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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
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 ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
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posted on
09/30/2009 3:02:00 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Cindy
2
posted on
09/30/2009 3:04:49 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Cindy
"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!
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posted on
09/30/2009 3:05:48 AM PDT
by
Ronin
(Nemo me impune lacesset)
To: Cindy
is this like June and Ward Clever sleeping in separate beds or something?
To: Cindy
One for the president and the first lady .. And the other for the first lady’s a$$
5
posted on
09/30/2009 3:08:46 AM PDT
by
sten
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
is this like June and Ward Clever sleeping in separate beds or something? That's because Ward was always so hard on the Beaver.
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posted on
09/30/2009 3:08:56 AM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
(Truth is called hate by those who hate the truth.)
To: Cindy
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...
7
posted on
09/30/2009 3:09:27 AM PDT
by
Son House
(President Øbama Turns His Back On The Oppressed During Their Darkest Hours)
To: Cindy
"Let them eat cake."
8
posted on
09/30/2009 3:09:29 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: Cindy
Check out my home page and you will see all the other things that have to go when a president travels.
To: Cindy
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.
10
posted on
09/30/2009 3:13:12 AM PDT
by
TurtleUp
([...Insert today's quote from Community-Organizer-in-Chief...] - Obama, YOU LIE!)
To: Cindy
Can’t she just get in a Piper Cub and get towed along?
And WTF is up with Oprah?
11
posted on
09/30/2009 3:13:37 AM PDT
by
Artie
(Why are methadone addicts the happiest people on earth?)
To: Cindy
12
posted on
09/30/2009 3:13:43 AM PDT
by
MissDairyGoodnessVT
("I never knew there were Martians in my garden...." J.Edgar Hoover,Fmr. Director, F.B.I.)
To: Cindy
13
posted on
09/30/2009 3:17:31 AM PDT
by
WVKayaker
(Futility: trying to slam a revolving door!)
To: Artie
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.
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posted on
09/30/2009 3:18:00 AM PDT
by
Merlinator
(Take them all down...one czar at a time)
To: Cindy
Did Oprah compete in the 100 metres or the gymnastics?
15
posted on
09/30/2009 3:19:34 AM PDT
by
B.Lyle
To: Cindy
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/
16
posted on
09/30/2009 3:23:00 AM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(We don't need no stinkin video clips unrelated to the subject)
To: Cindy
WASTEFUL GOV SPENDING.
OBAMA IS A FRAUD!
17
posted on
09/30/2009 3:24:41 AM PDT
by
ncfool
(Cash for Clunkers - A big failure and Obama and rats want us to trust them with our healthcare!)
To: Artie
And WTF is up with Oprah?They figure she's a bigger star than the Obamas.
To: Cindy
We need Change NOW! ! ! ! ! ! ! Before we go completely broke. . .
19
posted on
09/30/2009 3:25:49 AM PDT
by
DeaconRed
(Barack Insane Obama-Wrong Place Wrong Time.)
To: Cindy
Hussein and Hips are major polluters. He better not mention “green” around me!
20
posted on
09/30/2009 3:30:16 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
( Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols - Psalm 97:12a)
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