Obama also taking 34 warships with him to India.

[Ares]

New Delhi: The White House will, of course, stay in Washington but the heart of the famous building will move to India when President Barack Obama lands in Mumbai on Saturday.

Communications set-up, nuclear button, a fleet of limousines and majority of the White House staff will be in India accompanying the President on this three-day visit that will cover Mumbai and Delhi.

He will also be protected by a fleet of 34 warships, including an aircraft carrier, which will patrol the sea lanes off the Mumbai coast during his two-day stay there beginning Saturday. The measure has been taken as Mumbai attack in 2008 took place from the sea.

Arrangements have been put in place for emergency evacuation, if needed.

Obama is expected to fly by a helicopter -- Marine One -- from the city airport to the Indian Navy's helibase INS Shikra at Colaba in south Mumbai.

From there, he will drive down in Lincoln Continental -- the Presidential limousine -- to the nearby the Taj Hotel.

Two jets, armed with advanced communication and security systems, and a fleet of over 40 cars will be part of Obamas convoy.

Around 800 rooms have been booked for the President and his entourage in Taj Hotel and Hyatt.

The President will have a security ring of American elite Secret Service, which are tasked to guard the President, along with National Security Guards (NSG) and personnel from central paramilitary forces and local police in Mumbai and Delhi.

Similar arrangements will be in place in Delhi, with the Air Force One to be kept in all readiness throughout Obama's stay here from Sunday afternoon to Tuesday morning.

Maurya Hotel, where the President will stay, has already been swarmed by American security personnel and protective measures have been put in place.

Security drills are already been carried out at the hotel as well as Rajghat which he will visit.

Sources said 13 heavy-lift aircraft with high-tech equipment, three helicopters and 500 US security personnel have arrived in India ahead of Obama's visit.

The US security has also brought interception and obstruction device, sniffer dogs, rescue gadgets.

Apart from Obama's Air Force One, a few private luxury jets carrying top American corporate leaders, who are part of Obama entourage, are also expected to arrive in India in next 2-3 days.

All high-rise buildings in the vicinity of Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel and Delhi's Maurya Sheraton hotel, where the US President will stay, are being sanitised and security personnel will be positioned on rooftops to prevent any air-borne attack.

The Ridge area - opposite Delhi's Maurya Sheraton hotel - has been illuminated by floodlights as part of the heightened security drill.

The Home Ministry has already issued an alert for Mumbai and Delhi asking authorities to take extra precautions during Obama's visit as well as on Diwali on Friday.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/34-warships-sent-from-us-for-obama-visit-64459

[MNeagle]

You know, I hear there's this new technology called video conferencing. He should check it out & avoid the jet lag.

[DMac]

So why is Obama going to Mumbai? Outsourcing the presidency next?

[woodman]

So why is Obama going to Mumbai? Outsourcing the presidency next?


The presidency has already been outsourced; To a Kenyan.

[Filthy Keynes]

This sh*it's getting scary! Don't forget the Federal Reserve members are also meeting this weekend in Jekyll Island - and don't forget the "33" hours of Central Banker announcements, beginning with the Fed, then Britian, then ECB, then Japan....

[General of Darkness]

It's almost like they've moved the entire guberment with some type of anticipation of an event happening, Pearl Harbor or 9/11 type event. :dunno

[cedarchopper]

Amazing! 34 warships, including an aircraft carrier...on top of renting 800 rooms and spending billions! This guy needs a good Impeachment trial to bring him down from his lofty perch.

[Awoke]

When he flies around the world to different countries, he doesn't bring 34 battleships, Secret Service contingencies and that amount of personnel with him, usually.

If anything, I would be getting prepped for a FF attack on US soil, that he doesn't want to be here for.

But I tend to err on the side of caution.

