Posted on 08/17/2011 10:02:33 AM PDT by Justaham
President Obama is barnstorming the heartland to boost US jobs in a taxpayer-financed luxury bus the government had custom built -- in Canada, The Post has learned.
The $1.1 million vehicle, one of two that Quebec-based Prevost sold the government, has been tricked out by the Secret Service with state-of-the-art security features and creature comforts.
It's a VIP H3-45 model, the company's top of the line, and is used by major traveling rock bands.
"That's the more luxurious model," Christine Garant of Prevost told The Post.
"When we have the Country Music Awards, we sometimes see a lot of them," she said, noting that Kid Rock, David Lee Roth and Kenny Rogers also have owned them.
Obama's new ride is equipped to carry all the baggage a president needs -- including the "football" that allows him to remotely control US nuclear weapons.
There's electronic equipment allowing Obama to communicate and teleconference worldwide.
Like his GM-built limousine, nicknamed "The Beast," the bus has armored doors.
The president also has large flat-screen TV sets and comfortable couches.
There's a bathroom, but unlike on Air Force One, no sleeping area.
The bus was ordered by the Secret Service in July 2010 and delivered two months ago.
The feds bought the two coaches for $2.2 million from Hemphill Brothers Coach, based in Tennessee. It installed custom interior upgrades into the Prevost shell, which accounted for about half the cost.
The contract lists the country of origin as Canada and place of manufacture as "outside U.S. - Trade Agreements," a possible reference to the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Alabama? Forget them, they voted Republican. /s
Too, too, stupid to even comment on. Typical obozo thinking! Thinking?...since when?
Given this rvalations, should it not be called “CanniBus One”?
I am very ashamed of the fact that business taxes in Canada are lower, across the board, than business taxes in these United States.
But what can we do?
What can we do?
As France, Germany, Denmark and a few other countries who went too far now say “whoa!”
Americans plead, en masse, for more benefits, for more free stuff, for “social justice,” more “social equality,” and for bigger government.
American children write hundreds of thousands of letters per month to the White House, urging action on Polar Bears, whose populations are increasing.
Polar Bears are the number one concern of American schoolchildren. The answer, of course, is wind-power, and getting rid of Republicans, and promoting tolerance especially for the downtrodden moslems.
So what can we do?
“So what can we do?”
Get out, get organized, get going...
Yeah, we have jobs and families, but if we DO NOT get politically active, we won’t have them much longer.
Do you know when your next County Republican Party meeting is?
How about your next city/county council meeting?
Your next School Board meeting?
How many phone calls did you make in to Wisconsin during the recall elections?
GET INVOLVED, or get under cover. It’s really your choice.
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