change

[RAYMOND]

The key word is SURVIVE......



From a former Special Flights pilot....



The Date (remember the photo op in The Big Apple when Obama and his wife had a night on the town?)



First, let me say that I've moved three presidents up to now and I've seen incredible waste. But, the "new" guy really takes the cake. I don't have an issue with the President promising his wife dinner and a show or that he even takes his wife out.



But, when I saw the news say that the date cost $24,000, here's what you DON'T know.



Three days before "dinner" a C-17 flew Marines and the helicopter maintenance equipment to JFK Airport .



The day before "dinner" I flew the USSS(United States Secret Service) and the motorcade to JFK Airport



Our crew of 5 spent two days and nights at the Hilton in Times Square. My hotel bill: $621.66 plus $64 a day in per diem. The USSS guys were at a different Hilton in NYC, so figure that cost another $14,000 (or so) plus per diem. The Marines had to have cost as much and were there four days, so figure another $55,000 plus per diem (for 44 Marines).



We were supposed to fly the motorcade back and go home, but the Air Force was so short C-17's that we were re-tasked to take the motorcade back, return to JFK and take the helicopter back to Quantico .



When we got back to JFK, while the pilot was turning the plane around to park, he noticed a rotor blade sticking out of the hangar where the helicopter was parked and informed me that either it wasn't ready to transport or it was flying home. After shutting down I walked over to the hangar and to my surprise I find FIVE helicopters, not ONE.



We're obviously not transporting five big helicopters. I went and talked to the Marines guarding the "fleet" and found that they were flying all five helicopters home and we were only transporting the Marines and the maintenance equipment. After talking to the Marine(s) in charge, I was told that the White House requested FIVE helicopters. The Marines told me that they spent all morning trying to figure out how much it cost them to come and said they figured it cost them $140,000 to stay there (I don't know where they came up with that)and the trip's total had to be about $1,000,000.



We heard that the President didn't use Air Force One (the 747) so I asked if he came in on one of the 757's. I was told that he came in on THREE Air Force Lear jets.



So, date night consisted of:



2 C-17's flying three missions,



3 Lear jets,



5 Helicopters,



Presidential Motorcade,



44 Marines,



More than 20 USSS personnel on our plane.



Who knows what it cost the NYPD and NY Port Authority (at the airport) in overtime.



These are the same people that chastised the automobile CEO's for using their aircraft. It further proves that the media only use the facts that make the President look good and hide any facts that will detract from his persona..



Is this the 'change' we expected?



Talk with friends and those who are not blinded by charisma. Many folks I know who voted for Obama are very disappointed and sorry they did so.



The Emperor's clothes on a grand scale. "Transparency"? Remember, 2010 is just around the corner. All we have to do is survive long enough...





Richard

Semper Fi

 

[THE KOD]

:142smilie :142smilie

if you think that hasnt gone on with every President for the last 50 years.

but you cant bring it up until its Obama getting dinner.

OK

white dog shit

 

[hedgehog]

thanks for sharing Raymond...just shows how elite Obama thinks he is

 

[THE KOD]

White House adviser: Obama has brought 'enormous change'January 24, 2010 11:40 a.m. EST

White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett says President Obama has dramatically changed how the U.S. is seen.

Valerie Jarrett: Obama has made "dramatic difference" in U.S. image around the world
White House senior adviser also credits Obama with pulling back economy from disaster


Washington (CNN) -- The White House rejected criticism Sunday that President Obama has not delivered on his promise of "change" during his first year in office.

White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said the president has brought about "enormous change."

"I think what we've seen is a dramatic difference in terms of how the United States is perceived around the world," Jarrett told NBC's "Meet the Press," on the final Sunday before the president's State of the Union address.

Obama's travels have established relationships with world leaders that "lay a foundation for keeping America safe and making us a partner around the world," she added.

Jarrett also credited the president with having "pulled back the economy from the brink of disaster."

"That's an enormous amount of change when you consider where we were a year ago right on the brink," she said. "And he's adding discipline in government to try to get control over our fiscal house. So I think that we've seen enormous change."

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, on the same program, countered that "if you look at the first year of this administration, we haven't made much progress." He complained about the deficit in the president's budget and the health care reform package that Republicans oppose.

But McConnell, R-Kentucky, was also on the defensive about the GOP, which critics have been calling "the party of no."

Asked to characterize the performance of his own party this year, McConnell said, "What we did is try to operate on principle. The president decided to go hard left. That's why he doesn't have many of my members [supporting his agenda]. If he chooses to govern in the middle, he will have broader support."

Jarrett insisted the president never wavered from his promised bipartisan approach.

Discussing his health care initiative, Jarrett said Obama "has sat down with the leadership and members of the Republican Party, both the House and the Senate. In fact, bills in both the House and the Senate contain provisions that were suggested by the Republican Party -- so nothing's changed about the president's approach."
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think about it

 

[RAYMOND]

White House adviser: Obama has brought 'enormous change'January 24, 2010 11:40 a.m. EST

White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett says President Obama has dramatically changed how the U.S. is seen.

Valerie Jarrett: Obama has made "dramatic difference" in U.S. image around the world
White House senior adviser also credits Obama with pulling back economy from disaster


Washington (CNN) -- The White House rejected criticism Sunday that President Obama has not delivered on his promise of "change" during his first year in office.

