Yes, folks, Los Angeles is batting down the hatches for what promises to be a major catastrophe. Deep in the bowels of City Hall, the LAPD and other emergency services are standing by in the emergency center in front of all their computers, cameras and wall maps (I've been there.) . Crews are manning major intersections for what promises to be another historic gridlock in the city's already jammed traffic. The populace is being advised to ensure they have enough groceries and flashlights to survive an extended stay indoors as they are advised not to attempt driving this week.
What is it that LA is facing? A predicted earthquake that will measure 12.5 on the Richter scale? A hurricane? Another riot? No. LA is bracing for another visit by President Obama.
That's right. This week, Obama is taking a break from his presidential duties of watching the revolution in Libya or overseeing the collapse of the economy. This week, he will stop in Las Vegas to tell bunch of curious by-standers of the benefits of his new government program to bail out home buyers who bought homes they couldn't afford. It was widely speculated that he would announce a government program to bail out gamblers who bet more than they could afford to lose. That will have to wait.
Then it's off to LA, where he will (once again) drop by the homes of a few famous movie stars for one of those fundraisers. And that's not all. He will even appear on the Leno show.
Of course, all that requires certain little things. Air Force One for example and all that fuel to get him and his political buddies out to California as well as all those Secret Service agents. By now, the agents have already made their advance trips to Vegas and LA to make sure all goes smoothly. By now, there have already been practice runs, like providing protection to get Obama from LAX to all the movie stars' homes as well as to the studio in Burbank for the Tonight Show. And don't forget those hotel rooms for all the dignitaries and protection agents.
Most of all, consider that large sections of LA streets will be blocked off to the lowly masses as the President's motorcade speeds by en route to Beverly Hills, Brentwood or wherever those movie stars live-not to mention the route to Burbank.
No, the President won't be meeting with any visiting heads of stae or inspecting any military bases on the trip. It's all about selling his latest give-away project and hobnobbing with stars, starlets and Jay Leno. Then it's back to oh so boring Washington DC and the daily hum-drum of doing the people's business.
If you are wondering about the price tag for all this stuff, so am I.
Welcome back to California, Mr President.
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4 comments:
Trite tripe Gary, and a very OLD number. How many times are you going to play this broken record?
As I've said before, when you propose a law that, due to security concerns and expense, no president of the United States may leave the White House until the end of their term, I'll consider it as a serious proposal.
I think that the So. Cal. Celebs at the $35800.00 per plate dinner are part of the 1% group.
Squid
We've never had a more imperious, fundamentally low class, president in US history. The amount he and his family spend of our money is disgraceful. His work ethic is about as bad.
The amount of debt the country has incurred on his watch is unbelievable.
The election can't come soon enough.
Oh, he works hard. He just doesn't do what YOU want a hard working president to do. I agree, the election can't come soon enough. Once he starts his second term, we get four years where good government isn't derailed by maneuvering around the possibility of the denying the president a second term.
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