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heraldnet.com - 1/21/2009
Purple tickets no help in getting into inauguration
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Stuck in a Tunnel Thanks for reporting this! I, along with thousands of my closest friends, was stuck in the I-395 tunnel for hours and failed to get in, despite holding a purple ticket. I hope this story gets out, not to take away from Obama's big day, but so that something can be learned from ...

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TalkLeft:  Tunnels of Gloom

Tennessee Guerilla Women:  The Purple Tunnel of Doom & Other Obama Inauguration Nightmares (Video)

facebook.com - 1/21/2009
Survivors of the Purple Tunnel of Doom
— facebook.com — Johan wrote at 8:28pm the most disorganized public event i've ever been to Elizabeth wrote at 8:11pm Wow, the merry band of silver ticket wanderers of which I was one at least got directed away from the tunnel -we never got in but we had the empty ... (more) Survivors of the Purple Tunnel of Doom

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The purple tunnel of doom
lynch.foreignpolicy.com - 1/20/2009
The purple tunnel of doom
— lynch.foreignpolicy.com — A reported two million people watched Barack Obama's inauguration today. I, unfortunately, wasn't one of them. If you don't care why, and just want foreign policy blogging, skip the rest of this post and come back tomorrow. See, I went to the show ... (more) The purple tunnel of doom

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The Purple Ticket of DOOM! (video)
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youtube.com - 1/21/2009
The Purple Ticket of DOOM! (video)
— youtube.com — Tens of thousands who had tickets to Obama's swearing-in spent the morning in a tunnel under the national mall (more) The Purple Ticket of DOOM! (video)

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Tunnels of Gloom
TalkLeft — The only negative from today's festivities: Washington, D.C. was woefully unequipped to handle the million people who turned out for the inauguration. Even the 240,000 with tickets. The horror stories are all over. There's even a Facebook group, Survivors of the Purple Tunnel of Doom's Wall. A few stories: [More...] We stood back-to-chest, shoulder-to-shoulder with thousands of others in a mob ---- there was no line, only a mob. In 5 hours standing in "line," we did not see one person in authority: no police, no volunteers, no security on the ground (only security atop ...

The Purple Tunnel of Doom & Other Obama Inauguration Nightmares (Video)
Tennessee Guerilla Women — And I thought the problem with the Obama Inauguration Show was that it reeked of pretensions to monarchy, complete with seemingly millions of fawning and worshipful subjects. But as it turned out, there was much more wrong than that. But you didn't hear about it on the cable news channels, cause the pundits had front row seats to the show and were way too busy talking about Michelle's dress, and fawning. The Purple Tunnel of Doom Of the many reports surfacing of would-be inaugural spectators denied entrance to the National Mall, this one definitely takes the cake: A nightmarish scene inside what is being ...

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