Reagan and AF"1"

Newps wrote:

It is an immense amount of money. A couple of days before the President
arrives the support stuff comes in. You'll have cargo planes full of limos,
suburbans, Blackhawk helicopters, secret service agents, etc.

Yes I can well imagine.

I would also imagine that only the most jaded would begrudge the cost
or the use by the president.

Up here in Canada every time the Prime Minister goes somewhere or
a government plane is used to transport a senior politician or a
Premier at the Provincial level there will be some news organization
using our freedom of information act to find out what the cost of the
flight was, and then squeeling like stuck pigs over that cost.

Shiver Me Timbers wrote in message ...
Newps wrote:

It is an immense amount of money. A couple of days before the President
arrives the support stuff comes in. You'll have cargo planes full of limos,
suburbans, Blackhawk helicopters, secret service agents, etc.

Yes I can well imagine.

I would also imagine that only the most jaded would begrudge the cost
or the use by the president.

Up here in Canada every time the Prime Minister goes somewhere or
a government plane is used to transport a senior politician or a
Premier at the Provincial level there will be some news organization
using our freedom of information act to find out what the cost of the
flight was, and then squeeling like stuck pigs over that cost.

We fixed that problem by running the cost through the Secret Service
and the Military.
In general, I think American's are proud when we see our President
show up somewhere in his giant 747 and group. Its like showing of a
really cool car. He feel proud.

-Robert