Presidental trivia...

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in case your ever on Jeopardy...


Last year (2010) Obama flew in Air Force One 172 times, almost every other day.

White House officials have been telling reporters in recent days that the Democrat doesn't intend to hang around the White House quite so much in 2011.

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, a bearded Barack Obama waving from Air Force One 11-12-10national treasure trove of presidential stats. 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.

Obama last year gave 491 speeches, remarks or statements.

In fact, even including the 24 days of 2010 that we never saw the 44th president in public, Obama's speaking works out to about one official utterance every 11 waking hours.
 
bravo said:
in case your ever on Jeopardy...


Last year (2010) Obama flew in Air Force One 172 times, almost every other day.

White House officials have been telling reporters in recent days that the Democrat doesn't intend to hang around the White House quite so much in 2011.

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, a bearded Barack Obama waving from Air Force One 11-12-10national treasure trove of presidential stats. 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.

Obama last year gave 491 speeches, remarks or statements.

In fact, even including the 24 days of 2010 that we never saw the 44th president in public, Obama's speaking works out to about one official utterance every 11 waking hours.
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You forgot the first part of the letter.


To:
President Barack Obama
Sen. Richard Shelby
Sen. Jeff Sessions
Rep. Mike Rogers

January 9, 2011

I have no way to verify these numbers, but I also have no reason to believe they are not true.

Andrew Malcolm (Los Angles Times) says Obama will spend Monday night flying across the Pacific and United States after his latest vacation, 11 days in Hawaii . It will be his first trip of 2011 aboard Air Force One.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?letter_id=6315822786
 
christiefan915 said:
You forgot the first part of the letter.


To:
President Barack Obama
Sen. Richard Shelby
Sen. Jeff Sessions
Rep. Mike Rogers

January 9, 2011

I have no way to verify these numbers, but I also have no reason to believe they are not true.

Andrew Malcolm (Los Angles Times) says Obama will spend Monday night flying across the Pacific and United States after his latest vacation, 11 days in Hawaii . It will be his first trip of 2011 aboard Air Force One.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?letter_id=6315822786
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For that matter, I didn't add the last part of the letter either.......because I didn't get the entire article in the first place....
But, to be complete....:


Obama spends nearly half his presidency outside Washington , plans to travel more

Related: Vacationer-in-Chief Spends $1.75 Million to Visit Hawaiian Chums

Obama has spent over $100 million taxpayer dollars flying around in Air Force One, and probably another $100 million on his entourage. Obama is just another tin-pot dictator living lavishly at the expense of his subjects.

Opelika , AL
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You're implying the numbers are wrong ?
Of course, Representative Mike D. Rogers had no way of verifying the data....

So in the interest of accuracy....here is the Post by Mark Knoller
award-winning White House Correspondent for CBS News. He reports for CBS Radio News, as well as The Saturday Early Show. He also contributes to the weekend editions of the CBS Evening News and Up To The Minute.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6119525-503544.html


 
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He didn't hang around the Illinois Senate much either. But when you consider the option was McCain you are miles ahead of the game.
 
I can never understand why the presidents don't spend more time in DC, considering we specifically built a residence there for the job. The president is unlike all of the congressmen: it isn't beholden to one district or state, it works full-time and not half-time, it doesn't interface directly with constituents because they are nationwide, and so forth. Plus, the most time a single person can be president for is 10 years. Why not sacrifice as much of that time as possible to get the job done?
 
The President is flying too much?

Really, bravs? I'm really trying to muster some anger about this, or even concern....
 
Onceler said:
The President is flying too much?

Really, bravs? I'm really trying to muster some anger about this, or even concern....
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If you would learn to read better, punk, you'd know I didn't say a thing about the article, except thats its "trivia".....
You got a problem with the data presented, take it up with the Mark Knoller at CBS
 
Maybe you should add to your trivia what president(s) have taken the most vacation days while in office.

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President Obama’s Vacation Days

January 11, 2010

Q: Has President Obama taken more vacation time than his predecessors?

A: According to one count, Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush spent more time on "vacation" during their first year than President Obama did. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton spent less time on "vacation."

FULL ANSWER

President Obama has spent all or part of 26 days "on vacation" during his first year as president, according to CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller.

Knoller, who has covered every president since Gerald Ford and is known for keeping detailed records on presidential travel, counts the following among President Obama’s "vacations" in 2009:

A four-day holiday weekend in Chicago in February where the president played some basketball and treated First Lady Michelle Obama to a Valentine’s Day dinner date.
An eight-day stay with his family at a rented house on Martha’s Vineyard in August.
A trip out west to the U.S. states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona that combined both business and pleasure. The president held town hall meetings on health care during the trip. And he went fly fishing and took trips to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon with his wife and two daughters.
An 11-day stay in Hawaii where the president and his family celebrated Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

Some of the president’s recent predecessors, however, have spent more days — either entirely or partially — away from the White House "on vacation" during their first year in office.

President Reagan, in 1981, spent all or part of 42 days away from the White House "on vacation" at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif, according to Knoller. President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, also spent three or four days around New Year’s Day each year in Palm Springs, Calif., at the home of philanthropist Walter Annenberg. (In 1993 the late Mr. Annenberg founded the nonpartisan Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, which is FactCheck.org’s parent organization.)

President George W. Bush spent even more time away from the presidential mansion in the nation’s capital than Reagan. Of the 77 total "vacation" trips the former president made to his Texas ranch while in office, nine of them — all or part of 69 days — came during his first year as president in 2001, according to Knoller.

Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, spent less time "on vacation" during his first year than his son, but spent more days than President Obama. According to travel records provided to FactCheck.org by the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, the former president took six trips — spanning all or part of 40 days — to the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1989. The archivist at Bush’s presidential library told us she didn’t have a list of all vacations but did have the Kennebunkport visits.

