Pageantry Planned for Bush Inauguration

Posted on Thu, Nov. 11, 2004

Pageantry Planned for Bush Inauguration

EILEEN PUTMAN
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - When President Bush takes his second oath of office Jan. 20 it will be his family's fifth inauguration ceremony, a day of pomp and pageantry set amid the icons of democracy only this city can provide: the U.S. Capitol, the White House, Pennsylvania
Avenue.Security will be extraordinary - it's the first presidential inauguration since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, and the nation is under a continuing threat by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida organization.

But that is not expected to alter the elaborate rituals by which the nation installs its president. For Bush's second inauguration, those rituals provide a regal subtext, the crown jewel in the Bush political dynasty: His father, George H. W. Bush, was inaugurated twice as vice president, in 1981 and 1985, and once as president, in 1989.With 21-gun salutes, fancy-dress balls and tighter-than-ever security, the day will resemble nothing so much as a coronation.

"We don't have the unifying effect of a king or queen. As a result, over the centuries America has developed traditions that encourage stability and public confidence. That's what an inauguration is," said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.

Among those traditions are: a preinaugural church service for the incoming president and first lady, a congressional escort to the Capitol for the public swearing-in, a presidential inaugural address that sets forth a vision for the new term, a luncheon in the Capitol's famed Statuary Hall and a 1.7-mile procession along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House before a massive, cheering crowd.
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http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10151616.htm
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What, have we killed all the terrorist? Thank God for Ashcroft and Bush. We are saved. Saved------

He had a BIG blue banner that said: "Bush Cheated".

but neither one of us has any desire to make the trek this time around.
In 2000, the theft was blatant and obvious and nothing was done about it- what makes people think that the electorate cares about it this time around?
We got beat by bigotry religious zealotry, plain and simple.

btw- if anybody goes to a church where the pastor/priest/shaman openly endorsed voting for * from the pulpit- they need to report it to the I.R.S.

I would love to be there with my big "Bush Cheated" or Bush is a "Fraud" sign, because he did cheat to get in again, and I for one, am not going to ignore it.

and what is the hard proof of the cheating this time around?
the disenfranchisement of blacks in FL last time was blatantly obvious- the butterfly ballot in PalmBeach, the repug staffer "flash mob" outside the office, the decision by the supremes, etc.
the theft/coup was OBVIOUS, but nobody cared-
this time I've seen a lot of innuendo, but no "hard proof"...surely not enough to convince the complacent america we live in.

btw- were you in D.C. protesting the first * coronation?

"Welcome to Fascist America" signs.

Jesus freaks taking over the city?

a thrown egg or tomato will be met with a bullet this time around.

All those troops amassed and.........nothing.

I much prefer silent, funeral vigils in other states. Most Americans wouldn't be able to make it to DC, but we can all get to a local vigil. I want speeches about true democracy, and reminders of the sacrifices so many Americans have made for the freedoms Bush is eager to destroy.

4000 troops to protect him in Washington. Nice show of strength. Make it look like pathetic overkill. If he wants to roll tanks into LA, does he have enough to roll them into Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, Houston, Pittsburgh, New York, Albany, Des Moines, Tallahassee.........?

I would like enormous local turnouts to mourn our nation, and NOTHING IN DC, the place that has abandoned us.

Let him truck in his cheering crowd. Let them wonder where we are.

...the country!

Let the Boy King hold his coronation with his Halliburton buddies and the rest of the Cabal and their troops while across the nation the people speak what they really think...

:kick:

The voters of DC are overwhelmingly Democratic. It's the politicians who are the problem, not DC.

I do see your point, though. If they're going to have a "first amendment zone" a mile away anyway, we might as well protest elsewhere and choose the location(s) ourselves...

Hmm...

someplace warm?

Come to LA... let the pukes freeze their asses off in DC. We'll call it a going away party for democracy.

Yeah. That's the ticket.

dancing and shit like that.

the religious ceremonies.

Does the country have reason to celebrate?

"The fourth inauguration was conducted without fanfare. Because of the expense and impropriety of festivity during the height of war, the oath of office was taken on the South Portico of the White House. It was administered by Chief Justice Harlan Stone. No formal celebrations followed the address. Instead of renominating Vice President Henry Wallace in the election of 1944, the Democratic convention chose the Senator from Missouri, Harry S. Truman."

http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres52.html

for the affair, eh?

