1/20/09 - Inauguration Day!

[lauren<3s music]

I know a bunch of people last night were talking about coming to DC for inauguration. I thought it would be nice if we could all share information in one place.

We have only 76 days to go people!

:dance:

[aoftbsten]

sweet

[SSLYBY]

That'd be pretty cool to get to goto.

[saysmydoctor]

Rahm Emanuel or Tom Daschle are the front runners for Chief of Staff. Discuss.

[tambam]

I wish it was sooner!

[lauren<3s music]

hotels are already getting ridiculously full so if anyone's interested I would stay in VA/MD somewhere metro accessible. For a listing of cities close to metro visit wwww.wmata.com

[lauren<3s music]

Rahm Emanuel or Tom Daschle are the front runners for Chief of Staff. Discuss.
emanuel

[AmarnaReign]

I never thought my state would go blue. It was very close and i was super pissed. I don't know what i was thinking.

[saysmydoctor]

Same, personally, I hate Daschle and I hope he rots in hell for being a worthless piece of ineffective shit.

[lauren<3s music]

Same, personally, I hate Daschle and I hope he rots in hell for being a worthless piece of ineffective shit.
i wouldn't go THAT far.

[trindaddy]

Hmmmm... I might look into this. I do get my student loans then, haha.

[saysmydoctor]

i wouldn't go THAT far.
I probably shouldn't either, but he was hugely ineffective and as bad as some of his republican counterparts. Filibustering does nothing and is the political equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and yelling la la la la at the top of your lungs.

[SockMonkeyRiot]

My brother lives in MD so maybe I can stay there and go with him

[MyWorldEntire]

Missouri actually predicted it wrong this year.

[lauren<3s music]

I probably shouldn't either, but he was hugely ineffective and as bad as some of his republican counterparts. Filibustering does nothing and is the political equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and yelling la la la la at the top of your lungs.
very true. i think the procedure should be examined more carefully. ps wtf happened to the election thread

[saysmydoctor]

If people are reading the telephone book, I should be allowed to kill them. Very simple.

[MyWorldEntire]

They still haven't called North Carolina for Obama?

[saysmydoctor]

Probably will get recounted.

[alice+interiors]

Yeah my Dad entered me in competition to attend the ceremony (for foreign kids around the world), but that seems to be my only long shot, lol. :-(

[HashHolly]

hotels are already getting ridiculously full so if anyone's interested I would stay in VA/MD somewhere metro accessible. For a listing of cities close to metro visit wwww.wmata.com

Ugg, VA.... hahaha how expesnive are we talking for hotels?

[rofl you failed]

They still haven't called North Carolina for Obama?

hell to the no son.

[MyWorldEntire]

I'm hearing a lot about John Kerry becoming Secretary of State, which I find quite odd because I thought Bill Richardson essentially had a lock on that position...

[saysmydoctor]

If Kerry becomes SecState, I will be infuriated.

[lauren<3s music]

Ugg, VA.... hahaha how expesnive are we talking for hotels?
you can stay at casa de lauren

[lauren<3s music]

Yeah my Dad entered me in competition to attend the ceremony (for foreign kids around the world), but that seems to be my only long shot, lol. :-(
well the ACTUAL ball none of us will get to go to. tickets aren't open to the public. but i'm sure the DNC will have a ridiculous bash, which is what i want to go to that night. I will be on the mall at the Capitol at about 3 am on the 20th if not earlier.

[HashHolly]

you can stay at casa de lauren

:-)

well the ACTUAL ball none of us will get to go to. tickets aren't open to the public. but i'm sure the DNC will have a ridiculous bash, which is what i want to go to that night. I will be on the mall at the Capitol at about 3 am on the 20th if not earlier.

Uh, and how do you get into the DNC party...do you have to know someone cause, well, i know this one girl named Lauren....hahaha

[alice+interiors]

well the ACTUAL ball none of us will get to go to. tickets aren't open to the public. but i'm sure the DNC will have a ridiculous bash, which is what i want to go to that night. I will be on the mall at the Capitol at about 3 am on the 20th if not earlier.
But if in I'm in the right kind of area..

[lauren<3s music]

"Call your member of Congress, who, eventually, will have the tickets to distribute. Those tickets will be free."

