All work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy!
Not wanting to be dull, Mr. Obama has taken this to heart and avoids much work.
A week has 7 days each containing 24 hours; and a common laborer must work about 40 hours a week.
By comparison, the President works about half of this. Using his last week's schedule as an indicator of his working effort, we find the President spends:
- 7 hours in meetings
- 3 hours greeting sports teams and other guests
- 5 hours touring and speaking
- 3 hours at campaign events, and
- 2 hours taping television events and a weekly speech.
During the week, he met with his senior advisers 3 times, had 3 daily briefings, and met with Mrs. Clinton.
He welcomed 2 sports teams, wounded warriors, and teacher finalists to the White House. Obama visited the Holocaust Museum, and 2 community colleges. In between all this, he managed to sign a Proclamation naming Fort Ord a National Monument, and taped an interview with Jimmy Fallon.
And, Mr. Obama attended 3 campaign events. By comparison, VP Biden also attended 3 campaign events, and Michell Obama attended 2.
The following summarizes the public schedule of the President, Mrs. Obama, and Vice President Biden in the week from Wednesday April 18 through Tuesday April 24, 2012.
Today, Tuesday, April 24, 2012
- President Obama honors the 2012 National Teacher of Year finalists at White House. Then, he travels to Chapel Hill NC to speak at UNC about student loans. At the same location, he tapes an interview with "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". Afterwards, he flies to Boulder Colorado to speaks at the University of Colorado about student loans.
- Michelle Obama traveled to Omaha Nebraska where she delivers a luncheon address to Girls Inc, and then attends fundraising event. Next, she flies to Des Moines Iowa to meet with campaign volunteers.
- Mr. Biden meets with Hillary Clinton and Janet Napolitano.
- Mr Obama toured and spoke at the Holocaust Memorial Museum. Later, he presented the President's Trophy to the Air Force Acadamy football team.
- Mr Obama signed a proclamation and and then welcomed the Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride to the White House.
- Joe Biden attended a campaign event in Santa Barbara CA
- Barack Obama welcomed the Alabama Crimson Tide to honor there 14th championship. He announced that he was saddened to hear that Dick Clark has died. He ended the day with a campaign at the W Hotel.
- Mr.Biden attended one campaign event in Phoenix Arizona, and a second one in Los Angeles CA.
- Obama flew to Ohio and held a roundtable at Lorain County Community College. He later delivered remarks on economy; and then he flew to Michigan where he attended 2 campaign events, 1 at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, and the 2nd at a private residence in Dearborn.
- Biden hosted an event highlighting need to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (hopefully without any newly added spending attachments).
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