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    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#1)
    by glanton on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 01:58:24 PM EST
    Wow. How long before another Kent State?

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#2)
    by Mike on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 02:10:07 PM EST
    How did we as a country manage to turn out a group of people as divorced from reality as that bunch? And people wonder why the Right is ascendant and the Left in decline.. Tragic M

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 02:10:30 PM EST
    thats not water its pepperspray. what a great day for democracy.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 02:10:41 PM EST
    1968, God help us all. But maybe bush likes that idea? and maybe bin laden is happy in bush and boys, Fox and the others are looking for some old time days.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 02:17:22 PM EST
    Most disturbing commentary on the events came from Chris Matthews on MSGOP announcing that Marvin Bush had a colostomy bag. this is just a little to inside politics for me Of course this is the general level of Matthews commentary

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 02:18:14 PM EST
    By the way we all have the right to protest and that is a right that the government hates and will tell you that a protest is allowed in washington, no way it is a right of a free people to say anything to anyone! the government meaning bush rats cannot tell you!.. do not have that right as a free human being, that is why people fight and died in this once great nations pasted, people died for you and bush rats want to remove that idea from your mind.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#7)
    by cp on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 02:22:21 PM EST
    talk about deja vu all over again. that said, nothing much was accomplished. few will even be aware of it, as the major media scramble to avoid upsetting the apple cart and michael powell's fcc. there is the real power behind the throne, the ability to scare the crap out of every tv and radio station, by threatening to financially ruin them, if they say or show something you don't like. the president and congress can't even do that.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 02:39:07 PM EST
    those of you in nyc check out the UnAugural Ball at The Tank, 432 West 42nd Street and other Drinking Liberally events throughout the country

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 02:40:52 PM EST
    "And people wonder why the Right is ascendant and the Left in decline." No they don't. We CAUGHT THEM in the cheating and the lies every step of the way. NOT one WMD, not one piece of evidence in the "proof" that Bush said he had. Not elected either time. And the war criminal has murdered more than 100,000 INNOCENT PEOPLE. Racism, hate-mongering, and fake terrorism prosecutions abound. The media is undressed as liars for their owners. Oh, yeah...it's really going great for you idiots. You're hated, for your own acts, which succeeded, but which were caught on film. The 'Left' isn't in decline, but that really doesn't matter. It's the REPUBLICANS against Bushco that you lot of racists have to worry about.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#10)
    by Che's Lounge on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 02:58:13 PM EST
    Hey Mike, Good thing you weren't around in the 1770's. We'd still be a colony! I guess the framers were calling for us to detach ourselves from reality. Wanker alert All kidding aside, I missed most of it by choice. Did he have the b**ls to get out and walk like prsidents who are liked? Or did he hide in his armor-plated, bomb-proof limo for the whole route?

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 03:05:02 PM EST
    "How did we as a country manage to turn out a group of people as divorced from reality as that bunch?" I know!!!! That picture of the Bush family with the daughter yawning like that, and the vapid look on the face of our president... and to think they're running the country!!! That *is* what you're referring to, right?

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#12)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 03:10:45 PM EST
    OK, I have to make one comment in response to Paul... there are many, many, many things to loathe about the Bush administration. But I don't think Bush is a racist. I've read and heard enough stories to the contrary. His policies are harmful. But I'd stick to the long list of other acts of bad governance and malfeasance.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#13)
    by pigwiggle on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 03:16:02 PM EST
    You’re not asking PinLA to show some rationality are you? No, really?

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#14)
    by Kitt on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 03:18:56 PM EST
    Che - No, he didn't walk; are you kidding? And he spoke from BEHIND a bullet-proof shield at that when taking the oath: "The plain-spoken Bush also had a blunt message for leaders who oppose democracy, as he spoke behind a bulletproof shield on a wintry day before thousands gathered at the U.S. Capitol" [Reuters] Yep, I can threaten to kick your *ss from the safety of home office too.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#15)
    by Kitt on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 03:20:49 PM EST
    I have a question. Have other presidential inaugurals always had this much commotion as far as protests go? I don't remember any myself but I can be just as selective with my memory as you-know-who.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#16)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 03:32:01 PM EST
    Now what I'd like to see are the videos of what the guy with the sore eyes was doing before he got his wash down. Gosh, do you think there's any possibility he was told to move out of the street and he refused?

