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Title: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: roo_ster on November 03, 2010, 11:26:19 AM
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Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: TommyGunn on November 03, 2010, 02:03:41 PM
 :laugh:


BTW, it's "retinue, not "rentinue."   ;)
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: vaskidmark on November 03, 2010, 02:08:28 PM
:laugh:


BTW, it's "retinue, not "rentinue."   ;)

Yes, it's "retinue" if you are speaking about his minions, but "rentinue" suggests they are with him only for the short haul.  I like the connotation.

stay safe.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: 41magsnub on November 03, 2010, 02:08:41 PM
The rentinue is too high!
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: TommyGunn on November 03, 2010, 02:10:24 PM
The rentinue is too high!
:laugh:  Okay this thread is officially making me crack up.     [popcorn] [popcorn] =D =D
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: roo_ster on November 03, 2010, 02:23:03 PM
Yes, it's "retinue" if you are speaking about his minions, but "rentinue" suggests they are with him only for the short haul.  I like the connotation.

stay safe.

I'll claim that!

I don't mind stumbling into a pun.  At least I don't have to scrape it off my shoes, afterwards.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Sergeant Bob on November 03, 2010, 08:23:59 PM
   
Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington to the tune of $200,000,000 a day. :mad:
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: charby on November 03, 2010, 09:13:21 PM
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Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Perd Hapley on November 03, 2010, 09:55:45 PM
The rentinue is too high!

No, I would say they're Obama's low-rentinue.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: grislyatoms on November 03, 2010, 11:54:31 PM
Did y'all see the pic of the guy falling to his knees when Obama's motorcade left... somewhere up North? It was all over Yahoo! for awhile.

Grow a pair and stand up straight, man!
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: longeyes on November 04, 2010, 11:37:22 AM
This is the "thank you" trip for all of his loyal retainers before he goes into exile next year.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Racehorse on November 04, 2010, 12:44:51 PM
Heard on the radio this morning that this trip will cost $2 billion.  :O

WTH? Why is this trip so important that it's worth $2 billion of taxpayer funds?
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on November 04, 2010, 12:55:47 PM
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/34-warships-sent-from-us-for-obama-visit-64459

Did Bush do anything on this scale? I know he did some overseas traveling, but I don't recall him bringing the Navy and half the White House staff along.

Is Obama planning on invading Pakistan while he's over there?
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Jocassee on November 04, 2010, 01:11:10 PM


Is Obama planning on invading Pakistan while he's over there?

We can only hope. Reminds me of When Qaddafi visited Jo-berg a few years ago for some African Union thing. His minions saw fit to bring some RPGs and anti-aircraft missiles along in the Limo. 
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Sergeant Bob on November 04, 2010, 04:05:02 PM
I believe Rush stated that Obama was taking 3000 people with him?
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: eyebrows on November 04, 2010, 04:21:36 PM
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/34-warships-sent-from-us-for-obama-visit-64459

Did Bush do anything on this scale? I know he did some overseas traveling, but I don't recall him bringing the Navy and half the White House staff along.

Is Obama planning on invading Pakistan while he's over there?

They probably need the 34 ships to carry the above ground bomb proof tunnel he'll be driving in...
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_tunnel-for-obama-near-mani-bhavan_1461946

Seems like they are going to remove the coconuts from the trees.. ya know so one don't land on his head...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/8109295/Coconuts-removed-from-trees-in-preparation-for-Barack-Obamas-India-trip.html

Are there any limits on the books as to what can be spent on this kinda stuff?? Or does he just have free reign to evacuate that side of India.. so he can visit  :facepalm: This stuff is hard to believe.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on November 04, 2010, 05:02:22 PM
I hope there's an attack.  And that it is a big one.  I don't want Obama or his cabinet hurt by it, but I do want it to be a serious enough attack that he is forced to truly declare who is ENEMIES are.  And respond, with the 34 warships, dozens of fighter/bombers, and thousands of seamen, soldiers and marines that will be at his disposal.  And it justifies the $200m daily cost of this trip.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: vaskidmark on November 04, 2010, 05:04:23 PM
Are there any limits on the books as to what can be spent on this kinda stuff?? Or does he just have free reign to evacuate that side of India.. so he can visit  :facepalm: This stuff is hard to believe.

All they can do is ask the host country to "accommodate" their wishes.  But then apparently our foreign aid payments to India seem to carry an awful lot of influence, no?

Oh, for the days when folks had the gumption to stand up to someone and tell them "No".  The last time I recall that happening was when Durgin Park restaurant told the Secret Service that they would not close the place so that John F. Kennedy, recently elected as President, could dine there.  I recall the event because I was taken there for lunch a day or two afterwards to experience a place where folks were not afraid to stand up for their ideals.  Mostly I remember several bankers sitting opposite us, while two butchers in bloody aprons sitting to my right complimented my deboning of a double pork chop.  