Washington Post.

[twitchyfingers]

I'm trying to talk my mom into letting us stay in MD for another week or so when we go up for the holidays, but I'm not sure how it will turn out.

[lauren<3s music]

More details!


"The tickets are distributed through the Senate offices and the House offices" and through the Presidential Inaugural Committee, set up by the winning candidate, he said. "Constituents around the country are urged to contact their House or Senate members. . . . Usually they all have a systematic way of distributing those tickets."
The free, color-coded tickets are not made available until the last minute, to try to keep them from being sold, he said. Most people won't be able to get their tickets until the week before the inauguration, when "each (legislator's) office will have to come to us, to a secure location, to pick up the tickets that have been provided for that office," he said.
The color codes will direct ticket-holders to the various seating areas.
It is not yet known how many tickets each member of Congress will get -- usually it's several hundred -- but people assigned tickets will have to go to their legislator's office on Capitol Hill (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Capitol+Hill?tid=informline) to pick them up.
The viewing area extends from the Capitol along the Mall (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/National+Mall?tid=informline). There will be non-ticketed viewing, Gantman said, but it probably will be far back on the Mall. He said talks are ongoing with the National Park Service (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/National+Park+Service?tid=informlin e) regarding how much of the Mall might be needed and if things like JumboTrons might be used.

[Trainsaw]

i need to see this. guess i need to find a hotel asap

[immorehxcthanu]

I'm still debating it but I guess I better make up my mind soon.

[lauren<3s music]

i need to see this. guess i need to find a hotel asap
depending on how many people end up coming up you might be able to crash on my couch or if a ton of people i like end up here i can get my friend who works for marriott to maybe block us off rooms

[KellyGleason]

My cousin goes to school in DC so I'm going to beg him to stay in his dorm. It's going to be an amazing day.

[GiggsOho]

Orrrrrr some of us who work for the D.C. media can exercise press rights.......


/siq siq siq brag

[lauren<3s music]

Orrrrrr some of us who work for the D.C. media can exercise press rights.......


/siq siq siq brag
and you can take the people who offered to help you move in with you

[benn10]

Hopefully Obama is proven not to have been born in the United States, and thus his inauguration day will never occur.

[GiggsOho]

and you can take the people who offered to help you move in with you


lol, you and my 40 democrat friends, my gf, my parents, and my brother. Shouldn't be a problem at all.

[HashHolly]

depending on how many people end up coming up you might be able to crash on my couch or if a ton of people i like end up here i can get my friend who works for marriott to maybe block us off rooms

I call dibs on the couch.

[GiggsOho]

Hopefully Obama is proven not to have been born in the United States, and thus his inauguration day will never occur.


Hopefully your computer explodes, making sure you can't ever post here again.

[HashHolly]

Hopefully Obama is proven not to have been born in the United States, and thus his inauguration day will never occur.

hopefully you die in a fire

[benn10]

hopefully you die in a fire

Tried that yesterday. Didn't work out too well.

[lauren<3s music]

lol, you and my 40 democrat friends, my gf, my parents, and my brother. Shouldn't be a problem at all.

yes but i will bake you and your girlfriend all the treats you'd like.

I call dibs on the couch.

oh i was going to give you the air mattress

Tried that yesterday. Didn't work out too well.

oh. you. perhaps you could go fuck yourself and stop being a worthless creature and go bug someone else

[Trainsaw]

depending on how many people end up coming up you might be able to crash on my couch or if a ton of people i like end up here i can get my friend who works for marriott to maybe block us off rooms

gang members to the front of the line.

[lauren<3s music]

gang members to the front of the line.
where's my leather jacket?!

[benn10]

yes but i will bake you and your girlfriend all the treats you'd like.



oh i was going to give you the air mattress



oh. you. perhaps you could go fuck yourself and stop being a worthless creature and go bug someone else

I've tried fucking myself, too. It's a lot harder than it sounds. You should give it a try yourself.

[Trainsaw]

where's my leather jacket?!

you'll get it when i crash on the couch. Be warned me and the gang party like Motley Crue

[HashHolly]

Tried that yesterday. Didn't work out too well.

