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12 Tone Melodies · 01-31-2009, 05:19 AM

Thanks Obama supporters for all you do to help save the environment:
http://news.newsmax.com/?mKOvaTpu7d-...nSDXHkQrkxJR1m
Obama Inauguration Sets Record for Private Jets
Recession? What recession?
The inauguration of Barack Obama set an all-time record for the number of pricey private jets flying into the Washington area for the festivities.
At Washington Dulles airport, up to 600 private jets landed in the days leading up to the inauguration.
That number shatters the old record of 300 private planes that the airport accommodated for President George W. Bush’s second inaugural in 2004, Bloomberg reported.
“Of course, flying private to a celebration of a populist, pro-environment president is a bit like the Detroit execs jetting to Washington for bailout money,” Robert Frank observed in the Wall Street Journal.
“How do you call for social responsibility after touching down in a $40 million, gas-guzzling Gulfstream?”
Obama’s inauguration was the most expensive in history. ABC News estimated the cost at upwards of $170 million, four times what Bush’s inauguration cost four years ago.

01-31-2009, 05:19 AM	#6
12 Tone Melodies Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 565	Thanks Obama supporters for all you do to help save the environment: http://news.newsmax.com/?mKOvaTpu7d-...nSDXHkQrkxJR1m Obama Inauguration Sets Record for Private Jets Recession? What recession? The inauguration of Barack Obama set an all-time record for the number of pricey private jets flying into the Washington area for the festivities. At Washington Dulles airport, up to 600 private jets landed in the days leading up to the inauguration. That number shatters the old record of 300 private planes that the airport accommodated for President George W. Bush’s second inaugural in 2004, Bloomberg reported. “Of course, flying private to a celebration of a populist, pro-environment president is a bit like the Detroit execs jetting to Washington for bailout money,” Robert Frank observed in the Wall Street Journal. “How do you call for social responsibility after touching down in a $40 million, gas-guzzling Gulfstream?” Obama’s inauguration was the most expensive in history. ABC News estimated the cost at upwards of $170 million, four times what Bush’s inauguration cost four years ago. __________________ Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. It bears a very close resemblance to the first. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress. - John Adams