Inaugur-A-Palooza!

By Michelle Malkin  •  January 12, 2009 11:35 AM

You might want to have your airsickness bag ready before clicking through to Jules Crittenden’s massive round-up of fawning Obama inaugural festivities coverage.

It’s a double-bagger.

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  1. #588868
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:45 am, Flyoverman said:

    Why do we care? Seriously.

  2. #588869
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:46 am, chapoutier said:

    Yesterday, I got my official invitation to the inauguration. It was on thich gague board and embossed and everything! I was soooo excited. I was on the phone renting my tux right then and there.

    Then I saw it was to any and all public events.

    Sigh…

  3. #588870
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:46 am, chapoutier said:

    thich=thick

  4. #588871
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:47 am, JHSII said:

    I remember all the liberal outrage over the outlandish GW Bush inauguration.

    What do I hear for a far more outlandish inauguration??

    …crickets…

  5. #588875
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:49 am, sonofdy said:

    considering smashing the sattalite reciever…….

    Seriously, they are treating this guy like the second coming of christ.

    1/20/09 The beginning of an error

  6. #588877
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:51 am, chapoutier said:

    I remember all the liberal outrage over the outlandish GW Bush inauguration.

    What do I hear for a far more outlandish inauguration??

    With GWB, it was about celebrating HIM, which is garish at a time of war.

    With Obama’s inauguration, it is about celebrating us the little people that made change come to DC, which is patriotic at a time of war.

    (N.B. Against my usual policy, I will use a /sarc tag here.)

  7. #588878
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:51 am, b-cat said:

    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:47 am, JHSII said:
    I remember all the liberal outrage over the outlandish GW Bush inauguration.

    That’s because the liberals are really just a bunch of wet blanket party poopers. Except for Chap, who will rent a tux at the drop of a hat, probably a top hat.

  8. #588879
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:51 am, Milwaukee Mike said:

    As soon as he swears to uphold the constitution, multiple indictments should be filed.

  9. #588881
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:53 am, chapoutier said:

    Except for Chap, who will rent a tux at the drop of a hat, probably a top hat.

    Of course, being a liberal, I already own one for all the formal cocktail parties I attend. But for this, I wanted a super special one with tails.

  10. #588883
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:54 am, sonofdy said:

    chap, you maybe being sarcastic, but the media is in full blown obama worship mode. Its a religous experience for them. “welcome to post racial america??” Well if thats true we no longer need affirmative action, race quotas, jessie jackson, al sharpton, the black caucus, etc etc etc…

    right? right???

  11. #588885
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:54 am, Michelle Malkin said:

    I remember all the liberal outrage over the outlandish GW Bush inauguration.

    What do I hear for a far more outlandish inauguration??

    …crickets…

    Yup: Made that point…

    Here.

  12. #588887
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:54 am, Tennessee Dave said:

    The news reports already sound a lot like Katrina crossing the Gulf of Mexico. Panic, don’t panic. Maybe more like the invasion of Iraq. No, that was pretty orderly. And this time, unlike Iraq, they’re already expecting a debacle and they’re still planning to pack the place, anyway. I hope no one gets hurt. But whatever happens, don’t worry, it’ll be Bush’s fault.

    They’re running this event like a general admission concert. Anyone remember Cincinatti and the Who concert?
    The last sentence is the fall back – it’ll be GWB’s fault if anyone gets hurt. When will BDS end?

  13. #588890
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:55 am, chapoutier said:

    right? right???

    To some extent, right.

  14. #588891
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:55 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    When I feel the need to overdose on pomp and circumstance, I just play my tapes of the Pricess DI wedding/funeral.

  15. #588892
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:55 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    s/b Princess

  16. #588893
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:55 am, Milwaukee Mike said:

    1/20/09 The beginning of an error

    Please don’t go the way of the bumpersticker slogan. It’s so the libs’ whiney way of complaining without offering real substance.

  17. #588894
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:55 am, sonofdy said:

    When will BDS end?

    Dec 12 2012. Because thats when the world ends. ;-)

  18. #588897
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:56 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Sorry , I’m channeling chapoutier typing skills at the moment.

