How much fuel did Obama waste going to Copenhagen?

[ABikerSailor]

Like I said..........what about all the ******* trips from DC to Crawford and back? Wasn't that a lot more of a waste, as it took a lot of time away from the White House (while there is a war on), as well as spends a great deal of money for what is essentially, vacation.

At least Obama was trying to get something into the economy. All Bush Jr. did was cut brush!

 

[Midnight Marauder]

Like I said..........what about all the ******* trips from DC to Crawford and back? Wasn't that a lot more of a waste, as it took a lot of time away from the White House (while there is a war on), as well as spends a great deal of money for what is essentially, vacation.

MOM!!! THE OTHER KID DID IT TOOOOOO!!!

It's called "Appeal to Mom" and it's in the "bandwagon" category of logical fallacies. Folks who use it are bereft of intelligence, are sloppy thinkers, are lazy debaters, and are just in general, infantile.

Your knee-jerk, reflexive defense of Obama is limited to "So what, Look what Booooosh did!"

You cannot see how stupid, sloppy, lazy and infantile that is?

Can't you do any better?

 

[ABikerSailor]

Nice MM.......you've finally used up your brain, and now, are stuck with cloning your posts.

Becoming a sheep sucks, huh?

 

[Terry]

sings: "barack hussein obama, mmmm mmmm mmmm"

LOL

 

[Zoom-boing]

Like I said..........what about all the ******* trips from DC to Crawford and back? Wasn't that a lot more of a waste, as it took a lot of time away from the White House (while there is a war on), as well as spends a great deal of money for what is essentially, vacation.

At least Obama was trying to get something into the economy. All Bush Jr. did was cut brush!

Not a Rosy Picture
Andrew Zimbalist

Andrew Zimbalist, a professor of economics at Smith College, is the author of “Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-time College Sports.”

The evidence from past Olympic Games hardly suggests that there’s a resounding economic gain from being the host city. Montreal’s 1976 Olympics left the city with $2.7 billion of debt that it finally paid off in 2005.

A city looking for an economic boost, would be wise to not host the Olympics.

The Barcelona Organizing Committee in 1992 broke even, but the public debt incurred rose to $6.1 billion. Similarly, the Atlanta Organizing Committee in 1996 broke even, but the bottom line there is not encouraging. An econometric study using monthly data found that there was insignificant change in retail sales, hotel occupancy and airport traffic during the games. The only variable that increased was hotel rates — and most of this money went to headquarters of chain hotels located in other cities.

The Sydney Organizing Committee in 2000 also reports breaking even, but the Australian state auditor estimated that the games true long-term cost was $2.2 billion. In part, this was because it is costing $30 million a year to operate the 90,000-seat Olympic Stadium.

When Athens won the right to host the 2004 games in 1997, its budget was $1.6 billion. The final public cost is estimated to be around $16 billion — 10 times the original budget! Meanwhile, most of the Athens’ Olympics facilities are reportedly underutilized. Maintenance costs on the facilities in 2005 came in around $124 million and, reportedly, there is little use of the two Olympic soccer stadiums.
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If a city is looking for an economic boost, there are better ways to invest its money.

Do Olympic Host Cities Ever Win? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com

 

[Intense]

Like I said..........what about all the ******* trips from DC to Crawford and back? Wasn't that a lot more of a waste, as it took a lot of time away from the White House (while there is a war on), as well as spends a great deal of money for what is essentially, vacation.

At least Obama was trying to get something into the economy. All Bush Jr. did was cut brush!

At least Bush didn't screw up life in NYC or LA like the Clinton's did all the time. Bush went to Crawford to cut Brush, big deal.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Like I said..........what about all the ******* trips from DC to Crawford and back? Wasn't that a lot more of a waste, as it took a lot of time away from the White House (while there is a war on), as well as spends a great deal of money for what is essentially, vacation.

At least Obama was trying to get something into the economy. All Bush Jr. did was cut brush!

At least Bush didn't screw up life in NYC or LA like the Clinton's did all the time. Bush went to Crawford to cut Brush, big deal.

No, but Bush Jr. sure fucked up life in NOLA with his insufficient and late response to Katrina.

Oh yeah........he didn't cut his vacation short because of the hurricane.

 

[Intense]

Like I said..........what about all the ******* trips from DC to Crawford and back? Wasn't that a lot more of a waste, as it took a lot of time away from the White House (while there is a war on), as well as spends a great deal of money for what is essentially, vacation.

At least Obama was trying to get something into the economy. All Bush Jr. did was cut brush!

At least Bush didn't screw up life in NYC or LA like the Clinton's did all the time. Bush went to Crawford to cut Brush, big deal.

No, but Bush Jr. sure fucked up life in NOLA with his insufficient and late response to Katrina.

Oh yeah........he didn't cut his vacation short because of the hurricane.

You still blaming Bush for Katrina? LOL. Governor Shit head and Mayor Shit Stain bear Full Responsibility. Corrupt incompetent Assholes that were the cause of untold Misery, and Death. They should have both been tarred and feathered. ******* Imbeciles. Both of them should have come with warning lights.

