Air Force One takes Biden to Germany & England, and Obama flies to Minnesota

When President Obama's schedule is light, it is filled up with the activities of the Vice President. During the past week, the President received 4 daily briefings, met with Leon Panetta, lunched with Hillary Clinton, handed out medals, and flew off to Minnesota to give another speech.

But, to camouflage the President's lack of activities, his agenda was covered by Vice President Biden's trip to Europe. Mr. Biden and his wife flew to Germany last Friday and they are still on the continent. In addition to Germany, the schedule notes that he is in the UK. Other than that, we do not know where else he visited on the U.S. Taxpayer funded trip.

Below is a summary of President Obama's and VP Biden's activities during the week of Wednesday January 30 through Tuesday February 5, 2013.

Today, Tuesday, February 5, 2013

• President Obama receives a daily briefing at 9:45 AM. Later, he will meet with progressive & labor leaders (at 11 AM), and then with business leaders at 3:20 PM. He will also deliver a statement at 1:15 PM, and meet with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at 4:30 PM.
• Mr. Biden is attending a meeting of the United Kingdom National Security Council. There, he meets with British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and then attends a working lunch meeting.

Monday, February 4, 2013

• President Obama left the White House at 10:15 AM and flew to Minneapolis MN. There, he participated in a discussion with local leaders and law enforcement officials; and he delivered remarks on reducing gun violence. He flew back to DC and was in the White House by 6 PM.
• Vice President Biden met with French President François Hollande. Afterward, he and his wife flew to London.
• Jill Biden met with American and French exchange students.

Friday, February 1, 2013

• President Obama had a daily briefing at 11 AM. He also presented the National Medals of Science and the National Medals of Technology and received a daily briefing at 10 AM. Innovation awards at 2:15 PM to 21 honorees.
• Joe Biden and his wife Jill flew to DC to Berlin, where he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the German Chancellery. Next, the couple flew to Munich.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

• President Obama received a daily briefing at 10 AM.
• VP Biden attended a lunch with the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

• President Obama received a daily briefing at 10:15 AM. Next, he ate lunch with Hillary Clinton. In the afternoon, he was interviewed by both Telemundo and Univision in two separate short sessions.

Chains, Felons, Fundraisers, and Denials

Surprise, President Obama had a press conference yesterday! Yes, after being criticized for only meeting with celebrity news outlets, Mr. Obama finally held another press conference at the White House. Unfortunately, he did not seem to be prepared, especially when he said nobody had called Mitt Romney a "felon". Either he really does not stay up with current events, or he believes the country is so ignorant that we will believe anything he says. Either way, it did not seem to go very well for for the President.


Luckily, the day ended on an up note when he and Michelle hosted a "state dinner" for 54 winners of a children's "healthy eating" campaign contest.

As for the country's work, the President received 3 daily briefings, and met with his senior advisers, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Geithner once during the week.

He also attended 6 fundraising events, held in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Ohio. Vice President Biden delivered remarks at 3 campaign events as well.


Below is a summary if the President's leadership activities during the week of Wednesday August 15 through Tuesday August 21, 2012.

Today, Tuesday, August 21, 2012

• President Obama left the White House at 9:15AM and flew to Columbus, Ohio. At 1PM, he spoke at a campaign event at Capital University. Then, he flies to Reno Nevada and delivers remarks at a campaign event at Truckee Meadows Community College. When he is done, he will fly to Las Vegas NV for the night.
• First, VP Biden delivers remarks at a campaign event in Minneapolis MN. Later, he will speak at a second campaign event at the Olmstead County Fairgrounds in Rochester MN.

Monday, August 20, 2012

• President Obama started the day with an 11:05 AM daily briefing. Next he had lunch with VP Biden, and then sat for interviews with regional television and print outlets. Then, he surprised everyone by holding a press conference. He ended the day by having dinner with winners of another campaign contest.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

• Mr. Obama departed the White House at 10 AM and flew to Manchester, NH where he spoke at campaign event at the Windham High School. After, he attended a second campaign event at Rochester Commons in Rochester NH. He arrived back in DC before 8 PM.

Friday, August 17, 2012

• President Obama had only two things scheduled. First was a daily briefing held at 11 AM and the second was a meeting with senior advisers at 11:30 AM.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

• Mr. Obama began at 10:15 AM by attending a daily briefing. At 10:45 (one-half our later), he met with Mrs. Clinton. Then he had lunch with Biden. Following a 1:45 PM with Mr. Geithner, he was done for the day.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

• President Obama attended two campaign events in Iowa with his wife Michelle at his side. The first was at 12 noon in Dubuque and the second was in Davenport. Afterwards, they both flew back to Washington DC.
• Mr. Biden delivered remarks at a campaign event at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va. (Note, this was only 1 day after his famous "chains" speech).

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President Obama attended a total of 9 campaign fundraising events during the past week. These took place in 3 separate cities, and were completed in only 2 days! All of these events targeted large donations from the evil 1% of wealthy people. Is that FAIR?

Aside from fundraising, Mr. Obama attended 3 daily briefings, met with senior advisers once, and with Mr. Geithner once.

For entertainment, the President hosted 3 receptions.

Aside from that, Mr. Biden was assigned only 1 campaign event to attend.

