Re: [microsound] [ot] Fwd: Lifestyles of the Rich and Heartless

[precursor <precursor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 1/21/05 9:03 AM, Bill Ashline at ashline@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>> 
>> by Christy Harvey, Judd Legum and Jonathan Baskin
>> with Nico Pitney and Mipe Okunseinde
>> 
>> Inauguration: Lifestyles of the Rich and Heartless
>> 
>> Due to $17 million worth of inaugural security - paid for by the city of
>> Washington, D.C. - the Progress Report is unable to access its office.
>> Never fear - it takes a lot more than that to keep us down. We put this
>> list together for you ahead of time. Your regularly scheduled Progress
>> Report returns tomorrow.
>> 
>> A look at this week's festivities by the numbers:
>> 
>> $40 million:
>> <http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-uscost0118,0,4726940.story
>> ?coll=ny-nation-big-pix>
>> Cost of Bush inaugural ball festivities, not counting security costs.
>> 
>> $2,000: <http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0119/p03s01-uspo.html> Amount FDR
>> spent on the inaugural in 1945...about $20,000 in today's dollars.
>> 
>> $20,000:
>> <http://www.ritzcarlton.com/hotels/washington_dc/overview/pressreleases/inaug
>> ural_amenities.html>
>> Cost of yellow roses purchased for inaugural festivities by D.C.'s Ritz
>> Carlton.
>> 
>> 200:
>> <http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&u=/ap/20050114/ap_on_go_pr_wh/
>> inaugural_price_tag_3&printer=1>
>> Number of Humvees outfitted with top-of-the-line armor for troops in
>> Iraq that could have been purchased with the amount of money blown on
>> the inauguration.
>> 
>> $10,000: <http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/10678137.htm>
>> Price of an inaugural package at the Fairmont Hotel, which includes a
>> Beluga caviar and Dom Perignon reception, a chauffeured Rolls Royce and
>> two actors posing as "faux" Secret Service agents, complete with black
>> sunglasses and cufflink walkie-talkies.
>> 
>> 400: <http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0119/p03s01-uspo.html> Pounds of
>> lobster provided for "inaugural feeding frenzy" at the exclusive
>> Mandarin Oriental hotel.
>> 
>> 3,000: <http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0119/p03s01-uspo.html> Number of
>> "Laura Bush Cowboy cookies" provided for "inaugural feeding frenzy" at
>> the Mandarin hotel.
>> 
>> $1: <http://kutv.com/topstories/topstories_story_014105652.html> Amount
>> per guest President Carter spent on snacks for guests at his inaugural
>> parties. To stick to a tight budget, he served pretzels, peanuts,
>> crackers and cheese and had cash bars.
>> 
>> 22 million:
>> <http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&u=/ap/20050114/ap_on_go_pr_wh/
>> inaugural_price_tag_3&printer=1>
>> Number of children in regions devastated by the tsunami who could have
>> received vaccinations and preventive health care with the amount of
>> money spent on the inauguration.
>> 
>> 1,160,000: <http://www.worldonfire.ca/donations.html> Number of girls
>> who could be sent to school for a year in Afghanistan with the amount of
>> money lavished on the inauguration.
>> 
>> $15,000: <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4282216>
>> The down payment to rent a fur coat paid by one gala attendee who didn't
>> want the hassle of schlepping her own through the airport.
>> 
>> $200,500:
>> <http://www.usatoday.com/travel/hotels/2005-01-06-inauguration_x.htm>
>> Price of a room package at D.C.'s Mandarin Oriental, including
>> presidential suite, chauffeured Mercedes limo and outfits from Neiman
>> Marcus.
>> 
>> 2,500: <http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=63696>
>> Number of U.S. troops used to stand guard as President Bush takes his
>> oath of office
>> 
>> 26,000:
>> <http://www.oregonlive.com/letters/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/110613
>> 9753241490.xml>
>> Number of Kevlar vests for U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan that
>> could be purchased for $40 million.
>> 
>> $290: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4187023.stm> Bonus that could
>> go to each American solider serving in Iraq, if inauguration funds were
>> used for that purpose.
>> 
>> $6.3 million: <http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1860>
>> Amount contributed by the finance and investment industry, which works
>> out to be 25 percent of all the money collected.
>> 
>> $17 million: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4187023.stm> Amount of
>> money the White House is forcing the cash-strapped city of Washington,
>> D.C., to pony up for inauguration security.
>> 
>> 9: <http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0119/p03s01-uspo.html> Percentage of
>> D.C. residents who voted for Bush in 2004.
>> 
>> 66: <http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/972a1BushPreInaugural.pdf>
>> Percentage of Americans who think this over-the-top inauguration should
>> have been scaled back.
>> 
> 
> 

that hurts!!!!...its insane to be sane in this world, aint it?


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