Peasants and corporate fat cats mingled at the 2011 Inhogural Ball Jan. 12 at The Big Apple in downtown Columbia, enjoying cake, Kool-Aid and tunes by The Trickle Downs, while across town celebrants paid $250 to rub elbows at Nikki Haley’s $600,000 Inaugural Ball.

“The Inhogural,” snorted host Col. Hamton Pigney, “was a big, fat success! The highlight, of course, was the surprise appearance of Sarah Palin, who had a little something to do with getting our new governor elected. We were thrilled.”

The galas usher in a new administration for the Palmetto State. If the governor stays true to her campaign promises, the coming years will be very, very good for big business. What they hold for the rest of us remains to be seen.

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Listen to Col. Hampton Pigney on the radio.