.

Hang On Voltaire: How about the difference from 2005 to 2009 in self indulgent outrage from the media one article I read on Newsbusters regarding spending that much money on an inauguration during a time of war and economic crisis?

Fixed

Mistah Scrotie: If course it was cheaper, he didn't have the medal of honor ball

This.

Hiring John Edward to talk to all those Medal of Honor recipients from the last 8 years would have been mighty expensive.

So what the report says is that if you ignore the biggest expenses, the rest isn't so bad. Makes sense to me.

Also noticed this tidbit:

"Billionaire investor George Soros and his family contributed $250,000 to the inauguration"

The guy who funds Moveon.org kicking in a quarter million towards the party. I wonder if he gets a night in the Lincoln bedroom for that?

Horseshiat.

2 million vomiters in the streets requires a massive cost/.

Cut the excusnik bullshait already, you just look like lying assholes.

Hat Madder: So what the report says is that if you ignore the biggest expenses, the rest isn't so bad. Makes sense to me.

Also noticed this tidbit:

"Billionaire investor George Soros and his family contributed $250,000 to the inauguration"

The guy who funds Moveon.org kicking in a quarter million towards the party. I wonder if he gets a night in the Lincoln bedroom for that? Are you saying he doesn't deserve a night or two? How much did you give? I mean, if you gave, I'm sure it's enough to have the honour of licking Barney's water bowl.


/me, I gave zero. But, then again, I'm not complaining about those who did.
/barney's bowl is waiting for you

Hat Madder: So what the report says is that if you ignore the biggest expenses, the rest isn't so bad. Makes sense to me.

You mean Bush didn't have security for his inauguration?

Also noticed this tidbit:

"Billionaire investor George Soros and his family contributed $250,000 to the inauguration"

The guy who funds Moveon.org kicking in a quarter million towards the party. I wonder if he gets a night in the Lincoln bedroom for that?

Soros doesn't need to spend a night in teh Lincoln bedroom. His giant invisible hovering airship transports him back to the secret volcano lair every night.

NYZooMan: Horseshiat.

2 million vomiters in the streets requires a massive cost/.

Cut the excusnik bullshait already, you just look like lying assholes.

vomiters? come on man.
i know liberals just make your blood boil. but that was a big day for us.
you also neglect to comment on have the Obama campaign contributed something like $40 million to the inauguration.

In other words, Hannity and other Fox news idiots can't read at the 8th grade level required to understand the newspaper?

Or they are just deliberately misrepresenting things...?

(either way, they aren't doing anyone a damn bit of good, IMO)

So they claim there were more than 3 times the amount of people that went to DC to check it out, further explain that security and bills for this kind of thing costs taxpayers money....

and then conclude it will most likely cost less when AJI.

What? How the fark did they come to that conclusion?

So we should expect a retraction and apology from those assmuches sometime around never, right?

Hey, Sean Hannity quoted me some astronomical number without mentioning that most of it was privately funded, or that security costs were likely to be higher because four times as many people showed up for a fairly historic event.
But that's what Hannity said, so I'm now going to spread that bit of misinformation to all of my buddies who think exactly like me and don't care about the truth. What? Isn't that what all people who get their news from an agenda do?

Farking socialist.

HighZoolander: In other words, Hannity and other Fox news idiots can't read at the 8th grade level required to understand the newspaper?

Or they are just deliberately misrepresenting things...?

(either way, they aren't doing anyone a damn bit of good, IMO)

It's the latter. I've seen Hannity manipulate economic data so bad its sickening.

bulldg4life:
There will be 40-60 comments in this thread and all of the people that spent 400 comments biatching about this last week will, miraculously, all be traveling or something so they miss this thread.

It seems the admins foresaw that and found a way to make sure that doesn't happen.

NYZooMan: Horseshiat.

2 million vomiters in the streets requires a massive cost/.

Cut the excusnik bullshait already, you just look like lying assholes.

triple: So they claim there were more than 3 times the amount of people that went to DC to check it out, further explain that security and bills for this kind of thing costs taxpayers money....

and then conclude it will most likely cost less when AJI.

What? How the fark did they come to that conclusion?

By actually tallying up what the various agencies have asked for?

Hat Madder: The guy who funds Moveon.org kicking in a quarter million towards the party. I wonder if he gets a night in the Lincoln bedroom for that?

No worse then the no-Bid contracts that Cheney's people gave Haliburton.

See, you can't use that kind of penny-ante bullshyte any more, because your guys screwed up a hundred thousand times bigger.

NYZooMan: Horseshiat.

2 million vomiters in the streets requires a massive cost/.

Cut the excusnik bullshait already, you just look like lying assholes.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You're killin' me!
/find that "whitey" tape yet?

jake_lex

And this story will live on anyway, much like the "Clinton trashed the White House before Bush came in" bullshiat still gets repeated.

Well, buddy boy, that story was true. It was documented. The Clintons had to return a lot of stuff they asconded with. They were nothing but a bunch of thieves (and still are). As for the cost of the inauguration, when Bush was having his, several key Democrats scolded him for "extravagant" spending. Well, these SAME Democrats are now "OK" with Obama's "extravagant" spending. Just shows how hypocritical Democrats are.

Let's clear this up:
Democrats/Republicans accusing the other party of being/doing anything reprehensible is like the kettle calling the kettle black.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled asshattery.

I'm still outraged!

/Well kinda
//sort of annoyed
///my ass itches

Smacky the Frog: NYZooMan: Horseshiat.

