Posted on 09/30/2009 3:02:00 AM PDT by 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."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
Hey, Obama, send a letter or an email. Your carbon footprint is clouding your point of view.
Great pics - VERY interesting!!
Is there anyway to find him a noncitizen and not let him back in this country....ok i am dreaming
Send the bill to Oprah, she can afford it.
Hey, I wouldn’t want to fly with her either!
Makes me wonder who else is on those planes...
Required by muslim law right? Men and women kept separate. Notice they always take separate planes when visiting the middle east or other high profile trips.
Also, has anyone ever seen a picture of Barack with the family dog? I’ve seen pictures of the dog with the first lady and the kids, but not Barack... I’m not saying Obama is a practicing muslim, but I do believe he really does these things on purpose to curry favor with the arab world. He is sending coded messages to that world to try to manipulate them. Oh yeah didn’t he leave on vacation the day before ramadan and had a huge white house ramadan feast when it ended? Yeah, not very coded messages!
Which would almost be fine if it were actually helping us, but doesn’t seem to be. They’re apparently still trying to blow us up (recent arrests) and trying to get nukes (recent iran revelations).
And about the itineraries...
The Obamas marriage is falling apart....watch their body language at orchestrated events.
There's your reason why it took two planes right there.
Why is oprah being included as though she were a dignitary?
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That’s just ‘flying’ expense. There’s hotels, transportation and dining charges for ALL of them. -
LOL LOL!
She can’t handle his smoking and he can’t stand her drinking.
The real reason they travel in two planes is that he lands first, gets ALL ATTENTION focused on HIM and only HIM and then moves on with only HIM being the center of attention.
She makes 3 of the woman she is hugging. My God she is huge. I would like to know what her testosterone levels are.
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