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Where are all the Anti-Inauguration activists now?

 

 

Headlines from 4 years ago:

 

"Republicans spend $42 million on inauguration while troops die in unarmored Humvees"

 

"Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times"

 

"Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans get the shaft"

 

 

 

Headlines this year:

 

"Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $120 million"

 

"Obama Spends $120 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party"

 

"Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate"

 

"Citibank executives contribute $8 million to Obama Inauguration"

 

 

 

Maybe it is only inflation that is to blame?

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"Though early estimates Tuesday ranged as high as 2 million, satellite images of Obama's swearing-in suggested the actual size of the throng may have been closer to half that, said Clark McPhail, a sociologist who has been analyzing crowds on the mall since the 1960s."

 

http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/chi-crowds-tabjan21,0,2267676.story

 

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Where are all the Anti-Inauguration activists now?

 

 

Headlines from 4 years ago:

 

"Republicans spend $42 million on inauguration while troops die in unarmored Humvees"

 

"Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times"

 

"Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans get the shaft"

 

 

 

Headlines this year:

 

"Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $120 million"

 

"Obama Spends $120 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party"

 

"Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate"

 

"Citibank executives contribute $8 million to Obama Inauguration"

 

 

 

Maybe it is only inflation that is to blame?

 

hmmm, let me see, what kind of difference can four years make:

-->civil liberties trashed. check.

-->dead iraqis. check.

-->dead americans. check.

-->dead pakistanis. check.

-->dead afghanis. check.

-->economy in a shambles. check.

-->iran closer to nuclear weapons. check.

-->n. korea with more weapons-grade plutonium. check.

-->more ice sheets melted. check.

-->more SUVs. check.

-->increased notoriety of pseudo-scientific ID. check.

-->further delays in stem cell research. check.

-->more people behind bars. check.

-->more guns!!!! check.

-->successfully ignored israeli-palestinian question. check.

-->Social Security invested in the stock market. damn.

 

you're right, what a difference 4 years makes. i'm sure your sampling of headlines is 'fair and balanced', and reflects no editorial bias on your part.

 

actually, i was listening to libtard radio the other day and they tried to tally the cost, from capitol police to park service to mass transit, so i guess that demonstrates your point is invalid.

 

is this the best you can do?

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