White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said the president has brought about "enormous change."

"I think what we've seen is a dramatic difference in terms of how the United States is perceived around the world," Jarrett told NBC's "Meet the Press," on the final Sunday before the president's State of the Union address.

Obama's travels have established relationships with world leaders that "lay a foundation for keeping America safe and making us a partner around the world," she added.

Jarrett also credited the president with having "pulled back the economy from the brink of disaster."

"That's an enormous amount of change when you consider where we were a year ago right on the brink," she said. "And he's adding discipline in government to try to get control over our fiscal house. So I think that we've seen enormous change."

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, on the same program, countered that "if you look at the first year of this administration, we haven't made much progress." He complained about the deficit in the president's budget and the health care reform package that Republicans oppose.

But McConnell, R-Kentucky, was also on the defensive about the GOP, which critics have been calling "the party of no."

Asked to characterize the performance of his own party this year, McConnell said, "What we did is try to operate on principle. The president decided to go hard left. That's why he doesn't have many of my members [supporting his agenda]. If he chooses to govern in the middle, he will have broader support."

Jarrett insisted the president never wavered from his promised bipartisan approach.

Discussing his health care initiative, Jarrett said Obama "has sat down with the leadership and members of the Republican Party, both the House and the Senate. In fact, bills in both the House and the Senate contain provisions that were suggested by the Republican Party -- so nothing's changed about the president's approach."
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think about it

:00x3

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Video of Gumby using 2 teleprompters skeaking to 6th graders at elementry school :SIB

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...pters_during_speech_at_elementary_school.html

--and seems his crew can't seem to figure how to add these impossible to verify--jobs saved.

quotes from Moe Larry and Curley--on same day

Axelrod, on CNN?s State of the Union: ?But understand that, in this recession that began at the beginning of 2007, we've lost 7 million jobs. Now, the Recovery Act the president passed has created more than ? or saved more than 2 million jobs. But against 7 million, you know, that ? that is ? it is cold comfort to those who still are looking.?


Jarrett, on NBC?s Meet the Press: ?The Recovery Act saved thousands and thousands of jobs. There are schoolteachers and firemen and? and? teachers all across our country, policemen, who have jobs today because of that recovery act. We're investing in infrastructure. We're investing in public education so that our kids can compete going forth into the next? generation.?


Gibbs, on ?Fox News Sunday?: ?Well, Chris, let's take for instance the example you just used of the stimulus package. We had four quarters of economic regression in terms of growth, right? Just last quarter, we finally saw the first positive economic job growth in more than a year. Largely as a result of the recovery plan that's put money back into our economy, that saved or created 1.5 million jobs.?

+++++++++++++++++++++++
As always you get the hypothitical rhetoric and hiding the facts almost 11% unemployment.

the --All Hat-No Cattle philosophy

Probably most telling thing about the wanna is who he goes to when things get tough-
- why his speech writer of course--:142smilie



Jan 25, 2010
Obama brings back campaign manager Plouffe
http://content.usatoday.com/communi.../obama-brings-back-campaign-manager-plouffe/1
<!--/.story-text--><!--/.story-wrapper EDIT 4-29-09 - ADDED CLOSING TAG -->

 

[Skulnik]

Video of Gumby using 2 teleprompters skeaking to 6th graders at elementry school :SIB

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...pters_during_speech_at_elementary_school.html

--and seems his crew can't seem to figure how to add these impossible to verify--jobs saved.

quotes from Moe Larry and Curley--on same day

Axelrod, on CNN?s State of the Union: ?But understand that, in this recession that began at the beginning of 2007, we've lost 7 million jobs. Now, the Recovery Act the president passed has created more than ? or saved more than 2 million jobs. But against 7 million, you know, that ? that is ? it is cold comfort to those who still are looking.?


Jarrett, on NBC?s Meet the Press: ?The Recovery Act saved thousands and thousands of jobs. There are schoolteachers and firemen and? and? teachers all across our country, policemen, who have jobs today because of that recovery act. We're investing in infrastructure. We're investing in public education so that our kids can compete going forth into the next? generation.?


Gibbs, on ?Fox News Sunday?: ?Well, Chris, let's take for instance the example you just used of the stimulus package. We had four quarters of economic regression in terms of growth, right? Just last quarter, we finally saw the first positive economic job growth in more than a year. Largely as a result of the recovery plan that's put money back into our economy, that saved or created 1.5 million jobs.?

+++++++++++++++++++++++
As always you get the hypothitical rhetoric and hiding the facts almost 11% unemployment.

the --All Hat-No Cattle philosophy

Probably most telling thing about the wanna is who he goes to when things get tough-
- why his speech writer of course--:142smilie



Jan 25, 2010
Obama brings back campaign manager Plouffe
http://content.usatoday.com/communi.../obama-brings-back-campaign-manager-plouffe/1
<!--/.story-text--><!--/.story-wrapper EDIT 4-29-09 - ADDED CLOSING TAG -->

:mj07:

Priceless.

Obama is an EMBARASSMENT.

JMHO.

 

[RAYMOND]

:mj07:

Priceless.

Obama is an EMBARASSMENT.

JMHO.

have to agree