F'ING CLUELESS - Obama's India Trip to cost $____ Millions a day.

[blacken700]

for someone who claims to be smart your pretty gullible 

[blacken700]

spock says this post is

[Dos Equis]

Good grief.  This is the kind of thing that will guarantee a one-term presidency. 

[240 is Back]

link to a credible source with evidence of 34 ships?

Pentagon denies it?  Some right-wing blog claims it, and FOX repeats it?  is taht what happened here?

[tonymctones]

link to a credible source with evidence of 34 ships?

Pentagon denies it?  Some right-wing blog claims it, and FOX repeats it?  is taht what happened here?

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=354311.0

would you please go respond to why youre criticizing a guy for doing something that you said was a necessary evil...

[240 is Back]

bohenner had to.

and the tea party will have to fall in line and raise the debt ceiling.

getbiggers will invent ways to defend it, of course.

[tonymctones]

bohenner had to.

and the tea party will have to fall in line and raise the debt ceiling.

getbiggers will invent ways to defend it, of course.

LMAO YOU WERE DEFENDING IT...

and now you want to condemn him for it....

something seem wrong there?

[tonymctones]

bohenner had to.

and the tea party will have to fall in line and raise the debt ceiling.

getbiggers will invent ways to defend it, of course.

how do you defend arguing for tarp

tony, i think you don't really understand what would happen if AIG, CITI and friends failed.  our country would be ruined with no chance of recovery, because nobody would be lending and we'd risk having our interests grabbed up all over the world. 

Sure, it's the "right" thing to do.  But I think most folks would rather borrow $10 grand from their grandmother when they hit a bad spell, than lose their house and car, just to be "right".


CNBC: jp morgan and goldman are about to start repaying TARP funds, interestingly

and then condemning someone who helped pass it?

[Soul Crusher]

link to a credible source with evidence of 34 ships?

Pentagon denies it?  Some right-wing blog claims it, and FOX repeats it?  is taht what happened here?

They are saying its not 34 warships, but that does not mean other ships. 

[blacken700]

You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.

[The Showstoppa]

OK, let assume that the figures are incorrect.....what dollar figure per day for this type of trip would you guys be ok with?  I'm talking to mainly blacken and 240 here.

[blacken700]

Fox News perpetuates, then debunks the Obama India trip story
November 5th, 2010 4:33 am ET.Do you like this story?
President Obama's trip to India will not cost American taxpayers $200 million each day.  The United States Navy will not be sending 34 warships just to defend the President on his trip.  Those who watched Anderson Cooper 360, Keith Olbermann's Countdown, or the Rachel Maddow Show all know this truth as all three shows debunked the "Obama India trip" urban legend.  Readers of many non-partisan sources including Factcheck.org and Snopes also know that the tale of Obama's extravagant trip to India simply is not true.  However, many Fox News viewers of Sean Hanity and Glen Beck may still beleive the myth, since both talk show hosts told the tall tale as if it was a proven fact.  Now, Fox News is even contradicting themselves in a recent article which simulataneously perpetuates and debunks the Obama India trip myth.

In a recent article on Obama's trip Fox News begins by describing the vast security apparatus that will be required for the President.  Fox News then reiterates the false cost estimate in saying:

"The president will be accompanied by 40 aircraft, 3,000 people, a fleet of cars and 34 warships, according to a string of blow-by-blow news updates. The Press Trust of India quoted an official in the state of Maharashtra pegging the cost at $200 million a day."

What Fox News never says in that article is that the official quoted in that story is anonymous.  The same kind of anonymous source that Sarah Palin bashed other journalist for using just a week ago.

People who read only the first half of articles would miss out on the truth in the Fox News story quoted above.  Later, in the same story, Fox News actually debunks the very myth it brought up before.  Fox News quotes a White House spokesperson as stating,

"The numbers reported in this article have no basis in reality. 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,"

Fox News then confirms from a Pentagon official that 36 warships are not being sent to protect the President.  The Pentagon spokesperson stated:

"We obviously have some support role for presidential travel ... but I will take the liberty this time of dismissing as absolutely absurd, this notion that somehow we are deploying 10 percent of the Navy, some 34 ships and an aircraft carrier in support of the president's trip to Asia -- that's just comical."

