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Coconuts removed from trees in preparation for Barack Obama's India trip
telegraph ^ | Published: 7:00AM GMT 04 Nov 2010

Posted on 11/04/2010 7:15:08 AM PDT by keep your powder dry

(no, this is NOT an Onion article)

Mr Obama will arrive in India on Saturday for the first leg of an Asian tour.

But as well as the usual security measures that come with welcoming a a visiting dignitary, Indian authorities have decided to go one step further, by removing all natural threats to the president as well. All coconuts around the city's Gandhi museum, one of Mr Obama's stops in the city, are being taken down.

Mani Bhavan, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed during his freedom struggle against the British, is among five places the US president is visiting in Mumbai.

"We told the authorities to remove the dry coconuts from trees near the building. Why take a chance?" Mani Bhavan's executive secretary, Meghshyam Ajgaonkar, told the BBC. Obama will arrive in India on Saturday for the first leg of an Asian tour.

But as well as the usual security measures that come with welcoming a a visiting dignitary, Indian authorities have decided to go one step further, by removing all natural threats to the president as well. Last week American security officers inspected Mani Bhavan and its surroundings along with other places the president is likely to visit.

Every year in India people are injured or even killed by falling coconuts.

Mr Obama, still smarting from heavy losses in the midterm elections, will visit India, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China on the 10-day tour

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coconuts; democrats; economy; india; obama; obamaindiatrip; obamasarmada
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1 posted on 11/04/2010 7:15:16 AM PDT by keep your powder dry
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Mr Obama, still smarting ...

Using Obama and "smart" in the same sentence? Just doesn't fit.

2 posted on 11/04/2010 7:17:00 AM PDT by knittnmom (Congrats to Walker, Johnson et al in WI)
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To: keep your powder dry

They’re cutting the wings off any birds found flying around the city as well. Plus legs off any ‘untouchable’ children, lest they wander too close to the luciferian pontiff.


3 posted on 11/04/2010 7:18:21 AM PDT by InternetTuffGuy
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To: keep your powder dry

This is standard practice in allot of resorts. BOzo doesn’t need to worry anyway because nothing will dent that bonehead.


5 posted on 11/04/2010 7:21:55 AM PDT by jetson
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To: keep your powder dry

Paging the EPA


6 posted on 11/04/2010 7:22:55 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: keep your powder dry

Are they going to plug the volcanos in Indonesia for his Highness, also?


7 posted on 11/04/2010 7:25:05 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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Mr Obama, still smarting from heavy losses in the midterm elections, will visit India, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China on the 10-day tour
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Yeah this aint no victory lap...


8 posted on 11/04/2010 7:25:37 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: keep your powder dry

You put the lime in the coconut.............


9 posted on 11/04/2010 7:26:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE MEGHAN MCCAIN A BOX OF KRISPY KREMES SO SHE'LL SHUT THE HELL UP?!)
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To: keep your powder dry

Whats next?

A force field generated in space to prevent a meteorite from landing atop the Obamamobile?

If its Gods will to smote a false god then his will shall not be stopped.

Myself I think there is a hidden cleverly concealed and shielded nuke under the Mumbai Palace.


10 posted on 11/04/2010 7:27:18 AM PDT by Eye of Unk (If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
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To: keep your powder dry
Is the Secret Service watching reruns of Gilligan's Island to find potential threats? I can even imagine the "bonk!" sound as the coconut hits the skipper president on the head.
11 posted on 11/04/2010 7:27:37 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Dems' response to 11/2: Do not go gentle into that new day,Rage,rage against the coming of the dawn!)
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So....no one will be singing, “You hit the Slime with the coconut and knock him all down?”


12 posted on 11/04/2010 7:27:55 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't skipper a boat, Can't drive, Can't ski, Can't fly. But they KNOW what's best!)
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CNN tonight

“but but, did you criticize President Bush when they removed coconuts from the trees when he went abroad? You wouldn’t begrudge a President from taking security procedures would you?”


13 posted on 11/04/2010 7:30:29 AM PDT by wilco200 (11/4/08 - The Day America Jumped the Shark)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Please someone, answer this question:

HAS HUSSIN OBAMA EVER SPENT A WEEKEND, SINCE ELECTED, AT CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND?


14 posted on 11/04/2010 7:30:33 AM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: Mr. Wright

Got the answer myself, you may ignore the question.


15 posted on 11/04/2010 7:32:52 AM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: keep your powder dry; All

What is the alleged reason for this trip? Rush said the cost would be approx. $200 million per day. What is the national interest that requires that much of the taxpayer’s money be spent? Anyone???


17 posted on 11/04/2010 7:36:41 AM PDT by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: keep your powder dry
Ohnoes!


18 posted on 11/04/2010 7:37:02 AM PDT by Skel
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To: Red Badger

Haha. Awesome!! And the libs drank ‘em both up.


19 posted on 11/04/2010 7:39:46 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: keep your powder dry

So they are aborting poor defenseless coconuts


20 posted on 11/04/2010 7:45:24 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
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