This is just getting RIDICULOUS! (Texas-sized excess while troops die)

[Bluebear]

U.S. President George W. Bush appears onstage with his wife Laura as the curtains part in front of them at the Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball in Washington, January 19, 2005. The event is a prelude of celebrations leading up to the inauguration of President Bush for his second term January 20.



Guests pose for a photograph with armadillos at the Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., January 19, 2005


The Kilgore College Rangerettes drill team of Kilgore, Texas wait to greet guests to the Black Tie and Boots inaugural ball.


A guest enjoys some shrimp with a neon armadillo at his table. Each table was decorated with a custom-made neon sign.

[MissB]

1. Much like Moses parted the sea, eh? (nt)

[signmike]

4. Dang! Ya beat me to it!

[Bluebear]

5. And me.

[Richard D]

2. Well . . .

(it's been ridicufuckinglous for quite a while now)

[BurtWorm]

3. Oh, look! There's the manger where he was born behind him.

:puke:

[Bluebear]

8. And the Holy mother and father shivering in the cold.

[Goldeneye]

6. Look at those happy Bush voters.

I'm jealous. I want to be a happy Kerry voter.

I guess there is some satisfaction derived from knowing that I'm not a misguided media monkey who supports a war mongering nut job and his neocon minions.

[Bluebear]

7. Somehow I don't think we would have been petting lobsters

With neon lighthouses at every table. Wretched, embarrassing excess.

[Goldeneye]

9. Someone tell me quick.

Is that neon armadilla reallllllly more important than our soldiers, our education system, SS?

[TheFarseer]

10. Hey president dipstick, here's a clue:

You represent the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and NOT just Texas. There's a whole world outside of Texas and most of it hates you.

[BeHereNow]

11. Send those fine Blonde-blue-eyed young people to Iraq~

Oh, wait, they are obviously the children of cake eaters.
Never mind...
Private schools and corporate CEO postitions await them.
No military service for the rich WHITE kids(and they are so
VERY white...the kids in those pics)
Send the poor and disenfranchised cannon fodder.
No parties and pet armadillos for them, just the smell of burning flesh
on the battlefield.

BHN

[Bluebear]

12. I noticed exactly the same thing

Where are those "brown-skinned" people he has in every photo op? When the lights go down and the parties begin you can see who is REALLY the 'in crowd'.

[BeHereNow]

19. The Hitler Youth Brigade Rides Again.

Don't they remind you of little nazis?
All squeaky white skinned with blue eyes and blonde hair?
BHN

[Bluebear]

20. Ready to sing "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" any minute

[OutsourceBush]

13. how did they make so many Stepford people so fast?

they must be getting better at those fake smile machines

[Rapcw]

14. ugh!

:puke:

[jojo54]

15. LOL at the pomegranate Laura is wearing

Really, everyone must remember those in attendance are the "haves and the havemores".

[Bluebear]

16. Holy rollers and high rollers

[Joyce78]

33. LOL at the pomegranate Laura is wearing

"Haves" and "Will get more".

[neebob]

17. Oh, look - animal abuse.

Could these people be any weirder and more disgusting? Run, armadillos, run!

[Gemini Cat]

18. I want to know why those young piles of putrid trash

aren't in Iraq fighting for "freeeeeedom" instead of stinking up DC!

[EC]

21. What's with the zoo?

They going to make boots with those armadilloes? Anyway, Obermann had a poll on his show that showed that even Republicans over 60% said it should have been scaled down allot...

[BeHereNow]

22. Bohemian Grove style "after party" planned...

That would be my first guess.
BHN

[Straight Shooter]

23. Jeebers! It looks like the opening of a new Texas talk show.

This has got to be the trashiest family to ever occupy the White House. They're trying to be flashy and stylish but they look like total boors. Look at that effin' backdrop behind that Texas curtain. Jeebers! Flash trash.

[DeepModem Mom]

24. kick

[The Backlash Cometh]

25. God. They all look so ... white.

[Earth_First]

26. LET THEM DRINK CHAMPAGNE!

"War where? Ah, fu*k it, we'll worry about that after the party."

[Bluebear]

40. May all their corks be dry

[Solly Mack]

27. If those flag wavers love the flag so much, why are there critters

on it? or even it's likeness? Critters who will pee-pee/caca all over it.

[smirkymonkey]

28. I nominate this for "Tackiest Inauguration in the History of the US"

It's things like this that make me question my grip on reality. It's so mind-bendingly absurd.

[newportdadde]

29. Lol...

I can't imagine how it feels to have the cash to buy expensive clothes and go to something like this. While most of us hord our limited vacation all year and work unpaid overtime all year these folks just run off and jet set must be nice.

[Stinky The Clown]

30. Two words: Fucking Disgusting

[Mad_Dem_X]

32. Reminds me of a line from Dylan's "Masters of War"

"All the money you made will never buy back your soul."

[femme.democratique]

31. Look at these fascist whores, do they take turns massaging....

....the bull? Ugly repukes.

[mhr]

36. The One On The Right Worked Early Voting With Me In Richardson, TX

She truly is evil incarnate. She did every thing possible to insure that people could not vote.

Sadly the election judge was Republican as well. Hence, anytime she mounted a challenge, the judge went along.

I had several run-ins with her over the two weeks of early voting.

[femme.democratique]

38. How sad for you that you had to deal with that "person"

she looks like a real barrel of laughs, don't you just want to slap people like this???

[mhr]

39. Yes - Over The Course Of Early Voting - We Began Calling Her The Witch

All of the Democratic clerks despised her.

Of course the Republican clerks thought she was just fine.

Early voting was an interesting case study in human behavior since Texas law requires the clerks to be slit evenly between the parties.

There were lots of cold stares and frayed nerves.

[ProfessorPlum]

34. Don't armadillos carry leprosy?

I'd hate to have those Hitler youths catch it.

[mhr]

37. Yes, One More Reason Not To Date Conservative Woman

eom

[electricmonk]

35. So that's what 40 million buys?

I think they got ripped off.

I already know we did. :puke:

[cmf]

41. Nice to see the Bushler Youth living it up in DC

while people like this soldier are busy dying in Iraq to make their daddies money.

[Bluebear]

42. We absolutely saw the same parallel earlier

in the thread. Pasty white rich kids sacrificing NOTHING.

[Catherine Vincent]

43. Laura will probably be wearing that pattern at the next state dinner.

She's good at wearing curtains.:-)

[librechik]

44. Man, that curtain looks like a giant vagina

painted by Georgia O'Keefe.

Ha! the artist is either blind or a very very droll human being...

[Danmel]

45. All I can say is Thank God I'm from NY

With apologies to Texas DUers, I am so unbelievably glad I'm from NY. I shudder to think about living in one of those places where that is considered normal.