I guess McCain wasn't the only one full of fail yesterday.

yes but i will bake you and your girlfriend all the treats you'd like.



oh i was going to give you the air mattress



oh. you. perhaps you could go fuck yourself and stop being a worthless creature and go bug someone else

either way my back will thank you

I've tried fucking myself, too. It's a lot harder than it sounds. You should give it a try yourself.

I hear McCain takes are of that with the little blue pill, you may want to try it too?

[lauren<3s music]

hmmmm i'm wondering if its time to get him banned from the politics forum as a whole - yay or nay everyone?

[benn10]

I guess McCain wasn't the only one full of fail yesterday.



either way my back will thank you



I hear McCain takes are of that with the little blue pill, you may want to try it too?

I guess you're a little too cracked out on your blue pills to write in coherent sentences, eh?

[lauren<3s music]

I guess you're a little too cracked out on your blue pills to write in coherent sentences, eh?
How about this. How about you google the process it takes to become a presidential candidate. Do you REALLY think that through ALL this time people wouldn't have said to themselves, hey let's check his birth certificate? REALLY?

[lauren<3s music]

you'll get it when i crash on the couch. Be warned me and the gang party like Motley Crue

sweet. i want it hand stitched

I guess McCain wasn't the only one full of fail yesterday.



either way my back will thank you



I hear McCain takes are of that with the little blue pill, you may want to try it too?

:) that or we can all get a room at like the residence inn and sleep in every corner

[GiggsOho]

I guess you're a little too cracked out on your blue pills to write in coherent sentences, eh?


TALK WHEN YOU CAN VOTE.

[HashHolly]

I guess you're a little too cracked out on your blue pills to write in coherent sentences, eh?

Says the kid in highschool butthurt over the outcome of the election? Also if we want to talk about coherence, please explain how you can be cracked out on viagra? I guess you would know more about that sort of thing.....

[Nevuk]

If people are reading the telephone book, I should be allowed to kill them. Very simple.
Strom Thurman....

[lauren<3s music]

TALK WHEN YOU CAN VOTE.
this

[Trainsaw]

sweet. i want it hand stitched



:) that or we can all get a room at like the residence inn and sleep in every corner

it even comes w/ knife holes

[nfgrocker16]

TALK WHEN YOU CAN VOTE.

He's entitled to his opinion. Its baseless but he's still entitled to it.

[aloneatlastnj]

for anyone who cares - emanuel is now the chief of staff.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6188783&page=1


edit: probably not the best source. doesn't exactly mention his acceptance. heard that part on the radio earlier.

[benn10]

TALK WHEN YOU CAN VOTE.

I have as much of a right to talk about the election as you do, jackass.

[lauren<3s music]

for anyone who cares - emanuel is now the chief of staff.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6188783&page=1
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

[benn10]

He's entitled to his opinion. Its baseless but he's still entitled to it.

I can back up my shit, dude. My arguments are not baseless.

[aloneatlastnj]

the article doesn't directly mention emanuel's acceptance - i heard it on the radio earlier when i was out to grab some lunch.

[williek311]

I'm gonna try and make it to this.

[Nevuk]

I can back up my shit, dude. My arguments are not baseless.
What do you have against Obama that McCain does not also have against him?

[Mercy Medical]

Hopefully Obama is proven not to have been born in the United States, and thus his inauguration day will never occur.
And this is why it's hard for people to take those who don't support Obama seriously.

I mean, come the fuck on, it's over and done with. Get over it.

[Mitch]

I'm very upset I won't be able to attend. Probably the one thing to make me regret being so far away right now. One of my best friends and I had said, when we were at one of his rallies during the primary, that we would go to his inauguration should he win.

[benn10]

What do you have against Obama that McCain does not also have against him?

His stance on affirmative action, his restriction of the 2nd amendment through his taxes and restrictions on arms, and his abandonment of Iraq, which will basically negate the work that thousands of Americans that have perished doing.

[nfgrocker16]

I can back up my shit, dude. My arguments are not baseless.

Then back it up.

[Mercy Medical]

His stance on affirmative action, his restriction of the 2nd amendment through his taxes and restrictions on arms, and his abandonment of Iraq, which will basically negate the work that thousands of Americans that have perished doing.Hahahahahahahaha, work that they shouldn't be doing in the first place.

