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Besides knowing what Kim will be replacing Jong Il in Korea or how Rod Blagojevich's hair looks today, keeping up on the news lets us have an educated voice. As we saw in the last presidential election, more of us voted than ever before and our influence was felt.
Inauguration Day: 1 President, 5,000 port-a-potties
Yesterday's inauguration has provided us with an abundance of material, so get ready for an extra stat-arific Wednesday.
The swearing in of our new president went down without a hitch--save for a slightly mangled oath (proof that even Obama can make an oratory misstep).
If you were not one of the estimated 1.8 million people in attendance at the inauguration on Tuesday, here are some stats to give you a better feeling of how it all went down:
Looking Ahead: 2009 budget deficit
2009 is shaping up to be one record-breaker of a year. Not the good kind, mind you (see Most Tennis Balls Held in Mouth by a dog), but more of a depressing, wake-up-and-smell-the-prolonged-recession kind of record.
