Michelle Obama's Luxury Spanish Vacation

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"Let them eat cake" was the response when told there was no bread.

Unemployment over 20% Record deficits. Were at war and the White House lives like Royalty.
http://romanticpoet.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/michelle-obamas-luxury-spanish-vacation-and-four-legged-perks/

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As Maria Antoinette would say, "let them eat debt."

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60 secret service people. half of a 5 star hotel booked for her group, all paid for by you and me.
Personal, BS!!!!
Remember do as they say not as they do.
Totally out of touch with setting any example...more like who cares we are the First Family...they have no concept of loe profile nor do they care!!

btk

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Yea right!!!


http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/08/04/2010-08-04_material_girl_michelle_obama_is_a_modernday_mar ie_antoinette_on_a_glitzy_spanish.html

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And if a Republican is elected in 2012, the same complaints will come from the other side. They dissed Reagan for his "Imperial Presidency" - examples including howls about Nancy buying new White House China while we were suffering 20% inflation and the Prime Rate was near 20%.

Am I the ONLY one who remembers this stuff?

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The first ladies have always spent a lot more money on clothes than say...the women on my street.

But...they get invited to fancier places too.

That is just how it is.

I want to hear all of your great brains tackle the issues. I am learning from all of you.

Now I gotta get out of Political.:crap2:

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except in the minds eye of the relavent individual.

Yesterday, right or wrong does not justify today's actions and in the case of MO
some of us think it is not being handled properly. That is our today opinion based on today's environment, based on today's attitudes. In my case I don't need to remember the past as it adds no value for the present...for or against.

btk

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And if a Republican is elected in 2012, the same complaints will come from the other side. They dissed Reagan for his "Imperial Presidency" - examples including howls about Nancy buying new White House China while we were suffering 20% inflation and the Prime Rate was near 20%.

Am I the ONLY one who remembers this stuff?

Seems you spend inordinate amount of time defending Barrack (Barry Soetoro) Obama.

Obama has been preaching to sacrifice and lower our standard of living and then he does the opposite.

Reagan..has always said to go out and pursue the American dream and be the best you can be and be prosperous.


You cannot see the difference!!!!!!

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djplong---- Yes, Nancy took a beating about the china. The fact that it was all donated didn't matter to the democrats or the media.

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How did we get to this point? I understand protocol, appropriateness, being representative and so on. But honestly, how did we get to the point that any of this is an acceptable way to act by people who we elect to represent us? Any of them. Not just Michelle Obama or Laura Bush or Hillary Clinton.

While we are all worried about her multimillion dollar vacation to Spain and her Whitehouse staff of a record 26, what is really happening? While she is in Spain, missing her husband's birthday, she is meeting with the king of Spain during her "vacation" and the press isn't allowed anywhere, anyhow near what is going on.

She's meeting with a head of a country that Obama's administration wants to model our green world after. The state department lifted a travel warning for American's traveling to Spain just before Michelle's innocent little vacation.

I do believe I have fallen down the rabbit hole.

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Actually I'm defending Reagan, believe it or not.

In hindsight, Reagan's actions were vindicated. He was attacked from all sides just the way Obama is attacked today. It's even worse now because of the country having all the 24-hr news channels and an MTV-inspired attention span shorter than a flea's wing-beat.

People are screaming about Obama doing things that every President has done (or not done) before like it's some new horror or slight to the Republic (like the Boy Scout Jamboree idiocy). They complained about all of Reagan and Bush's vacations (both Bush Presidents for that matter).

It's the double standard that gets me.

You want to discredit Obama? Then discredit him on SUBSTANCE - not this idiotic 'fluff'. Unfortunately that would take TIME - TIME to see what the REAL "unintended consequences" of 'Obamacare' and the 'stimulus package' are going to be. It took years for Reagan's tax cuts to have their TRUE effect. Likewise we have to wait and see here as well. But we don't WANT to take the time. We just want to scream, rant and rave - claim that Obama is the antichrist (in another thread) and get our results NOW NOW NOW.

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Actually I'm defending Reagan, believe it or not.

In hindsight, Reagan's actions were vindicated. He was attacked from all sides just the way Obama is attacked today. It's even worse now because of the country having all the 24-hr news channels and an MTV-inspired attention span shorter than a flea's wing-beat.