So what? We should just stay in Iraq, forever, based on the principle that we've been fighting there for how long?

We're never going to "win" that war.

[benn10]

Hahahahahahahaha, work that they shouldn't be doing in the first place.

So what? We should just stay in Iraq, forever, based on the principle that we've been fighting there for how long?

We're never going to "win" that war.

So our soldiers (who are people, believe it or not) died for nothing?

[themadsilentist]

I'll be there!
Staying with a friend in VA to avoid the clusterfuck I'm sure DC will be.

[lauren<3s music]

So our soldiers (who are people, believe it or not) died for nothing?
I've had friends killed in Iraq and let me say this they died for this country and our country putting them there was a mistake. Why should hundreds of thousands more people die because we're too ashamed to admit we were wrong.

And also, you're in the wrong thread. Obama won. You have no choice but to deal with it. The rest of us are going to be planning our celebration in 76 days.

[lauren<3s music]

it even comes w/ knife holes
my hero

[Mercy Medical]

So our soldiers (who are people, believe it or not) died for nothing?
For the most part yes. They died doing their job, which I will not discredit them for. We god Sadam and got rid of him. What other benefit has come from us staying in that country for so long? None. It's an endless war.

We got Sadam and gave them democracy and now it's their time to use their surplus and put themselves on their own two feet. We should not have been there in the first place. We should be in Afganistan.

The soldiers are brave for going over there and doing a job that not a lot of people would want to or be willing to do, but yes, I believe they died for a pointless cause.

[nfgrocker16]

So our soldiers (who are people, believe it or not) died for nothing?

They died in support of their country, but the leaders of their country lied and were wrong. Why can we not admit that? Because we'd be hurting someone's feelings?

[nfgrocker16]

For the most part yes. They died doing their job, which I will not discredit them for. We god Sadam and got rid of him. What other benefit has come from us staying in that country for so long? None. It's an endless war.

We got Sadam and gave them democracy and now it's their time to use their surplus and put themselves on their own two feet. We should not have been there in the first place. We should be in Afganistan.

The soldiers are brave for going over there and doing a job that not a lot of people would want to or be willing to do, but yes, I believe they died for a pointless cause.

I refuse to live in a country where I'm not allowed to question why my country goes to war and be critical of the reasons. The war was a mistake. That takes nothing away from the sacrifice that those who fought have made other than they shouldn't have been there in the first place. I will always support our troops but will never blindly follow those in charge.

[Mercy Medical]

I refuse to live in a country where I'm not allowed to question why my country goes to war and be critical of the reasons. The war was a mistake. That takes nothing away from the sacrifice that those who fought have made other than they shouldn't have been there in the first place. I will always support our troops but will never blindly follow those in charge.
No one is denouncing the soldiers that fight in that war. It is their job and their duty to do so and somebody has to do it. They are brave men and women for doing that for this country. However, the President's decision to go over in the first place was the wrong one, plan and simple. No one is discrediting the soldiers for their patriotism and brave nature, so it's stupid when questions get thrown out there like that.

[sjb2k1]

sooooo...the inauguration?
i wanna go

[lauren<3s music]

sooooo...the inauguration?
i wanna go
doooo it

[Machu505]

My prediction on the electoral college was one state off. Fuck you Missouri!

[sjb2k1]

doooo itso basically i have to cuddle up to newly reelected Rep. David Price (D-NC) to get tickets?

[lauren<3s music]

so basically i have to cuddle up to newly reelected Rep. David Price (D-NC) to get tickets?
indeed

[sjb2k1]

indeedhmm, janine's evil stepmom (my evil stepmom in law?) is a fuckin social butterfly around these parts, maybe she has connections.

[saysmydoctor]

Strom Thurman....

I can back up my shit, dude. My arguments are not baseless.
It's impossible to prove that Obama was born outside the US because he was born inside the US and no real evidence exists or ever can exist to contrary. Your arguments aren't so much baseless as they are conjured fantasies.
So our soldiers (who are people, believe it or not) died for nothing?
So, wait, because people died, we should stay there? That doesn't answer the question of can we win the war (answer: no), regardless. Just because people died doesn't mean we should just prolong the cycle....allowing more people to die. Bush made a huge mistake and to remedy it, we must leave. There is no arguing this.

