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Are you bemoaning the $160 million inauguration? January 18, 2009 9:15 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States
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Well Bush’s inauguration cost $157 million.

the Obama figure of $160 million that got repeated in the press included security costs associated with the massive event. But the Bush tab of $42 million left out those enormous costs [Source, Media Matters, The media myth about the cost of Obama's inauguration]

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Of Grasshoppers January 18, 2009 5:56 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy
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Student: I handled that poorly.
Master: Stress and anger damage the heart.

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