On Nov 4, 11:35*am, wrote:
http://factcheck.org/2010/11/ask-fac...rip-to-mumbai/

I gotta say, though, that "well, the White House says it isn't accurate, so it
must not be accurate" doesn't sound much like "fact checking"...

And now, it appears that the number is actually not all that far off as to the
overall cost divided by the 4-5 days the Obamas will actually be there.
Moreover, it is being to appear likely that it didn't originate from an unnamed
Indian gov't official, but rather, someone in the US delegation, possibly part
of the corporate group, and was passed along by the unnamed official. *

For those that don't know, but care, a fair number of US corp execs, something
like 2-300, are there or going, mostly with the corps picking up those costs.

What it (apparently) roughly calculates is the cost of the entire goofy
spectacle related to Obama, his family, staff, security staff and costs, etc.,
including the 30-plus US warships, including an aircraft carrier, the 15-20
heavy-lift cargo planes (likely more C17s, and more than the entire Special
Operations Command has - IOW, we could _invade_ India with the entire airlift
capability of the "Special Forces" of all branches of the US military forces
with less ****...), etc., etc., etc.

And further, Obama's decision to bring the wife and kids and do some sightseeing
has apparently ****ed off a fair number of Indians, including the family of
Mahatma Gandhi, because of the security requirements shutting some of the sites
down for days prior to their visit (and this after the dog incident when Bush
went...er, didn't go anywhere...).

And Ken, for someone who isn't going anywhere in November, this sure seems like
a whole bunch of logistics...I still say they could have not gone to Bethesda,
booked a coupla rooms at a Holiday Inn Express, not gone in a couple of limos,
and looked smart...very smart...

HTH,
R

Hm.....

Moron.

g.