  19. #588898
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:57 am, chapoutier said:

    When I feel the need to overdose on pomp and circumstance, I just play my tapes of the Pricess DI wedding/funeral.

    It would be pretty cool if Taupin/John could whip off an event appropriate version of one of his oldder tunes.

    Maybe they could do something with “Someone Saved My Life Tonight.”

  20. #588899
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:57 am, sonofdy said:

    Oh chap, please, you disappoint me. You should know that they will never give up the race card.

  21. #588900
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:57 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:55 am, sonofdy said:
    When will BDS end?
    Dec 12 2012. Because thats when the world ends.

    And not a moment too soon.

  22. #588901
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:58 am, chapoutier said:

    Sorry , I’m channeling chapoutier typing skills at the moment.

    I hate this keyboard and my hands are cold.

  23. #588902
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:58 am, sonofdy said:

    Please don’t go the way of the bumpersticker slogan. It’s so the libs’ whiney way of complaining without offering real substance.

    This one happens to be correct. obamas “presidency” will be an error.

  24. #588903
    On January 12th, 2009 at 11:59 am, Flyoverman said:

    With Obama’s inauguration, it is about celebrating us the little people that made change come to DC, which is patriotic at a time of war.

    The only thing Obama is going to give us is a lot of body bags filled with Americans.

    He’s as ready to manage a war as I am to perform brain surgurey.

    I have 58,000 reasons why I never want a Democrat managing a war. They think it’s Cops and Robbers.

  25. #588907
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:00 pm, b-cat said:

    It would be pretty cool if Taupin/John could whip off an event appropriate version of one of his oldder tunes.

    Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting.

  26. #588908
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:00 pm, Milwaukee Mike said:

    I wanted a super special one with tails

    The image of the guy dressed to the nines with his special seat and cocktail in hand from the movie “Titanic” instantly came to mind!

  27. #588910
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:02 pm, chapoutier said:

    The image of the guy dressed to the nines with his special seat and cocktail in hand from the movie “Titanic” instantly came to mind!

    I planned on tricking it out with a monocle and pocketwatch, but now it is pointless.

  28. #588917
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:10 pm, Average Joe said:

    I won’t be watching or participating in any of it. I’ll be hiding under my bed clinging to my gun and my bible and saying prayers for the nation. If no one comes any sooner to tell me it is safe, I’ll see you in four years.

  29. #588927
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:19 pm, bradley said:

    Considering I didn’t vote for Jugears, I definitely won’t be watching him along with his “entitled” and permanently-angry wife and mother in law take any oath of office. The entire event is a monument to the stupidity of the American electorate.

  30. #588930
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:24 pm, Kokonut said:

    The irony of a U.S. flag at half-staff on January 20 in….Illinois!!

    January 20, 2006
    Honoring Illinois’ Fallen
    United States and Illinois flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, January 20, 2006
    The Department of Central Management Services has received notice from Governor Blagojevich’s Office to fly the United States and Illinois flags at State occupied buildings at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, January 20, 2006.

    http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/showbym.cfm?SID=57&Y=2006&M=1

    Hmmm…something to think about.

  31. #588932
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:19 pm, bradley said:

    The entire event is a monument to the stupidity of the American electorate.

    You can also throw in that it is a monument to the total collapse of any enforcement of illegal campaign contributions and the transformation of the MSM from journalism to being a willing tool for the dissemination of propoganda and the destruction of political enemies for The Left.

  32. #588933
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:26 pm, Hangfire said:

    I’d rather have a sister in a whorehouse than a step-brother at the Obama coronation.

  33. #588935
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:28 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    It would be pretty cool if Taupin/John could whip off an event appropriate version of one of his oldder tunes.

    Maybe they could do something with “Someone Saved My Life Tonight.”

    How about “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues?

    or

    “Gotta Get a Meal Ticket?

  34. #588941
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:34 pm, behiker said:

    I almost gagged when I saw a friend of mine on Faceback had signed up for the group “Watch the Inauguration Live on CNN.com with me”… I want to start a group “There’s nothing to do on 1/20/09, I think I’ll clean my toilets”.

