08-06-2010, 12:51
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Michelle Obama's five-day Spanish holiday picked up by the American taxpayer
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08-06-2010, 13:05
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We have to pay for their vay-cay somehow. Makes sense for them to vacation overseas instead of going to the Gulf Coast where they really could use the economic bump.
I wonder if we'll even get a T-shirt? "I paid for the The First Family's vacation in Spain and all I got was a tax increase."
From the WSJ:
WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made the Obama administration's economic case for letting tax cuts for high earners expire at the end of this year, saying that failure to do so would harm rather than help economic growth.
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08-06-2010, 15:09
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Doesn't surprise me at all but I'm not going to spend any time on it. Much bigger issues are at hand.
Where's the beef?
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08-06-2010, 15:16
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The whole Family make my gag reflexes act up 
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08-06-2010, 16:07
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Vacation.
Unreal. Curse the wealthy, buy designer clothes, spend like a drunken sailor, scold those who gamble in Vegas, SCHIP is great, Obamacare is your right, a college education is a right, too, and; notice my made in the USA union labels.
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08-06-2010, 16:18
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Vacation might not be the only reason they're in Spain - makes a good 'smoke screen' for some of the ' friends' along on the trip to meet unofficially with others from around the Mediterranean - it's an olde technique to preserve anonymity when dealing with someone we may not want to recognize diplomatically. 
And so it goes...
Richard's $.02 
Note: Edited to 'spell it out'.
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08-06-2010, 16:14
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I don't support the man in the White House, so please keep that in mind when reading this:
The American tax-payer has been funding Presidential vacations (including First Lady and family trips) for quite some time. Of course when there has been a lack of change in Washington, and Presidential support is low, something like this is going to be put in the spotlight. I agree with Utah Bob; there are more important things which deserve attention than a vacation to Spain.
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08-06-2010, 20:23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 18DWife
The whole Family make my gag reflexes act up |
Including the kids? If so, why? Not personally attacking you, just interested in knowing what a 9 and 12-year old could have done to evoke such a response.
OTOH, no sympathy here for the "responsible" adults ...
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08-08-2010, 07:09
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WholeManin2010
Including the kids? If so, why? Not personally attacking you, just interested in knowing what a 9 and 12-year old could have done to evoke such a response.
OTOH, no sympathy here for the "responsible" adults ...
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Honestly ,I don't/didn't even think about the kids .I think of The One ,and The C**T .
Maybe ,I should have clarified ,and not made such a blanket statement .
So no I have no problem with the children .
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