[benn10]

It's impossible to prove that Obama was born outside the US because he was born inside the US and no real evidence exists or ever can exist to contrary. Your arguments aren't so much baseless as they are conjured fantasies.

So, wait, because people died, we should stay there? That doesn't answer the question of can we win the war (answer: no), regardless. Just because people died doesn't mean we should just prolong the cycle....allowing more people to die. Bush made a huge mistake and to remedy it, we must leave. There is no arguing this.

First of all, dickface, we won the war. There is no war. We're rebuilding Iraq. It took the United States ten years to rebuild Japan after World War II. That's how long it takes to install a new, stable government into a country. If we leave, and make the Iraqis rebuild, we're stuck with a post WWI Germany situation. If you were able to pass your 6th grade history class, you would know that the Iraqis are going to be pissed that we went in there and fucked around with their government. If we don't stay there and patch up the remnants of war, they're not going to be our allies.


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwgOmlI0ht4/SK-PrVJiwCI/AAAAAAAAAE8/mHya1q9TKUA/s400/byah.jpg

[loveisdead]

First of all, dickface, we won the war. There is no war. We're rebuilding Iraq. It took the United States ten years to rebuild Japan after World War II. That's how long it takes to install a new, stable government into a country. If we leave, and make the Iraqis rebuild, we're stuck with a post WWI Germany situation. If you were able to pass your 6th grade history class, you would know that the Iraqis are going to be pissed that we went in there and fucked around with their government. If we don't stay there and patch up the remnants of war, they're not going to be our allies.
Are you fucking kidding me? We won the war? Even McCain acknowledges that we haven't won the war. We can't. It is not a winnable war. The Iraqis already are pissed, what drugs are you on?

[Machu505]

Petraeus says we haven't won, and what the general says goes.

[GiggsOho]

First of all, dickface, we won the war.

Debatably sig worthy. Lol, dickface. Great way to start a coherent point, btw.

There is no war. We're rebuilding Iraq.

Surge. Look it up.

It took the United States ten years to rebuild Japan after World War II. That's how long it takes to install a new, stable government into a country. If we leave, and make the Iraqis rebuild, we're stuck with a post WWI Germany situation.

Considering how poor Germany was after WWI, I would rate this statement as: INCREDIBLY OFF BASE.

If you were able to pass your 6th grade history class, you would know that the Iraqis are going to be pissed that we went in there and fucked around with their government. If we don't stay there and patch up the remnants of war, they're not going to be our allies.

While I agree with you on this some of the points here, the government will be our allies, the people won't.

[anamericangod]

I already looked into hotels and everything available fucking sucks. If I go I'll have to find somebody on here who lets me sleep on their floor.

The hotels have been booked for upwards of a year already.

[benn10]

Debatably sig worthy. Lol, dickface. Great way to start a coherent point, btw.



Surge. Look it up.



Considering how poor Germany was after WWI, I would rate this statement as: INCREDIBLY OFF BASE.



While I agree with you on this some of the points here, the government will be our allies, the people won't.

I apologize to you for having to read the dickface part. But the dude has been a dickface the past few days. A troop surge does not mean we're in a war. We're not fighting the Iraqi government are we? We might have a few skirmishes here and there with some of the crazy locals, but it is by no means a full scale war.

As for your argument of Germany being poor, an opposing nation does not have to be impoverished to hate our guts.

[GiggsOho]

As for your argument of Germany being poor, an opposing nation does not have to be impoverished to hate our guts.

True, but you can't say pulling out of Iraq would be a WWI Germany scenario, the two are so far apart it's ridiculous. I also believe there will be a harboring resentment within the Iraqi people, but the Iraqi government right now is basically our puppet. They will be our allies.

[benn10]

I see where you're coming from.

How I see it is that if we leave early they'll be even more resentful that we came in, destroyed their country, and left half of what we destroyed unfixed. Now if we rebuilt the nation I think that they won't be so angry and will remain an ally. I guess it's all an opportunity cost situation. Is it worth the extra money to continue rebuilding Iraq? I think so.

[GiggsOho]

I see where you're coming from.