Of course, most people will never read the last half of the Fox News article.  Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity will also likely never mention the $200 million figure again.  As a result, millions of people in their audience will go on believing a blatant lie, and Fox News will now move on to the next distortion.

[The Showstoppa]

If true, I'm happy they aren't wasting that many tax dollars....yet the "can't disclose cost" is total bullshit......of course they could and how would that have an impact?  Most likely it will "only" be a $2 million per day trip....  

[240 is Back]

LOL @ this thread.

Put this in the "obama fires secret service for racism" and "obama whitey tape" and "jet packs for police force" bullshit stories that fox repeats, and ppl here get all emotional about.

Now, it goes to "how much do YOU think he should be spending>?"

hahahahaha brutal BS story.

[blacken700]

i think the title of this thread says it all   F'ING CLUELESS 

[Soul Crusher]

LOL @ this thread.

Put this in the "obama fires secret service for racism" and "obama whitey tape" and "jet packs for police force" bullshit stories that fox repeats, and ppl here get all emotional about.

Now, it goes to "how much do YOU think he should be spending>?"

hahahahaha brutal BS story.

240  - THANK YOU FOR AGAIN MAKING AN ASS OF YOURSELF.  

800 rooms for a week in the most expensive hotel
3000 person entourage
500 person security staff  
40 planes
Aircraft Carrier
Army building 1 kilometer bomb proof tunnel into the museaum  



What do you think that costs?  

[Soul Crusher]

i think the title of this thread says it all   F'ING CLUELESS 

So give me a cost estimate:

800 rooms booked for a week in the most expensive hotel.
3000 person entorage
40 planes
500 security staff
1 Kilo bombproof tunnell
Cost of food, fuel, airline tickets, expenses etc for all of this? 

[blacken700]

 

[Soul Crusher]

  

so basically because the Obama admn wont confirm that its $200,000,000, it could be $150,000,000 and somehow that would be ok?

[2ND COMING]

Again, where is the part that breaks down the costs?

The president of the united states is taking a ten day trip to india, indonesia, south korea and japan.

Let me rephrase that -

the president of the united states, for his 10 day "business" bonanza is renting out mumbai, new delhi and various other cities in indonesia, s.k. and japan. Can anyone say without an un-adulterated mind that this isnt going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars?

Also, why are hundreds of business excec's taking the trip on taxpayer dime?
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/11/04/general-as-india-obama_8074412.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews

[Fury]

LOL @ this thread.

Put this in the "obama fires secret service for racism" and "obama whitey tape" and "jet packs for police force" bullshit stories that fox repeats, and ppl here get all emotional about.

Now, it goes to "how much do YOU think he should be spending>?"

hahahahaha brutal BS story.

I'm going to file it under the "The US govt. flew a hologram into the WTC" and various other CTs you've espoused on here.

Interesting that you have a problem with lack of evidence here but not when it comes to other topics. 

[blacken700]

the problem is that this whole story started for political gains.nobody bothered to check the facts, so you have political leaders news stations and nuts on the internet keeping this false story going.anybody with half a brain would know their not going to sent 34 ships, fu k that's half the seventh fleet

[The Showstoppa]

Wow, why do i even post questions to these type of people?  Never an answer, just a swerve and "but fox said" like I give a shit what fox said.....idiots.

[Fury]

Wow, why do i even post questions to these type of people?  Never an answer, just a swerve and "but fox said" like I give a shit what fox said.....idiots.

Have you seen blacken's posts? That retard has never had an original thought of his own. If I didn't know any better, I'd say he's a bot written by someone on DU or HP.

[Soul Crusher]

I'm going to file it under the "The US govt. flew a hologram into the WTC" and various other CTs you've espoused on here.

Interesting that you have a problem with lack of evidence here but not when it comes to other topics. 

Its only because Obama wont release the cost breakdown.

On the low side - this trip will be $100,000,000.