People are screaming about Obama doing things that every President has done (or not done) before like it's some new horror or slight to the Republic (like the Boy Scout Jamboree idiocy). They complained about all of Reagan and Bush's vacations (both Bush Presidents for that matter).

It's the double standard that gets me.

You want to discredit Obama? Then discredit him on SUBSTANCE - not this idiotic 'fluff'. Unfortunately that would take TIME - TIME to see what the REAL "unintended consequences" of 'Obamacare' and the 'stimulus package' are going to be. It took years for Reagan's tax cuts to have their TRUE effect. Likewise we have to wait and see here as well. But we don't WANT to take the time. We just want to scream, rant and rave - claim that Obama is the antichrist (in another thread) and get our results NOW NOW NOW.

Getting tired yet? At least you have the guts to come on here and defend your idol.

If you cannot see the difference between Reagan and Obama.

Reagan gave us inspiration to better ourselves.

Obama parties and acts like a king telling the serfs to "suck it up."


His wife is going to Spain renting 60 $2500 a night rooms and then having a private meeting with a socialist monarch.

Let them eat cake!!!!!!

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Oh there's a HUGE difference between Reagan and Obama - however there are also some startling similarities.

They both came into office during a disastrous economic period which was instrumental in the incumbent (Carter) or the designated heir to the incumbent (McCain) losing the election.

In both cases, foreign policy disasters (Carter - Iran, Bush - Middle East) only made things worse.

Now, the recipes for recovery are far different - but then there were differences in the situation as well.

Reagan inherited higher tax rates. Obama inherited lower ones. In both cases, the deficit's the inherited got dramatically worse - largely due to increased spending.

[Side note - I have a hard time understanding why Tea Party activists are screaming at Washington about how their taxes have gone sky high when federal tax rates went DOWN. It's STATE tax rates that went up]

Reagan's critics said that he wanted to nuke the planet. Obama's critics say he wants to bring down the Republic.

Both are overstated blowhard demagoguery.

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djplong, I know many people in various Tea Parties and their complaints aren't centered on how much they pay in taxes. It is mostly on how wastefully their taxes are spent. Do you honestly know anyone who wouldn't rather keep more of their own money, the money they've earn?

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djplong, I know many people in various Tea Parties and their complaints aren't centered on how much they pay in taxes. It is mostly on how wastefully their taxes are spent. Do you honestly know anyone who wouldn't rather keep more of their own money, the money they've earn?

+1 Spending, health care, jobs are the main concerns of the Tea Party. (I might have missed some)
But with taxes scheduled to go up in January, you will probably see more emphasis on taxes.

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Up here, spending seemed to take a back seat to taxes. It was one of my frustrations with the group (locally, anyway).

I mean, in all honesty, the "damage" that could be reasonably expected by having the top tax rate go up 3% is *nothing* compared to the spending spiralling up to who-knows-where.

It seems to me there has to be a top-to-bottom review of taxation and spending because our existing system has been patched, loopholed, ammended, wrenched, fixed, broken, fixed again, broken again and put in a splint more times than I can count. In my industry we'd say that it's been "one-plussed to death" and suffers from "feature creep".

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djplong, with very much respect to you, if you have a few minutes in your crazy schedule, here's what the Tea Party is really about. It's powerful, it's emotional, it's truth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D28_vgpUHrg

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BK

Pastor CL Bryant is a great speaker. Have you seen his video Runaway Slaves? Highly recommended.

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The trailer for the movie Runaway Slave is awesome. I can't wait for the release. When is it, 2011? Black History is amazing. Did you ever watch Glenn Beck's Founders' Friday and the Black Founders segments? Really insightful.


http://www.runawayslavemovie.com/

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for the Material Girl



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1300852/Spanish-police-close-public-beach-Michelle-Obamas-250k-Spanish-holiday.html

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her being a "private" citizen.:1rotfl:

What other private citizen do you know that gets government paid transportation and a private police force?

It is such a joke that they even allude to the fact she even cares what it costs or what the taxpayers think.Do as i/we say not as we do is the running rule.

