newsbusters.org - 1/15/2009
—
Pssst. Eight hundred rooms in Washington, D.C. proper and a total of 15,000 rooms "in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District" remain unbooked for the Obama apotheosis inaugural. Pass it on. "Actually, Hotel Space Remains Available," the Washington Post's Paul ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
Obama Inauguration Hype Continues To Be Just Hype
Say Anything —
According to the liberal media Obama’s inauguration will supposedly be the greatest moment in American history. HBO is carrying it for free on its cable channels. MSNBC is carrying it in movie theaters. We’re told time and again what a great and historic moment it is, and how the whole world is waiting on the edge of its seat.
And yet, in Washington DC area there remain 15,000 hotel rooms available.
Pssst. Eight hundred rooms in Washington, D.C. proper and a ...
Ianuguration Hype Falls Flat: Organizers For Balls Slashing Ticket Prices To Pump Up Attendance
Say Anything —
... Add this to previous news about hotels still trying to fill rooms for the inauguration, and the inauguration “housing bubble” ...
Related Content
WaPo Notes 'Inaugural Rentals Begging for Takers'
newsbusters.org 1/20/2009 — Noting that "supply has far outpaced demand," Washington Post staffer David Nakamura filed a story in the January 9 Metro section on how " Inaugural Rentals [Are] Begging For Takers ."
While I wouldn't hold my breath for say ...
Laura tells Obama family: no room at the inn
firedoglake.com 12/13/2008 — Word association: You would think most folks who are as noisily enthusiastic about Christmas as the departing first family keep telling us they are would hear the phrase "in the manger" around this time of year and think "baby." ...
Inaugural Nonsense on the Right
firedoglake.com 1/20/2009 —
photo by Michael Foley
The problem with PEBO's inaugural festivities for the usual suspects is, of course, that he's having them at all. That battle, happily, is over, and they've moved on to how terribly expensive it all is. The figure being ...
Obama at the Washington Post
politico.com 1/15/2009 — Obama arrived at the Washington Post headquarters today, as covered in priceless pool report by the New York Times Helene Cooper.
After three and a half hours at his transition office, PEOTUS obama took another 6 minute ride through ...
Catholic Leaders Want Muslim Prayer Rooms In Each School
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 12/3/2008 — Roman Catholic Leaders in England want Muslim prayer rooms opened in every school. The Daily Mail reported: Muslim prayer rooms should be opened in every Roman Catholic school, Church leaders have said. The Catholic bishops of England and Wales ...
Obama's Million Ghost March
newsbusters.org 1/22/2009 — I doubt it would surprise anyone here that the media would go to their best lengths to over-estimate the number of people at Obama's inauguration. But just how far out on a limb would they go to portray his mandate? Try at least a million people. ...
Inaugural costs
washingtonmonthly.com 1/19/2009 — INAUGURAL COSTS.... This week, inaugural festivities are a pretty big deal -- in D.C., throughout the country, and even around the world -- but it appears some news outlets have found a way to find fault with the celebration. The...
U.S. SEC nominee promises "laser" focus on fraud —
Reuters: Politics 1/15/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama's pick to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told lawmakers she would reinvigorate an agency beset by regulatory missteps and blamed for missing one of the biggest investment frauds in ...
Senate poised to test Obama's clout on bailout —
Reuters: Politics 1/15/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has not been sworn in to his new job yet, but on Thursday he faced his first big political test when the Senate decides whether to block his request for the remaining $350 billion of financial ...
Obama plans economic summit, heads to Ohio —
Reuters: Politics 1/16/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will hold a "fiscal responsibility summit" next month with members of Congress and other groups to discuss entitlement programs and the economy, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
