Here we go again ... taking a HELICOPTER to visit a LOCAL company in D.C. rather than take the presidential limo ... anybody wanna take a wild-asss guess at the difference in (a) fuel costs for chopper vs. car, and (b) cost per mile vs. time saved ... Oh - wait. I forgot ... it's not HIS money we're talking about here ... it's only TAXPAYER money ... you know - the stuff WE send to the Federal 'government' under threat of jail time if we don't ... gotta love that monopoly on the use of force the Feds have ... Enjoy the flight, O ... did they at least give you a bag of nuts ... ? Enjoy 'em - They're the only ones you'll ever have ...

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20012904-503544.html

August 6, 2010 11:52 AM

Obama Choppers Six Miles For Economy Comments

Posted by Christine Delargy

President Obama Friday flew Marine One from the White House less than six miles to Northwest D.C.

He choppered to Gelberg Signs, the Washington, D.C.-based company where he'll deliver remarks on the economy and July employment numbers. According to Google maps, the drive would have taken about 20 minutes from the White House.

By CBS News' Mark Knoller's count, this is the president's 300th flight on Marine One.

As to why the president choppered to a company in D.C., spokesman Bill Burton said, "Probably because it's an easier than a motorcade through the city in the middle of the day."

He is a media queen...He thinks he is that important!

It sure sounds cheaper.

How much is Aviation fuel BTW?

<Knight> I think it's up to the Secret Service how he travels.


<D24> I don't think it matters who the Prez is, you'll see him on TV daily. I mean, they have this thing called the White House Press Corps. You all should be happy. Fox News got that open seat in the front row.

I hear my news from the radio..It does not make he happy at all...It is very upseting My 2c

the secret service tells the president what to do, huh...
what if he says no? what are they gonna do to him?
do they spank him?
do they not let him be president anymore?
they just quit guarding him, right?

I wish they would lighten security...And step it up on the border

i was just wondering how much money they spend protecting the president. is it worth it? i mean, presidents have been killed before, and the country didn't fall apart. i'm not sure i understand why they guard him like they do. maybe for kidnapping reasons.

Because they know he is at high risk...So to speak

i guess. i can understand the kidnapping part, that would be bad on many levels.

Well...I would rather have no president and more money...Than on who is milking on OUR system

I think I prefer this one.



http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/06/obama-ohio-speech-text-million-smackers.html

Obviously, as part of his administration's plan to reduce spending to address the ginormous deficit, President Obama flew on Air Force One the other day from Washington all the way out to Columbus, Ohio, and back. About a four-hour round-trip flight.

He was on the ground in the Buckeye State for a total of 70 minutes. By another count, he was on Ohio soil barely 58 minutes, touting more what he sees as an economic recovery. (Obama had tickets to an evening White Sox baseball game back in Washington.)

In the interests of humor, the president of the United States also managed to slip in a reference to Vice President Joe "Big Effing Deal" Biden's notorious March expletive that they're selling T-shirts of.

Of those, say, 70 minutes in Ohio, a grand total of 10 were spent speaking in the middle of a closed street, a presidential photo opportunity designed to highlight construction jobs allegedly created by the $787- billion stimulus spending bill he signed in early 2009. Workers on the next-door construction site were unhappy because they were told to stay away from work for the president's visit -- and get an involuntary unpaid day off because of the president's 600-second appearance.

Ohio's unemployment rate stands at 10.7%.

With the cost of Air Force One put at around $100,000 per hour, plus the other planes carrying Secret Service, vehicles, Marine One etc., CBS' amazing Mark Knoller estimates that the trip cost American taxpayers between $500,000 and $1 million.

That's as much as $100,000 per minute of speaking time.

In his brief appearance, the president uttered 1,990 words at the microphone (he had tickets for a Washington Nationals baseball game to make that night).

That works out to $502 per word and $32,258 per paragraph.

That's a lot of money even for a liberal Democrat who's the Real Good Talker. At the lower trip estimate the...


...government laid out $251.25 per word for the Democrat's appearance in the crucial battleground state.

We have the entire text below, as provided by the White House, minus the notations for (Applause) and (Laughter). There weren't that many.

He loves to make promises..But always runs the other way..This may come off as a racist statement to some.But just because he is black is why I think we got the Gays,Muslims,Etc etc Barking at the door begging for their so called rights..Because he is an African american.

Come November, Hussein will get a neutering.

The thought of Pelosi just that much closer to the panic button is scary.

Let the loser slide for 2 more years and in 2012, maybe the Dumbocrats and Progressives will have learned their lesson and not allow MSNBC to sell them another Lemon. Think that's possible?

So you're seriously expecting me to believe that the Secret Service OVERRULES the prez ... ? Think again ...

its their job to protect and to know how to protect and advise accordingly

its safer and requires less civilian interference to fly than it does to be on the streets ,,,,,Im sure they advise accordingly...