 

[pete]

sings: "barack hussein obama, mmmm mmmm mmmm"

LOL

mmmm mmmm mmmm

 

[Intense]

Uh... Uh... Uh...

 

[ABikerSailor]

At least Bush didn't screw up life in NYC or LA like the Clinton's did all the time. Bush went to Crawford to cut Brush, big deal.

No, but Bush Jr. sure fucked up life in NOLA with his insufficient and late response to Katrina.

Oh yeah........he didn't cut his vacation short because of the hurricane.

You still blaming Bush for Katrina? LOL. Governor Shit head and Mayor Shit Stain bear Full Responsibility. Corrupt incompetent Assholes that were the cause of untold Misery, and Death. They should have both been tarred and feathered. ******* Imbeciles. Both of them should have come with warning lights.

Remember a while back when the hurricane hit Mexico, and Vincente Fox (who was in Utah at the time campaigning), went BACK to his country as soon as it hit?

Leaders watch out for their people. Greedy old fuckers and frat boys don't.

 

[Intense]

No, but Bush Jr. sure fucked up life in NOLA with his insufficient and late response to Katrina.

Oh yeah........he didn't cut his vacation short because of the hurricane.

You still blaming Bush for Katrina? LOL. Governor Shit head and Mayor Shit Stain bear Full Responsibility. Corrupt incompetent Assholes that were the cause of untold Misery, and Death. They should have both been tarred and feathered. ******* Imbeciles. Both of them should have come with warning lights.

Remember a while back when the hurricane hit Mexico, and Vincente Fox (who was in Utah at the time campaigning), went BACK to his country as soon as it hit?

Leaders watch out for their people. Greedy old fuckers and frat boys don't.

Stop being a Sissy ABS. The Gov refused to cooperate with the Feds. for days and days. Shy Fucked up big time in countless ways. You need to get Michael Moore out of your system. While you' check into what the Coast Guard accomplished with no help from the State. Where do you think those choppers came from. I know You Sailor Babies have Penis Envy with the Coast Guard, but you need to get past that! Just Fuckin with you there, but think about it. Who was on TV for days Pleading for an evacuation, begging? The head of FEMA. They mocked him and made fun of him on National TV, and then they blamed him. Total Bullshit. That Coliseum was not built to withstand that powerful a storm, and they knew it. The Convention was VIP Only, What kind of bullshit was that? Why do you ignore blatant Privilege there, when lives were lost because of it? How many were trapped in attics, because they were told by the city and State not to leave, they were told to Ignore the FEMA advisory to leave.

 

[Xenophon]

I'm sure he bought carbon offsets...

Wonder how much Bush wasted sitting for four days on his ass at the Chinese Olympics?

Hope you guys were screaming and in a panic then like you are now.

I wonder when Obamatrons like you will stop trying to compare Obama to Bush.

In case you haven't figured it out, most of us don't like Bush.

Barry is responsible for his own actions, the 'he did it too' argument didn't work when you were five and its no better now.

 

[Xenophon]

. He had a "reason", an "agenda".

Payback to your cronies is not a valid reason to waste the public dime.

 

[Xenophon]

Barack hussein obama

hmm-hmm-hmm

He got in a plane and looked inane

Barack hussein obama

hmm-hmm-hmm

 

[Fatality]

How many trips did Bush take to Crawford for vacation?

At least Obama was trying to do something for the country.

More nothingness from the right.

Go Alan Grayson.

how many back and forth trips to crawford would equal two planes going back and forth to copenhagen?

 

[bodecea]

I heard the fuel cost of flying the Messiah and his wife (in separate planes) to Copenhagen was $1.5 million.

No, it was $2 billion.

 

[MaggieMae]

I'm sure he bought carbon offsets...

Wonder how much Bush wasted sitting for four days on his ass at the Chinese Olympics?

Hope you guys were screaming and in a panic then like you are now.

I don't really care how much it cost, nor do I care what Bush spent tooling back and forth from Crawford to Washington, Kennebunkport to Washington, Camp David to Washington, or even that Air Force One redeye from Crawford to Washington just to sign the Terri Shiavo bill.

What bothers me is that people seem to think that this is the first time taxpayers have actually had to PAY FOR the cost of a president's transportion to and from wherever he goes. I remain constantly in awe of the total ignorance of some people.

 

[MaggieMae]

I'm sure he bought carbon offsets...

Wonder how much Bush wasted sitting for four days on his ass at the Chinese Olympics?

Hope you guys were screaming and in a panic then like you are now.

bu... bu... bu... Booooooooosh!

Find new material, Howie...

Ain't gonna happen, duder. The more you freaks try to make EVERYTHING as some invention of Obama's, we'll shove it right back at you. Deal with it.

 

[MaggieMae]

So infantile. And is actually an argument AGAINST Obama you stupid idiot. Because comparing him to Booooosh undermines and belies the CHANGE theme!

When did Obama ever announce that he would be using a Cessna instead of a Boeing jumbo jet to travel in?