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1. #101
   On December 31st, 2008 at 10:37 am, chapoutier said:

   Contributions are not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes.

   Official Rules and Restrictions

   • Entries will be accepted from 12:01 a.m. EST on 12/30/2008 to 11:59 EST on 1/8/2009.

   • Only individuals 18 years or older who are U.S. citizens or U.S. resident aliens, and who voluntarily choose to enter, may enter the contest. Corporations (including non-profit corporations) are expressly prohibited from entering the contest.

   • Your entry must be submitted electronically to: https://www.pic2009.org/tickettohistory, and must include your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address.

   • Winner shall be selected from all eligible entries by the strength of their essay about what the inauguration means to them before 1/15/2009.

   • The winners shall be notified by email on or before 1/16/2009, and shall be required to complete an affidavit or declaration of eligibility and liability release. Failure to comply within 5 days after the date printed on the prize notification may result in disqualification of winning entry and random selection of another entrant as the winner. Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009 is not responsible for and shall not be liable for late, lost, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts to notify winners.

   • The winners shall receive travel to Washington DC, accommodations, and access to official inaugural events.

   
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   Here are the rules. Actually it looks like it is an essay contest. they will select the winners based on the strength of a short essay about what the inauguration means to you.

2. #102
   On December 31st, 2008 at 10:38 am, chapoutier said:

   Who is paying for his $3500 a night vaca home in Hawaii?? Probably that $5 donation. Otherwise, how can a sitting state Sen. and a hospital exec afford that…

   Who has also written two best selling books and has a wife who is also very successful?

3. #103
   On December 31st, 2008 at 11:03 am, DBNinKY said:

   Who has also written two best selling books and has a wife who is also very successful?

   That’s the point: political couples who are able to generate that kinda income seldom pay for anything themselves, witness the Clintons.

4. #104
   On December 31st, 2008 at 11:04 am, TooMuchTime said:

   Actually it looks like it is an essay contest. they will select the winners based on the strength of a short essay about what the inauguration means to you.

   OK. So the word short is the key. Here’s the shortest essay on what the inauguration means…

   0

   I win.

5. #105
   On December 31st, 2008 at 11:06 am, chapoutier said:

   OK. So the word short is the key. Here’s the shortest essay on what the inauguration means…

   0
   I win.

   You are more than welcome to enter that and see if it flies. It’s free, after all. You don’t have to contribute a thing.

6. #106
   On December 31st, 2008 at 11:13 am, chapoutier said:

   That’s the point: political couples who are able to generate that kinda income seldom pay for anything themselves, witness the Clintons.

   Wait. The original point was that there was no way the Obama’s could afford to rent a vacation villa like that on his salary. And you think “the point” was that they are so rich that they would never pay for something like that?

7. #107
   On December 31st, 2008 at 11:14 am, John Deaux said:

   On December 31st, 2008 at 11:04 am, TooMuchTime said:

   OK. So the word short is the key. Here’s the shortest essay on what the inauguration means…

   0
   I win.

   Actually, you just plagiarized that. Somebody copyrighted 0 yesterday. Damn! Now I’ve gotta pay up too.

8. #108
   On December 31st, 2008 at 11:20 am, sonofdy said:

   That will be 1 dollar from both of you. I OWN the zero!!!!
   (Insert manaical laughter here)

9. #109
   On December 31st, 2008 at 11:21 am, sonofdy said:

   Oh damn, somebody else copywrited the 1. There goes my profit!!!

10. #110
    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:24 am, John Deaux said:

    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:21 am, sonofdy said:
    Oh damn, somebody else copywrited the 1. There goes my profit!!!

    That was me! Now I owe you 0.

    Damn!

11. #111
    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:25 am, chapoutier said:

    Remember, sonofdy, parody is a fair use exception to copyright laws.

    So if you were to maybe have that certain digit pretending to be a 3, I think you could skate by. Of course then it may be difficult to distinguish the 1 masquerading as a 3 from an actual 3.

12. #112
    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:27 am, DBNinKY said:

    The original point was that there was no way the Obama’s could afford to rent a vacation villa like that on his salary.

    Uh, I’m in the “Obamas are outta touch, rich elitists” column, so that they couldn’t afford the rental was not my position; however, I do believe rich people in politics, especially Democrats, receive “comps” left and right and are seldom called on it. It looks bad and is very suspect.