  35. #588942
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:35 pm, madchef said:

    I’ve been praying for a blizzard to hit the D.C. area on 19 Jan. 2009, but looking at the 10 day forcast it doesn’t seem likely.

  36. #588947
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:46 pm, Salt said:

    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:24 pm, Kokonut said:

    The irony of a U.S. flag at half-staff on January 20 in….Illinois!

    Um… I’m not sure I get it. You do know this was in 2006, not 2009?

  37. #588948
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:47 pm, Salt said:

    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:02 pm, chapoutier said:

    The image of the guy dressed to the nines with his special seat and cocktail in hand from the movie “Titanic” instantly came to mind!

    I planned on tricking it out with a monocle and pocketwatch, but now it is pointless.

    …but would you be wearing an American Flag pin? ;)

  38. #588950
    On January 12th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, BobK said:

    Don’t forget to get your Barack Obama Lava Lamp to go with your dishes and coins.

    http://lavaworld.com/obama/obamalavalamp.html

    I am so sick of this sh*t.

  39. #588953
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:00 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    I haven’t watched an inauguration since Reagan’s. I will not watch this libratard, inexperienced, marxist usurper be sworn in. He is not my president and I will not support him or his liberal agenda that will continue our slide into the USSA.

  40. #588956
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:02 pm, Kokonut said:

    Um… I’m not sure I get it. You do know this was in 2006, not 2009?

    Yeah, I noticed it. I copied and pasted it. Just something to think about. Sad day.

  41. #588957
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:03 pm, Kokonut said:

    It’s a sad and humble day whenever one honors fallen heros.

  42. #588961
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:08 pm, jsr said:

    These Obama coffee mugs should come in handy to beg for change for survival. Buy them for the kids too so they pitch in! And for those going to the camps be sure to take one to the to recieve your daily gruel.

  43. #588962
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, Kokonut said:

    jsr, don’t forget the special commerative plates with his face on it for those waiting in bread lines.

  44. #588963
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Flamingly OT, except with a little luck Dear Leader will be sworn in with temps around 20ºF

    Good news, and I learned this watching the Joe Bastardi Big Dog, and it is the difference between two rules of thumb, Binghampton and add 13ºF, and Albany and add 7ºF, for NYC temperature, when flow is coming from one of those cities.

    Current 12Z GFS says only 2 or 3ºF Friday morning. OK, coldest in a decade, but it doesn’t break the psychological barrier, the technical support level of 0º F.

    JB showed UK Met and Euro from their 0Z runs, and GFS, and handling on the clipper low. GFS takes clipper far enough North, that winds come from Binghampton, UK Met and Euro are farther South, winds are coming from Albany.

    OK, current GFS is about 3ºF in NYC.
    Flow is from the NW
    http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/AVN_12z/f96.gif

    Don’t have Euro yet, but lets look at Canadian, which looked like the Euro and UK Met at 0Z.

    Flow into NYC from almost due North.
    http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/CMC_12z/f96.gif

    So a minus zero day, a technical support day, based on Fibonacci numbers (ok, just kidding on that part) is still breakable.

    The GFS ALB 2 meter number is -26ºC. Adding 7ºF would put NYC between -6 and -7ºF early Friday morning, which would be the coldest since 1943, and I might have to go into work late to see Ann Curry and Willard Scott or Al Roker talking to tourists from Iowa in -6ºF weather.

    Iowa tourists should have the clothes for that, it gets that cold there, but did they pack them with the new charges for extra baggage rule? Will Ann Curry wear a ski mask on the air?

  45. #588965
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, Laree said:

    Vice President Elect Joseph Biden in Kabul, Afghanistan 10 Jan 2009 met with Brig Gen David McKiernan. Doris Kearns Goodwin Historian’s son is on his way to Kabul, called up in the I.R.R. There has been a call up of the I.R.R.

    http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/01/doris-kearns-goodwin-at-breakers.html

  46. #588966
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:13 pm, huhwhat said:

    Sorry, can’t read about this nonsense, weak stomach ya know.

  47. #588968
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:18 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    I have no problems with a huge coronation for the last freely elected President Dictator of the United States.

    I hope they can get those creepy Obama kids matching uniforms and get them to sing songs of praise to Dear Leader.

