bruce, I repeat: Did you expect them to take the bus and go to McDonald's or something? It surprises you or something that Secret Servic protection 24/7 is quite expensive? What EXACTLY is your bitch about this?
On Jun 4, 9:29 am, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > we are still on Rangel's tax evasion and Jefferson's $70,000 in the freezer > and Murtha's defense contractor slush funds too > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Hollywood <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > bruce, > > > You people STILL on this? What? You expected The President of The > > United States and the First Lady to take a bus to the nearest > > McDonalds? > > > On Jun 4, 4:35 am, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Obama Hides Taxpayer Tab For Romantic N.Y. Date > > > In yet another violation of his infamous pledge to run the most > > transparent > > > administration in history, President Barack Obama refuses to disclose how > > > much U.S. taxpayers spent on his highly publicized New York date with his > > > wife. > > > > While many regular Americans suffer through an economic crisis, the > > > president and First Lady took a taxpayer-financed government jet to > > > Manhattan for dinner and a Broadway show. The Obama's paid for dinner and > > > the theater tickets but Americans picked up the hefty tab for the > > > transportation, motorcades and security details. > > > > Estimates for the trip have ranged from $24,000 to $75,000 but the White > > > House could end the speculation by revealing the actual cost. After all, > > > unprecedented transparency was one of Obama's main campaign promises and > > it > > > wasn't that long ago that he boldly proclaimed that "Transparency and the > > > rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency." > > > > So why not end the guesstimates by revealing the actual numbers? A > > > Washington D.C. newspaper speculates that the cost is far more exorbitant > > > than most Americans imagine, providing in a lengthy story details to > > support > > > > the theory and rule out the $24,000 estimate as "absurdly low" and the > > > $75,000 estimate as "spectacularly low." > > > > The article helps calculate the actual cost by offering details of the > > > logistics involved in the president's intricate security operation. > > First, > > > the Obama's and their entourage flew from the White House to Andrews Air > > > Force Base which required three choppers, two decoys and the one carrying > > > the First Couple. That trip alone requires dozens of military personnel > > for > > > radar, communications, mechanics and crews. > > > > The piece points out that transporting the president on a weekend still > > > takes a full operation, which means D.C. police, uniformed Secret Service > > > officers and Capitol police making overtime pay. At least three jets > > ferried > > > > the Obama's aides and reporters to New York and a motorcade of at least a > > > dozen vehicles was set up in New York. Then, at least three helicopters > > flew > > > > the whole party from JFK Airport to a Wall Street landing zone. > > > > Hundreds of New York Police Department officers-earning overtime pay-were > > > stationed along the Obama route, shutting down roads and holding back > > > pedestrians. An army of police cars and motorcycles as well as New York > > City > > > > ambulance participated in the procession. Finally, the U. S. Secret > > Service > > > had to survey the route in advance and station agents and sharpshooters > > > throughout the area. > > > > Americans deserve to know how much of their tax dollars the president > > spent > > > to take his wife on this date, which he evidently promised her during the > > > rigors of campaigning. His secrecy on the matter is only the latest > > > violation of his own transparency rule. > > > > In December Obama failed to make public-as promised-details of crucial > > > transition meetings with special interest groups. A few months later, > > > Obama's > > > Justice Department defended a Bush Administration secrecy rule it had > > > harshly criticized in court. 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