:eyes:

what a crock of bullshit...the part of the article that talks about how there will be "massive cheering crowds"! Only if The Son of a Bush pays them to cheer, as usual. The media whores never talk about how he was driven back inside his limo last time, and couldn't walk to the capitol, because of the massive jeering crowds throwing rotten eggs at him.

A little presumptuous, aren't we?

n/t

(Okay, that was technically text but you get the idea)

Democracy is dead. Long live tyranny under King George!

How ever will they quiesce the egg throwers this time? Rubber bullets? Teargas? One ways to Gitmo? place yer bets!

And no one will come .....If protesters show up they should have a weepathon in silence,maybe some death robes .Hope it rains on the parade.

Remember the WWII memorial day when Bush took the stage...I thought he looked so small when the massive trumpet blast heralded his arrival. Looked more like I am King than it should have.

the word "pageantry" and why don't they throw in the word "crown" and :puke: they DID!

Then this? "We don't have the unifying effect of a king or queen" -- oh gag. * thinks he's a king. King of the village idiots yes, unifying? HAHAHAHAHAHA.

that pickles recently redesigned as a "crown room" replete with a huge gilded crown and yards of purple satin and lace over the bed.

Remember we were all so disgusted with this redecoration just a few days ago?

Alberto Gonzalez is quoted as saying that bUSH is above all federal laws(re:UNIMPEACHABLE):scared:

No matter how hard you try Shrub, it'll never match the majestic pomp and ceremony of a Coronation.

Next thing he'll do is design himself a military style uniform with loads of shiny medals.

Then it's the declaration of 'President for life'.

for our dictator. Little armies Christian Right Wing Home Schooled children dressed as the American flag. Fascist leaders deserve a fascist parade.

with our military troops marching in unison and "W"'s waving like Swastikas and the Boy King standing their saluting them.....The little armies of Christian Fundie home-schooled "W" youth waving little american flags and "W"s emblazoned on them...

Nothing but the best for our king with a Man-date....

:grr:

All power to The People.

and The World Court should be in attendence...

Rev. Moon doesn't think W's king--he thinks he's (Rev. Moon, that is) God!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

So what's with the *4,000* troops and THOUSANDS of police that the WaPo says the WH is flying in? Let's see, call it 1 troop per five feet, for 1.7 miles...sounds like the massive cheering crowd will be made up mostly of law-enforcement and military. Yeesh.

Very well done--scary as hell, but well done.

I say let them roll out all their cross carriers.
The more the better.

Love the photo!
Who did it?

Joel Pelletier

check out the site here, it has the names of every person categorized. It is a take-off of "The Christ's Entry into Brussels" in 1889. I had it up as wallpaper for a few days until I started getting the creeps looking at it. Especially, the ripping of pants in the far right corner. It is surreal and yet it is as though we are living in the very transformation into that painting. My teen age sons took it off the monitor, they said it was too disturbing.

Here's the link to the site. I hope I did this right, I had a helluva time this morning trying to link the pic to the board!

http://www.americanfundamentalists.com/

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

I live a few miles outside the beltway in MD. I'm a c-span/pacifica/npr/newsgroup junkie for five years now and I only came across this board last week on Wednesday night, the day after the election. I was ready to concede politely, and I was almost relieved that out of all the dishonest things this presdient has done, I could finally look to one thing that he didn't lie about -- the results of the elction.


And then I came here.

I have spent well over 40 hours in the last week massmailing everyone I know and don't know (like almost every email address from the list of Media that ya'll put up days ago) every relevant link I have found on these boards, and so I am so very grateful to all of you here. You have helped to enlighten at least fifty people out of my own circle. Job well done, folks.

As an aside, Paul Krugman wrote a piece on the potential for voter fraud last December. I would love to think he is quietly on the case. Check this out:
OP-ED COLUMNIST

Hack the Vote

By PAUL KRUGMAN

Published: December 2, 2003


Inviting Bush supporters to a fund-raiser, the host wrote, "I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year." No surprise there. But Walden O'Dell — who says that he wasn't talking about his business operations — happens to be the chief executive of Diebold Inc., whose touch-screen voting machines are in increasingly widespread use across the United States.