[MNeagle]

It's almost like they've moved the entire guberment with some type of anticipation of an event happening, Pearl Harbor or 9/11 type event. :dunno


See this video: http://gold-silver.us/forum/conspiracy-theories/11-06-10/msg133930/?boardseen#new

[midnight rambler]

Quote for the day: The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. - from someone on my Skype contact list

On another note, Anderson Cooper was giving Christine Bachman a hard time about her saying that this India trip was costing $200B/day essentially coming across as telling her "that's crazy talk, where do you get that???" With this trip Obongo is acting like his expense account has absolutely no limit whatsoever, as if he's trying to spend all that he possibly can in the shortest period of time, like he hasn't a care in the world.

[chad]

it is really weird. i'm with awoke. seems like something big is going down. didn't web bots say nuclear war or something this weekend?

[midnight rambler]

it is really weird. i'm with awoke. seems like something big is going down. didn't web bots say nuclear war or something this weekend?


http://www.halfpasthuman.com/nunums.html

[Silver Rocket Bitches!]

Why are 200 CEOs going with him?

[midnight rambler]

Why are 200 CEOs going with him?


Because there are corporate profits to be made in India on the backs of the America people. The message is clear to those with their eyes open: Fuck the American people.

[Awoke]

I have a gut feeling that there is more to it than that, Rambler.

[midnight rambler]

I have a gut feeling that there is more to it than that, Rambler.


That possibility remains, but we'll know soon, eh?

[gunDriller]

Amazing! 34 warships, including an aircraft carrier...on top renting 800 rooms and spending billions! This guy needs a good Impeachment trial to bring him down from his lofty perch.


sounds like the Emperor Barack Job Creation Plan.

everyone in the entourage is paid - by the people who finance the US government, taxpayers & US bond buyers.

i think his Parade might make Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette jealous.

and the odd thing is - Obama's not really in control. he just plays the pResident on TV.

i wonder if his 2 daughters will ever break free from the reality distortion field that says their father is a "good guy."

[Down1]

I have a gut feeling that there is more to it than that, Rambler.

I do not.
This guy is Gangsta.
Gangstas roll with a big posse.
Also remember this reinforces the "Muslim boogieman" issue.

Here are a couple more sickening stories about the Emperor's visit.

Coconuts removed from trees in preparation for Barack Obama's India trip
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/8109295/Coconuts-removed-from-trees-in-preparation-for-Barack-Obamas-India-trip.html


Tunnel for Obama near Mani Bhavan

Since it is difficult to monitor such a congested area, they came up with a quick solution which left the Indians accompanying them amazed: A bomb-proof over-ground tunnel — to be installed by US military engineers in just an hour.

The tunnel would be a kilometre long and measure 12ft by 12ft — enough to let Obama’s cavalcade pass through. The tunnel would be centrally air-conditioned, fitted with close-circuit television cameras, and will be heavily guarded at every point, including, of course, its entry and exit.
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_tunnel-for-obama-near-mani-bhavan_1461946

[DMac]

I have a gut feeling that there is more to it than that, Rambler.

I do not.
This guy is Gangsta.
Gangstas roll with a big posse.
Also remember this reinforces the "Muslim boogieman" issue.

Here are a couple more sickening stories about the Emperor's visit.

Coconuts removed from trees in preparation for Barack Obama's India trip
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/8109295/Coconuts-removed-from-trees-in-preparation-for-Barack-Obamas-India-trip.html


Tunnel for Obama near Mani Bhavan

Since it is difficult to monitor such a congested area, they came up with a quick solution which left the Indians accompanying them amazed: A bomb-proof over-ground tunnel — to be installed by US military engineers in just an hour.

The tunnel would be a kilometre long and measure 12ft by 12ft — enough to let Obama’s cavalcade pass through. The tunnel would be centrally air-conditioned, fitted with close-circuit television cameras, and will be heavily guarded at every point, including, of course, its entry and exit.
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_tunnel-for-obama-near-mani-bhavan_1461946


Don't forget about the monkey catchers!!

Monkey catchers on guard for Barack Obama's India visit (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8102597/Monkey-catchers-on-guard-for-Barack-Obamas-India-visit.html)

[midnight rambler]

No, there's no extravagant expenses involved with this trip. :sarc:


The tunnel would be a kilometre long and measure 12ft by 12ft — enough to let Obama’s cavalcade pass through. The tunnel would be centrally air-conditioned, fitted with close-circuit television cameras, and will be heavily guarded at every point, including, of course, its entry and exit.

