tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989405.post5529974094749732391..comments2023-06-05T07:40:11.113-07:00Comments on The Art of Peace: At Last!Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409752101270943945noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989405.post-8321477226586649672009-01-20T01:37:00.000-08:002009-01-20T01:37:00.000-08:00Oh the inauguration is not a govt expense? So who ...Oh the inauguration is not a govt expense? So who is the private party paying all this money? Is the break up available somewhere?L. Venkata Subramaniamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013877791567403788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989405.post-55920443923866422412009-01-18T20:52:00.000-08:002009-01-18T20:52:00.000-08:00Sorry David,Sounds like you're the denier! now...O...Sorry David,<BR/>Sounds like you're the <I><B>denier!</B></I> now...<BR/><BR/><B>O!</B> is your man, as are his activities, policies, and postures. Be a man and <B>own it!</B>...Bob Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457276663901372335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989405.post-22396439480896727842009-01-18T18:12:00.000-08:002009-01-18T18:12:00.000-08:00If it was unseemly and "unpatriotic" for Bush to s...If it was unseemly and "unpatriotic" for Bush to spend $40 million on his 2004 inaugural, how it is o.k. for Obama to spend orders of magnitude more (who cares if it's two, three or four times more, it's still a lot more) when we are on the brink of a "depression" with job losses pushing unemployment to highs The One's youngest voters have never seen and retirement savings have vanished? Doesn't this logic dictate that it borders on the obscene for Obama's coronation to cost so much when so many people are losing their incomes? And aren't we still at war in Afganistan? Aren't we still in Iraq? Is "being at war" just something entirely different with a Dem president?Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10727101176151751926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989405.post-6444271635251325592009-01-18T06:43:00.000-08:002009-01-18T06:43:00.000-08:00> "Two errors. The stimulus package isn...> "Two errors. The stimulus package isn't paying for the inauguration, nor is the government."<BR/><BR/>Who has claimed that the "stimulus package" is paying for the inauguration? Beware of strawman arguments. The article you cite doesn't say that the stimulus package would be used to pay for the coronation ceremonies. Instead it talks about the corruption of politicians who have that "stimulus" slush fund <I>and</I> have access to (other) tax funds for triumphalism.<BR/><BR/>> "Almost all the money is being raised privately."<BR/><BR/>You have proof that almost all of the money being spent on police protection, for example, is coming from private sources?<BR/><BR/>The way to hold an inauguration is to have a swearing-in ceremony attended by half a dozen people in a quiet room, and recorded on camera. That would cut expenses for the federal and city governments enormously. Both Bush and Obama are very free at spending the money they have forcibly taken from others. That is doubly unconscionable.Burgess Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865479709475171678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3989405.post-47253773077686621272009-01-18T01:48:00.000-08:002009-01-18T01:48:00.000-08:00"The stimulus package isn't paying for the inaugur..."The stimulus package isn't paying for the inauguration, nor is the government."<BR/><BR/>Who said the stimilus package was paying for the inauguration?<BR/>Go back and re-read his last line.<BR/><BR/>Besides, since Obama's inauguration is being paid for with private money as you claim, wasn't GWB's 2004 inauguration ALSO paid for with private money too (excepting security)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com