But at least two recent presidents — by Knoller’s count — took less "vacation" time during their first year than President Obama — Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.

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bravo said:
For that matter, I didn't add the last part of the letter either.......because I didn't get the entire article in the first place....
But, to be complete....:


Obama spends nearly half his presidency outside Washington , plans to travel more

Related: Vacationer-in-Chief Spends $1.75 Million to Visit Hawaiian Chums

Obama has spent over $100 million taxpayer dollars flying around in Air Force One, and probably another $100 million on his entourage. Obama is just another tin-pot dictator living lavishly at the expense of his subjects.

Opelika , AL
=====================================

You're implying the numbers are wrong ?
Of course, Representative Mike D. Rogers had no way of verifying the data....

So in the interest of accuracy....here is the Post by Mark Knoller
award-winning White House Correspondent for CBS News. He reports for CBS Radio News, as well as The Saturday Early Show. He also contributes to the weekend editions of the CBS Evening News and Up To The Minute.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-6119525-503544.html
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The problem is nobody verified the data. If they can't be bothered to back up the blog with facts, I can't be bothered to take their numbers seriously.
 
christiefan915 said:
The problem is nobody verified the data. If they can't be bothered to back up the blog with facts, I can't be bothered to take their numbers seriously.
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How the hell do you know what was 'verified" and what wasn't....it happens to be CBS News, and there is absolutely no reason to doubt the numbers....

Mark Knoller (award-winning White House Correspondent for CBS News) is responsible for the numbers and I'm quite sure he stands by them as accurate....and you have no valid reason to say otherwise....
You'd have no trouble believing it as fact if it came from Huffington


Mike D. Rogers had no way of verifying the data and said so, and neither do I....but I'm not gonna call Mr. Knoller a liar without any proof.....

Thats a job for you "Obama Apologists"....speaking from ignorance is what you do best.....why?...because you're a apologist/pinhead
 
Knoller isn't using the same numbers as the other writer, so which one is accurate, dimwit?

Rogers: 172 flights on AF1; Knoller: 160 flights on AF1.

Rogers: $181,757 per flight hour; Knoller: no number.

Rogers: 203 pieces legislation signed; Knoller: 124 bill signings.

Rogers: 491 speeches; Knoller: 411 speeches.

Rogers: 24 days out of the public eye; Knoller: 21 days out of the public eye.

Rogers: 65 domestic trips; Knoller: 46 domestic trips.

Rogers: 196 helicopter trips; Knoller: 193 helicopter trips.

Rogers: 6 vacation trips over 32 days; Knoller: 4 trips over 26 days.
 
christiefan915 said:
Knoller isn't using the same numbers as the other writer, so which one is accurate, dimwit?

Rogers: 172 flights on AF1; Knoller: 160 flights on AF1.

Rogers: $181,757 per flight hour; Knoller: no number.

Rogers: 203 pieces legislation signed; Knoller: 124 bill signings.

Rogers: 491 speeches; Knoller: 411 speeches.

Rogers: 24 days out of the public eye; Knoller: 21 days out of the public eye.

Rogers: 65 domestic trips; Knoller: 46 domestic trips.

Rogers: 196 helicopter trips; Knoller: 193 helicopter trips.

Rogers: 6 vacation trips over 32 days; Knoller: 4 trips over 26 days.
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Well, pinhead, its like this....

#1...Rogers has NO numbers...Rogers passed on a letter written to him and said up front the numbers were not verified..and were allegedly for 2010 (UNVERIFIED as STATED)
#2...The figures you're using for Knoller are the figures for 2009....

If it means so fuckin' much to you, here is the site for verification of some issues.......
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/Speeches-and-Remarks/2010/01

Add 'em up and have a ball.....maybe you can prove Knoller's numbers are bogus and write an nasty note to CBS.....
 
Yet you're the one who brought up Knoller to verify the info by the other guy, not me. :rolleyes:

Of course, Representative Mike D. Rogers had no way of verifying the data....

So in the interest of accuracy....here is the Post by Mark Knoller
award-winning White House Correspondent for CBS News. He reports for CBS Radio News, as well as The Saturday Early Show. He also contributes to the weekend editions of the CBS Evening News and Up To The Minute.
 
christiefan915 said:
Yet you're the one who brought up Knoller to verify the info by the other guy, not me. :rolleyes:

Of course, Representative Mike D. Rogers had no way of verifying the data....

So in the interest of accuracy....here is the Post by Mark Knoller
award-winning White House Correspondent for CBS News. He reports for CBS Radio News, as well as The Saturday Early Show. He also contributes to the weekend editions of the CBS Evening News and Up To The Minute.
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WTF ?? Do you know what circular reasoning is.....? if not...read your own post....Knollers name isn't in the op....

I DIDN'T bring up Knoller to verify anyone...It was YOU and YOUR link in the second post that Knoller's name first appeared....can't you follow what the fuck your posting....

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"We are privy to some of these numbers thanks to CBS' Mark Knoller, a bearded national treasure trove of presidential stats. 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."
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Thats why I referred you to CBS and Knoller's actual article...you had an issue that the data wasn't verified....

So "roll you eyes" up your ass....if you can't follow whats going on...you might as well stfu and give us all a break....
 
Here's some trivia for you...
Who was the only President of the United States who made several appearances on WWE wrestling as a wrestling villain?


Poor Blabo...
 
Here's another good trivia question that just may come up on Jeopardy...
Who is the only President of the United States who has expressed, on national television, a desire to have sex with his own daughter?


Poor Blabo
 
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