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Earth Day Ends Obama's 53,300 Gallon Trip
U.S.News & World Report ^ | April 22, 2011 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 04/22/2011 10:51:41 PM PDT by george76

Obama declared today's 41st annual Earth Day proof of America's ecological and conservation spirit—then completed a three-day campaign-style trip logging 10,666 miles on Air Force One, eating up some 53,300 gallons at a cost of about $180,000.

And that doesn't include the fuel consumption of his helicopter, limo, or the 29 other vehicles that travel with that car.

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthday; environment; g81; globalwarming; obama
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1 posted on 04/22/2011 10:51:43 PM PDT by george76
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Earf Day is for the little people. The Collective Bosses get to keep their privileges.


2 posted on 04/22/2011 10:54:29 PM PDT by lurk
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Hip-B.O.-crite.


3 posted on 04/22/2011 10:57:40 PM PDT by BigFinn
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Leadership by example in it’s purest form...


4 posted on 04/22/2011 10:57:43 PM PDT by Gator113 (GAME ON. I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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5 posted on 04/22/2011 11:24:20 PM PDT by South40 (Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid. ~Ronald Reagan)
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FUBO!!!


6 posted on 04/22/2011 11:44:23 PM PDT by unkus
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All it takes is one stinking lightening bolt and God isn’t delivering.


7 posted on 04/22/2011 11:47:32 PM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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of course, he told some on the debt tour (campaign audiences at community colleges) that he feels their pain at the pump....


8 posted on 04/22/2011 11:54:23 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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Earth day ended with us burning this years Christmas tree and 8 quarts of used motor oil. Also along with a shitpile of plastics. What more do you want? Maybe a couple of tires.


9 posted on 04/22/2011 11:57:25 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (`)
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I don't drive my 1969 Ford pickup with its 390 engine very often. Being a '69 it's exempt from California's smog testing. I put about 100 miles on it today. That was my way of celebrating Earth Day.
10 posted on 04/23/2011 12:11:01 AM PDT by South40 (Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid. ~Ronald Reagan)
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Now that the salt is off the roads in PA I am running my 76 Custom Cruiser as my every day ride. Thank God the warm weather finally came.

I also have a couple of Vistas. A '69 with a 400 and a '72 with a 455.

11 posted on 04/23/2011 12:33:03 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (`)
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How can he fly around on Airforce One WHEN HE IS RAISING CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR RE ELECTION?

That should be illegal!

As a tax payer I object to paying for his campaign fund raising!


12 posted on 04/23/2011 12:50:35 AM PDT by dalereed
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“All it takes is one stinking lightening bolt and God isn’t delivering.”

Wishfull thinking!

I have taken a direct hit by lighting 3 different times in my airplane with no damage except a pinpoint butn spot in the paint where it hit.


13 posted on 04/23/2011 12:52:57 AM PDT by dalereed
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14 posted on 04/23/2011 1:32:13 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
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And that doesn't include the fuel consumption of his helicopter, limo, or the 29 other vehicles that travel with that car.........

......OR the cargo planes (as in "plural" and I'm guessing at least 3) that were used to haul said helo and limos to the "Left Coast," a mere oversight no doubt, by the State-Run, Lame Stream Media.

15 posted on 04/23/2011 3:33:32 AM PDT by Conservative Vermont Vet (l)
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I thought it was illegal to use public/government equipment and supplies for election/reelection; that his campaign funds were supposed to reimburse the government for the cost.


16 posted on 04/23/2011 5:06:02 AM PDT by Humal
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Good question. Shouldn’t his campaign reimburse the nation?


17 posted on 04/23/2011 5:07:33 AM PDT by killermosquito (Buffalo, Detroit (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
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All it takes is one stinking lightening bolt and God isn’t delivering.

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One can dream, can’t we? All the time on the golf course increases his chances. You’ve heard of people struck by lighting coming out of a single puffy afternoon cloud.

Personally, I think God has special plans for Black Barry.
Perhaps we won’t personally witness it, but let’s just say it will involve intense heat.


18 posted on 04/23/2011 5:38:57 AM PDT by reaganbooster (The democrat party symbol should be the grim reaper instead of the donkey.)
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“All it takes is one stinking lightening bolt and God isn’t delivering.”

On the contrary, I believe God delivered “O” to punish this sinful, baby-killing nation.

Second Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.


19 posted on 04/23/2011 6:25:31 AM PDT by Tomato lover (Prov 29:2 - look it up)
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That’s some carbon footprint!


20 posted on 04/23/2011 7:29:41 AM PDT by Realman30 ("I've already made a donation to Haiti. It's called taxes". . . . El Rushbo.)
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