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Posted by Larry Jaques on January 19, 2009, 6:40 pm
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:53:17 -0800, the infamous "Bill Sornson"
>Bill Sornson wrote:
>> BBp wrote:
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>>> Obamas is just or even more expensive,,
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>> Three times more ($120M v. 40M). HTH
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>Up to $170M and rising:
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>http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Inauguration/story?id=6665946&page=1
Oh, it's just more folks buying their portion of our newly minted
government after it paid -them- off. <sigh>
--snip--
The biggest group of donors were none other than the recently
bailed-out Wall Street executives and employees.
"The finance sector is well represented, despite its recent troubles,"
Ritsch said. "Those who worked in finance still managed to pull
together nearly $7 million for the inauguration."
"I don't think that they're going to get a whole lot of face time with
the new president himself," Ritsch said, "but they are certainly
establishing themselves from day one as his biggest financial
supporters. And if there's something they need or to tell him down the
road, they will have an easier time doing that than everyone else."
--snip--
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Even with the best of maps and instruments,
we can never fully chart our journeys.
-- Gail Pool
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