[Silver Rocket Bitches!]

Maybe India is threatening to dump the dollar to save themselves and this is BHO's way of strong arming them. ???

Or maybe Mumbai is just nice this time of year.

[JDRock]

This sh*it's getting scary! Don't forget the Federal Reserve members are also meeting this weekend in Jekyll Island - and don't forget the "33" hours of Central Banker announcements, beginning with the Fed, then Britian, then ECB, then Japan....



maybe time for a false flag?? the rats bail out "luckily" just before a suitcase nuke??

[mick silver]

when this country is broke why in hell is he senting so much money ... there nothing he couldnt do with a phone call

[midnight rambler]

when this country is broke why in hell is he senting so much money ... there nothing he couldnt do with a phone call


Dude, the show must go on.

[Neuro]

I wonder if he brought the remaining Fort Knox gold as well?

[JDRock]

I wonder if he brought the remaining Fort Knox gold as well?


its been shipped off to fort LOX, LOOONG ago....

[Book]

http://www.mibz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/presidential_limo_cadillac_one_a_look_inside.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I26LmJzm0VU/R353M4ytVhI/AAAAAAAAAXc/U5RI-1hqGww/s800/02obama_secret_service.jpg

Too bad Obama can't ride or walk around without security like he does here at home in the USA.

Feel the love Mr. President!

:oo-->

[osoab]

This sh*it's getting scary! Don't forget the Federal Reserve members are also meeting this weekend in Jekyll Island - and don't forget the "33" hours of Central Banker announcements, beginning with the Fed, then Britian, then ECB, then Japan....



maybe time for a false flag?? the rats bail out "luckily" just before a suitcase nuke??


I have seen a couple of other things that some European royalty are taking their winter holidays a sooner this year too.

Still looking for hard confirmation.


There is this. India’s pull: 5 heads in 1 - Delhi will have hosted all P5 leaders by year-end
(http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101101/jsp/frontpage/story_13125127.jsp)


New Delhi, Oct. 31: David Cameron, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Nicolas Sarkozy and Wen Jiabao —heads of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council — will have visited India by the end of this year.

External affairs ministry officials say it is unprecedented for top leaders of what is known as the “Permanent 5 or P5” to come visiting in a single calendar year.

More at link.

[Dogman]

This sh*it's getting scary! Don't forget the Federal Reserve members are also meeting this weekend in Jekyll Island - and don't forget the "33" hours of Central Banker announcements, beginning with the Fed, then Britian, then ECB, then Japan....



maybe time for a false flag?? the rats bail out "luckily" just before a suitcase nuke??


I have seen a couple of other things that some European royalty are taking their winter holidays a sooner this year too.

Still looking for hard confirmation.


There is this. India’s pull: 5 heads in 1 - Delhi will have hosted all P5 leaders by year-end
(http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101101/jsp/frontpage/story_13125127.jsp)


New Delhi, Oct. 31: David Cameron, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Nicolas Sarkozy and Wen Jiabao —heads of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council — will have visited India by the end of this year.

External affairs ministry officials say it is unprecedented for top leaders of what is known as the “Permanent 5 or P5” to come visiting in a single calendar year.

More at link.


If the west ever goes to war with china, India would be a good staging ground for the south east Asia area. also with their population its better to be friends with them than enemy's.

[Heimdhal]

Something to think about. There are over 4000 men on that aircraft carrier alone. They cost more to opperate than the great majority of all the other ships in this protection detail put together, plus the cost of the the hotel. He is literaly spending a few billion FRN's just to fly to india to chat with the indian government for a couple days..........................

[Filthy Keynes]

Something to think about. There are over 4000 men on that aircraft carrier alone. They cost more to opperate than the great majority of all the other ships in this protection detail put together, plus the cost of the the hotel. He is literaly spending a few billion FRN's just to fly to india to chat with the indian government for a couple days..........................