Sadly, it appears that these days they even take reservations on-line. http://www.arkrestaurants.com/durgin_park.html  And I'll bet now they even make the butchers from Fanuiel Hall Market take off their aprons before coming in. =(

stay safe.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on November 04, 2010, 05:09:14 PM
I hope there's an attack.  And that it is a big one.  I don't want Obama or his cabinet hurt by it
You didn't mention Michelle.  :P
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: charby on November 04, 2010, 05:56:16 PM
Maybe he going to attack the TEA party from India?

Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: longeyes on November 04, 2010, 06:05:32 PM
Apparently the warships are there to defend The Himness from rabid monkeys and high-momentum coconuts...
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Sergeant Bob on November 04, 2010, 06:38:54 PM
Apparently the warships are there to defend The Himness from rabid monkeys biological threats and high-momentum coconuts spherical ballistic projectiles ...

Hey, I fixted it!
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on November 04, 2010, 07:03:50 PM
They probably need the 34 ships to carry the above ground bomb proof tunnel he'll be driving in...
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_tunnel-for-obama-near-mani-bhavan_1461946

WTF? Why not use the helicopter?
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Angel Eyes on November 04, 2010, 07:45:43 PM
WTF? Why not use the helicopter?

Shoulder-fired SAMs.  RPGs.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: MicroBalrog on November 04, 2010, 09:02:52 PM
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/34-warships-sent-from-us-for-obama-visit-64459

Did Bush do anything on this scale? I know he did some overseas traveling, but I don't recall him bringing the Navy and half the White House staff along.

Is Obama planning on invading Pakistan while he's over there?

Not really true. (http://hotair.com/archives/2010/11/04/no-obamas-not-taking-34-navy-ships-to-india-with-him/)
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: longeyes on November 04, 2010, 09:38:16 PM
What, they haven't developed a Presidential WormMobile to burrow underground.  After all, cost is apparently no object...
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Perd Hapley on November 04, 2010, 10:23:04 PM
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They probably need the 34 ships to carry the above ground bomb proof tunnel he'll be driving in...
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_tunnel-for-obama-near-mani-bhavan_1461946
WTF? Why not use the helicopter?

What I thought. So does this impress and overawe our Indian allies (and Pakistan) with our prodigious might and technical prowess, or does it make us and our president look frightened and stand-off-ish?

Or maybe Obama is just a typical American person, who crosses the street when he sees an Indian?
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: longeyes on November 05, 2010, 12:30:50 AM
Perhaps he's watched 300 one time too many and become obsessed with the style and grandeur of the Emperor Xerxes...?
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: MicroBalrog on November 05, 2010, 02:10:36 AM
Except he's not, in fact, doing that.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: seeker_two on November 05, 2010, 05:39:36 AM
Isn't there an aircraft carrier already on station in the Indian Ocean anyway?....  =|

WTF? Why not use the helicopter?

He doesn't need a helicopter.....he has his magical unicorn, remember?....
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: vaskidmark on November 05, 2010, 07:02:40 AM
But at least the Secret Service has not lost any skills:

Quote
US secret agents visited the museum to plan Obama’s security detail.

They were accompanied by officers of Mumbai Police and civic officials of the D ward (where Mani Bhavan is located). While inspecting the route and the buildings lining up the route to the museum, the Americans detected a skyscraper near Peddar road and also found the area to be highly populated.

In Mumbai?  Hard to believe it.

stay safe.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Doggy Daddy on November 05, 2010, 09:03:17 AM
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the Americans detected a skyscraper

I am in awe of their Jedi-like powers of observation and situational awareness.

DD
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Monkeyleg on November 05, 2010, 09:30:12 AM
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I am in awe of their Jedi-like powers of observation and situational awareness.

You'll be even more in awe when you read that the piece of detection equipment cost over $60 million.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: AJ Dual on November 05, 2010, 10:47:27 AM
You'll be even more in awe when you read that the piece of detection equipment cost over $60 million.

Yeah, I won the contract on that one through my minority front-proxies, and then a secondary shell corporation which appears to be owned by the Chinese People's Liberation Army to get favored status in the bids after the RFP for the skyscraper detector came out.

What we wound up making was a buzzer, a 9V battery, and a photocell. It goes off when the sun goes behind the skyscraper as the agent's go about their search-grid.

We did alright on that one. Out of the $60 Million, we wound up with a nice $6000 in profit after taxes, union negotiations, EEOC filings, and environmental impact statements over using non-lead-free solder to build it.
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Perd Hapley on November 05, 2010, 12:59:29 PM
Except he's not, in fact, doing that.

So he's not building a tunnel? Why do you say that?
Title: Re: Obama & His Rentinue Leave Washington
Post by: Doggy Daddy on November 05, 2010, 08:01:47 PM
So he's not building a tunnel? Why do you say that?

See now, dammit!  You almost made me spit up on my employer's keyboard.

DD