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Another Inaugural Record Broken
QandO —
A line from President Obama’s inaugural speech: With old friends and former foes, we’ll work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet.A fact concerning President Obama’s inaugural celebration: According to an article in Bloomberg, as many as 600 private jets were expected to touch down in D.C. for the inauguration. The runway at Washington Dulles was closed Saturday to allow as many as 100 small planes to park. And the Metropolitan ...
A Boon for Global Warming
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Just based on the 500 to 600 private jets that came to today's event , you can bet that the carbon footprint for this inauguration more than makes up for the conservation efforts by Democrats on Capitol Hill probably for years to come. But throw in all of the buses that are idling along Independence Avenue today, and we might actually have warmer weather by the end of the week. ...
Phil Bronstein: Obama's Inauguration Plays to Raves and Jeers in San Francisco
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... News reports said 600 private planes had flown into Washington for the inaugural celebration. In the face of populism and environmental concerns, that seems a little like people with powdered wigs and heavy makeup showing up at Andrew Jackson's swearing in. Democratic snoot and celebrity may have been right for the hard-partying Bill Clinton but a little atonal for Barack Obama. ...
Obama’s Inauguration Sets Record For Most Private Jet Accomodations
Say Anything —
This is funny for two reasons:
According to an article in Bloomberg, as many as 600 private jets were expected to touch down in D.C. for the inauguration. The runway at Washington Dulles was closed Saturday to allow as many as 100 small planes to park. And the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said it expected a total of 500 small jets to land from Jan. 16 through Jan 21.
“That would set a record, topping the 300 the airport accommodated for President George W. Bush’s 2004 inaugural,” an Airports Authority says in the ...
Parking Their Gulfstreams
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... Some 600 private jets have overwhelmed the airports in and around Washington, DC . It seems Barack Obama’s very well-heeled supporters are flocking to the inauguration and the festivities that follow. This may be the “most accessible inauguration ever”, but it’s considerably more accessible by private jet. At a time when stuff is no longer cool, the best way to show status among the wealthy is through access. And nothing will turn heads at dinner parties like the line “When I met Barack at the inaugural ball….” The presence of so many wealthy and their jets also underscores a ...
MORE PROOF THEY'RE ALL A BUNCH OF LEFTIST HYPOCRITES AND SCOUNDRELS: OBAMA'S INAUGURAL SETS PRIVATE JET RECORD!
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
TWR: According to an article in Bloomberg, as many as 600 private jets were expected to touch down in D.C. for the inauguration. The runway at Washington Dulles was closed Saturday to allow as many as 100 small planes to park. And the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said it expected a total of 500 small jets to land from Jan. 16 through Jan 21. “That would set a record, topping the 300 the airport accommodated for President George W. Bush’s 2004 inaugural,” an Airports Authority says in the article. Of course, flying private to a ...
Michelle Obama’s Ball Gown
The Anchoress —
... lace falling in soft pleats from those athletic shoulders, with the waist not cinched too tightly, but enough to show her shape, with the skirt full but straight. Mrs. Obama would have been magnificent and regal, completely commanding and assured, and people would have been gasping.
Oh, deep down, I would have loved to have been on Project Runway. But I’m sure I’d end up more detested than Wendy Pepper.
Fun Factoid: The Obama inauguration set the record for private jet usage. Did Al Gore use one?
Coronation Drew Record Number of Private Jets
Moonbattery —
... Yesterday's inauguration was historic, all right. Six hundred private jets were expected to touch down for the extravagant festivities, doubling the previous record. ...
A Trashy Inauguration
Wizbang —
... "? The Wall Street Journal is also reporting that the Obama inauguration set a record for private jet usage, with a record 600 private jets bringing VIP's into Washington, DC this week. In all, the Inauguration probably generated around ...
Global Carbon Credits Program Not Exactly Working Out Well
Say Anything —
... Climate change is enough of a “crisis,” according to the environuts, to justify this sort of extreme policy. Yet it’s not enough of a crisis to get Barack Obama and his followers to stop living in mansions or flying private jets. Which begs the question: Is global warming really about a dangerous crisis? Or is it just an excuse for more government power and wealth redistribution? ...
