I was wondering what the purpose of this Obama India trip was, and now I've found out.
According to the Press Trust of India.....(reproduced article below)
" (The Obama Family) wants to 'specifically' celebrate the Festival of Lights with Indians"
Now, isn't that "special?"......$ 2,000,000,000 to take his family and 3,000 of your fellow Americans to the Festival and enjoy a week at a 5 star hotel within sight of the Taj Mahal. 34 warships, two USAF military jets, and untold numbers of security personnel to provide protection for this small-town sized entourage.
What a bargain ! Only $2 billion in taxpayer's (yours & mine) hard earned dollars for this boondoggle. Like I said earlier, it's good to be the King!
If Bush had even thought of this, let alone planned it, he would have been crucified in the media.
Now, you have a better idea of how the media and political elites operate; what's good for them is not good for you.
You are what Jodef Stalin referred to as "useful idiots." Doesn't that make you feel good?
Nov. 6, 2012
"Freedom From Obama Day"
Obamas want to celebrate Diwali in India
Press Trust of India, Updated: November 03, 2010 11:38 IST
Washington: Barack Obama, who became the first US president to personally celebrate Diwali in the historic East Room in 2009, wants to "specifically" celebrate the festival of lights with Indians, the White House has said.
"He (Obama) specifically wanted to have an opportunity to celebrate Diwali and to do so with the Indian people, getting beyond simply his official business," Jeff Bader, Senior Director for Asia Affairs at the National Security Council, White House, said.
Bader and other top US officials were responding to questions at "Tuesday Talks at the White House", a live web cast from the White House on the forthcoming 10-day Asia trip of the US President.
Commencing his four-day trip to India, Obama arrives along with First Lady Michelle Obama in Mumbai on November 6, a day after Diwali, and are scheduled to visit a school in the city on the following day.
At that school, he will participate in a Diwali celebration, which includes lighting a lantern. And then the President will have an opportunity to watch some schoolchildren perform a cultural dance associated with it, Bader said. (Watch the school that Obama will visit) (It's included in the link below - of course, it is a private, Christian school - he wouldn't go anywhere where the soles of his shoes would get dirty.)
"So he'll have the opportunity to celebrate Diwali with these schoolchildren in Mumbai specifically, and with the Indian people more broadly," the official said.
"Last year we were very excited to host the Diwali event, a celebration here at the White House, underscoring again the importance of the festival as a wonderful holiday," he said, referring to last year's Diwali celebrations here.
"He (Obama) specifically wanted to have an opportunity to celebrate Diwali and to do so with the Indian people, getting beyond simply his official business," Jeff Bader, Senior Director for Asia Affairs at the National Security Council, White House, said.
Bader and other top US officials were responding to questions at "Tuesday Talks at the White House", a live web cast from the White House on the forthcoming 10-day Asia trip of the US President.
Commencing his four-day trip to India, Obama arrives along with First Lady Michelle Obama in Mumbai on November 6, a day after Diwali, and are scheduled to visit a school in the city on the following day.
At that school, he will participate in a Diwali celebration, which includes lighting a lantern. And then the President will have an opportunity to watch some schoolchildren perform a cultural dance associated with it, Bader said. (Watch the school that Obama will visit) (It's included in the link below - of course, it is a private, Christian school - he wouldn't go anywhere where the soles of his shoes would get dirty.)
"So he'll have the opportunity to celebrate Diwali with these schoolchildren in Mumbai specifically, and with the Indian people more broadly," the official said.
"Last year we were very excited to host the Diwali event, a celebration here at the White House, underscoring again the importance of the festival as a wonderful holiday," he said, referring to last year's Diwali celebrations here.
Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/obamas-wanted-to-celebrate-diwali-in-india-64177?pfrom=Namaste,-Obama&cp
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