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#17)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 03:34:13 PM EST
    web - Uh, dude, the daughter isn't running our country. I would hesitate to criticize family if I'd voted for THC's boytoy, you know what I mean? -C

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#18)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 03:34:53 PM EST
    Ooops, Freudian slip, I meant Teresa Henitz-Kerry (THK). Heh on me. :-) _C

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#19)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 03:46:32 PM EST
    webmacher @ 4:10 His opposition to the University of Michigan affirmative action admissions programs was all about using race to divide the nation. Recall that he called the programs "quotas", a red-meat code word for bigots, when the programs did not contain any quotas. He knew it but lied for his own divisive political gain. JC

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#20)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 03:49:37 PM EST
    Cliff writes
    THC's
    and then corrects by saying
    Ooops, Freudian slip, I meant Teresa Henitz-Kerry (THK
    ). That would explain a lot Cliff. To quote from a Jackson Brown song: "I need to take either more of it or less of it...I'm not sure"

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#21)
    by Che's Lounge on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 04:15:09 PM EST
    -C, I yawn a lot when I'm bored. I think posting that photo was superficial and trite. I would expect that almost everyone or anyone in that audience yawned or would yawn at one point or another. It's a cheap shot.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#22)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 04:39:39 PM EST
    Cliff - But you will grant me that Bush has got a vapid look on his face (or perhaps he's just wishing he'd taught his kids to cover their mouths while yawning!) In any case, the way the Bush Dynasty is playing out, we could indeed have been looking at our Future Leader. (Someone save that photo!) Che - I was the one that made the cheap shot about the yawn in the photo, not Cliff. JC - My point is that Bush's policies are indeed harmful but that the namecalling isn't helpful. I think what's sad is that while he himself exhibits a certain "live and let live" attitude on a personal level, he's willing to do whatever it takes to win, including appealing to prejudice or simply not standing up for what is right. Kevin Drum has a very interesting post on this today.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#23)
    by Che's Lounge on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 04:49:30 PM EST
    Web, I know. I just wanted to throw Cliff a curve by actually agreeing with him on this particular issue. Besides I thought you were referring to the look on Bush's face. It says so much more than just "I'm bored", doesn't it?

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#25)
    by jimcee on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 05:31:53 PM EST
    I'm surprised that many protestors showed up. What a waste of time. Doesn't anyone on the Left work anymore? Don't they really have anything better to do to promote democracy? Maybe volunteer as a poll worker in the democratic election in Iraq? Just asking.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#26)
    by Kitt on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 05:35:22 PM EST
    Nope - I was wrong; Bush did walk a bit. Just turned on the local news and there was a bit showing him walking thru the typical orchestrated crowd.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#27)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 05:40:58 PM EST
    Todd (who likes to knock TL commenters on his web site) explain why the girl in the first picture is dumping water on her friends eye? did his contacts dry up? did he need to cool off? Jimcee-The question is does anyone on the right feel the least bit guilty in fitting DC with this monsterous bill? I thought this was a true example of democracy where all groups can be heard, but why come out to support your country if you gotta work. Just responding.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#24)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 05:45:08 PM EST
    GregZ wrote:thats not water its pepperspray. what a great day for democracy. Were you serious ..........? LOL If it were pepper spray you'd see people on the ground choking (INCLUDING the cops - they're not wearing any respirators!) [this commenter is on notice that he is limited to four comments a day]

