Probably not… they’re really keeping it under wraps. But a few people found out about it somehow, and according to the Washington Post, they’re not happy about all the money being spent on it:

A grandmother of four sent the White House a tongue-in-cheek invitation to hold the inauguration at her house under rented tents, proposing to free up millions of dollars to feed and house the poor…

“I was just outraged when I was made aware of the amount of money being spent on a party,” said Sandra Mikovich-Pogorelc, a manager for a pharmaceutical company near San Diego who e-mailed her disgust to the White House.

“The money could be used for other things. I don’t resent anyone who goes. I just feel it’s such a waste…”

Internet blog sites… are filled with discussions about the human suffering that could be alleviated with the $35 million to $40 million being spent on the inauguration.

That seems a bit churlish, doesn’t it? A presidential inauguration is the celebration of a peaceful transfer of power. It’s an amazing symbol of what makes this country great. Is $40 million really that much to spend, when weighed against that? Shouldn’t these poor misguided folks put aside their petty partisan differences and get behind our new president?

Hey, wait a sec… $35 to $40 million? I thought Obama’s inauguration was going to cost more like $170 million? Hold on, let me double-check something…

Oh, I see what happened. I was looking at a WaPo story from January 2005. You know, when Bush was inaugurated again (assuming you’re naive enough to believe he actually won the first time). That changes everything. $40 million? Unconscionable! No wonder the Rethuglicans thought they could get away with spending all that money on Sarah Palin’s wardrobe. Four years later, I still can’t believe those bloodthirsty fatcat tyrants thought they could get away with blowing all that money on an inauguration!

But now that nightmare is finally over. What’s an extra hundred million or so for a coronation an inauguration? Can you really put a price tag on the most important day in American history? You’d better not if you know what’s good for you.