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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 04:56:29 GMT, "Cereus-validus..."
wrote:

Not so Bobo.

You have not been paying attention to the news.

This is by far the most expensive presidential inauguration of all time.
All other previous presidents would have been ashamed to so selfish as to
waste that much money on themselves. Only three million is out of taxpayers
coffers. All the rest is from private donations from the rich and special
interests who want nothing more than favors in return. There is no doubt
that this presidency is for sale and they don't care who knows it.

What message did Clinton send in '93 when he spent ONLY 33 million
dollars on his inauguration?

Actually, Clinton spent 25 million on his, & that included picking up the
tab for D.C.'s city costs, which Bush is refusing to do with any of his 45
million. But Cllnton's fund-raising to get corporations & lobbyists to pay
for it netted 33 million, so it was a profitable inauguration. The
message, of course, was the same for Clinton as for Bush: The president
can be bought.

This kind of corporate buy-in is bad news for America whether it's done by
a warmongering Republican or a cave-in-to-Republican-demands weak-kneed &
continuously besieged Democrat. Of all things bad that any president has
ever been, Bush is always in-your-face ****-america worse. He acts proud
to be worse even as he arranges for thousands more to die & for his
corporate buddies to continue to profit from human death. He shows neither
shame nor restraint as he laughs & parties on the graves of American as
well as foreign dead.

Bush's inauguration is the first to exclude all common citizens. If you
didn't pay & pay dearly, you can't even be on the street. It's a big party
for corporate interests, not for the sort of common citizens who're
appreciated mainly as cannon fodder.

-paghat the ratgirl

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
Visit the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com


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