How I see it is that if we leave early they'll be even more resentful that we came in, destroyed their country, and left half of what we destroyed unfixed. Now if we rebuilt the nation I think that they won't be so angry and will remain an ally. I guess it's all an opportunity cost situation. Is it worth the extra money to continue rebuilding Iraq? I think so.

I agree, but not on a monetary standpoint. I think on a social/humanatarian standpoint we should stay, financially I don't think it can work.

We are past the point of no return on the idea of staying there, it really is a complete lost cause. While I don't believe we went over there for the right reasons at all, the reality is that we are there, and the right thing to do under new leadership would be to stay there and do the job right. I think it would go a long way to repairing U.S./Mid-east relations.

[Mercy Medical]

I see where you're coming from.

How I see it is that if we leave early they'll be even more resentful that we came in, destroyed their country, and left half of what we destroyed unfixed. Now if we rebuilt the nation I think that they won't be so angry and will remain an ally. I guess it's all an opportunity cost situation. Is it worth the extra money to continue rebuilding Iraq? I think so.
We are spending 10 billion dollars a month in Iraq. Iraq has a surplus. While it's not exactly the best case scenario to go in there, fuck it all up and then leave, we cannot afford to stay in that country continuing to fight and endless war when we have such a major economic crisis going on at home.

From a financial standpoint we should have never gone to war in the first place because we did not, as a nation, have the financial means to do so.

[lauren<3s music]

I already looked into hotels and everything available fucking sucks. If I go I'll have to find somebody on here who lets me sleep on their floor.

The hotels have been booked for upwards of a year already.
you can have a corner on my floor if you dont mind cuddling with other people

[xfantabulousx]

I might be (actually, there's a pretty decent chance) volunteering at the Inauguration. In 2000, my friend helped seat the Saudi royal family and stood maybe 20 feet from Bush. I'm hoping I get to do this.

On the other hand, another one of my friends had to help contain protesters, which pretty much sucks. But it's still getting to go to the inauguration and standing up close.

[mattybobviously]

On the topic of the thread...it will be the week before my birthday, so I really want to come down for it. Any insider info?

[lauren<3s music]

On the topic of the thread...it will be the week before my birthday, so I really want to come down for it. Any insider info?
call your members of congress and ask when tickets will be available. i'm trying to figure it out and figure out how it all works because i certainly have never wanted to participate before

[saysmydoctor]

First of all, dickface, we won the war. There is no war. We're rebuilding Iraq. It took the United States ten years to rebuild Japan after World War II. That's how long it takes to install a new, stable government into a country. If we leave, and make the Iraqis rebuild, we're stuck with a post WWI Germany situation. If you were able to pass your 6th grade history class, you would know that the Iraqis are going to be pissed that we went in there and fucked around with their government. If we don't stay there and patch up the remnants of war, they're not going to be our allies.


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwgOmlI0ht4/SK-PrVJiwCI/AAAAAAAAAE8/mHya1q9TKUA/s400/byah.jpg
We won? False.

[jeremyfromva]

I already requested off from work for that weekend from the 20th-23rd...I will stay at my bf's place :)

[SockMonkeyRiot]

My brother lives by Baltimore so I think I'm going to go down to his place and we are gonna take the train in :)

[LamarVannoy]

whats inauguration day?

[vaguestcargo]

im looking at the "seating map" for the swearing in ceremony and I'm confused. Do you need tickets to get in the mall standing area? I really wanna go up there w/ my gf and roomie but between the plane tickets, hotel tickets and then ceremony tickets I'm gonna be a poor white kid when this is all over with...

[lauren<3s music]

im looking at the "seating map" for the swearing in ceremony and I'm confused. Do you need tickets to get in the mall standing area? I really wanna go up there w/ my gf and roomie but between the plane tickets, hotel tickets and then ceremony tickets I'm gonna be a poor white kid when this is all over with...
i know for the seated area you need to get the tickets from your members of congress but they are free. i'm not sure how they're going to handle the rest of the mall area (if we can just stand there or due to extra security concerns they'll block it off). i'm trying to figure that out still. if you want recs on cheaper places to stay out of the city let me know

[vaguestcargo]

i know for the seated area you need to get the tickets from your members of congress but they are free. i'm not sure how they're going to handle the rest of the mall area (if we can just stand there or due to extra security concerns they'll block it off). i'm trying to figure that out still. if you want recs on cheaper places to stay out of the city let me know

i'll definitely take any ideas at this point (feel free to email me). I priced it out on travellocity and found plane tickets (to baltimore) and a hotel for like 3 days/2 nites for 280 a person. That's not bad at all... baltimore's what...an hour away?


