Thursday, November 11, 2004
preparations for the coronation
Despite the fact that we are at war, elaborate preparations are being made for the Bush coronation/inauguration ceremony scheduled for January.
According to the Guardian,
On the plus side, if you manage to get a ticket and want to express your disapproval, you can always turn your back on the king.
¶ 10:59 AM
Despite the fact that we are at war, elaborate preparations are being made for the Bush coronation/inauguration ceremony scheduled for January.
According to the Guardian,
With 21-gun salutes, fancy-dress balls and tighter-than-ever security, the day will resemble nothing so much as a coronation...Oh, yay. Our soldiers and thousands of Iraqi are dying at the pen of King George, but it's time to paaarrtaaay!
...there'll be nothing low key about the day - as was the case, for example, in 1945 when a war-weary Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in for his fourth term in a simple ceremony on the White House's South portico.
Just the opposite, in fact.
On the plus side, if you manage to get a ticket and want to express your disapproval, you can always turn your back on the king.
¶ 10:59 AM