  48. #588980
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:31 pm, chapoutier said:

    How about “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues?

    or

    “Gotta Get a Meal Ticket?

    Well, maybe no Sir Elton John, but apparently The Boss will be playing at the kickoff inaugural event at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday. He’s exactly who I think of when I think “inspirational songs.”

    Baby this town rips the bones from your back
    Its a death trap, its a suicide rap
    We gotta get out while were young
    `cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

    Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
    Out by the gas fires of the refinery
    I’m ten years down the road
    Nowhere to run, ain’t got nowhere to go

  49. #588989
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, Kevin K. said:

    Average Joe said: (#28)

    I won’t be watching or participating in any of it. I’ll be hiding under my bed clinging to my gun and my bible and saying prayers for the nation.

    Except for the hiding under the bed part, I’ll be doing something similar.

    (The idea of starting to drink heavily and steadily starting at 0900, with the TV and radio off until after midnight, was dismissed for good reasons.)

  50. #588994
    On January 12th, 2009 at 1:48 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Obama’s inauguration is on my top ten list of things I could not care less about.

    It’s only noteworthy element is the monumental amount of money being wasted on it.

  51. #589036
    On January 12th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
    Out by the gas fires of the refinery
    I’m ten years down the road
    Nowhere to run, ain’t got nowhere to go

    I believe Bill Clinton is humming this these days rather than Fleetwood Mac tunes.

  52. #589045
    On January 12th, 2009 at 2:38 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Sorry, but I’ll have the TV off because, unlike his minions who worship “the One” and can watch TV all day or attend the “festivities”, I have to actually work. And pay taxes so I can support all of his redistribution programs.

  53. #589058
    On January 12th, 2009 at 2:59 pm, cheapseat said:

    mm #11, god i love how you remember all these hypocritical buttheads, and cut them in half with your great smile and deadly analysis. between you and ann coulter, liberals need to engage brain before speaking or heaven forbid leaving a written trail of their nonsense. i look forward to your articles daily and wish you would post earlier when you will be on the tube, as it is often too late to find out and schedule my tv.

  54. #589269
    On January 12th, 2009 at 5:57 pm, Kevin K. said:

    Wouldn’t mind seeing chapoutier in a tux, though, if he doesn’t wear the monocole. I suppose we could run into each other at some fund raiser, since our politics seem to be different. (Of course, I can’t afford going to a fundraiser, but that is a different matter.)

    There should be a secret lapel pin to accompany the flag pin for MM commenters.

  55. #589287
    On January 12th, 2009 at 6:28 pm, 24Klady said:

    Kevin – we could have a secret handshake and wear a fez with a little tassle and…or,we could go the route of LGF devotees and have meet-ups all over the country(haven’t commented over there for awhile so perhaps those outings are a thing of the past) or, we could have the double-top-secret pin and you have to design it. We could wave off each other in airports, bus terminals/rapid transit, or sleezy bars. ;)

  56. #590119
    On January 13th, 2009 at 3:15 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    While all the libs are out sipping the kool-aid and toasting their new leader, I’ll be working and paying taxes. I have no interest in this socialist or anything he has to say, Jan 20th, or for the next four years. And keep that crazy lady, Michelle, away from me! Chap, you should be glad you didn’t get a VIP invite.

  57. #590185
    On January 13th, 2009 at 4:13 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    5000 Port-a-Potty’s for 5 million people.

    Anyone done an environmental impact study on this event?
    Where’s the Sierra Club when you need them?

  58. #591607
    On January 15th, 2009 at 9:18 am, Kevin K. said:

    24Klady said: (#55)

    Kevin – we could have a secret handshake and wear a fez with a little tassle and…or,we could go the route of LGF devotees and have meet-ups all over the country(haven’t commented over there for awhile so perhaps those outings are a thing of the past) or, we could have the double-top-secret pin and you have to design it. We could wave off each other in airports, bus terminals/rapid transit, or sleezy bars.

    24k–I hope not sleezy bars–but friendly bars would be okay.

    I’m thinking of a double flag pin: US on its proper side, and on the other side MM divided by the sword pen–a shortened form of the masthead on our favorite blog.

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