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#28)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 06:36:04 PM EST
    For anyone who bothered to listen, it is quite worth noting the crux of Bush's speech. Since I do not have it in front of me, I am, of course, paraphrasing. It's audacity is stunning. Bush told us all that America will be a safer place when the world is a more democratic place. [correct me if I'm wrong here, TL]. Taken to its logical conclusion, we must assume that we are currently quite unsafe as Operation Force-Feed Democracy does not seem to be going all that well. Like charity, democracy starts at home. Very interesting. I also beg to differ as the Monkey Boy, once again, got it ass-backwards: only when America is a more democratic nation will the world become safer.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#29)
    by pigwiggle on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 06:37:05 PM EST
    I’m glad folks care enough to get out there.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#30)
    by jondee on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 06:55:11 PM EST
    Chris Matthews knows a good colostomy bag when he is one.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#32)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 07:27:40 PM EST
    web - I've worked with a lot of different people in my day so tend to try to not go by looks. My wife calls this "confusing Republican meritocracy" and it drives her nuts. Twue wuve is gwand. (Obligatory PB reference!) Che - Why would you think it a curve? I agree with anyone when I think they're right: I believe in what works. Which is why I believe in capitalism, democracy, freedom, liberation, and semi-automatic 1911 style handguns. And Swedish meatballs made with grape jam. -C

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#33)
    by Jlvngstn on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 07:29:51 PM EST
    In one of the prayers this morning prior to the swearing in, one of the pastors said "I am happy and proud that Jesus is the Lord of the United States". Now I know Bush did not say it, but is jesus really the lord of the US? How much fuel for the fire do we want to give the militants who argue that it is holy war? Outrageous that in an inauguration, that it is acceptable that a minister claim jesus is the lord of the us...

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#34)
    by pigwiggle on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 07:31:56 PM EST
    I guess Brown Shirt to the “shipwreck of communism” comment personally. Well, there’s still the ‘socialist paradise’, Cuba. I know, poor consolation.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#31)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 07:56:55 PM EST
    troll comment deleted.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#36)
    by pigwiggle on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 08:01:58 PM EST
    “Anyone know what he said” yup

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#35)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 09:06:56 PM EST
    I heard that Bush invoked his Christian values in the inauguration speech. Granted this sounds a little vague. Anyone know what he said. Is it official that we now live in a Theocracy.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#37)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jan 20, 2005 at 09:07:14 PM EST
    Thanks pigwiggle, not as bad as what I heard. Maybe said something somewhere else today.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#38)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 05:56:30 AM EST
    If you think Bush's speech was unduly religious you should go back and read either or Lincolns. Or even Washington's 125 worder. -C

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#39)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 06:25:25 AM EST
    TL, regarding the deleted 8:22 post above, if Bunnypants drops that pathetic Jack Nicholson imitation, will you let him back on?

