This
is from Mark Knoller of CBS. The pilots and crew of Air Force One are
flying more hours than a rookie on a beer run. They are tired of it
too, and are adding more crew to Air Force-1, - I know this for a fact
because I'm one of the instructors that trains the crews. Our company
(Atlas Air) has had the Air Force-1 and E-4 contract for over two years
and I've been doing it for about 8 months now. Last year (2010) Obama
flew in Air Force One 172 times, almost every other day. White House
officials have been telling reporters in recent days that the Democrat
doesn't intend to hang around the White House quite so much in 2011.
They explain he wants to get out more around the country because, as
everyone knows, that midterm election shellacking on Nov. 2 had nothing
to do with his health care bill, over-spending or other policies, and
everything to do with Obama's not adequately explaining himself to his
countrymen and women. And with only 673 days remaining in Obama's never
ending presidential campaign, the incumbent's travel pace will not
likely slacken. At an Air Force-estimated cost of $181,757 per flight
HOUR (not to mention the additional travel costs of Marine One, Secret
Service, logistics and local police overtime), that's a lot of frequent
flier dollars going into Obama's carbon footprint. $80 Million every
time it lands & takes off . We are privy to some of these numbers
thanks to CBS' Mark Knoller, a bearded national treasure trove of
presidential stats. According to Knoller's copious notes, during the
last year, Obama made 65 domestic trips over 104 days, and six trips to
eight countries over 22 days. Not counting six vacation trips over 32
days. He took 196 helicopter trips, signed 203 pieces of legislation and
squeezed in 29 rounds of left-handed golf. Obama last year gave 491
speeches, remarks or statements. That's more talking than goes on in
some entire families, at least from fatherly mouths. In fact, even
including the 24 days of 2010 that we never saw Obama in public, his
speaking works out to about one official utterance every 11 waking
hours. Aides indicate the "Real Good Talker" believes we need more.
Related: Obama spends nearly half his presidency outside Washington ,
plans to travel more Related: Vacationer-in-Chief Spends $1.75 Million
to Visit Hawaiian Chums Obama has spent over $100 million taxpayer
dollars flying around in Air Force One, and probably another $100
million on his entourage. Obama is just another tin-pot dictator living
lavishly at the expense of his subjects. And we seniors have to
"tighten our belts" because we aren't getting a COLA again this year...
and none last year!
THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED PUT THIS GREEDY WINDBAG IN
OFFICE!! BE MORE CAREFUL NEXT TIME!!
