It just keeps getting more asinine. Coconuts removed from trees for Obama Inida trip

[burniegoeasily]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ndia-trip.html


Coconuts removed from trees in preparation for Barack Obama's India trip

India is preparing for Barack Obama's first visit to the country by removing coconuts from palm trees in Mumbai to protect the US president.



Published: 7:00AM GMT 04 Nov 2010


Mr Obama will visit India, Indonesia, South Korea, ***an and China on the 10-day tour. Photo: WHITE HOUSE


Mr Obama will arrive in India on Saturday for the first leg of an Asian tour.

But as well as the usual security measures that come with welcoming a a visiting dignitary, Indian authorities have decided to go one step further, by removing all natural threats to the president as well.


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All coconuts around the city's Gandhi museum, one of Mr Obama's stops in the city, are being taken down.
Mani Bhavan, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed during his freedom struggle against the British, is among five places the US president is visiting in Mumbai.
"We told the authorities to remove the dry coconuts from trees near the building. Why take a chance?" Mani Bhavan's executive secretary, Meghshyam Ajgaonkar, told the BBC.
Last week American security officers inspected Mani Bhavan and its surroundings along with other places the president is likely to visit.
Every year in India people are injured or even killed by falling coconuts.
Mr Obama, still smarting from heavy losses in the midterm elections, will visit India, Indonesia, South Korea, ***an and China on the 10-day tour

[burniegoeasily]

Next they need to put up a giant shade to block out the sun. Don't want the boy king to get a sunburn.

[The Rev]

They are afraid our little monkey will be climbing the trees for the nuts. That's the only place he feels at home!

[brewman555]

This country is BROKE and Obama is going to India for the Festival of Lights at a cost to TAXPAYERS of 2 BILLION DOLLARS....What the hell is wrong with this guy......He just don`t get.............

[Champlain Islander]

They took the coconuts out of the trees because just the sight of them would have made him bolt and climb up to harvest one. It is his instinct.

[ipscshooter]

Hey, guys.... Isn't it enough to point out the profound stupidity and arrogance of spending that kind of money during 'hard times" without adding the "monkey" and "tree climbing instinct" comments? We get accused of racism simply for disagreeing with his policies. Why put actual fuel on the fire?

[The Rev]

Originally Posted by ipscshooter

Hey, guys.... Isn't it enough to point out the profound stupidity and arrogance of spending that kind of money during 'hard times" without adding the "monkey" and "tree climbing instinct" comments? We get accused of racism simply for disagreeing with his policies. Why put actual fuel on the fire?

Now that's funny I don't care who you are!..

But he's still a monkey!

[ipscshooter]

"Primate" or "Great Ape" would likely be more accurate... Of course, those include us as well...

The seven living species of great ape are classified in four genera. The following classification is commonly accepted:

• Family Hominidae: humans and other great apes; extinct genera and species excluded.
  • Subfamily Ponginae
    • Genus Pongo
      • Bornean Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus
        • Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus
        • Pongo pygmaeus morio
        • Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii
      • Sumatran Orangutan, Pongo abelii
  • Subfamily Homininae
    • Tribe Gorillini
      • Genus Gorilla
        • Western Gorilla, Gorilla gorilla
          • Western Lowland Gorilla, Gorilla gorilla gorilla
          • Cross River Gorilla, Gorilla gorilla diehli
        • Eastern Gorilla, Gorilla beringei
          • Mountain Gorilla, Gorilla beringei beringei
          • Eastern Lowland Gorilla, Gorilla beringei graueri
    • Tribe Hominini
      • Genus Pan
        • Common Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes
          • Central Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes troglodytes
          • West African Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes verus
          • Nigerian Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes vellerosus
          • Eastern Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
        • Bonobo (Pygmy Chimpanzee), Pan paniscus
      • Genus Homo
        • Human, Homo sapiens sapiens

"Monkeys" are in a separate and distinct family of primates.

[Champlain Islander]

He is a chimp....I'll call the the way I see it Ipsc. He is running our country into the ground so I shouldn't worry about making a few snide and cheap remarks. If it bothers you then sorry. It bothers me to pay taxes to that jackass.

[ipscshooter]

Obviously y'all are more than welcome to say whatever you want. My concern is simply that those sorts of comments cheapen the arguments against him, and provide fodder for the other side to simply say "look at the stupid racists... They're just opposed to his policies because he's black..." rather than addressing the actual arguments.

FWIW... "Jackass" is fine and dandy, since it is, after all, the chosen symbol of his party.