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By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Oct. 7) -- The Marine Corps Marathon has a lock on the portable toilets on the National Mall. Literally. Organizers of the 26.2-mile event have made it clear that they won't share their portable facilities with participants from Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert rallies. Indeed, the Marines plan to put padlocks on their 800 Porta-Potties later this month, as both marathon runners and political naysayers descend on the Mall over Halloween weekend. "We've paid for 'em. They're already there for our race, our event. We've taken care of our event, and our event is very separate ...
Why Will Obama's Inauguration Cost so Much?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIn these dour economic times, one complaint made by the people who didn't vote for Barack Obama is: why is the federal government spending so much money on his inauguration? As Tom "Hammer" Delay told Politico:If Obama were "serious" about changing Washington, DeLay said, "He would announce to the world: 'We are in crisis, we are at war, people are losing jobs; we are not going to have this party. Instead, I'm going to get sworn in at the White House. I'm going to have a nice little chicken dinner, and we'll save $125 million."Oh, Mr. Delay. This whole inauguration thing must really be painful ...
Historic Inauguration Also Marks Largest Ever Collection of Porta-Potties
By David Knowles - Politics Daily7,000 porta-potties, to be exact. As political gum-shoe Mark Halperin notes:...said to be the most ever assembled in the U.S.Calling all porta-potties! Come in, porta-potties! You are needed in DC, pronto. In fact, the record-breaking 7,000 may not be enough. MSNBC reports that the toilet-to-person ratio will stand at about 1:6,000. And once you're actually out on the Washington Mall, it's a long walk to the nearest Starbucks or McDonalds. On the bright side, since the temperature is forecast to be in the low 30's for the big day, the movable toilets won't be stinking to high heaven. Still, ...
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