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Insanity
Considering Obama's crowd drawing power, oratory skills, the historic nature of the event, and DC's prominent location in the center of the East coast (connected to massive populations of his strongest supporters by easy transportation) we have to assume this will be an insane crowd.
Besides talking about how epic the event will be, is there any interest in trying to get a group of people to go down for a mini get together to watch the speech? The pundits are already wowing us with their incredibly foresight
things will be crazy/crowded/expensive but it does seem like something worth being there for. I've done some extremely cursory looking at hotels and the prices are either insane or outright unavailable for that date, but if someone knows the area it might be feasible to stat somewhere farther away but near transportation.
Again, if enough people are interested to make it doable and if it looks like it would work out. Thoughts?
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Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Do I have to buy tickets or just show up?
I'm in school in Baltimore, so I can just take the train. I will goddamn be there. i don't care if it's the first day of classes. The first day of classes can suck a dick.
NNID: Hakkekage
All the trains on Jan 20 from Baltimore to DC are sold out
Godammit!
So uh...anyone going to DC by car planning to swing by Baltimore?
NNID: Hakkekage
You have to get them from Senators or Congress members so start kissing some butt.
Back in 2005 I had to do the inauguration detail for Bush's 2nd inauguration, it was fun since it had snowed and I imaged to get wet mushy snow inside my shoes, so I spent a few hours at attention while my feet were frozen waiting for the president's limo to drive by so I could salute. As I said, good times.
I'm apparently retarded; there are tickets to the speech and swearing in itself? I thought it was just a huge open air thing and ticket were only required for various events surrounding the main event.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
I know that my dad's cousin lives in the area but seeing as how I've never met him before it'd be kind of weird to stay a night there.
You could probably pay him. Might be less weird for you if you know you're not just, y'know, living in some guys house.
You need to include the best inaugural address:
Lincoln.
that's the "real president". he makes sure the other presidents tell the truth.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Oh wow really I would never have thought.
edit: Thanks syndalis.
Anyway I asked my question, no need to continue this.
no YOU calm down!!!!!
anyway i see it more as a disappointed face or face of disapproval, not neutral
I don't think it will happen, but what a way to strike fear into the US again.
No prob; I just like saying that word.
SCOTUS
It's a funny word.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Or so I have been led to believe.
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the trains, the planes, the busses... its ALL fucking sold out.
I think I have a buddy in DC who will let me use his driveway to park my car; thats about as good as its gonna get.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
I'm in Jersey and willing to do a road trip kinda thing wherein we go early and leave late. How bad is traffic going to be, I wonder? I mean, DC traffic is already terrible, so I can only imagine what this will be like.
the secret service doesnt fuck around when it comes to events like this.
I won't begin to pretend I know what sort of ticket type thing you need or how early one would have to get there.
I will say that if someone finds this out and it's possible, I'm in.
I know you have to drive through the Baltimore area to get to DC from Jersey...why don't you take a small detour off the I-95 and pick up a stranded college student?
NNID: Hakkekage
Not all of us going might be able to make the drive to DC, but I find that it is worth mentioning wherever possible that there will be fun and games involving DnD community members. So if you can make it, we'll be celebrating a bit early, but we'll still be celebrating.
Why not take the MARC train? It'll be a weekday.
Plus my classes might've started by then.
Plus it'll be middle of winter and outside. Inaugurations have killed presidents, what chance do I have!?
Lots of people means lots of friction means lots of heat
:winky:
NNID: Hakkekage
1. This thing is going to be a clusterfuck. Zillions of people are going to show up.
2. If you are looking for someplace to stay in DC, hotel rooms were going for $400 per night minimum in shitty non-Metro accessible places barely in the city.
3. I can only assume that traffic is going to be a nightmare. If you're planning on driving in, finding a place to park somewhere near a metro and then metro in, I'm not sure how possible that's going to be. And I would guess that the metro parking lots in the suburbs will be full.
As for tickets, yes, you can get them from your rep, but they will not have many. The number I heard was 500 for each. The tickets are for the parts of the mall close to the capitol and there is seating along parts of the parade route. Without tickets you will be standing on the mall or along the parade route. I believe you will need to pass through security to get to those places.
n.b. - this is mostly based on my experience being here to protest the 2000 inauguration. Obviously since 9/11 things will have changed.
Suggestions:
If you know someone who lives in DC, arrange to stay with them the night before.
Democrats in your area may be arranging a bus trip to the inauguration.
I don't want to crap all over your plans guys, but I think expecting to drive in the morning of and attend is unfeasible. If at all possible you should figure out a way to take Metro into the city.
HD TV counts as witnessing an event, right?
I'm hoping this will be streamed live online......