For several years I have mostly just watched the conversatoins here but am becoming annoyed with these messages. I an not into censoring anyone but I do not see the point and wonder why these posts are being allowed. I read the guardian on line and it is entertaining, but I do not consider it to be objective enough to be worth quoting or forwarding. If I want to read the guardian I will go to the web site and read it, not look for it on Gambia-l. America has something to celebrate, so let America celebrate. Conspiracy theories aside, President Bush won both a majority of votes, as well as the majority of the US electoral college votes. Yes, there are imperfections, but the U.S. has the worlds oldest constitutional democracy. Full stop. End of story. It's constitution has only been amended a score of times in 200+ years! Compare this to countries where the constitution changes with the mood of the leader/dictator and the elections are a farce. Other countries spend millions to celebrate things like olympic games, royal weddings or a monarch's birthday. Let America celebrate democracy -- the greatest form of government the world has ever known. Modou --- Cynthia Daniels <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0%2C12271%2C1386231%2C00.html > > Bush 'the king' blows $50m on coronation > > President's lavish inauguration is 'obscene' when US troops are dying in Iraq war, say > critics > > Paul Harri in New York > Sunday January 9, 2005 > The Observer > > It will be one of the biggest parties in American history, but half of the country will be > left > out. With a price tag of up to $50 million, President George W Bush's inauguration in 11 > days' time > will be an unashamed celebration of Red America's victory over Blue America in last > November's election. > > visit my blog at: http://cdaniels225.blogspot.com/ > > ___________________________________________ > Cynthia M. Daniels > Northwestern University > Biomedical Engineering Department > 2145 N. Sheridan Rd. > Technological Institute, E310 > Evanston, IL 60208 > Ameer Lab: 847-491-7646 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface > at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page – Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