Politics and religion.

[Karen]

I wonder if the U.S. can recoup some of the 1.1 M we paid for the new Obama bus by renting it out to Buffett, Gates or some of the other bigwig millionaires.

I read an article that explained that before now, they would spend lots of money reoutfitting busses each month to be bullet-proof, etc. For once, this seems like a smart investment, a purpose-built vehicle, rather than slapping armor on something else. It would be cooler if it had solar panels on the top to help power it, though!