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2009-01-06 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-01-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 We have an old saying in Kentucky.

All show and no stay.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2009-01-06 07:06|| 2009-01-06 07:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Trying to chisel an Illinois political activist seems like an unlikely proposition. Maybe they hoped to lure a Hollywood type into a rental. My advice to future innaugural landlords would be to get a substantial deposit from any Clinton supporters.

Posted by Super Hose 2009-01-06 07:40|| 2009-01-06 07:40|| Front Page Top

#3 All pfffft and no odor.

Posted by Fred 2009-01-06 07:46|| 2009-01-06 07:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Rantburg should offer to rent these folks virtual inaugural space for $10,000/night.

Posted by ed 2009-01-06 07:57|| 2009-01-06 07:57|| Front Page Top

#5 The behavior of the crowd at the inauguration of the first Democratic President, Andrew Jackson, might give us a clue about what is in store. They swarmed through the White House and stripped the place.

Posted by Grunter 2009-01-06 09:01|| 2009-01-06 09:01|| Front Page Top

#6 A pox on the entire sordid event. Snow, freezing rain, and lots of it, two days prior...two days following. Icey roads, gummit closures, I-95 closure, six feet of snow piled in the HOV. Winds, Norwesters, Noreasters, Southeasters, Westeasters.....strong ones. Whole Foods closures. Arugula shortages. Food riots... and on, and on.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-06 09:31|| 2009-01-06 09:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Only Al Gore can create that type of climate chaos.

Posted by bman 2009-01-06 10:55|| 2009-01-06 10:55|| Front Page Top

#8 As we say in Texas:

"All hat no ranch"

while I am encouraged by some of BO's nominees, I am dismayed by the pick of Penetta. He's the moron that won't let TSA profile who they search. Ergo, you have 90 year old grannies being patted down and their wheelchairs being X-Rayed while the 25 year old moslem radical goes straight through.

It is a miracle we have not had a catastrophe because of this airhead.

Bush appointed a fine and very able man to head the CIA and now we have a politician of the worst order running an organization that has been out of control since Clinton filled it with hacks and politicians. They might as well turn off the lights and lock the doors over at Langley, the CIA is now officially worthless. It is not the elephant's burial ground for tired old political hacks.

Posted by James Carville 2009-01-06 10:58|| 2009-01-06 10:58|| Front Page Top

#9 These folks forgot a cardinal difference between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans are generous with their own money. Democrats are generous with other people's money. When is comes to opening their own wallets, the Dems are a stingy lot.

Heh. I've been scratching my head, trying to figger out who was coming to DC that had USD20,000 to 'rent' someone's crappy condo for a long weekend.

The numbers never made sense. O's election army was a bunch of college kids and Acorn activists.

In the meantime, we are facing an ever-widening security zone and the question of exactly *where* one finds parking for 10,000 charter buses. And how do you get all their passengers back in the buses at the end of the day?

Ye gods.

Posted by Seafarious 2009-01-06 11:59|| 2009-01-06 11:59|| Front Page Top

#10 Carbon credits! Getcha carbon credits heah!
C'mon buddy, dontcha wanna save the planet? What kinda Obama suppporter are ya?

Posted by tu3031 2009-01-06 12:33|| 2009-01-06 12:33|| Front Page Top

#11 Story problem: Bob the entrepreneur has rented a Washington duplex for $995. He plans to sublet it as a crash pad to hippies, ACORNistas and miscellaneous lefties for $5 per head. How many 'renters' does Bob need to break even?

Extra credit: Assume that the smell of patchouli and bong water will never come out of the carpet and Bob's deposit is history. How many extra 'renters' are needed now to break even?

And yeah, what Besoeker said in #6.

Posted by SteveS 2009-01-06 14:13|| 2009-01-06 14:13|| Front Page Top

#12 Looking at the entire Hops and Chains crowd now flowing into DC and if you were to compare it to a NASCAR entry, they would all need that big ol' yellow paint stripe on their back bumper.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2009-01-06 14:58|| 2009-01-06 14:58|| Front Page Top

#13 "The behavior of the crowd at the inauguration of the first Democratic President, Andrew Jackson, might give us a clue about what is in store. They swarmed through the White House and stripped the place."

IIRC, Grunter, they got that crowd out of the White House by moving the ~~likker~~ punch bowls to the lawn.

Just sump'in for Bambi's underlings to keep in mind.... :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-06 15:23|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-06 15:23|| Front Page Top

#14

Posted by Seafarious 2009-01-06 15:40|| 2009-01-06 15:40|| Front Page Top

#15 Seafarious, are you assuming The One's supporters and minnions know how to read and know what egress means?

Posted by WolfDog 2009-01-06 16:54|| 2009-01-06 16:54|| Front Page Top

#16 Egress? They're gonna have birds?

Posted by tu3031 2009-01-06 16:55|| 2009-01-06 16:55|| Front Page Top

#17 I would love too own stock in whoever makes Olde English on the 20 th

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-01-06 17:17|| 2009-01-06 17:17|| Front Page Top

#18 Seafarious, are you assuming The One's supporters and minnions know how to read and know what egress means?

I'm just a polite local welcoming visitors to my fair city and giving them some assistance in navigating around an often-confusing streetscape. And yes, the egresses are really something to see. Don't forget your camera!

Posted by Seafarious 2009-01-06 20:41|| 2009-01-06 20:41|| Front Page Top

#19 Ima thinking "Senator" Burris's office should hold a 1000 or 20000? for free? Heeeeellllloooo Harry!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-01-06 20:50|| 2009-01-06 20:50|| Front Page Top

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