the presidential motorcade, in my head.

As fascinating as it was to see the presidential motorcade, my first thought when I saw Bush and his crew travel south on I-25 yesterday was how expensive it must be for him to merely reach his jet. Traveling both ahead and behind the President were hoards of Denver emergency vehicles and unmarked, beaconed cars; at each entrance and exit ramp to the major Denver motorway were more police cars, tow trucks and fire trucks to block public traffic.

I could be very wrong, but my guess is that at least a portion of the men and women controlling the aforementioned vehicles were far from volunteers. My imaginative estimate looks a little something like this:

25 vehicles @ $15/hr for 1hr= $375
25 vehicle officers @ $35/hr for 1hr= $875
fuel for 25 vehicles, 40 miles ea. @ $.48/mile= $480

TOTAL: $1730 trip to the airport...one way.

Presidency is entirely overrated.