For example, Georgia — where Republicans scored spectacular upset victories in the 2002 midterm elections — relies exclusively on Diebold machines. To be clear, though there were many anomalies in that 2002 vote, there is no evidence that the machines miscounted. But there is also no evidence that the machines counted correctly. You see, Diebold machines leave no paper trail.

Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey, who has introduced a bill requiring that digital voting machines leave a paper trail and that their software be available for public inspection, is occasionally told that systems lacking these safeguards haven't caused problems. "How do you know?" he asks.

What we do know about Diebold does not inspire confidence. The details are technical, but they add up to a picture of a company that was, at the very least, extremely sloppy about security, and may have been trying to cover up product defects.

Early this year Bev Harris, who is writing a book on voting machines, found Diebold software — which the company refuses to make available for public inspection, on the grounds that it's proprietary — on an unprotected server, where anyone could download it. (The software was in a folder titled "rob-Georgia.zip.") The server was used by employees of Diebold Election Systems to update software on its machines. This in itself was an incredible breach of security, offering someone who wanted to hack into the machines both the information and the opportunity to do so.

An analysis of Diebold software by researchers at Johns Hopkins and Rice Universities found it both unreliable and subject to abuse. A later report commissioned by the state of Maryland apparently reached similar conclusions. (It's hard to be sure because the state released only a heavily redacted version.)

Meanwhile, leaked internal Diebold e-mail suggests that corporate officials knew their system was flawed, and circumvented tests that would have revealed these problems. The company hasn't contested the authenticity of these documents; instead, it has engaged in legal actions to prevent their dissemination.

Why isn't this front-page news? In October, a British newspaper, The Independent, ran a hair-raising investigative report on U.S. touch-screen voting. But while the mainstream press has reported the basics, the Diebold affair has been treated as a technology or business story — not as a potential political scandal.

This diffidence recalls the treatment of other voting issues, like the Florida "felon purge" that inappropriately prevented many citizens from voting in the 2000 presidential election. The attitude seems to be that questions about the integrity of vote counts are divisive at best, paranoid at worst. Even reform advocates like Mr. Holt make a point of dissociating themselves from "conspiracy theories." Instead, they focus on legislation to prevent future abuses.

But there's nothing paranoid about suggesting that political operatives, given the opportunity, might engage in dirty tricks. Indeed, given the intensity of partisanship these days, one suspects that small dirty tricks are common. For example, Orrin Hatch, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, recently announced that one of his aides had improperly accessed sensitive Democratic computer files that were leaked to the press.

This admission — contradicting an earlier declaration by Senator Hatch that his staff had been cleared of culpability — came on the same day that the Senate police announced that they were hiring a counterespionage expert to investigate the theft. Republican members of the committee have demanded that the expert investigate only how those specific documents were leaked, not whether any other breaches took place. I wonder why.

The point is that you don't have to believe in a central conspiracy to worry that partisans will take advantage of an insecure, unverifiable voting system to manipulate election results. Why expose them to temptation?

I'll discuss what to do in a future column. But let's be clear: the credibility of U.S. democracy may be at stake.
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I wonder when that future column will come.-Danielle

As a Christian, I find that creepy. BTW, who's the guy with the golden glow at the bottom? I recognize mostly everybody else, but that guy is scary.

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whatever churches along the way were brave enough to toll the death toll!!!! then the bushes would really see how much America celebrates the goon's ascendance to power! unfortunately the jerry falwellistas and their likes will all probably be out there cheering the jerk on.

...errmm, I gotta clean the catbox that day. REALLY sorry I'll miss the coronation of their new CorpRat McKing. :evilgrin:

Police State Inauguration for Would Be Dictator to Feature Active Duty Troops, Thousands of Police, Big Brother Technology, Snipers and FBI Agents in Full SWAT Gear

http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/inaguration.htm

Hell, we will need less than 100,000 people lying down to fill it curb to curb. They want their procession, they will have to carry my frozen butt off the double yellow line.

(figuring Penn is on average 70 feet wide (4 lanes plus parking) and people lying down are 5' by 2')


Like the song says, I will take courage from my convictions, and make them haul my ass to jail.

http://www.annefeeney.com/Pages/jailforjustice.html

I asked about the loyalty in a later post. I guess I am falling into the reading habits of our pResident.

nt

I'm not sure if cheering is exactly the word I would use...

