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What would you do to get a ticket to the Obama Inauguration ceremony?
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... However, you might not be aware that Senators and Representatives of the upcoming Congress hand out tickets. So suck up to the new person instead of the outgoing person. And they're free. ...
Obama's inauguration may draw 1 million-plus
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... will come at the end of a four-day holiday for federal workers, following the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Jan. 19. Many area schools and some universities have canceled classes or are considering it.
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Associated Press writers Kamala Lane in Washington, Joe Mandak in Pittsburgh and Steve Szkotak in Richmond, Va., and news researcher Judith Ausuebel contributed to this report.
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Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee: http://inaugural.senate.gov/
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Obama's inauguration may draw 1 million-plus
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... will come at the end of a four-day holiday for federal workers, following the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Jan. 19. Many area schools and some universities have canceled classes or are considering it.
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Associated Press writers Kamala Lane in Washington, Joe Mandak in Pittsburgh and Steve Szkotak in Richmond, Va., and news researcher Judith Ausuebel contributed to this report.
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Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee: http://inaugural.senate.gov/
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Tickets! Tickets! Who's Got Tickets?
The Caucus —
... that they are trying to figure out a way to make more tickets available. The Congressional committee that is overseeing the inaugural — officially, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies — says it is working with the Capitol architects to try to expand the crowd that will be allowed within the official inaugural zone at the West Front of the Capitol during the swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20. More than a million people are expected to show up in Washington, and most of them will be packed on the National Mall where they may or may not be able to catch a ...
17 Reasons To Give Thanks
Think Progress —
... Joe” than Joe Lieberman and “Joe the Plumber.”
We’re thankful that our troops will be able to get the education they so richly deserve.
We’re thankful for the “Mustache of Justice,” “Rahmbo,” “Axe,” and “Skippy.”
We’re thankful that reality still has a liberal bias.
We’re thankful that there are only 54 days left until the end of the George W. Bush presidency.
We’re thankful for the ...
Card Check, the Movie (A Samuel L. Bronkowitz and David Axelrod production)
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... will -- through the destruction of the secret ballot process... [image] Consider if the stunning failures of the American auto industry... [image] Were replicated in businesses of all sizes throughout the United States... [image] You'll scream in horror... [image] As the full impact of mass-unionizing during a recession causes more joblessness and suffering... [image] You won't believe the terrifying ending of CARD CHECK ! [image] Opening January 20th 2009 . Labels: Democrats , Economy , Unions ...
Celebrities To Flock To Inauguration
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... 84,000 people at Mile High Stadium in Denver. And, perhaps like the inauguration will be, it wasn't the celebrities that people remembered.
"The party is just that: the party," said Bendat. "Some people are fascinated with what celebrities show up and it's interesting who does show up. But for the majority of people watching around the world, what's more important is what the president has to say."
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The Presidential Inaugural: Challenges and the Home Field Advantage
PoliGazette —
... The analogy to Lincoln’s historic election is picked up on the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, which has a large photo of the Lincoln Memorial statue on its home page, http://inaugural.senate.gov/. More sobering is the fact that the parallels with Lincoln’s trip run deeper than they might appear from a security perspective. Numerous rumors of assassination plots followed Lincoln’s election, and his train trip to Washington had to be heavily guarded. ...
Obama's First Gift As President To Be Crystal Bowl
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... inauguration of a new president is one of the most solemn and ceremonial moments in our nation's history," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. The bowl "captures the beauty and dignity" of the occasion, she said.
The company created the inaugural gifts for George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
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Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: http://inaugural.senate.gov
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Obama's First Gift As President To Be Crystal Bowl
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... inauguration of a new president is one of the most solemn and ceremonial moments in our nation's history," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. The bowl "captures the beauty and dignity" of the occasion, she said.
The company created the inaugural gifts for George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
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Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: http://inaugural.senate.gov
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Obama Will Eat Like Lincoln on Inauguration Day
Political Punch —
... that will be served in Congress's Statuary Hall to the president-elect and vice president-elect and their families -- as well as congressional leaders, justices of the Supreme Court and pending members of the Obama Cabinet -- will be modeled after foods that Lincoln ate and enjoyed. The first course will even be served on replicas of the china picked out by then-first lady Mary Todd Lincoln at the beginning of her husband's term in office. The luncheon is being put together by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies , which has chosen as its theme "A New ...
Feinstein Says Obama Wants to Keep Inauguration Outdoors
The Caucus —
... for Washington calls for a high of 33 degrees), she said, the president-elect wants the inauguration held outside. Even so organizers have an in-door contingency plan in place, which would entail a much more limited ceremony in the United States Capitol. As was the case with President Ronald Reagan, whose second inaugural in 1985 was moved indoors due to sub-freezing temperatures, it will be the president-elect’s call to make. The Congressional committee overseeing the inauguration unveiled on Friday a 142-page handbook for members of the media, including a minute-by-minute ...
Guide to Viewing Inaugural Events
TalkLeft —
... If you're at work tomorrow, you can watch the actual inauguration online here. All networks of course will broadcast the event, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. It takes place on the National Mall at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. No tickets required, open to the public, gates open at 8:00 am. ...
Lincoln's First Principle
Weekly Standard Blog —
... and has signaled that he will appoint judges who share his view. This would probably undo the very modest legal gains made in defense of nascent human life in recent years. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies has themed Obama's inauguration "A New Birth of Freedom." But it looks like we'll have to wait at a little longer before we inaugurate a president truly committed to Lincoln's natural rights philosophy. ...