And I wrote my district rep last night and inquired about the tickets. Soooooo if I hear anything back I'll make sure to update ya'll.

[B-Bones]

Dang! $230 bucks from LA to DC. I would totally do it, but there's no way I can afford that + a hotel. Though, it would be epic to see this shit.

[lauren<3s music]

i'll definitely take any ideas at this point (feel free to email me). I priced it out on travellocity and found plane tickets (to baltimore) and a hotel for like 3 days/2 nites for 280 a person. That's not bad at all... baltimore's what...an hour away?


And I wrote my district rep last night and inquired about the tickets. Soooooo if I hear anything back I'll make sure to update ya'll.
bwi works though its a bit far. you'd have to take the marc train to the metro (or rent a car and drive) down to the city. i'm not sure what times/if/when the train will run that day, so you might want to factor that into cost. if you stay in VA there are a lot of hotels that are metro accessible near national. in addition, if you fly into dulles, i'm pretty sure theres a shuttle that can drop you off at the orange line, but again i'm not sure what time(s) they will be running that day

[benn10]

We won? False.

You're a little bitch? True.

[themadsilentist]

Got my flight confirmation! Fly in on the 16th, explore DC for a few days since I've never been there, and home on the 21st.

So excited.

[loveisdead]

You're a little bitch? True.
You really showed him. Now you've really proven your point.

[lauren<3s music]

ps www.change.gov is UP and RUNNING!

[saysmydoctor]

You're a little bitch? True.
That's right.

[lauren<3s music]

Ticket update

Ticketing Information for the 56th Inaugural Swearing-In Ceremony
The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) has issued the following information regarding the availability of tickets for the 56th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony on January 20, 2009:

Tickets to the 56th Inaugural Ceremonies will be provided free of charge and distributed through Members of the 111th Congress. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies does not provide tickets to the public. Members of the public interested in attending the Inaugural Ceremonies should contact their Member of Congress (http://senate.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f0b6ad14c382525e4730c4d0f&id=15ab27934b&e=f2fbf4d640) or U.S. Senators (http://senate.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f0b6ad14c382525e4730c4d0f&id=9c6b0b1edd&e=f2fbf4d640) to request tickets.

The public should also be aware that no website or other ticket outlet actually has inaugural swearing-in tickets to sell, regardless of what they may claim. Tickets will not be distributed to Congressional offices until the week before the inauguration and will require in-person pick-up.

“Any website or ticket broker claiming that they have inaugural tickets is simply not telling the truth,” said Howard Gantman, Staff Director for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. “Tickets for the swearing-in of President-elect are all provided through members of Congress, and the President-elect and Vice President-elect through the Presidential Inaugural Committee. We urge the public to view any offers of tickets for sale with great skepticism.”

[HashHolly]

Ticket update

Hmmmmmmmmmm, now who should i ask, a Dem. or Rep. haha

[lauren<3s music]

Hmmmmmmmmmm, now who should i ask, a Dem. or Rep. haha
martinez is probably going to get a lot less requests

[lauren<3s music]

well i just put in my name for two tickets. keep your fingers crossed.

[themadsilentist]

Sent in my request!
Don't fail me now, Dianne Feinstein.

[twitchyfingers]

In-person pick-up? Does that mean that we have to go to the office of the representative we contact an pick it up a week before? If it does, darn it. I guess I could get my uncle to request for them through his representative, but they are probably already flooded with requests.
Hmm... maybe I could get my dad to pick them up in FL and send them up to us when we're in MD.

[lauren<3s music]

In-person pick-up? Does that mean that we have to go to the office of the representative we contact an pick it up a week before? If it does, darn it. I guess I could get my uncle to request for them through his representative, but they are probably already flooded with requests.
Hmm... maybe I could get my dad to pick them up in FL and send them up to us when we're in MD.
if youre in town you might be able to pick them up at the DC office

[themadsilentist]

I was under the impression that the only place you can pick them up is your rep's office on Capitol Hill.