They meant "jeering". ...massive, jeering crowd...

I have been so distraught by the outcome of the elections I haven't done much but feel said lately. I think that is wearing off now and I only want to know one thing. Who is organizing the large protest that needs to be held at "president" bush's inauguration. I'm there. I just need the details.

I won't be watching.

Besides, they're not apt to show what I'd like to see - which is - any protests like the one you anticipate (and one that SHOULD occur, frankly). There probably won't be any more coverage of this than there was in January 2001, when the bush motorcade was egged, protested by "huge cheering crowds" with signs as far as the eye could see, and literally stopped in its tracks by people taking to the streets. Don't remember the last time that happened - that the presidential limousine was stopped in its path by protestors on the way to the inauguration. And I didn't see a second's worth of footage on that in the news, either. It was as though no such thing had occurred. And no one would ever have even known about it - until Michael Moore included it in "Fahrenheit 9/11." Way to go, newsfolks. Keep America fully informed, why dontcha?

No. I won't be watching. I've already heard everything he has to say. And I've already been repulsed by it. It won't look any better with all the pageantry, either. At least to me.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

Who is organizing? Well that would be the problem there is no leader to take back America(I COULD happen tomorrow if you REALLY wanted it)but WHATEVER:boring:

No longer

who is featured on various network news programs as an authority, but he is never introduced as a partisan, so many people assume he's neutral. Not even!! The guy is way right, much the same as Bill Schneider who is featured on CNN without any disclosure that he's from the American Enterprise Institute. The media disgusts me as much as the Bush Crime Family. Expose these people and keep hope alive.

More on Sabato:

On FOX, Sabato called Swift Boat Vets' lies "true"
http://mediamatters.org/items/200408310007

Did Al Qaeda really decide the Spanish election?
http://mediamatters.org/items/200407150007

Larry Sabato's e-mail address is sabato@virginia.edu

Let's get pissed! Let the largest protest in the history of our country begin on January 20th. Don't stay home and cry, hit the streets of Washington, DC! Let them know how the other half of america feels about their evil deceptions!

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won't watch this one. However, if the whore media ever shows the tomato/egg throwing and they can't get out of their car, then let me know - I'll be front and center for that spectacle!

Is anyting being planned for the "Crowning of King George"?

Not to be pessimistic... But right now DU is the ONLY place where there seems to be ANY fight left. Most of the other places have seemed to close up shop.

Looking for a glimmer of hope.......But have to admit feeling more and more "Pissed On" than "Pissed Off"

I think many of us who go could end up in jail or losing body parts to those plastic bullets the cops have. But I'm thinking about it anyway. I don't think they'll let protesters any where near the caravan this time.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

I worked for the Kerry campaign before Nov 2, and never even looked for a site like this one. I'm glad, VERY GLAD, to have found DU! Everyone around me is walking around like all is fine and normal. It drives me crazy, and I'm relieved to know I'm not the only one who sees what's happening.

:party:

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

Funeral processions.

I think she was thinking that they could organize one in DC at the same time, but let's face it, nobody is going to be allowed into DC that day without a note from Cheney. What about organizing funeral processions for the death of our hopes for a better future in cities across the country, timed to coincide with the inauguration?

It's just a thought,

The Plaid Adder

Will they have tanks too?

The U.S. Capitol, the White House, and Pennsylvania
Avenue are sooooo September 10th. The new icon of democracy is Diebold. Long live the King!

Well, would you expect nothing less for the gloating boy king? This is sickening.

Quick, someone photoshop a picture of a nazi rally with Bush and RNC banners!!

to start bombarding the media with messages that we want
COMPLETE coverage of this farce. They should show some
of the 55 million Americans who did not vote for this
disgrace.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

I won't be able to watch, I've got to clean toilets that day.

Maybe you need one to live there?

May it happen in a virtual downpour , with sheets of driving rain, that lasts all day.

May it happen in -0 degree weather.

May it be the grayest most dismal day ever to descend upon DC.

May Bush show up drunk and not be able to pronounce the oath of office and may all those around him laugh at him

I live very near DC. I hope they wash the streets after these fucks go by. Wash the stain off our nation, too.

