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Inauguration 2009
A look behind the scenes of Tuesday's inauguration

"Cadillac One"
A new limousine, dubbed the 2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine, makes its debut on Inauguration Day.

It has been nicknamed "the Beast."

Obama's new drive is a hulking, snazzed-up upgrade from previous presidential limousines, and will give him a better view of his inaugural parade than his predecessor.

The auto is reportedly tough enough to withstand a rocket-propelled grenade.

GM has exclusively built the presidential limousine since 1983.

  • Obama will be sworn in under the tightest security ever, shielded by a new, heavily armored Cadillac limousine, bullet-resistant glass, fighter planes overhead and Secret Service SWAT teams toting automatic weapons.
  • Obama will wear bullet-resistant clothing, speak behind a protective glass shield and ride in the parade in the armored Cadillac limousine, with doors and windows so thick that he probably would survive a bomb blast, law enforcement officials said.
  • Nondescript boxes that can detect the airborne releases of chemical or biological weapons such as lethal anthrax spores will be scattered among the crowds.
  • Snipers will be positioned on rooftops and balconies along Pennsylvania Avenue.
  • 58 law-enforcement and other agencies are working on security.
  • Every one of the 240,000 people attending the actual swearing-in ceremony will be screened by walk-through or hand-held metal detectors.
 
budnipper1 said:
Inauguration 2009
A look behind the scenes of Tuesday's inauguration

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I know how to right click>properties. I want the story behind the pic. It could very well be a photoshop.
 
CountryBoy said:
All inaugurations, pretty much have all the costs you mentioned and paid for the same folks, just a different party, as spelled out in the link if you took the time to read it. :rolleyes:

My point of view is the hipocrasy of BHO and the DNC not being called on this extravangant spending and being tone deaf with so many folks out of work. What was your point, besides the obvious? Give me a little credit about the funding of these shindigs, I may be just be a good ole country boy, but we do have some horse sense and this hipocrasy just pegged my BS meter. Oh yeah, more job creation in cleaning all those portable outhouse. Thanks for the bolding, I wouldn't want to have over looked the obvious.;)

"The price tag for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration gala is expected to break records, with some estimates reaching as high as $150 million. Despite the bleak economy, however, Democrats who called on President George W. Bush to be frugal four years ago are issuing no such demands now that an inaugural weekend of rock concerts and star-studded parties has begun.'

It's just politics as usual, just alot more of it and no one likes his ox gored or even admit to it and like the thread title says, " It has started...". lol

CB
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Its not what one says it what one does....reckless spending -this is a pattern of things to come....irrresponsibility....shows a lack of thought and proper intelligence in future economic effects.

Take Gitmo......its an advantage to the US to have it.....to close it is a disadvantage to the US......just wait for that one attack that you wish your family wasn't there....and you will wonder how irresponsibilty got hold .....

I believe intuitively, closing Git adds money to lawyers pockets...maybe I could be wrong.

Spending money on govt projects doesn't affect how we got here in the first place...we took all our production overseas, lost alot of economic power with it.....we're a "developed" country...its gonna cost you to live here....if you can get to the govt purse, you will survive....



:worried:
 
KevinD said:
I know how to right click>properties. I want the story behind the pic. It could very well be a photoshop.
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It's the main photo on the Drudge Report. I'm highly doubt it's a photoshop.
 
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A visitor to Madame Tussauds poses next to the wax figure of US President George Bush, in London January 20, 2009. The waxworks allowed free entry to US citizens on Tuesday, the day of the inauguration of US President Barack Obama.
REUTERS/Stephen Hird (BRITAIN)
 
Greg said:
Aloysia Rochon of Oakland, Pa., waits among the trash National Mall after the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Presi.../090121/480/7d249c265a934f498f2a848402460546/
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Is Anyone else disgusted by this lack of disrespect with throwing trash on the ground? I mean, really, this is the way we treat our capital and our land? 1.8 million people couldn't police the area before they left?

This is a testament to "someone else will take care of it" mindset that seems to be reverberating with this administration. Even though President Obama said "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility"

Oh well.
 
Frixxxx said:
Is Anyone else disgusted by this lack of disrespect with throwing trash on the ground? I mean, really, this is the way we treat our capital and our land? 1.8 million people couldn't police the area before they left?

This is a testament to "someone else will take care of it" mindset that seems to be reverberating with this administration. Even though President Obama said "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility"

Oh well.
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Someone get Buford T. Justice on the phone! What we have here is a total lack of respect for the Capital!
 
Frixxxx said:
Is Anyone else disgusted by this lack of disrespect with throwing trash on the ground? I mean, really, this is the way we treat our capital and our land? 1.8 million people couldn't police the area before they left?

This is a testament to "someone else will take care of it" mindset that seems to be reverberating with this administration. Even though President Obama said "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility"

Oh well.
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Yes I was throughly disgusted by the amount of trash left behind. You hit the nail right on the head, a lack of responsibility. Those people are just a bunch of pigs and probably just expect someone else to take care of the mess...like the Government! I mean they expect BHO to pay for their loans, gas food etc, so they don't don't what the wordspersonal responsibilty mean. But this is no suprise of the trash left behind.

I was always taught that you left an area where you've been, whether camping or what, in better shape than we found it. We always policed our areas. :mad:

Lack of responsiblity, was one thing, that got us in this subprime mess.

CB
 
Frixxxx said:
Is Anyone else disgusted by this lack of disrespect with throwing trash on the ground? I mean, really, this is the way we treat our capital and our land? 1.8 million people couldn't police the area before they left?

This is a testament to "someone else will take care of it" mindset that seems to be reverberating with this administration. Even though President Obama said "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility"

Oh well.
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Thoroughly disgusted.

Where the hell did that pack of witches with their brooms go? The ones sweeping thiings clean in the video a few post back in this thread. (Post #78)

Put 'em to work cleaning up.:D
 
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Thunderhorse said:
Thoroughly disgusted.

Where the hell did that pack of witches with their brooms go? The ones sweeping thiings clean in the video a few post back in this thread. (Post #78)

Put 'em to work cleaning up.:D
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
CountryBoy said:
Yes I was throughly disgusted by the amount of trash left behind. You hit the nail right on the head, a lack of responsibility. Those people are just a bunch of pigs and probably just expect someone else to take care of the mess...
CB
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Yeah and it's not just BHO supporters. The entire sociopoliticaleconomic spectrum of this country has been that way for years and expect someone else to pick up after them. But if they need a job, they aren't going to pick up trash! They are "entitled"...

Every public area looks that way after every public gathering.
 
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Raven Whitehead, 18, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, asks for handouts in downtown Seattle by using a handmade sign referring to newly-inaugurated President Barack Obama, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Whitehead said she was a backpacker who had lost most of her possessions and was trying to get back home.
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
 
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