Some now question cost of inauguration (even a Bush supporter Mark Cuban)

[flygal]

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2005/01/13/cost/index.html

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Billionaire Mark Cuban, owner of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks, voted for Bush -- twice. Cuban knows a thing or two about big spending, once starring in ABC's reality TV show, "The Benefactor," in which 16 contenders tried to pass his test for success and win $1 million.

Cuban questioned spending all that money on the inaugural.

"As a country, we face huge deficits. We face a declining economy. We have service people dying. We face responsibilities to help those suffering from the ... devastation of the tsunamis," he wrote on his blog, a Web journal.


Cuban challenged Bush to set an example: "Start by canceling your inauguration parties and festivities."

[Benhurst]

1. Yeah, why doesn't Dubya just get Bill "Dead Man Walking" Rhnquest

to drop by Casa Blanca and swear him into the office he stole yet once again.

[Voltaire99]

2. A Modest Proposal: How Bush Can Still Have A Great Ol' Shindig!

Please, Mr. Cuban. Don't despair yet.

Are the streets and doorways not clogged with the refugees from middle class prosperity? Are the nation's plasma banks still in operation?

Instead of sacrificing this magnificent celebration, let us instead use the resources of the Homeland Security Department to locate all of our indolent, our underemployed, our unwashed, our less ambitious, our less God-blessed.

And let's hog-march them out of their houses and hook them up to syringes and draw their blood and sell it to the tsunami victims.

That'll underwrite the Billionaire's Ball. And all well be well in Bushdom.

[leftchick]

3. Have y'all seen the Photos of the Preparations? Disgusting!

Construction work for President Bush (news - web sites)'s inauguration ceremony continues on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington in this Dec. 1, 2004 file photo. It will take President Bush less than one minute to take the oath of office but the price tag for inaugural festivities is expected to top $40 million - plus the costs associated with the most intense security operation in inaugural history. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file

Can it get any gaudier than this?....



A worker at Hargrove Inc. walks beneath a huge bald eagle at the company's facility in Lanham, Maryland, January 11, 2005. The eagle will form the finale float in the inauguration day parade on January 20. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

My Fav! I wish someone would bring a giant pair of scissors and cut this one up!...




A worker at Hargrove Inc. paints a float of the Constitution of the United States at the company's facility in Lanham, Maryland, January 11, 2005. The Constitution float will be in the inauguration day parade on January 20 in Washington D.C. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Hello? Why is our Military being used like this?....



Members of the military laugh during an inaugural rehearsal in which they stood in place as President Bush (news - web sites) and First Lady Laura Bush Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

[pinniped]

4. The idiot knows a thing about big spending which is why...

the dumbass voted for *.

--"As a country, we face huge deficits. We face a declining economy. We have service people dying. We face responsibilities to help those suffering from the ... devastation of the tsunamis," he wrote on his blog, a Web journal.--

If the assclown really cared about all this shit he wouldn't have voted for the imbecile. Tell the dumbass that the first three were happening before the (s)election.

Anyone who voted for * and criticizes him after the (s)election must be pretty dumb. Anyone who voted for * must be pretty dumb. They already had four years to see that * was taking this country down the shitter.

[highnooner]

5. That last picture

The hand in the upper right corner is that of "The Architect", Karl Rove.

[Moderator]

6. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1149514