Is this the cigarette after the fucking of America?

I got an email about a different kind of protest. They want people to go to DC without any signs or negative T-shirts. When Bush passes by they will quietly turn their backs on him. I just can't see people controlling themselves because of all the anger out there. I also think they will not allow any protesters any where near DC. How about this--a protest in every state capitol? A big crowd of protesters at every state capitol might be quite impressive.
I think we would get a massive crowd in WI. Going to each state capitol would be quite doable as opposed to traveling to DC where they won't let us anywhere near *.

Scrub the streets after they pass by!

Good one!!! ;-)

as any other president of the US needed so much protection from the people?????????

I think Bush is a repulsive person and that planning that sort of pageantry while we are at war is just wrong.

I was in DC right before he was to be inagurated the first time.
They had the Lincoln memorial blocked off, totally sucked.
BUT I VOWED TO GO TO DC WHILE CLINTON WAS STILL PRESIDENT and I did.
Of course I don't expect him to do the traditional walk, he is going to be zoomed off in his bullet proof limo to be inagurated the second time. I don't recall any other president having to do this.
Thousands of people protested his first inaguration and of course the media had a 20 second spot on it.

:eyes:

pour blood and guts in the deserts of the Middle East.

Celebrate Mr. President, Halliburton and Homophobs across America congradulate you.

Have the youth of America pour him another.

What if they gave an inauguration and nobody came ?
What if we all showed up as 'loyalists' and turned our backs
when the time came ?

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

I wonder who's going to be sacrificed at *this* one?

Thank Heavens that I'm planning be on a cruise that day! That'll keep me from doing anything rash in DC when the First Fool gets re-inaugurated.

Show how much you care.

I have a dream ... of a million patriotic Americans protesting Bush at the inauguration.

This time, when he puts his hand on the bible, takes the Oath of Office, and swears to "preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States," do you think he'll actually MEAN it?

Maybe he'll be more truthful this time around and promise to "ignore, pervert, and violate the constitution of the United States."

But of course, there's always a way out. In the Oath the president swears that he will "to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States."

I guess the "best of my ability" part lets Bush off the hook. If he's so clueless that he can't comprehend what the Constitution stands for, he doesn't have the ability to defend it.

Hell, my cat could swear to defend the Constitution to the best of her ability! And she'd do a damn fine job of it, if I do say so myself. Unless she got distracted by catnip. I can see it now, she'd be hot on the heels of Osama Bin Laden when all of a sudden ... Hey! What's that in Iraq? Is it catnip? Let's go there, roll around in it and make a mess!

She has her 'nip, Bush has his oil. Too bad we can't just put him out when he's bad ...

I agree. You cannot get close enough to be of any effect in DC when Boy George gets crowned. Give that idea up.

So...what can you and I and our friends do that will make an IMPACT? ? ?

Simple. well, it’s simple if you have real conviction and true to your feelings.

Pick a date near or on the Coronation…….. and get everybody you know to…..

NOT GO TO WORK ON THAT DAY

And to make it more fun, have locals confer and pick a location to gather in their protest. Do whatever, hold signs, if your bold enough slow or stop traffic or just hang in a park together.

One of two things is going to happen. We give this nation a TRUE wakeup call or what they say is true and we have fallen so far down to be almost irrelevant in our protest.

I’m an optimist and think that the former will happen. :)

and get it out of the way?

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If I wanted to watch chimps, I'd go to the Geographic Channel - at least there I might learn something.

I am heading down to DC with my dad, i don't care how many troops are there. We need to let the world know how the rest of america feels and get the message out that we do not support this presidents decisions!

How about a person in black beside every grave in Arlington?

I like....how many graves are there? Plus what about the countless graves across America?

By their fruits shall ye know them.

I want us to be holding up Matt 7:20 signs everywhere Bush goes, but especially at the inaugural vigils. They want to go Bible on us? The Bible is a big, big book.

Luke 16:12
And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? KJV


Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. KJV


Luke 17:7
"Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down at table'? RSV

Psalms 17:4
With regard to the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. RSV

Psalms 32:2
Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. RSV


Psalms 50:18
If you see a thief, you are a friend of his; and you keep company with adulterers. RSV

Ecclesiastes 7:4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. KJV

Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. KJV

Isaiah: 1:21
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. KJV

I used to call myself Catholic until Bush hijacked my religion at about the same time the Church revealed herself thoroughly corrupt in the sexual abuse of children. (Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely)
Now I just call myself human.

