One tree, four days, hundreds of workers.
Instead of thinking of this as a symbol of the White House’s disconnect with what’s happening in America, think of it as President Obama’s attempt to single handedly solve the unemployment problem.
The Daily Mail UK has the story of excess:
He may have suffered a blow after being forced to compromise with the Republican party over tax cuts but President Obama has not let the setback affect his Christmas.
A new time-lapse video released by the White House reveals the sheer scale of the operation to erect the official Christmas Tree of the First Family with hundreds of workers visible as the Douglas fir begins to take shape.
It took the small army of workers four-and-a-half days to decorate the eighteen-and-a-half feet high Douglas Fir, which will be the centerpiece of the Obama’s second Christmas in the White House, ironically coined, “Simple Gifts” by the First Lady.
By the way, is it still called the White House Christmas tree? Or has that been changed to Holiday tree?
Here’s that time-lapse video.
Source: Daily Mail UK
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And I'll bet Barack, Michelle and the kids didn't help at all.
Of course not!! They're royalty..
was the scaffolding really necessary?
There hasn't been a 4 day erection in the white house since Bill Clinton was in office...
I have to admit, it must be pretty cool to work in the White House, even if the president is a socialist and all your doing is decorating a tree.
"Simple Gifts" for "Simpletons"
Ah, these must be the "green" jobs. Everything will be all right, at least, once a year...
And the presents under the tree? Bills!
Come on people, this is/was one of those shovel-ready jobs we've all heard about.
Actually, I think those were volunteers - so instead of fixing the unemployment problem, President Obama is giving some of the welfare recipients something to do with all of the extra time they have, since they don't have to work for their money.
Of *course* they were "volunteers". Just like the forest service people planting the WH garden were all volunteers. Kind of like when the boss' wife wants volunteers from your work. A little hard to object when doing so puts your job on the line. Just another fig leaf over another nasty lib truth.
I can tell you another thing -- those weren't welfare people -- they won't do anything resembling work for anybody. Why should they? they have nothing to lose.
Probably five supervisors for every tree decorator. Maybe it's paid for by money from the Stimulus Bill, a "simple gift" from the taxpayers to the Obamas.