Elitist wannabe on our dime (or should I say $500,000)?

btk

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And if a Republican is elected in 2012, the same complaints will come from the other side. They dissed Reagan for his "Imperial Presidency" - examples including howls about Nancy buying new White House China while we were suffering 20% inflation and the Prime Rate was near 20%.

Am I the ONLY one who remembers this stuff?

Who paid for Nancy's psychic? Betsy Bloomingdale?
:highfive:

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Michelle Obama

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-political-commentary/2010/08/michelle-obama-the-new-marie-antoinette.html

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She should have gone to DisneyWorld and spent the money at home. Then her husband could have claimed that he saved more American jobs.

Meanwhile how about GM getting all that bailout money and now spending $500 Million to expand plant in Mexico. Will the Mexican govt welcome undocumented workers coming from the US in search of jobs?

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She should have gone to DisneyWorld and spent the money at home. Then her husband could have claimed that he saved more American jobs.

Meanwhile how about GM getting all that bailout money and now spending $500 Million to expand plant in Mexico. Will the Mexican govt welcome undocumented workers coming from the US in search of jobs?

Very good suggestion, Hancle. Or how about going to the Gulf to help their tourist trade. That would show the people that it is safe to vacation there and the oil would not be a problem.
I really don't think this guy wants to get re-elected.

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Or how about going to the Gulf to help their tourist trade. That would show the people that it is safe to vacation there and the oil would not be a problem.
I really don't think this guy wants to get re-elected.

I do believe you have got the plan figured out. In a little more than 2 years BHO will retire and he and the Mrs. will live pretty very well for the rest of their lives. An occasional speech, a few more books, guest appearances on The View and a political analyst job on MSNBC, no trouble getting tee times. He and she will have it made.

Is this a great country or what?

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Sure wish we could stop talking about this trip, where he was born, etc, and concentrate on...

The ill fated health bill that will bring this economy to its knees if not repealed...but not much to expect when you conceive of a bill that did not address the concerns, was unwanted by the citizens, required back room deals and bribes to pass.

The so called "stimulus" bill...a bill UNREAD by the President or those who voted for it, by all accounts it was 65-70% PORK right after this President made an issue of NOTHING will be signed by him with ANY pork in it.

The total lack of ethics control by the controlling party. BOTH parties get themselves in a bind at times..not just one...but this President again made it a big deal about ethics (as did the Speaker) and now is not going to keep his "czar" of ethics in place !

The favoritism being played by this current administration to unions mostly.

The lack of Presidential press conferences held in prime time and open for questions on any subject. Has this President had any ?

Just a start....you cant change vacations (both parties take them and both get criticized),....you arent going to solve the issue on where he was born....I would love to see discussion on what is actually happening.

Even what we are doing or not doing on the Iran situation....Afghanastan, etc.

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but I think this is a well deserved down time because in a few short weeks the campaign will start for real. Do me a favor and repeat your post in a couple of weeks again. I'm still up north and I only have a few weeks to enjoy before the cold weather starts again.

I can't wait to sell this house and get down there.

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I do believe you have got the plan figured out. In a little more than 2 years BHO will retire and he and the Mrs. will live pretty very well for the rest of their lives. An occasional speech, a few more books, guest appearances on The View and a political analyst job on MSNBC, no trouble getting tee times. He and she will have it made.

Is this a great country or what?

What? I thought he already retired. He spends all his time golfing, partying and making speeches.

His advisers must be insane to let his wife take this trip.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/08/what-was-michelle-obama-thinking/61118/

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Nancy Pelosi is at it again, she is calling the House back for a special vote on a 26 Billion dollar stimulus bill to help support our teachers. I thought the 787 Billion we spent on the last Stimulus bill was to help out the Teachers, Firefighters and the economy. Let's not forget we have 421 Billion that we still have in a "Slush fund" that we haven't spent yet, my question is why don't we use that money, why do we need another bill for 26 Billion? Only this Administration can answer that question. :sing:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be9h5s6LMZw&feature=player_embedded

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Somebody put this picture of Obama on television last night and said it was the first time they saw him when he wasn't in over his head:p


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/7952796/Obamas-to-begin-sixth-holiday-of-the-year.html