The Second Time Around (from the LA Times)

By Washington standards, the $30 million being spent on inagural festvities
is mere chump change.  But out here in the real world, the rest of us could
probably find better ways to spend that kind of money.  Here are a few things
$30 million might buy:

10 million trips across the Golden Gate Bridge.  Okay, it doesn't exactly lead 
to the 21st century, but you get the idea.

1,156,069 copies of Dick Morris' new book, "Behind the Oval Office".  Or, 
150,000 business hours with his hooker friend.

30 Tomahawk missiles.  Or, 4 million surplus military blankets for the 
homeless.

19,108,280 complete holiday meals, complete with turkey, dressing, veggies, 
mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce and pie, as served by the Los Angeles 
Mission.

Computer for 20,000 elementary school students.

Shoes for 1.2 million people.

Meals on Wheels for 12 million elderly people.

Michael Jordan's services for one season.

The cost of making half of the movie "Evita".

One third of Michael Ovitz' severance pay from Disneyland.

394 Mercedes Benz S420 cars.  Or, 1,570 Ford Taurus GL's.

60 million Winchell's doughnuts - handy in case you get pulled over for
speeding.

or 10% of the expected cost of the Los Angeles Dodgers. (It's a ballpark
figure)