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Obama to Fly Over 9 Hours Just
for Speech on Immigration
Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper
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Posted By:FlyRight, 1/29/2013 6:47:10 AM
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| President Barack Obama will fly over 9 hours tomorrow, round-trip from Washington, D.C. to Las Vegas, Nevada, just to deliver a speech on immigration, according to the president´s White House schedule. With Air Force One estimated to cost $182,000 per hour in flight, Obama´s trip--that is, only his travel to and from Vegas--will cost taxpayers over $1.6 million.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
beca, 1/29/2013 6:52:13 AM (No. 9145660)
he isnt paying for the fuel.....
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Keekng, 1/29/2013 6:58:34 AM (No. 9145668)
Why do people continue to whine about a few $$$ to fill the tank? After all, he is the savior, the second coming, the messiah. Just ask his media wonks. We should consider ourselves blessed to have his divine leadership. /s
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
kanphil, 1/29/2013 7:02:01 AM (No. 9145672)
The man is absolutely shameless.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Periwinkel, 1/29/2013 7:03:38 AM (No. 9145674)
I wish you all would stop the complaining about Obama´s time on Air Force One! That plane gets him away from Geraldine and the Grump Sisters for 18 hours and no amount of money is too much for that. Check the manifest and see which of his boyfriends are going along.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Periwinkel, 1/29/2013 7:05:53 AM (No. 9145681)
Post #4: Forgot to add /S.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Freeloader, 1/29/2013 7:14:00 AM (No. 9145695)
To paraphrase P.J. O´Rourke......."Giving money and power to The Bamster is like giving whiskey and car keys to a teenage boy."
Of course, there is a way to put an immediate stop to all this round-the-clock travel insanity.......Hide the keys to his personalized Boeing 747-200B!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
nevernaught, 1/29/2013 7:20:07 AM (No. 9145704)
Does Dirty Harry know he´s on the loose in Vegas.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
fireman28, 1/29/2013 7:40:17 AM (No. 9145730)
9 hours on a plane with a nice bed??
We care why?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/29/2013 7:44:07 AM (No. 9145737)
Obama doing what he does best. Sitting on his ass and looking out the window while sippin the good stuff.
Isn´t it about time Congress puts some kind of limit on Presidential travel? He is racking the miles on borrowed dollars from China and sending us the bill.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bpl40, 1/29/2013 7:46:27 AM (No. 9145747)
0bama is deliberately wasting a trillion dollars a year of the people´s money on things that are completely unconstitutional. If he curtails that he can waste all the jet fuel he wants till 2016. It will be worth it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
provide, 1/29/2013 7:48:01 AM (No. 9145751)
I thought he would fly on his steed, Barak.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
delgarno8, 1/29/2013 7:50:09 AM (No. 9145755)
MSM to Obama "Do what you want. We have your back."
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
3XALADY, 1/29/2013 7:51:21 AM (No. 9145758)
Wish someone would point out to the black population that for every hour the Zipster spends on AF-1, he uses up what they would likely earn in six lifetimes. Then when you add all the other expenses when he travels, it´s even worse. That this is ignored is sad. I have literally screamed for four years at least that someone should hide the keys to AF-1. What is wrong with the House that they let this continue? Don´t they pay the bills?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Vivi, 1/29/2013 7:53:42 AM (No. 9145762)
Don´t worry Mr.President, Rubio´s got this. A fiscal conservative is going to do the work on this issue that you failed to do after all your promises. Give all the speeches you want.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ronbet, 1/29/2013 7:54:23 AM (No. 9145763)
This man obviously doesn´t have ANYTHING to do!!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Pearson365, 1/29/2013 7:58:20 AM (No. 9145771)
Add to the $1.6 million cost of AF1: Cost of the AF C-17 that carries Obama´s limo and SS SUVs; the pre-arrival SS team for hotel sweeps; bomb disposal team; fire, EMT and police units; and the 2-3 hour ban on commercial & private plane flights while in Vegas. Total cost surely approaching $5 million for 45 minute presentation.
Obama´s extravagance with taxpayer money is in stark contrast to yesterday´s story about 5 US soldiers who suffered quadruple amputations in Iraq and Afghanistan. These grievously wounded young men depend upon private charities for everything from wheel chair ramps to donated used cars to supplement VA care. In time, their sacrifices will fade, and they will be on their own. A $5 million trust fund for care would them would be far better than a Vegas trip.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
spincut, 1/29/2013 8:04:12 AM (No. 9145781)
O, the horror! All the CO2 he´s putting into the air! How many polar bears will die? How many species will go extinct? How many more Solyndra´s will have to be funded, because of this horrible jet putting horrible carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? He should ride a horse on these excursions, like Al Gore and Leo DeCaprio and Diane Feinstein do.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Mr. Know-It-All, 1/29/2013 8:55:00 AM (No. 9145913)
And this doesn´t even factor in the cost of playing golf while He´s there.
Ah, its good to be King.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
mickturn, 1/29/2013 9:00:46 AM (No. 9145937)
He needs to fly on Air Force 35...the smallest jet available. He needs a pilot and a few SS guys, that is it.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Malia2012, 1/29/2013 9:52:29 AM (No. 9146102)
I guess moochelle won´t let him borrow her broom.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
3XALADY, 1/29/2013 10:20:00 AM (No. 9146187)
I´m surprised that broom would hold Moo!chelle after it carried Hilly for so long and for so many miles.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Udanja99, 1/29/2013 11:07:13 AM (No. 9146297)
He and his handlers are supposed to be so tech savvy. Have they never heard of a camera and a jumbotron?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Abingtonjim, 1/29/2013 12:26:18 PM (No. 9146489)
In 9 hours he could be back in Kenya.
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