17 minutes...how many dollars?

  Buried in the LA Times Andrew Malcolm's latest column entitled, "New Gaffe: Obama Hails historic building of "Intercontinental Railroad" is this little nugget:

So here's how the ex-state senator from the Chicago machine reacts: At an operating cost of $181,000 per hour, he flies Air Force One nearly four hours roundtrip for 17 minutes of remarks touting infrastructure repairs by a bridge that doesn't need them. 

The real reason he's at the Brent Spence Bridge is because it links the home states of both congressional Republican leaders, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell. So Obama can cutely blame Republicans for holding up his jobs bill, even though it's Nevada Democrat Harry Reid. 

Obama turns the empty rhetoric into a pep rally for himself, leading the obedient audience to chant, "Pass this bill! Pass this bill!"

  The clock is ticking. Time is getting late. We need to move.
  Baby boomers, whose youths were so pampered, need to make a stand to preserve this country for our children. 
  Step up. 
  Now, if you never did before. 
  Now, if you did in the 60s. 
  Step up.