Spend baby, spend!

Let's look back at the Washington Post from December 2005 here.

Seems like there was a lot of criticism of Bush's second inauguration and the fact that it cost about 40 million bucks. The fact that it was wartime was what prompted some of the chattering. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) was particularly vocal. The Post mentioned that this cost was pretty well in line with the cost of previous inaugurations, and that it actually fell under the 42 million dollar bill for Bill Clinton's second inauguration. 

That's all well and good. The left would have criticized Bush for curing cancer. Not a big deal.

Here comes the however. HOWEVER, I wonder if anyone has bothered asking Congressman Weiner about the bill for next week's festivities. Obama's inauguration is going to cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $150 million. That's right, more than 3 times the cost that four years ago produced all the whining.

Not only are we still at war, but aren't we supposedly in the biggest recession since WWII? The chirping of the crickets is deafening.