President and First Lady Travel 4,000 Miles to Lobby for Olympics - in Separate Planes

CNS NEWS.com ^ | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 | by Penny Starr

[Cindy]

SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are both traveling to Copenhagen this week to promote Chicago's bid to host to the 2016 Olympic Games--and they will be making the 3,979-mile trip on separate airplanes."

SNIPPET: "As reported earlier by CNSNews.com, a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report cited two cost estimates for an hour of air travel by the president, vice president and first lady. One estimate comes from the White House Military Office, the other from the U.S. Air Force.

Using the CRS cost estimates and the inflation adjuster from the Bureau of Labor Statisitcs, the cost for the one-way 7.5-hour trip from Washington, D.C. to Copenhagen on the first lady's plane would range from $29,532 (White House Military Office) to $107,717 (U.S. Air Force).

The cost for the president to fly Air Force One on the one-way 7.5-hour trip from Washington, D.C. to Copenhagen ranges from $343,448 (White House Military Office) to $567,089 (U.S. Air Force)."

SNIPPET: "According to the White House, the President will return to the United States on Friday afternoon. But it was unclear from the White House advisory when the First Lady would return."

SNIPPET: "Also joining the president and first lady on the two planes are Chicagoans Oprah Winfrey, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan."

[Doogle]

change

[Ronin]

"According to the White House, the President will return to the United States on Friday afternoon. But it was unclear from the White House advisory when the First Lady would return."

After she's finished shopping, of course!

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

is this like June and Ward Clever sleeping in separate beds or something?

[sten]

One for the president and the first lady .. And the other for the first lady’s a$$

[Dumpster Baby]

is this like June and Ward Clever sleeping in separate beds or something?

That's because Ward was always so hard on the Beaver.

[Son House]

He was raised in the Muslim faith, that’s normal to have women trail behind. She just won’t wear the Burke, it doesn’t do her fashion sense justice...

[ClearCase_guy]

"Let them eat cake."

[BulletBobCo]

Check out my home page and you will see all the other things that have to go when a president travels.

[TurtleUp]

They don’t believe in global warming either. They just want us to sacrifice for their entertainment, so they pretend with their words. The joke isn’t funny enough for them to actually act on the story of carbon footprints.

[Artie]

Can’t she just get in a Piper Cub and get towed along?
And WTF is up with Oprah?

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eldQUalyu4Y

[WVKayaker]

what a waste...

[Merlinator]

I say put them both in a giant self-fueled hot air balloon.
Add Oprah’s hot air to that and you have power to spare.

[B.Lyle]

Did Oprah compete in the 100 metres or the gymnastics?

[mosesdapoet]

Nobody as of yet has come up with the total figure these pair of spendthrifts cost US for that trip to europe with their entourage of 500
http://www.theusmat.com/

[ncfool]

WASTEFUL GOV SPENDING.

OBAMA IS A FRAUD!

[Right Wing Assault]

And WTF is up with Oprah?

They figure she's a bigger star than the Obamas.

[DeaconRed]

We need Change NOW! ! ! ! ! ! ! Before we go completely broke. . .

[RoadTest]

Hussein and Hips are major polluters. He better not mention “green” around me!