Anyhow, if you want to discuss the Gospels and where Jesus would stand in all of this, we would do well to admit that Christ was a Pacifist. For those who happen to take the theology seriously, and all those fundies say they do, then they would have to come to grips with the fact that the only person who did NOT have a log in his own eye was the one and only person able to see the splinter in his brother's. And what did he do? He took on his brother's sins as though they were his own. VERY LIBERAL. The most compelleing and heart wrenching aspect of the Christ Event was that here was a man who did nothing wrong, and yet he was hated and despised -- and condemned to death. When given many chances to prove himself, he declined and refused to fight back. ( "Those who live by the sword, die by the sword," and "what merit is there in only loving those who love you?")To most people, this is offensive to our sensibilities for it goes against our very human and base instincts, kill or be killed, love only those who love you. Pacifism is NOT an instinct, it is a learned behavior. ASK Buddha. Christ's example, which is fortified by his many pacifisitic sayings, is what gives us a glimpse of the nature of God. Same can be said of the story of the Prodigal son. The Father could have justly denied his son enrtance back home, but instead he forgives before even being asked -- this is why we are compelled by Jesus. The amount of love that is required to do such a thing is unimaginable unless we are the parent of the son, of the Creator of the creatures.

Now in respect to things Jesus had a problem with: He forgave all manner of sins of the flesh, it was those who were self-righteous, as well as those lawmakers in power who he had extremely harsh words for. At the time it was the Pharisees and Scribes and Saducees, but in modern times it would be the Catholic Church and the Government. For the former we find Christ defending and forgiving the adulteress, which she did not ask for, BTW. We find him making the first saint out of the thief on the cross beside him for simply being merciful. We find Jesus hanging with sinners constantly throughout the Gospels. We find Him associating with the lowest of the low -- the lepers, the tax collectors, the unclean, the poor. But in the latter case, we find Christ pointing out the errors of the "righteous." Look what he says about them:
"Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish,
but inside you are full of greed and corruption.
Fools!
Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?
Yet give the inner things as charity,
and look, everything is clean for you.

"But woe to you Pharisees,
because you tithe the mint and the rue and every herb,
and pass by justice and the love of God;
and these are necessary to do, not passing by those either.

"Woe to you, Pharisees,
because you love the best seat in the synagogues
and the greetings in the marketplaces.

"Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves,
and the people walking over do not know it."

One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher,
by saying these things you insult us also."

He said, "Woe to you lawyers also,
because you took the key of knowledge;
you yourselves did not enter,
and you hindered the ones entering.
For you are like a dog sleeping in the manger of the oxen;
neither does he eat nor does he let the oxen eat."

As he went out from there,
the scholars and the Pharisees began to be terribly hostile
and to interrogate him about numerous things,
lying in wait for him to catch something from his mouth.

While a crowd of thousands was gathering,
stepping on each other,
he began to say to his disciples first,
"Beware yourselves of the yeast of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy."

Someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher,
tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

But he said to him, "Human,
who appointed me a judge or divider over you?"
He turned to his disciples and said to them,
"I am not a divider, am I?"

He said to them, "See that you guard against every greed,
for a person's life does not consist of
the abundance of his possessions."

He told to them a parable:
"The land of a certain wealthy person yielded well,
and he reasoned within himself saying, 'What should I do?
for I have nowhere I may store my fruit.'
Then he said, 'I will do this:
I will tear down my barns and build larger ones;
there I will store all my grain and goods,
and I will say to my soul, "Soul,
you have many goods laid up for many years;
rest, eat, drink, be merry."'
But God said to him, 'Fool,
this night they demand back your soul from you;
and the things you prepared, whose will they be?'

"Thus is the one treasuring for himself,
and not being wealthy in God.
Fear not, little flock;
for your Father is pleased to give you the sovereignty.
Sell your possessions and give charity;
make yourselves purses that do not get old,
inexhaustible treasure in heaven,
where a thief does not come near nor does a moth destroy;
for where your treasure is, there also will be your heart."

Those who call themselves the moral majority and who campaign on this precept are acuurately described above, and the instruction is in complete opposition to the deeds of the Bush administration.