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#40)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 06:32:38 AM EST
    Gosh, do you think there's any possibility he was told to move out of the street and he refused
    The streets belong to the people as much as they belong to Bush and his high-priced donors. I'm getting tired of dissenters being locked up in pens, it is so unbecoming a supposed free nation built on protest. As long as they are non-violent, a protester has as much right to a spot along the parade route as a supporter. Convicted criminals get put in pens, not law abiding protesters. It's very disheartening to see a democracy die slowly.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#41)
    by pigwiggle on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 06:39:53 AM EST
    “I'm getting tired of dissenters being locked up in pens” Free Speech; well free speech over here, behind this fence, in these four square feet, behind those port-a-potties.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#42)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 07:09:03 AM EST
    kdog - Try to break up, impede, whatever, your local St Patrick day parade and see what happens to you. They have a right to have a parade. You do not have a right to try and pervent them. The concept is called sharing, and taking turn. You know. What they tried to teach you about in pre school.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#43)
    by Jlvngstn on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 07:31:42 AM EST
    PPJ : They did not teach you social skills such as not saying "Nyah-Nyah" in pre-school? You were obviously never taught the meaning of condescending either. Perhaps some reading of the DSM IV under narcissist would do you some good, although most narcissists do not even realize that they are delusional.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#44)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 08:28:40 AM EST
    JL - You are right. Let's try this. Kdog - They have a right to have a parade. You do not have a right to try and pervent them. The concept is called sharing, and taking turn. Civilization depends on such concepts.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#45)
    by jimcee on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 08:31:45 AM EST
    GregZ, No I don't think it's a big deal to provide security for a National Institution namely the Presidential Inaugration, regardless which party is taking over. I wonder how much it costs municipalities and businesses when a bunch of juvenal anarchists and puppeteers show up in Seattle, Quebec City or NYC. When large groups of people gather there is always a risk of violence and communites must protect those that are there. Afterall wasn't the only violence at the Inugaration perpetrated by "peace" activists attacking some "Protest Warrior" folks that happened to be at the ANSWER rally? And all that costs money, just so that a bunch of "trustfarians" can act like petulant children.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#46)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 08:55:48 AM EST
    Who said break up or impede? I was saying those who don't agree with Bush have a right to stand on the parade route and heckle him, just as much as those who agree with him have a right to stand and cheer. He's everybodies president, so everybody should be allowed on the parade route to express themselves, positively or negatively. If a protester tried to break up the parade, I understand being removed, but I'm talking hecklers. When the hecklers get put in a cage, and the supporters get front row seats, that's not a free society, and it's certainly not the country I learned of in school. Sounds more like Red China.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#47)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 09:14:54 AM EST
    jim why should the citizens of DC pay for the event? You never answered the question. City officials think the money would have been better spent on counter-terrorism measures and I agree.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#48)
    by glanton on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 09:56:49 AM EST
    Cliff: You're not gonna let a little thing like politics stop you from cluing me in on your recipe for Swedish Meatballs made with grape jam, are you?

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#49)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 11:10:03 AM EST
    off topic side note; fruit and meat should not be cooked together. it's just wrong. also, i agree with kdog. god bless america includes me. and if i want to stand and heckle the president like that old lady in the princess bride (boo! boo! rubbish! filth! slime! muck! boo! boo!), than i should be allowed to. to prevent that in order to present a certain image to the people watching or participating is just, well, wrong. i can understand safety, but boxing up protestors and keeping them from being seen (either by the president or by the public - which is scarier??)just seems to push the envelope and it could end up encouraging more and more invasive or violent protests.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#50)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 11:35:09 AM EST
    kdog writesn - "I was saying those who don't agree with Bush have a right to stand on the parade route and heckle him..." Problem is, that is not what they were doing.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#51)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 11:55:51 AM EST
    I used to love meat cooked in grape jam (we do cocktail weiners here). Thanks for souring my appetite, Cliff. (Kelite, it tastes pretty good in a cheap, blue-collar appetizer for family functions kind of way). And BTW - I'd take Jesus as lord (assuming we reinstate aristocracy) anyday over GW. I firmly believe Jesus would be in favor of a secular state.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#52)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 11:58:37 AM EST
    Oh. And BTW again... I bet that legless Marine in the posted photo wasn't yawning. And yes, they damn well should have taught their daughters to cover their mouths when they yawn at state functions.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#53)
    by Jlvngstn on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 12:36:50 PM EST
    An ill-timed yawn can get anyone, if they followed that marine enough they could get a similar photo. Beating her up for not covering her mouth reeks of desperation......

