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In mid-December, the Times reported on a DUMBO company with 65 employees working around the clock to fill a very special order: one million gold-and-black engraved invitations for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on January 20th. Yesterday the Staten Island Advance revealed that Brooklyn isn't the only NYC borough with a role to play in getting the invitations out; workers for Prompt Mailers Inc. on Staten Island are now scrambling to get the precious invites in the mail. Every hour, four machines individually collate, insert and seal 3,100 to 3,500 envelopes each. Floor manager Carlos Oliveras, a U.S. Marine veteran, is particularly excited: "I was a junkie for all things Obama. I couldn't be happier to be a part of this history—indirectly." The company is working overtime to make a January 7th deadline, so if you haven't gotten your invite in the mail yet, you know which borough to blame.
Staten Island, Brooklyn Handling Obama Inauguration Invitations
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I wonder how many schools could be funded or poor people could be fed, clothed and housed with all the money that's being spent on Obama's coronation, I mean inauguration. Wasn't this guy supposed to be the champion of the downtrodden?
Yeah, one would think the invites would be emailed... but having just watched an old program about Queen Elizabeth (okay, not the greatest comparison), special invites become keepsakes forever for the guests. And since the invite job is giving two NYC businesses some work, who can really complain?
Black and gold engraved invitations? And this is the man who is going to combat corporate excesses?
Change = same old crap.
Another thing: how huge of a carbon footprint will all the inaugural ceremonies and celebrations have?
Here's the perfect chance for Obama to show by example instead of just blabbering how he plans to reduce carbon emissions, conserve energy and save the planet by cancelling all the wasteful celebrations. But of course, the egomaniacal hypocrite will do no such thing. But he will lecture the little people on how to live.
Think about how big your carbon footprint is after turning on your computer and leaving three snarky comments troll!