One of the things I learned during my days of heavy travel in the third world is how terribly dangerous coconut trees can be. It sounds reminiscent of the three stooges, but falling coconuts kill about 150 people per year, many of them children. In fact, while in Indonesia I spoke to man whose young cousin was killed in just that way.
But even with that said, I think this is a little excessive.
Personally I don't have such a big problem with Obama taking a large security detail with him to India. I don't know that it's necessary exactly, but whether I like his policies or not, he's still President of the United States, and I don't want anything to happen to him while overseas. So if the people who do that sort of thing for a living say it takes a big crowd to make him safe I say - it's the way it goes.
But coconuts? Really?
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When Bill Clinton visited Ireland a few years back, some of his schedule was ‘leaked’ and apparently he would be paying a visit to some quite little country village. The villagers were ecstatic; bunting went up, the village was cleaned from top to bottom, public buildings giving a lick of paint etc. And guess what happened? Bill bypassed the village and paid a visit to a neighbouring one. This was no mistake and the ‘leak’ was part of the security plan to protect the president from any threat.
150 a year... who knew?
Over the past hundred years ir so the mean# of deaths per year from Socialism is well north of 1 million.
Somebody tell Barry's chief risk officer.
Wouldn't having the president wear a hardhat be alot cheaper?
"Mr. President, this is a Coconut Falling Zone. Please wear this hardhat."
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