Counter-Inaugural Ball

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Probably a dupe, but just in case it isn't

http://www.counterpunch.org/block01152005.html

(excerpt)

It's almost time for Thanatos, the ancient Greek God of Death,
to ascend the throne of America. This is, of course, a throne
His Immortal Ass is already sitting on. But that doesn't mean
it's not an occasion to throw the most expensive American
Presidential Inauguration in history, ushering in the second
term of one of the most universally loathed American
Presidents the world has known, including a 4-day, 9-ball,
40 million smacker shindig, with a parade, concert, fireworks
display and, at the Ritz-Carlton, white chocolate cowboy
boots (just white?) to honor our horse-fearing Cowboy-in-Chief.
The 40-mil bill for the bash is 5 mil more than Ebenezer Bush's
second offer of aid to tsunami victims, but just a drop in the
bucket of human waste that is the American War on Iraq.