Makes you think that perhaps he's "getting out of the way" of something. It gives me the creeps that sh*t's going down soon.

[EE_]

Does anyone know if China is going to this little meet and greet?

[osoab]

Does anyone know if China is going to this little meet and greet?


He is heading there sometime before the end of the year.

There is a G20 meeting in Seoul November 11 & 12 (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A210820101103)

[Silvestor]

US military to build bomb proof tunnel so Obama can go to Gandhi museum

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_tunnel-for-obama-near-mani-bhavan_1461946

"The tunnel would be a kilometre long and measure 12ft by 12ft — enough to let Obama’s cavalcade pass through. The tunnel would be centrally air-conditioned, fitted with close-circuit television cameras, and will be heavily guarded at every point, including, of course, its entry and exit.

Details about when exactly the tunnel would be made were not forthcoming. But officials said that the structure would be dismantled immediately after Obama leaves the area."

[Book]

"The tunnel would be a kilometre long and measure 12ft by 12ft — enough to let Obama’s cavalcade pass through. The tunnel would be centrally air-conditioned, fitted with close-circuit television cameras, and will be heavily guarded at every point, including, of course, its entry and exit.



http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/11c1d420e3c6e4411715bdf127e08686301654ed_m.jpg

They could just clear the road ahead like in Soylent Green.

:D

[ximmy]

Perhaps the mighty "O" could set up camp there and never... ever... come back... :P

The soilent green scoopers... LOL ... and make macdonalds hamburgers of them... :D

[bellevuebully]

A ff this weekend........and right during deer hunting season?.....they've got zero consideration. ;D

[Awoke]

Get your preps staged. Just in case. Better safe than sorry.

[bellevuebully]

Get your preps staged. Just in case. Better safe than sorry.


I'll be carrying one of my preps, and shooting at the other. ;D

[mike88]

On the other hand, any part of the us gov still loyal to the constitution may be preparing to quarenteen the undocumented worker overseas to prevent him doing any further damage. I am sure the dem party muckymucks are furious with the moron by now, his administration is an ongoing trainwreck for America.

[Awoke]

My wife has been debriefed on where our preps are, what we need, where to go, etc, in case anything ever happens while I am not with her.

[MNeagle]

My wife has been debriefed on where our preps are, what we need, where to go, etc, in case anything ever happens while I am not with her.


What took you so long?

[RJB]

My wife has been debriefed on where our preps are, what we need, where to go, etc, in case anything ever happens while I am not with her.

What took you so long?
I thanked you and Awoke because I need to get off my butt in this area. I'm basically the one in charge of this because my wife doesn't want to think about it. On different times I brought her up to speed. I'm doing that tonight.

[Awoke]

She is on board with prepping and gathering skills/knowledge, etc.
She hasn't had an active role in knowing where everything is stashed, and if there was ever an accident and she needed to bug out, and I wasn't around, I wanted her to know where to get everything.
With all the signs of a FF event on the horizon, I have realized where my preps are coming up short. God willing, nothing will happen. If anything does, we're more prepared than most, but nothing like the guys in the Patriots novel by Rawles.

EDIT - I, like RJB, am usually the head of the family with this stuff, so I have always had the lead role. I felt it was time to make sure she knew what to do and where to go.

[Dogman]

Punt ;D

[willie pete]

So why is Obama going to Mumbai? Outsourcing the presidency next?



I thought it was for some curry goat? :D

[bellevuebully]

Personally, if there is a ff, O will be reading a book to preschoolers somewhere in Idaho....although, I would imaging the book would be right-side up. Being overseas with 45 warships would be a tad obvious, imo. However, preperation is a good thing at all times.

[platinumdude]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jnvgjuZmmmbXI-QwUkdw1UrxCzgQ?docId=CNG.e6845d9c6b2c4020d697d067f f57e4ad.431

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will not be protected by a vast armada of 34 US warships when he visits Mumbai this weekend, officials said, calling reports from India on security preparations "comical."

The claim that many of the 288-ship US naval fleet would be deployed to waters off Mumbai was "absolutely absurd," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters on Thursday.