Below is a summary of the President's activities during the week of Wednesday May 30 through Tuesday June 5, 2012. Notice that very little time was dedicated to his administrative duties as President of United States.


Tuesday, June 5, 2012

• VP Joe Biden attends an event for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Alexandria, Virginia

Monday, June 4, 2012

• President Obama flew to New York City and delivered remarks at 3 campaign fundraiser events.
• Mr. Biden flew to Miami FL and gave a commencement address to the Cypress Bay High School

Sunday, June 3, 2012

• Mr. Obama hosted a reception for the Ford's Theatre

Saturday, June 2, 2012

• Mr. Obama left Chicago and went to Camp David

Friday, June 1, 2012

• President Obama flew to Minneapolis MN, where he toured Honeywell's Golden Valley facility, read his 'to do list' again, and attended 3 campaign events. Then, he boarded Air Force One again and flew to Chicago IL where he appeared at 3 more campaign events.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

• President Obama and wife Michelle lunched with Former President George W. Bush & family, then officially welcomed them to the White House, and unveiled their official portraits. He also had a brief meeting with Geithner.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

• Mr. Obama attended a hurricane preparedness briefing, signed re-authorization of the Export-Import Bank, and then hosted a reception for Jewish American Heritage Month.

Cartagena Columbia excursion introduces new U.S. morality behavior

The week of Wednesday April 11 through Tuesday April 17 found the Air Force One planes traveling across the Americas. Here we have VP Biden hitting campaign events in Minneapolis MN, Exeter NH, and Scarsdale NY. Mrs. Obama flew to New York City to appear on The Colbert Report and is now fundraising in Nashville TN and Pittsburgh PA. The President stayed local for 4 days, interviewing on television, and attending only 1 fundraiser.

But, he did enjoy a 3 day junket in Cartagena Columbia attending a CEO Summit (hmm, I thought he was a President, not a CEO). As he had mentioned in one of his meetings, the real purpose of this enjoyable trip was to find a new location for a family vacation. But, all kidding aside, this international exposure highlighted the moral collapse in our government team. First, several Secret Service members were found to be arranging prostitute visits, and then Hillary Clinton was pictured drinking and dancing the night away.

Neither of these should be a surprise to the American public, particularly since the President has authorized free distribution of birth control and condoms.

As for Presidential work, Mr. Obama held two daily briefings, met with Senior Advisers twice, and met with Geithner and Panetta.

The Obama / Biden team together attended 9 campaign events, and today, the President is honoring race car driver Tony Stewart.

Today, Tuesday, April 17, 2012

• The President honors Tony Stewart.
• Michelle Obama delivers remarks at a Democratic National Committee event in Nashville and then flies to Pittsburgh, PA to attend two more DNC campaign events. To cover the travel costs, she is attend a a service member photo-op when she gets off the plane.
• VP Biden is attending a campaign event in DC.

Monday, April 16, 2012

• President Obama had no public events.
• Mrs Obama attended a campaign event at The Jefferson Hotel

Sunday, April 15, 2012

• Mr. Obama participated in a variety of events in Columbia.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

• Obama attended a CEO Summit, a ceremony, and a dinner in Columbia.

Friday, April 13, 2012

• President Obama flew to Tampa Florida to speak. Afterwards, he boarded the plane and flew to Cartagena, Colombia for 3 days.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

• Mr. Obama interviewed with regional TV anchors.
• VP Biden attended a campaign event at noon in Exeter NH, then he flew to Scarsdale NY to attend another campaign event.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

• President Obama delivered a statement, and later attended a campaign event at The W Hotel.
• Mrs. Obama was a guest on the "Colbert Report" in New York City.
• Joe Biden traveled to Minneapolis, MN and attended a campaign event for Senator Amy Klobuchar.

For fun, we leave you with the President's schedule for the past two days which have been extracted from Politico.

Jet pollution clouds Biden's Clean Energy Summit

The Air Force One and Two jets are in the air today, crisscrossing the country to: carry the President to Minnesota; and transport the Vice President to Las Vegas and Tulsa.

Obama is making a quick dash to Minneapolis-St. Paul to deliver remarks to veterans at an American Legion conference. He lands at 11:25AM, speaks at 11:55AM, and is back on the plane at 1:15PM. This means he will be flying approximately 4 hours in order to give a 1 hour speech.

Vice President Biden is campaigning at the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0 held in Las Vegas today. This summit is hosted by the Center for American Progress which is a liberal think tank partially funded by George Soros.

On his way back to DC, Biden will land in Tulsa Oklahoma and attend a DNC fundraising event tonight.

Hopefully, Biden will discuss the effects of jet fuel pollution on the climate and how both he and the President have contributed to its growth.

Sources:

• National Clean Energy Summit 4.0: The Future of Energy
• Center for American Progress
• Center for American Progress Action Fund
• Wikipedia: Center for American Progress 
• Whiteboard: Obama off to Minnesota
• Biden boosts Democrats in South

Buses buses everywhere in Iowa

Today, the President is beginning a three day bus tour through the Midwest to explain why that region of the country is important to the nation's economy. The president's schedule does not list any fundraisers during his bus tour, but he has never skipped the opportunity to attend one.

He begins the tour by flying on Air Force One to St. Paul, MN where he will meet his bus. With all the turmoil in the economic and political landscape, it is interesting to see so much activity focused on this all important heartland state.

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