13. #113
    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:31 am, TooMuchTime said:

    Obama won the election. By a lot. You don’t have to like it but you do have to acknowledge it.

    So, chapoutier, I have to acknowledge the BO. Unlike the liberal socialist scum that claim about GWBush, “He isn’t my president!”

    Interesting. When the Republicans win, the ignorant liberals act like little children holding their breath for 4 years.

    But when a democrat (socialist) wins, the liberals demand that the Republicans acknowledge it, because that’s “bipartisanship.”

    I’ve always said that liberals are nothing more than children that have never grown up and moved out of their parent’s house. They want mommy government to take care of them and throw a tantrum when they don’t get their way.

    Liberals need to grow up, move out, and face reality.

    Fine. The BO will be president. Unlike the liberals that think if Bush loses or the Republicans lose, it’s good for the liberals. They don’t get it that if the president loses, we all lose. Injuring the president like the NYT does in it’s seditious “reporting”, doesn’t cause the liberals to win. It causes us, the U.S., to lose.

    I don’t support the BO’s socialist policies but I wouldn’t do anything to harm the presidency. I want this country to still be here so it can be salvaged by my children from BO’s corrupt socialism.

14. #114
    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:31 am, chapoutier said:

    Uh, I’m in the “Obamas are outta touch, rich elitists” column, so that they couldn’t afford the rental was not my position; however, I do believe rich people in politics, especially Democrats, receive “comps” left and right and are seldom called on it. It looks bad and is very suspect.

    Fair enough. But even assuming what you say is true, which is so far just pure conjecture on your part, recall that rich people of any ilk, Republican or Democrat, in politics or out, receive these sort of favors from similarly situated friends all the time.

15. #115
    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:31 am, sonofdy said:

    Well at least obama is not a ZOMBIE!!!

    (throws zombie granade and ducks)

    he he bad sonofdy, bad….

16. #116
    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:34 am, chapoutier said:

    Wow, TooMuchTime. Now I know how you got your name. That was about 6 paragraphs longer than you needed to simply acknowledge the fact that Obama won and will be President. That was all I was asking, really.

17. #117
    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:35 am, b-cat said:

    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:31 am, sonofdy said:
    Well at least obama is not a ZOMBIE!!!

    No, but I suspect he is pro-zombie, though he’s never come out and said it.

18. #118
    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:37 am, chapoutier said:

    Need I remind you people that the hip new way to threadjack is not with zombies, but rather with this.

    All the cool posters are doing it.

19. #119
    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:40 am, John Deaux said:

    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:37 am, chapoutier said:

    She was a Borg. That’s kind of like a zombie, right?

20. #120
    On December 31st, 2008 at 12:07 pm, right4life said:

    Need I remind you people that the hip new way to threadjack is not with zombies, but rather with this.

    All the cool posters are doing it.

    thank you!! I like her better in the form-fitting star trek outfits…or perhaps something from victoria’s secret…or better yet Frederic’s of hollywood….trashy is chic!!

    I’d volunteer for assimilation with her….

21. #121
    On December 31st, 2008 at 12:10 pm, FilmLadd said:

    On December 31st, 2008 at 11:21 am, sonofdy said:

    Oh damn, somebody else copywrited the 1. There goes my profit!!!

    Hmmm… Binary Obama. 0′s and 1′s…

22. #122
    On December 31st, 2008 at 1:34 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    Seriously you are like the 10th person to make this very same, very wrong point.

    Sorry. That’s what happens when I stay up past my bedtime I guess.

    I crabbed about the same thing when McCain ran a similar contest, offering a seat on his bus, btw.

23. #123
    On January 1st, 2009 at 6:16 am, RetFireman said:

    This campaign was funded by 4 million ordinary people giving only what they could afford, and Barack and Joe are counting on you again. Help start this administration off right — independent of the special interest donors who have shaped Washington for too long.

    Wait…are they actually making the claim that they received and krpt absolutely NO money from lobbyists and/or spec. int. groups? Is this really what I am seeing? And the idiots who voted for him really believe that?

    Just when I think my opinion of Obama, his people ans supporters could not get any lower…

    And is Chap really trying to tell us that they are paying for their own vacation?