[lauren<3s music]

Visit your Members of Congress personal website for details

[Nevuk]

That's right.
For some reason this made me picture you saying this as an extremely flamboyant guy hitting on him. I'll never be able to drop this mental image of you now.

[alice+interiors]

You're a little bitch? True.
:hitself:

[checkered.stars]

Does anyone know anything about a Lead America organization? Because they sent me an invite for the inauguration ceremony and a 6-day program, but it just seems...weird to me.

[lauren<3s music]

Does anyone know anything about a Lead America organization? Because they sent me an invite for the inauguration ceremony and a 6-day program, but it just seems...weird to me.
i know that only congressional offices have tickets to the actual inauguration ceremony. parade is open to the public so maybe check around?

[nellbelle]

I booked my plane ticket earlier this week. I have quite a few friends in the DC area, so yay to not having to hassle with a hotel. :excited:

[Tony Pascarella]

I'll be there; it's worth missing a day of class to see history.

[lauren<3s music]

4 million people in DC on one day.

holy traffic jam batman.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/17/AR2008111703672.html?hpid=topnews

[anamericangod]

So how exactly does it work in regards to seeing the inaug if your jackass senators don't give you tickets?

[lauren<3s music]

So how exactly does it work in regards to seeing the inaug if your jackass senators don't give you tickets?
you can camp out on the mall either near the parade route or just in general. they're going to be setting up the jumbotrons it looks like. its going to be ridiculous. i may seriously camp out the night before if they let people do that or sleep in my office

[WarpSpeedChewy]

you can camp out on the mall either near the parade route or just in general. they're going to be setting up the jumbotrons it looks like. its going to be ridiculous. i may seriously camp out the night before if they let people do that or sleep in my office
I'm debating wither it's worth it to do that. Just to come up there and be cramped with a crapload of people to watch something on the big screen in a mall.

[anamericangod]

I'll probably just stay home so when Dick Cheney sets off the nukes I'll be in Georgia safe and sound.

[lauren<3s music]

I'm debating wither it's worth it to do that. Just to come up there and be cramped with a crapload of people to watch something on the big screen in a mall.

honestly i'm not sure what i'm going to end up doing. i've got people coming in to town so it's going to be up to them. i think part of the initial route in goes right past my office, so i may be able to chill and then see some of it. i'm not sure...

I'll probably just stay home so when Dick Cheney sets off the nukes I'll be in Georgia safe and sound.

HA

[WarpSpeedChewy]

I'll probably just stay home so when Dick Cheney sets off the nukes I'll be in Georgia safe and sound.
Ha.....can't wait for the shadow government to rise up from an undisclosed location.

honestly i'm not sure what i'm going to end up doing. i've got people coming in to town so it's going to be up to them. i think part of the initial route in goes right past my office, so i may be able to chill and then see some of it. i'm not sure...
You are lucky too. I'm going to drive up, find a place to park or be located, then be stuck in a mall.

[lauren<3s music]

Ha.....can't wait for the shadow government to rise up from an undisclosed location.


You are lucky too. I'm going to drive up, find a place to park or be located, then be stuck in a mall.
seriously i may bring a sleeping bag and just chill. i don't think they'll let us bring tents but i'm SURE that they'll tell us beforehand. hell if worst comes to worst i wont shower and maybe they'll think i'm homeless and leave me be? if you decide to come up, seriously let me know and if you want to you can come up with us the day before.

[WarpSpeedChewy]

seriously i may bring a sleeping bag and just chill. i don't think they'll let us bring tents but i'm SURE that they'll tell us beforehand. hell if worst comes to worst i wont shower and maybe they'll think i'm homeless and leave me be? if you decide to come up, seriously let me know and if you want to you can come up with us the day before.
I'm just still trying to figure out if it's worth it to make the trip or if it's even possible. I appreciate the thought though.

[lauren<3s music]

I'm just still trying to figure out if it's worth it to make the trip or if it's even possible. I appreciate the thought though.
no problem. yeah it seems like a huge pain in the ass ha