Guardian.co.ukcom: Prospect of Barack Obama show causes UK to clear its decks

[Dobcat]

The unemployment rate looks poised to go to double digits and our knucklehead president thinks it's prudent to take 500+ helpers to the G20 meeting in London? Give me a break!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...n-visit-uk-g20

[skinsfan_1215]

Seriously? Not about the fact that he's taking 500 people to London, but to the fact that you felt you needed to make a thread about it...

Says 200 of the are Secret Service. I really don't see how this is a problem.

Plus, all those plane tickets will help stimulate the airline industry.

edit: oh yeah, and please re-title your thread to the actual title of the article. is da rules.

[Burgold]

What's the typical number?

That's a whole lot of folks being forced to eat British food. Methinks Obama may secretly have a grudge against liberals.

[Prosperity]

Doesn't sound like to much. This is a major economic summit, during a turbulent state in the world economy... I'd say this is a non-issue. But tell me this, do you have any knowledge of what the normal size of a delegation is? If you don't then how do you know what's too much and too little. Please answer this question.

[Vicious]

The unemployment rate looks poised to go to double digits and our knucklehead president thinks it's prudent to take 500+ helpers to the G20 meeting in London? Give me a break!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...n-visit-uk-g20

obviously you didn't see the new south park

[GoSkins561]

Seriously? Not about the fact that he's taking 500 people to London, but to the fact that you felt you needed to make a thread about it.

If he didn't start the thread someone else would have so why give the guy a hard time about it?

[skinsfan_1215]

If he didn't start the thread someone else would have so why give the guy a hard time about it?

Just seems random. I don't know that it would have been posted anyway. The story wasn't even mainly about the fact that there are 500 people going, but that's the only thing he got out of it.

[Thanos]

The unemployment rate looks poised to go to double digits and our knucklehead president thinks it's prudent to take 500+ helpers to the G20 meeting in London? Give me a break!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...n-visit-uk-g20

That knucklehead Bush had the same about of hangers on when he travelled abroad.

[Cooked Crack]

The unemployment rate looks poised to go to double digits and our knucklehead president thinks it's prudent to take 500+ helpers to the G20 meeting in London? Give me a break!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...n-visit-uk-g20

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/29...ushs-trav.html

Womp Womp.

[skinsfan_1215]

Womp Womp.

Thank you for finding this. By this count Bush took 670 people with him. Sooooo, can we close down this hack thread now?

[Cooked Crack]

Thank you for finding this. By this count Bush took 670 people with him. Sooooo, can we close down this hack thread now?

Sometimes even up to 900 people. I want to see what Dobcat has to say when he comes back. This thread was actually informative. Never knew Presidents took so many people with them.

[skinsfan_1215]

Sometimes even up to 900 people. I want to see what Dobcat has to say when he comes back. This thread was actually informative. Never knew Presidents took so many people with them.

I doubt he comes back... that was his only post in over three years on here. Idk what motivated him to start the thread, but whatever.

[twa]

Just the standard three transport copters and the Blackhawk alone require well over 50 marines....the basic security team is about 25

Be it W or O ,there will be a massive crowd along for the ride

[Hubbs]

Two things. One, he's the freaking President, I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that having a large staff on hand is pretty necessary. But far more importantly, this...

Thank you for finding this. By this count Bush took 670 people with him. Sooooo, can we close down this hack thread now?

...is a joke. Assuming the large staff really was a total luxury - if a Democrat murders someone, but you can show that a Republican has too, that makes it okay?

Get out of your box, people.

[skinsfan_1215]

Two things. One, he's the freaking President, I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that having a large staff on hand is pretty necessary. But far more importantly, this...



...is a joke. Assuming the large staff really was a total luxury - if a Democrat murders someone, but you can show that a Republican has too, that makes it okay?

Get out of your box, people.

Umm, no I'm sorry. It's not a joke. As you said, having a large staff is pretty necessary.

Of course then you assume that I was under the assumption that it is a luxury to have a large staff. I never said that. I never would have criticized Bush for carrying a large staff.

So, get OFF your box buddy.