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#54)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 01:04:36 PM EST
    GregZ, Actually Washington is a Federal city therefore most security is paid for by the Federal gov't and the Federal gov't is run by a popularly elected gov't so the majority of people in this country also helped pay for that security. Somehow if Sen Kerry was being sworn in I doubt there would be the hue and cry from the folks that are whining now. Also I doubt that Righties would have gone out there and made fools of themselves as the ANSWER people did. To the writer that is comparing the US to Communist China I suggest you review the Tianmian(sp?) Square demostration and its ultimate conclusion. Your hyperbole only hurts your arguement as it shows a gross lack of knowledge of history on your part. I have no problem with people protesting real events but this demostration was rather misguided and pathetic.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#55)
    by pigwiggle on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 01:06:33 PM EST
    There is no excusing this as a reasonable restriction of free speech. There was one section for people who wanted to cheer and one for those that wanted to jeer. In a public space there is no excuse for excluding or including folks based on their speech. Don’t try and justify it by saying that some were out of hand; we don’t take away fundamental rights when some behave poorly or break the law. I should be able to show the president my butt, even if it is next to a bunch of his supporters.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#56)
    by kdog on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 01:26:24 PM EST
    Problem is, that is not what they were doing
    They were never given the chance to demonstrate peacefully Jim. They were herded into that pen before the parade started.
    Somehow if Sen Kerry was being sworn in I doubt there would be the hue and cry from the folks that are whining now.
    I complained about how the DNC protesters were treated as well. The pre-emptive herding of protesters is always wrong, regardless of what party is in power.
    To the writer that is comparing the US to Communist China I suggest you review the Tianmian(sp?) Square demostration and its ultimate conclusion. Your hyperbole only hurts your arguement as it shows a gross lack of knowledge of history on your part.
    Obviously, no one got shot or run over by a tank, but the intention is the same, to quell dissent. The only difference is the lengths the gov't will go. China will run you over, the US will let you live, but herd you into a pen. In the US, the public airing of grievances is a right, or was. Quelling dissent is something I'd expect from Red China, I never expected it to happen here at home.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#58)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 02:32:21 PM EST
    Perhaps because Congress is the place where spending bills are introduced and voted on according to that archaic document called the "Constitution of the United States", you might want to pick up a copy they're cheap. All spending is controlled by the House of Representatives the Administration can only sign it or veto it. And either way, if Bush or Congress spends the money where'd they get it in the first place? As far as free speech is concerned, I have nothing against it. When it becomes rude and disruptive just so some self rightious yahoo can make a spectical of himself it becomes Andy Warhol's "15 minutes". Quite frankly if this is the best they can muster the Left really needs to get a grip. Yeah they got penned up but they were allowed to protest. If they really wanted to cause a scene they could have stormed the gates so to speak and created a "Chicago" type incident but they lacked the cojones. Ah, I long for the days of the "Yippies". Now they knew how to throw a protest. The new Left are just a bunch of pikers compared to Hoffman, et al.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#59)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 03:49:25 PM EST
    kdog - Note I said share and turn. Why should they demand to demonstrate and cause problems for those citizens who want to celebrate? Don't these people also have rights? Do they have a God given right to be as*holes? If they wanted to demonstrate, I'll bet you they could have done so today with no problems. No, they are just people consumed by their own egos, living the big "I" as if they actually had something to say worth listening.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#60)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 03:49:51 PM EST
    that be me

