Washington, DC—Our politicians are afraid so they want a giant security force to protect them during the week Barack Obama is sworn in. Cops from all over the country are being flown in to assist various local police in the effort.Officials are claiming a half-billion will show up to celebrate this time. My question is, why invite such a mess? Obama can be sworn in some other venue like an underground bunker. We have the ability to broadcast video over television and the Internet.
There is no magic about taking an oath of office as millions of soldiers, cops and politicians have done it. There’s no need to make this such a big deal especially when government is virtually bankrupt. Is any American President’s inauguration worthy of an outdoor spectacle costing well into the tens of millions of dollars?
I can’t imagine so many people are willing to stand for hours out in the cold to watch anyone doing anything especially when they are not going to be close enough to see anything anyway. They undoubtedly will have large TV screens everywhere which begs the question, why not watch TV at home instead?
As for this inauguration, if I can’t get close enough to Obama to throw my shoes at him, I ain’t goin'.
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So I'll take the 5th.
I think the participants in D.C. festival should truck in their own liquor and guns because there are going to short supplies.
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Definitely, not, especially with the current economy. This is as big of a waste as all the money spent during the campaign. Think of what could have been done with those campaign funds had they been used for something other then personal attacks and a media blitz!
From Grecian columns to halos to $160 million, I find it all blasphemous given the current state of our economy.
And he is NOT the first president to have black ancestry.