US officials usually decline to discuss details about security precautions for the president, but the media accounts circulating out of India were so off the mark that press officers at the Pentagon and the White House said they felt compelled to speak up.

"I will take the liberty this time of dismissing as absolutely absurd this notion that somehow we were deploying 10 percent of the Navy -- some 34 ships and an aircraft carrier -- in support of the president's trip to Asia," Morrell said.

"That's just comical. Nothing close to that is being done," he said.

Although the United States is known for taking elaborate precautions when it comes to presidential trips, the accounts out of India described a massive naval fleet steaming towards Mumbai and an astounding price-tag of 200 million dollars a day for security.

The White House bluntly dismissed the cost estimate, and said that the price tag for security was similar to trips for previous presidents, without offering a specific figure.

"I think there's been a lot of creative writing that's been done on this trip over the last few days. I've seen other reports with some astronomical figures in terms of what it costs to take these trips," Morrell said.

India's NDTV website ran a report claiming a 34-ship security detail, citing the Press Trust of India, which was in turn picked up by the popular US website, Drudge Report.

The report, without citing sources, said that Obama "will also be protected by a fleet of 34 warships, including an aircraft carrier, which will patrol the sea lanes off the Mumbai coast during his two-day stay there beginning Saturday."

The report said the devastating attacks on Mumbai two years ago, which were launched by militants who arrived by boat, prompted the naval presence.

Referring to the Mumbai assault, Morrell said it "should not come as a surprise to anyone" that Obama would require security during his visit to the city.

While a huge show of US naval power was not in the offing, municipal authorities in Mumbai said they had removed coconuts from trees around the city's Gandhi museum -- where Obama is due to visit -- just in case.

"The coconuts were falling off, so we requested the local authorities here to remove the remainder," the executive secretary of Mani Bhavan, Meghshyam Ajgaonkar, told AFP.

[Filthy Keynes]

Oh good. So he WON'T be protected then? That's nice. Is Baroabma (sp?) a Keynesian (sp?)? /s

[Dogman]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jnvgjuZmmmbXI-QwUkdw1UrxCzgQ?docId=CNG.e6845d9c6b2c4020d697d067f f57e4ad.431

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will not be protected by a vast armada of 34 US warships when he visits Mumbai this weekend, officials said, calling reports from India on security preparations "comical."

The claim that many of the 288-ship US naval fleet would be deployed to waters off Mumbai was "absolutely absurd," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters on Thursday.

US officials usually decline to discuss details about security precautions for the president, but the media accounts circulating out of India were so off the mark that press officers at the Pentagon and the White House said they felt compelled to speak up.

"I will take the liberty this time of dismissing as absolutely absurd this notion that somehow we were deploying 10 percent of the Navy -- some 34 ships and an aircraft carrier -- in support of the president's trip to Asia," Morrell said.

"That's just comical. Nothing close to that is being done," he said.

Although the United States is known for taking elaborate precautions when it comes to presidential trips, the accounts out of India described a massive naval fleet steaming towards Mumbai and an astounding price-tag of 200 million dollars a day for security.

The White House bluntly dismissed the cost estimate, and said that the price tag for security was similar to trips for previous presidents, without offering a specific figure.

"I think there's been a lot of creative writing that's been done on this trip over the last few days. I've seen other reports with some astronomical figures in terms of what it costs to take these trips," Morrell said.

India's NDTV website ran a report claiming a 34-ship security detail, citing the Press Trust of India, which was in turn picked up by the popular US website, Drudge Report.

The report, without citing sources, said that Obama "will also be protected by a fleet of 34 warships, including an aircraft carrier, which will patrol the sea lanes off the Mumbai coast during his two-day stay there beginning Saturday."

The report said the devastating attacks on Mumbai two years ago, which were launched by militants who arrived by boat, prompted the naval presence.

Referring to the Mumbai assault, Morrell said it "should not come as a surprise to anyone" that Obama would require security during his visit to the city.