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#62)
    by pigwiggle on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 05:45:46 PM EST
    “Yeah they got penned up but they were allowed to protest.” How generous; allowing these folks their first amendment right to free speech, although in a restricted area. If it was me I would have made them protest at home.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#63)
    by glanton on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 05:50:28 PM EST
    pigwiggle: you're probably the most consistent person on this website. I disagree with you strongly on many things, but I respect your intellectual integrity, and I'd take your worldview over most of the politicos we got in there, any day of the week.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#64)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 06:25:25 PM EST
    the reason Bush stuck DC with the $12M bill for security is because 90% of DC voted for his opponent.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#65)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 06:41:21 PM EST
    There are so many issues in this event that can be bandied back and forth at length. There are a couple that I feel it is my duty as a citizen, patriot, and proponet of democracy to give my 2 cents on. First of all, as a veteran of Kosovo and Operation Enduring Freedom, I think it is absolutely unconcscionable that our administration did not want to spend the money to armor enough vehicles to save as many as 1/5th of our young men and women (per a DOD report) who have died in Iraq but, they thought it was perfectly acceptable to spend upwards of $40 Million dollars to celebrate their alledged mandate. Those of you who espouse the view of the right take special note here....Our young men and women in uniform (whom most of you and our Administration purport to support) are dying for lies and for money! This is wrong on so many levels! Second of all...the President uttered the word "freedom" more than 20 times in his speech. There is a simple reality here that needs to be discussed more often. The rest of the world is never going to take us seriously ever again. This is directly due to us forcing democracy on other people in the world while at the same time, we as American citizens are losing the freedoms that this once-great nation was founded upon. Our administration needs to remember something that I've seen plastered to the backs of gas-guzzling SUVs (ussually just below the Bush-Cheney sticker): Freedom isn't Free! Unfortunately, we will be paying too high a price for far too many years to come. Just my 2 cents.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#66)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 07:48:23 PM EST
    "Posted by webmacher: "OK, I have to make one comment in response to Paul... there are many, many, many things to loathe about the Bush administration. But I don't think Bush is a racist." HILARIOUS!! Nevermind Iraq or Haiti, nevermind the Sudan or the DRC; you must have missed his big performance in Atlanta a year ago last week. You know, when he appeared at the last minute (no warning) at the MLK Jr. shrine, had the cops push all the blacks there for the services across the highway and behind a row of city buses ("back of the bus") while he dragged C. King and his wreath to the site. Then he went to his CCC (KKK) brothers' fundraiser, and laughed and toasted as they watched the videotape over and over. Lots of money in the coffers, lemme tell you. Then the next morning he put that cross-burner defender Pickering, twice rejected by the Senate for his irrational and extremist views, on the DC court by recess appointment. Ha-ha-ha. That and his rubbing of the heads of bald black men show you EXACTLY what kind of a racist we have here. Oh, and then there is Iraq, and Haiti, which are both ENTIRELY his fault. Kill 100,000 innocent Arabs, destroy at least one entire city of 30,000, because of some supposed collective guilt -- you ARE a racist. So you should ask yourself, web, why YOU don't see that. Maybe YOUR genetic line isn't as pure as it should be, eh?

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#61)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Jan 21, 2005 at 10:30:41 PM EST
    the only thing wrong with posting the yawning photo is that it has the Bush family in it. They are ALL ****!

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#67)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Jan 22, 2005 at 06:33:02 AM EST
    et al - Paul In LA thinks everyone who disagrees with him is a racist, so don't feel like the Lone Ranger when he calls you one. Paul In LA - Since you are so hep on the race issue, how come I never see you condem Byrd for his joining the KKK and his filerbuster of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill? BTW - That fillerbuster was shut down by, gasp..... Those e v i l Republicians who then went on and passed the Bill.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#69)
    by pigwiggle on Sat Jan 22, 2005 at 08:53:38 AM EST
    glanton- Thanks, I value consistence and try hard for it. DA- “Byrd apologized for his KKK past,” I guess this really is a defense site. There are some things I’m not willing to forgive, not that Byrd was asking me.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#70)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Jan 22, 2005 at 10:42:46 AM EST
    But pigwiggle - He is a DEMOCRAT! And then there is the use of the N world on TV two years, or so, ago. I think he also apologized for that. So, whatever he does, he just says sorry and everything is okay. Paul In LA - The civil rights revolution was codified into law by Republicians and liberal northern/eastern/western Democrats. The opposition came mostly from southern Democrats. See if you can keep that straighht.

    Re: Inauguration Photos (none / 0) (#71)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Jan 22, 2005 at 04:45:26 PM EST
    My biggest problem with president Bush's inauguration is this: When the tsunami hit in the Indian Ocean prsident Bush reccomended we send 35 million dollars in aid money. When critics said it was a paltry amount Bush responded by saying we could only afford that much. So, we could only afford to give the victims of the 3rd worst disaster in 105 years 35 million dollars? Does a 40 million dollar inauguration celebration seem too extravagant now? Not for Bush! apparently his party is more important than aiding the disaster victims. Thankfully our gov. authorized 10 times our original amount for aid! Still...How can our president hold a 40 million $ party and only suggest giving 35 million to the tsunami releif effort...what a bastard!

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