let's hear it for the big people who made it all possible

A list of donors to Obama’s inauguration ceremony. The two largest categories are lawyers and bankers. There’s less of the IT/Hollywood nexus you used to get around the Clintons, though there’s quite a bit there. There’s a chap listed from a company called Killerspin, which disappointingly turns out to make table tennis bats. And let’s not forget the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma who stumped up $50,000, which sum apparently buys you one ticket only, but a proper Willy Wonka type golden ticket. Presumably the Nation are drawing lots as we speak.