While a huge show of US naval power was not in the offing, municipal authorities in Mumbai said they had removed coconuts from trees around the city's Gandhi museum -- where Obama is due to visit -- just in case.

"The coconuts were falling off, so we requested the local authorities here to remove the remainder," the executive secretary of Mani Bhavan, Meghshyam Ajgaonkar, told AFP.


Ingenuous, coconut I.E.D's who would have thought? :D

[platinumdude]

Where's Waldo

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/05/obama.asia.map/?hpt=C1

[FunnyMoney]

The central govt in India could be considered even much more corrupt than in the US, of course he's going to want to show off a few toys.

I'm wondering how much gold he's going to be wearing at the more social events. Anyhow, nothing much to see here really, just another quantitative easing thing.

[Awoke]

I heard that there was a "Volcano eruption" today, in Indonesia.

[keehah]

BBC: 'No big' outcomes expected from Obama's India trip (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11681532)

"We are not at a stage in our relationship perhaps for another big bang but certainly there will be positive outcomes [from the visit]," Ms Rao told a meeting in Delhi.

"We will see concrete and significant steps in wide range of areas that will expand the long-term strategic framework in a way that we can create productive partnership for the mutual benefit and [will be] equally important to give substantive content and shape to the global strategic partnership," she said.

[Awoke]

Obama needs event similar to the Oklahoma City bombing to reconnect with the people:

http://911truthnews.com/ex-clinton-strategist-obama-needs-event-%E2%80%98similar%E2%80%99-to-okc-bombing/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_0Ixm21tn8

[kregener]

If it takes this much money to go into the belly of the beast, Hussein should should just not go.

Period.

Lets see...I have maxed all my credit cards, mortgaged my house to the hilt, spent all my available cash...I think I will take my family and all my friends and go to Disney Land.

[Olmstein]

Am I the only one who sees this whole issue as a partisan distraction meant to "divide and conquer"?

Presidential travel is always terribly expensive, but nobody says boo about it when their party's guy is in office.

If John McCain were president and making the same trip, I doubt we would be hearing about how much it costs, which, by the way is sheer conjecture as the actual cost of Presidential travel is spread out among the DoD, The Secret Service, and the State Department.

I am disappointed in Rep Bachmann for even bringing this up. She should be ashamed of herself for trying to make political hay from such a non-issue.

[RJB]

If John McCain were president and making the same trip, I doubt we would be hearing about how much it costs, Are you suffering GSUS amnesia? ;D We bash either side of the fake left/right here.

If you're talking about "news" media, yeah, FOX would be quiet but MSNBC would be squawking.

[Neuro]

Obama needs event similar to the Oklahoma City bombing to reconnect with the people:

http://911truthnews.com/ex-clinton-strategist-obama-needs-event-%E2%80%98similar%E2%80%99-to-okc-bombing/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_0Ixm21tn8
I am sure the banks need a holiday too! Terrorism is jolly good for America!

[Awoke]

So I heard that this whole "34 warships" thing was a lie.

Anyone?

[Filthy Keynes]

So I heard that this whole "34 warships" thing was a lie.

Anyone?


I heard that too. I read an article where the Pentagon denied the warship story.

[nunaem]

Oh good. So he WON'T be protected then? That's nice. Is Baroabma (sp?) a Keynesian (sp?)? /s


A Kenyenesian. ;D

[nunaem]

So I heard that this whole "34 warships" thing was a lie.

Anyone?


It's the US gov's word vs. a single unknown source in India. Neither has very much credibility...

[Awoke]

It's the US gov's word


Kinda like that whole "It wasn't a missle! It was an airplane" thing off the west coast.
(Or the pentagon on 911 for that matter)

[Silver Rocket Bitches!]

So I heard that this whole "34 warships" thing was a lie.

Anyone?


In this instance I think I'm going to side with the govt :o

The only reason is because like some general said, that amounts to 10% of the Navy. Mobilizing 10% of the Navy is a huge logistical challenge not to mention the vulnerability it creates. One warship, in this instance, would suffice just as well.

Then again, I'm not privy to what's going on behind the scenes so perhaps 10% is needed.