This is from Mark Knoller of CBS.
Posted by rustylypps 10 years, 10 months ago to News
This is from Mark Knoller of CBS.
The pilots and crew of Air Force One are flying many more hours than any president in history!
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 three years and I've been doing it for about 18 months now.
Last year (2011) Obama flew in Air Force One 172 times, almost every other day. White House officials have been telling reporters in recent days that Obama doesn't intend
to hang around the White House quite so much in 2012 (sarcasm, if you didn't happen to catch it).They explain he wants to get out more around the country because, as
everyone knows, that midterm election shellacking 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 ( more sarcasm).
And with only 288 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. $8 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 (unprecedented). That's more talking than goes on in some entire families. 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" ($500 billion coming out of medicare to fund Obama care)?
The pilots and crew of Air Force One are flying many more hours than any president in history!
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 three years and I've been doing it for about 18 months now.
Last year (2011) Obama flew in Air Force One 172 times, almost every other day. White House officials have been telling reporters in recent days that Obama doesn't intend
to hang around the White House quite so much in 2012 (sarcasm, if you didn't happen to catch it).They explain he wants to get out more around the country because, as
everyone knows, that midterm election shellacking 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 ( more sarcasm).
And with only 288 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. $8 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 (unprecedented). That's more talking than goes on in some entire families. 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" ($500 billion coming out of medicare to fund Obama care)?
The Republicans fought hard to stop cuts in Medicare funding. It was the opposite in 1995 when Republicans wanted to do what Obama did for similar reasons, to "save Medicare".
Whether you want to cut Medicare or expand it, you should focus on specific votes. If you like the Medicare program, I agree that what Obama did undermined it.
Presidents may treat citizens like subjects – we are not. They may act as if we, the citizens don’t matter – we do. In every respect they the Presidents work for us. The people are the master they are the servant. We should never forget it and never ever let them forget it.
They should be treated with respect, all people deserve respect. Respect does not mean deference. Americans should show deference to no one. Respect yes, deference never.