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Obama's platform for his inaugural address

Posted: Dec 4, 2012

...will use 200,000 board feet of lumber, enough to build approximately 13 average-size family homes. Sure, he's the president, but this is really overkill. http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/platform-for-a-presidency/article_8f7d6f0a-4aae-5ea3-ad3c-37932867a97e.html ;

It's the exact same size as Bush's - RC

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And it has to hold 1,600 people...that would take about 320 houses.

Truly? Would be interested in where you got that info. - Thanks.

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From your article. - RC

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"This yearâ��s platform will be more than 10,000 square feet, tying the 2005 version for largest in history, and will support more than 1,600 people according to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies website, inaugural.senate.gov."

2005 was Bush's speech.

Should have clarified - sm

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that I'm not the original OP, was just curious, but thanks for the info anyway. Very interesting.

I'm sorry - RC

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I don't know why I assumed you were the OP.

Yes, I know - It's still overkill

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Hope they can recycle that lumber.

They should disassemble - RC

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the platforms and put them back together for the next speech. But I don't know anything about building things, so I'm not sure how feasible that is.

Good idea, but don't think they will do that. - Dara

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Article said the lumber is coming from WA State so it must be new. That's a long way to pay for shipping that much product. I wonder what happened to last platform.

Platform facts - RC

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I couldn't find anything about what happens to the platforms after they are used, though.

I think he should - sm

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Give the speech from the WH, televise it so people can watch if they want. Then take those 240 houses and donate them to the people he and congress put out of work.

He can still spend our money to lavishly decorate the WH since that's what he cares about and it would actually appear that he cares about others he and congress put out of work.

I think it's a win win situation for him.

what do you mean, - 240 houses.

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Oops, sorry meant - 320 houses

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Transposed the numbers. Sorry.

i think you read it wrong - she said there are enough

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people standing on the platform to fill 320 houses. the wood for the platform would only build 13 houses.

Thanks - I did read that wrong - doh! :-) nm

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nm

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