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“Consistent”? More like “Cheshire”.

i played it like 3 times because i kept laughing, it was like he is a huge card board cut out.

uhh, that’s not creepy…

Plastic is as plastic does.

Fake!! Obama is obviously a government made robot. Sorry just had to be the first one to say fake. Someone always does.

Hey, I just saw the movie, ‘Surrogates’ yesterday. Maybe it’s Obama’s robot surrogate!!?

My first reaction was – He always wears the same tie? Then, duh, it’s all at the same event. Remarkable sequences – and pretty damn funny!

The word “creepy” comes to mind!

Great Photo Op for the Pretender smiling like a mule eating thistles.

Lets put a price tag on it. U.S. Taxpayers Pay Millions to Keep Despots Safe at U.N.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553720,00.html

“When the despots of the world roll into New York on Wednesday for the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, American taxpayers will pay a hefty price to ensure their safety.

The cost of keeping the dictators safe? At least $20 million.

That’s how much New York City forked out during the first two weeks of last year’s General Assembly, according to a city official who spoke to FOX News on condition of anonymity.

And $20 million may be just the tip of the iceberg. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security, the Secret Service, the U.S. Marshal’s Service and the New York State Police will also be called in to provide protective details for several of the 138 heads of state expected to attend.

It adds up to a pricetag that doesn’t sit well with some critics of the world forum.

“It’s an outrage that the U.S. has to admit a man like Ahmadinejad, who will use the U.N. microphone to promote genocide,” said Anne Bayefsky, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, referring to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

“The U.S. taxpayer pays 22 percent of the U.N.’s regular budget, which includes 20 percent of what is costs to allow [Ahmadinejad] to use the U.N. to spew hatred, anti-semitism and repeated calls for the annihilation of the Jewish state,” Bayefsky said.

But other experts say the cost of security is necessary.

“That is an inevitable cost of having the U.N. here. It’s an obligation that we freely assume,” John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. under President George W. Bush, told FOXNews.com.

“The U.S. has to provide security,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of U.N. Watch, a human rights watchdog group based in Geneva. “Either you host the U.N. and you pay for safety, or you don’t host the U.N. It’s one or the other.

“It is also a logical consequence that if you host the U.N., it’s the U.N. that decides who gets to come — not the host country,” he said.

Ahmadinejad is not the only world leader who will be under heavy protection while in New York. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will also be in attendance.

The cost of protecting them includes radiation and explosives sweeps, patrols of the East River alongside U.N. headquarters, and heavy security at the high-end hotels where the leaders are staying.

Ahmadinejad is staying at the Intercontinental Barclay, a hotel the Iranians settled on after being turned down by several others. Qaddafi, who failed to find a hotel that would house him and was refused permission to pitch a tent in Central Park, will reportedly stay at the Libyan Mission a few hundred yards from the U.N.

The money the NYPD pays for security is eventually reimbursed by the State Department, said Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Paul Browne. He added that State is currently behind in payments.

The 64th annual session of the U.N. General Assembly was formally opened last week by its new president, former Libyan foreign minister Ali Triki, but foreign heads of state are not expected to arrive until Wednesday, when general debate begins.

President Obama, who will be chairing a session on arms control and nonproliferation issues, will address the assembly on Wednesday morning — directly followed by Qaddafi. Ahmadinejad is scheduled to leave Iran on Tuesday and speak at the U.N. Wednesday afternoon.

The Iranian president’s attendance will mark his fifth visit to the General Assembly; it will be Qaddafi’s first trip to the U.S. since taking power 40 years ago.

In 2008, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security provided security for 176 visiting delegations — including 37 protective details for foreign officials attending the assembly. The security measures were implemented based on a threat analysis for each delegation, according to a State Department source.

The U.S. spends $500 million each year for general operations at the U.N. and $15 million annually on U.N.-related security. Most — if not all — of that $15 million is spent during the General Assembly, NYPD spokeswoman Barbara Chen told FOX News.

Some — like Bolton — say the economic benefit of hosting the U.N. far outweighs the cost of keeping world leaders safe.

“On an economic basis, I think that more than makes up for the security costs,” he said, adding that if the U.N. was headquartered in another country, it wouldn’t get the same level of scrutiny that it gets in New York.

Neuer said the U.S. has a responsibility to provide security, but it must make clear its opposition to the despots’ tyrannical regimes. He is expected to protest the leaders’ arrivals in New York, along with Ahmad Batebi — an Iranian torture victim who escaped to asylum in Washington.

“The American government must make it abundantly clear that America stands with the victims and not with the murderers,” Neuer said.”

FOX News’ Jonathan Hunt contributed to this report.
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OK, 22% of the annual Budget plus Security.
Membership bears a heavy sticker price and I recommend moving the UN HQ to Mogadishu or Kabul so these folks can get a close hand look at the issues. Let them set up in tents and eat goat amongst the natives. I am not being sarcastic. I mean it.

I disagree with John Bolton on his thoughts on Security. Let them assume some risks. That will cut down on the long winded diatribe!

Chalk up another vote for ‘creepy’.

Does anyone see the irony in this series of pictures? Here he is with the same smile for every shot. The consistency is incredible (and creepy) but, if you think about his record, his speeches, his promises, etc., he is the most INconsistent person to ever hold the office.

I propose that the reason is because he has no core values. Everything is calculated on political gain as opposed to moral values.

Jarhead68…Bingo! You got it nailed.

It would seem to me they could put in a cut out of him and get the same shot for all the people posing with him. Its not like he is going to do anything to make each photo a unique experiance for the other person in the shot. At least Michelle moved and changed stances.

I think this must be something they teach in federal political candidate school. I’ve seen the same sort of practiced smile on a number of different candidates for federal office.