But we know this already.

You verbalized everything I'd been thinking. I was Catholic also. Jesus was the ultimate pacifist. I don't know what bible bush and cronies and the religious "wrong" are reading. Where's love and compassion? Greed is not a virtue. I just don't get it. And the so called bible thumpers follow bush like sheep, hanging on every word that comes out of his mouth, spewing hate and intolerance. We know of Karl Rove's plots and lies yet he continues over and over again as do many others in this administration. The new attorney general defended using torture! The idea that there would be great pageantry in this inauguration is outrageous. The lives that have been taken or forever changed mean nothing to bush. He pursues only wealth, power, and glory, and the rest of the world be damned. He is very, very sick and has many people fooled.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1997/May97/Kinemapr.asp

It's amazing what you can do with pre-production segments to add to the regular footage. You can make cheering crowds in 3D and then add some close-up shots from another location and flip back and forth.

Just make sure to not explain to the troops what the large blue screen backgrounds are for.

Wake me up around January 2008.

since Travis County went blue ...

Good idea

FWIW, I have felt for a long time (since the Nixon 2nd inaugural actually) that a re-election inaugural should be low key no matter who is president. It is different when it is a new administration, or your party is returning to the White House, or whatever, but just going back in and picking up where you left off is just not as much cause for the big expensive blowout.

I think a re-inaugural should be: church service, swearing in and a dinner. No balls, no parade, period.

Of course on the other hand, if you watch the parade you might get to see the Aggie band which is a slam dunk outfit. Even if it is probably full of right wing republicans

We should organize a nationwide MOON at the exact time of the inaugural swearing-in.

with a golden crown above the bed.

Sidney Blumenthal, mid-October in Salon:

"Even now, the White House is being redecorated for President Bush's second term -- or at least one room, the Lincoln Bedroom, is. The famous long bed will remain; so will the original Emancipation Proclamation in its glass case. But dominating the room, above the bed, will be a large carved crown from which will flow, ceiling to floor, royal purple satin drapes. The crown has been sent to be gilded with gold in anticipation of Bush's triumphant return from his campaign."
http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/10/14/bush_gilded_crown/index_np.html

The chimp will have to 'hit the gas' again!

"Bush's inaugural address doubtless won't be as short as Washington's second inaugural speech in 1793, which was a mere 133 words. Lott, who talked with Bush about the inauguration on Tuesday, says he's expecting the president's speech to be "visionary" and to set forth "the broader theme of what he and we want for our country and for our children."

All of them that were listed above.... and we could incorporate these signs, with standing with our backs turned, and the signs shown.

I think that would be AWESOME. Otherwise, I like the idea of absolutley not ONE protestor there, and instead, in every other state... they would get the message.

A usual protest for the inaug. would be so expected and ineffectual.

So, who could do this organizing??? I'll make signs from today til Jan. 20th...

King Dubya. He really does think he's a monarch doesn't he? Makes me cringe hearing "coronation" and Dubya anywhere in the same article.

Alex
Impeachment by the People

organization"

Well, just who the hell do we have to thank for that?? Damn, this half of this nation is absolutely clueless!

I think it's high time Osama came over for a visit. After all they are buds with the Bushes....

Or shake their bon-bons or whatever?

I can't wait.

..then I'm THERE!!! That, and gladiator battles between the military and gays/lesbians. Emperor ** to give the thumbs up/down. After all, what's pageantry without a little blood or human sacrifice?

Well, if the "Election & Voting Fraud" smoking gun is found in time, maybe we will see the Democratics coming to take back the White House!
:toast:

Run your cursor over the horses.
http://www.neen.org/demo/parade.swf

with Dick Cheney as puppetmaster and his hand up *'s a**?
Or will there be a coronation of sorts.... the Bush Dynasty?

The Right seems to historically be enamored with spectacle:

with a crate of eggs? :eyes:

It makes me ill to think of four more years of this insanity.
One nation 'under Gawed' . yup. right.

The Devil came down to Georgia ... and didn't stop there ...

Maybe we could get 55 million Real Americans to go there, we could all eat lots and lots of chili, beans, sloppy joes, etc. then all face with our backs to the motorcade and fart in unison.

(dripping with sarcasm and distain)

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