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The Water Cooler Title: Obama's India Trip -- Not As Expensive As You May Have Heard No, President Obama's trip is not going to cost $200 million a day. That figure -- first thrown out by a single Indian media outlet and now viral on conservative talk radio -- is wildly, wildly off the mark. The problem is that the costs for these trips are impossible to determine, for many of the president's expenses would be incurred whether he was visiting India or Atlanta or simply hanging around the White House. Obama's India trip starts an Asian swing that includes South Korea, Indonesia and Japan. The administration isn't inclined to detail costs, most of which deal with security. "The numbers reported in this article have no basis in reality," said White House spokesman Tommy Vietor. "Due to security concerns, we are unable to outline details associated with security procedures and costs, but it's safe to say these numbers are wildly inflated." To be sure, these trips do cost millions of dollars per day. Whenever a president travels, he or she takes a mini-White House with them, from bulletproof limousines to gaggles of aides. This can come in awfully handy when trouble happens, such as the terrorist attacks on 9/11 when George W. Bush was in Florida. Ronald Reagan was traveling in Asia when the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Russia blew up in 1986. Foreign trips are expensive but are a staple of presidential duties. India is a rising economy power. It is next to -- and has an intense rivalry with -- one of the world's most dangerous countries, Pakistan. It can be a counterweight to threats from China. Any president is going to deal with India. Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim majority nation. South Korea is the site of a G-20 global economic summit. Japan is hosting the annual Asian economic summit, which Obama's predecessors also attended. There's no evidence that Obama's team is spending any more money than its predecessors, taking inflation into account. Yes, these gigs will cost money. But $200 million a day? Not even close. One other thing to keep in mind: The Secret Service is not going to let anything happen to a president overseas if they can help it. They're going to do -- and spend -- whatever it takes. That's just a fact of life. One last thing: The media organizations accompanying Obama will pay their own expenses. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 31. The problem with this articlw is that No One has heard about this. Only bloggers. 8D Not once has the MSM even talked about Obama going to India. 8D
#27. To: mcgowanjm (#26) Not once has the MSM even talked about Obama going to India. 8D ABC's Good Morning American lead with the 'ridiculousness' of this story today. Everybody is laughing at these teabagging 'kookish' claims. They even had a clip of Grand Mama Moonbat Bachmann making these hilarious statements. Oh it's going to be an entertaining 2 years, indeed! {{{chuckle}}}
#29. To: Brian S (#27) And strange that you would take abc as a source for the Obama to India story. Here's one of mine:
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier
The United States has deployed its fourth submarine in the Persian Gulf region following the deployment of three others near the Bahrain Port. This comes as the USS Abraham Lincoln and French Charles de Gaulle aircraft carriers are heading toward the region. The United States maintains twenty combat vessels, namely the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier, as well as fifty-three logistical vessels, in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. A total of thirty combat vessels are currently deployed in the region, including those belonging to Britain and France. The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier with 5,000 crew members, including sailors and pilots, has entered the territory of the US Fifth Fleet. Abraham Lincoln is accompanied by USS Cape St. George and battlecruisers as well as four destroyers. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21745 And I really don't give a fuck about how much it's costing Obama to go to India. My only question is: Why India? Why now? And I look for Obama in Afghanistan/Pakistan/Iraq. A 'surprise visit' in any of them, cause the US is welcomed in none.
#31. To: mcgowanjm (#29) And strange that you would take abc as a source for the Obama to India story. Hey, it was on after our local news & weather and I didn't feel like finding the remote and changing the fucking channel. Piss off if you don't like the source. You of anybody questioning 'sources' is laughable, indeed!
Replies to Comment # 31. You of anybody questioning 'sources' is laughable, indeed! Why. I'm forced to source every fucking time. Any deviation is censored immediately. And that makes you laugh? BWAHAHAHAHAHA 8D So, to recap. You're sitting in your BarcoLounger. Schoolbus forecasts and local mug shots of Crazyland stupid Meth addicts and JesusTeachers roles to Furniture/Car Sale commercials...and then... wait for it... Bottom of the Hour, Stephanopoulos/Lady beaming at America, talking about the latest 'happenings'. Which is: Crazytown Reps saying Obama fleeing the nation for India with 34 Warships and it will cost $200 million for the trip. I got that right? LMFAO. Now give me the source explicitly. Tick Tock.
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