On 8/18/2011 2:36 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:

It's also attracted another kind of attention: Republicans can't stop
bringing up the cost of the bus, making it sound like the vehicle is
boondoggle on wheels. In the new age of austerity, a million-dollar-bus is
an irresistible target. Not to mention that it was built in Canada, the
New York Post reported, not the United States.


While the bare chassis may have been purchased from a Canadian maker,
there is no doubt that the thousands of man hours spent to outfit it and
make it ready for presidential travel were carried out by the Secret
Service using American agents.

Stuart Wheaton wrote:
On 8/18/2011 2:36 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:

It's also attracted another kind of attention: Republicans can't stop
bringing up the cost of the bus, making it sound like the vehicle is
boondoggle on wheels. In the new age of austerity, a million-dollar-bus
is an irresistible target. Not to mention that it was built in Canada,
the New York Post reported, not the United States.

While the bare chassis may have been purchased from a Canadian maker,
there is no doubt that the thousands of man hours spent to outfit it and
make it ready for presidential travel were carried out by the Secret
Service using American agents.

On the American taxpayers' backs.

Thanks,
Rich

"Rich Grise" wrote in message
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Stuart Wheaton wrote:
On 8/18/2011 2:36 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:

It's also attracted another kind of attention: Republicans can't stop
bringing up the cost of the bus, making it sound like the vehicle is
boondoggle on wheels. In the new age of austerity, a million-dollar-bus
is an irresistible target. Not to mention that it was built in Canada,
the New York Post reported, not the United States.

While the bare chassis may have been purchased from a Canadian maker,
there is no doubt that the thousands of man hours spent to outfit it and
make it ready for presidential travel were carried out by the Secret
Service using American agents.

On the American taxpayers' backs.


Instead of spending their paychecks, secret service agents put all their
money into a big pile and then they set it on fire.