WASHINGTON – Diplomatic dinners don’t come cheap.

I said it before and I will continue repeating it; “if the politicians were paying the tab from their own coffers they would be eating at the “Golden Arches”, maybe.

If it wasn’t  such a sad state of affairs it would be almost laughable how they squander taxpayers money.  We the American public only can see the very tip of the iceberg.

The issue is again raised as President Obama hosts the seventh state dinner of his administration Tuesday for visiting French President Francois Hollande. I wonder if his estranged old lady had to bring back her dress?

Records from the State Department Office of Protocol, whose budget covers state dinners, show they can cost taxpayers in excess of half a million dollars per event.

In response to a Freedom of Information request to which it took the State Department 13 months to respond, CBS News has obtained the Office of Protocol’s expense calculations for the first five state dinners of the Obama presidency.

1. Nov. 24, 2009 – State dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India. $572,187.36
2. May 19, 2010 – State dinner for President Felipe Calderon of Mexico. $563,479.92
3. Jan. 19, 2011 – State dinner for President Hu Jintao of China. $412,329.73.
4. June 7, 2011 – State dinner for Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany. $215,883.36
5. Oct. 13, 2011 – State dinner for President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea. $203,053.34

I have one question to this spending madness; what the **** can they be serving at these Roman Feasts that cost that much money.

Let us hypothesize and assume there are 1000 people at these dinners, which I am sure that there are a lot less, more like 100; 563,479.92 divided by 1000 = 563.48 or  divided by 100 = 5,634.80  a plate. One big WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

I wonder if these dignitaries bring their doggie bags with them for the scraps?

These outrageous spending habits our governments officials have are totally unacceptable.

When someone complains about the status quo it is like pissing up a rope; it just keeps coming back at you and nothing will ever change.

When someone gets the nod to become one of the Washington elite they are issued an “I don’t have to be accountable pass” .