Infomaniac: WeBlog

Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor

Gaudy, tasteless, appropriate? 

Lots of discussion building up to this week about the most expensive inauguration so far happening this week when much of the world isn't in the mood for celebration. Dan Gillmor says "What Bush and his allies are doing is just plain vulgar, particularly in wartime.".

CBS correspondent Bob Schieffer, on Face the Nation, worries that much of the cost of the inauguration is being dumped on the taxpayers in Washington, DC:

"But this time the administration has informed D.C. authorities they'll have to absorb the cost and suggests that they use federal funds that had earlier been earmarked to fight terrorism...Why would an administration, already under severe criticism for sending soldiers into battle without enough armor, put itself in a position where it appears equally indifferent to equipping those charged with fighting terrorist at home?"

Then there's Not One Damn Dime Day.

Michael Froomkin says there are more important things to worry about.

posted by liz at 1:37 PM