2 million vomiters in the streets requires a massive cost/.

Cut the excusnik bullshait already, you just look like lying assholes.

vomiters? come on man.
i know liberals just make your blood boil. but that was a big day for us.
you also neglect to comment on have the Obama campaign contributed something like $40 million to the inauguration.

Obama only gave the $40 million so he could spend a night or two in the Lincoln bedroom.

tony41454: jake_lex

And this story will live on anyway, much like the "Clinton trashed the White House before Bush came in" bullshiat still gets repeated.

Well, buddy boy, that story was true. It was documented. The Clintons had to return a lot of stuff they asconded with. They were nothing but a bunch of thieves (and still are). As for the cost of the inauguration, when Bush was having his, several key Democrats scolded him for "extravagant" spending. Well, these SAME Democrats are now "OK" with Obama's "extravagant" spending. Just shows how hypocritical Democrats are.

God lord, y'all conservatives sure know how to hold a grudge.

PS- it's absconded, w/ a "b" not "s".

/just because

I Like Bread: Let's clear this up:
Democrats/Republicans accusing the other party of being/doing anything reprehensible is like the kettle calling the kettle black.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled asshattery.

And who is the pot? The Green party?

tony41454: jake_lex

And this story will live on anyway, much like the "Clinton trashed the White House before Bush came in" bullshiat still gets repeated.

Well, buddy boy, that story was true. It was documented. The Clintons had to return a lot of stuff they asconded with. They were nothing but a bunch of thieves (and still are). As for the cost of the inauguration, when Bush was having his, several key Democrats scolded him for "extravagant" spending. Well, these SAME Democrats are now "OK" with Obama's "extravagant" spending. Just shows how hypocritical Democrats are.

Yea, about that... (new window)

Make sure to read the whole artical. If you have trouble with the big words, go here (new window)

I think the most egregious thing the Democrats did was closing down so many public toilets. How were the Republicans going to find sweet man love, at a time when they needed it the most, if the public toilets are closed?

Stay Cool Babylon: Hey, Sean Hannity quoted me some astronomical number without mentioning that most of it was privately funded, or that security costs were likely to be higher because four times as many people showed up for a fairly historic event.
But that's what Hannity said, so I'm now going to spread that bit of misinformation to all of my buddies who think exactly like me and don't care about the truth. What? Isn't that what all people who get their news from an agenda do?

I'm sure he also didn't mention that four times as many people equals four times the tourist revenue. Hotels, restaurants, transportation, etc. industries made money hand over fist, and they pay taxes, overtime wages, etc. with that money. Overall, like with any major tourist event, it's a net moneymaker for government.

Hung Like A Tic-Tac: Make sure to read the whole artical.

Better be careful there, Tic-Tac. Someone is bound to respond not to the valid point you made, but to your grammar. Thus, winning the debate.

/pro-tip

Stay Cool Babylon: Hung Like A Tic-Tac: Make sure to read the whole artical.

Better be careful there, Tic-Tac. Someone is bound to respond not to the valid point you made, but to your grammar. Thus, winning the debate.

/pro-tip

Sorry. Me fail english? That's umpossible!

In other news Obama killed 18 innocent people today.

Hung Like A Tic-Tac: Stay Cool Babylon: Hung Like A Tic-Tac: Make sure to read the whole artical.

Better be careful there, Tic-Tac. Someone is bound to respond not to the valid point you made, but to your grammar. Thus, winning the debate.

/pro-tip

Sorry. Me fail english? That's umpossible!

Yes! And by extension, all of your points are INVALID! I say this with great authority, for as of last week I have been named Final Boss of the Internet.

/final boss of the internet
//I decide

Let's see, 18 in two days....

...365 days....
...4 years...
...8 years?...

DAMN!

Hes' gonna beat BUSH!

NYZooMan: Let's see, 18 in two days....

...365 days....
...4 years...
...8 years?...

DAMN!

Hes' gonna beat BUSH!

NYZooMan: In other news Obama killed 18 innocent people today.

Only infants are innocent. But if those infants are on the Pakistan/Afghan border, those odds drop dramatically.

Stay Cool Babylon: Hung Like A Tic-Tac: Stay Cool Babylon: Hung Like A Tic-Tac: Make sure to read the whole artical.

Better be careful there, Tic-Tac. Someone is bound to respond not to the valid point you made, but to your grammar. Thus, winning the debate.

/pro-tip

Sorry. Me fail english? That's umpossible!

Yes! And by extension, all of your points are INVALID! I say this with great authority, for as of last week I have been named Final Boss of the Internet.

/final boss of the internet
//I decide

Hat Madder: So what the report says is that if you ignore the biggest expenses, the rest isn't so bad. Makes sense to me.

Also noticed this tidbit:

"Billionaire investor George Soros and his family contributed $250,000 to the inauguration"

The guy who funds Moveon.org kicking in a quarter million towards the party. I wonder if he gets a night in the Lincoln bedroom for that?

Lol..Soros to you is just the guy that gave money to moveon

NYZooMan: Let's see, 18 in two days....

...365 days....
...4 years...
...8 years?...

DAMN!

Hes' gonna beat BUSH!

If we use 'eliminating the right target' as part of the stats, then yes. Yes he can.

brainiac-dumdum:
God lord, y'all conservatives sure know how to hold a grudge.



Losing the election = teh such
Watching the hypocrisy of the media with Obama as CIC = Priceless

but the lie eases the butthurt!!!!!!111111