My inauguration cost LTTE makes it to print

[NewJeffCT]

APPLES TO APPLES

It is amazing how quickly a huge lie can quickly become reality. Every mainstream media outlet is reporting as fact that Barack Obama’s $160 million inauguration is going to cost four times more than George Bush’s inauguration in 2004. This story has been repeated as fact so often that everybody now believes it to be true. However, reality tells a different story. The $40 million cost of George Bush’s last inauguration did not include about $115 million in security costs, while the $160 million reported cost of Obama’s inaugural gala does include that cost. When you compare apples to apples, the Obama inauguration is actually costing less than the last Bush inaugural because of the high inflation left over from the tanking Bush economy. Instead of criticizing Obama’s spending, we should thank him for cutting back during the Bush Depression.

http://www.remindernews.com/SpeakOut

(my letter is way down the list...)

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Excellent letter. Glad it was printed.

I happily K&R this OP!

:hi:
kt

[NewJeffCT]

3. Thanks, and I knew

there would be a letter in there with somebody complaining about the cost, and there was...

[4lbs]

2. I'm surprised that a reasoned, well argued LTTE was printed. Usually they go for the entertainment

value of an over-the-top rant.

[NewJeffCT]

6. From 2004-2006

I would get at least one per week published there, sometimes more.

However, they must have gotten some of my I/P addresses or something, because it's been rare for me to get one since then...

[4lbs]

8. You were probably considered a journalist by that point and the NSA was collecting data on you.

n/t

[NewJeffCT]

9. I'm sure many regular posters on DU

DailyKos, etc, have dossiers about them somewhere in the bowels of the NSA.

[underpants]

4. DING!

:applause:

[nickw]

5. Nicely played! n/t

[Kitty Herder]

7. Well said!

:applause: