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It's good to be the king
Last year Obama flew in Air Force One 172 times, almost every other day.
How does this compare to his predecessors? We need perspective before we get upset.
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 the president's carbon footprint.

We are privy to some of these numbers thanks to CBS' Mark Knoller. 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.
Posted by: tu3031 2011-01-04
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=313129