Michelle Obama's Vacation
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She'll get a permanent vacation back to Chicago in 13 months and we won't have to look at her anymore.
how in the heck does the president or his first lady have time for any vacations, The US and world economy has been falling flat for years, well I guess since they are puppets and don't make any real decisions then they have all this time to travel at the expense of the tax payers
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I remember the Orange County Chopper episode where they built a bike for the 50th state. Watching her go for Paul Sr. is quite a sight to see 
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I guess her best pick of vacation would be Jamaica or the Dominican Republic
Not that she has to watch her bank account shrinking, but the dicks around must intrigue her :nanner:
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I guess her best pick of vacation would be Jamaica or the Dominican Republic
Not that she has to watch her bank account shrinking, but the dicks around must intrigue her :nanner:
You can't really be outraged by this can you? It cost money anytime the president or first ladies goes somewhere. Special vehicles, special agents, etc. I guess you expect the first lady to travel budget airlines? Do you feel this way about all first ladies or just this one? Should this first lady sit in the back of the bus?
********* socialist? Talk radio bullshit.
You were probably also somehow outraged that she shopped at Target the other day.
********* socialist? Talk radio bullshit.
You were probably also somehow outraged that she shopped at Target the other day.
No I don't. I already know the answer. People that get this worked up over these little things are always racist. They **** that a black ****** is in the white house.
Close, but not quite, IMO. The people getting worked up about this are conveniently choosing to ignore that corporations and companies of all stripes get huge tax deductions for the stupedist things. Golf trip to Aruba? Have a 30 minute meeting with someone and call it a fact finding mission. Bam. Tax deduction. Hire a masseuse get a tax deduction. Pick up donuts for your co-workers, write off your car and the gas you put in it. Entire tax-law firms exist soley for this purpose.
Without these bullshit deductions the Republican party and the industry giants that bankroll them would be gone in a year.
The First Lady is Americas first and foremost Goodwill Ambassador. Real value is gained from trips like this. And they know this. This is just bullshit sniping for the sake of bullshit sniping. Does anyone want to suggest that Nancy Reagan and the Bush wives didn't make as many, if not more trips exactly like this one? In each case, the trips are "written off" as goodwill missions. And I have no problem with it, regardless of party.
So don't act like this is something that the Obamas invented.
P.S. I was thinking about making this point as the second post in this thread, but I was hoping it would just die of its own accord.
There's a very big difference between tax breaks and using actually collected taxpayer dollars to fund a vacation. Stop trying to blur the line between the two. Even with the tax incentives/breaks afforded to corporations they are still using their own money to fund those activities, with tax relief (deserved or otherwise) on the back end. Completely different scenarios, with no correlation.
Yeah, the Republican party is the only party in the history of the world that has backing from large, multinational corporations. :1orglaugh
Apparently you've been "conveniently ignoring" the fact that corporate giants also donate to the Democratic party.
Here's a brief, far from complete, list of US retail CEOs who supported Obama in the 2008 Presidential election:
-Bill Gates, Co-founder of Microsoft
-Arthur Blank, Co-Founder of Home Depot
-Michael Eisner, CEO of Disney
-James Kimsey, AOL’s founding CEO
-James Sinegal, CEO of Costco
-Tom Stemberg, Founder and CEO of Staples, Inc.
-Craig Newmark, Founder Craigslist
-Alan Feldman, CEO of Midas
-Philip Marineau, CEO of Levi Strauss
-George Zimmer, founder and CEO of Men’s Wearhouse
-Terry Semel, CEO of Yahoo
-Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks
I guess the aforementioned corporations don't get the tax breaks you mentioned because they aren't donating to the Republican party? Or maybe you just don't consider corporations such as Microsoft, Disney, AOL and Starbucks as "corporate giants?" Give me a break.
Also, in the 2008 election cycle, for the first time in a long time, granted, corporate donations to the Democratic party actually outweighed corporate donations to the Republican party:
So, knock it off with the "industry giants only bankroll Republicans" talk, because it simply isn't true. Especially lately.
According to a recent Gallup Poll "the current... data from Sub-Saharan Africa on approval of U.S. leadership, which rose from an already favorable level in 2008 (75%), to an even higher 87% in 2009 - making it the region with the most positive view of U.S. leadership in the world." Premium Link Upgrade Given this data, why then, are we wasting taxpayer dollars to ****** good will in a region that already holds the most favorable view of US leadership in the entire world?
I'm not pretending like other 1st ladies haven't taken similar trips or misappropriated taxpayer dollars, but what value, exactly, is being gained by Michelle Obama going on a private African safari with her 2 *********, her ******, niece, nephew and makeup stylist to end her trip?
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I hope they leave America.
She worked for the NAACP. It was a set up.Not at all.
She should stay out of Target.
That's not it at all. Look at what they said about Bush and his acations. Most were spent on his Ranch and not flying all over the world.
And, he wasn't telling people what to eat. While eating whatever he wanted.
Again, I go back to my original point: Call the Treasury Dept. and demand your nickel back.
I'm not the one blurring the line. It was blurry long before I was born.
Is this surprising to you? He was quite the motivator, the 8-year Republican Messiah, Georgy II.
You guys get to be one-sided with your bullshit, I get to be one-sided with mine.
Ignoring that region will get those polls reversed in a big hurry.
I'm not pretending that this isn't a vacation. I'm saying to fuckin' get over it. This is how the system runs, this is how it has been running and it's how the system is going to run, no matter how many bar graphs you put up. She's the First Lady. The moment she steps out of the bedroom, she represents the US in a meaningful way.
You guys just go looking for stuff to bitch about and this thread is a sterling example. If an elected politician is rich, people complain. If a politician isn't, you complain about him/her using the perks that go along with the office. Make up your mind(s).
I'm not the one blurring the line. It was blurry long before I was born.
Is this surprising to you? He was quite the motivator, the 8-year Republican Messiah, Georgy II.
You guys get to be one-sided with your bullshit, I get to be one-sided with mine.
Ignoring that region will get those polls reversed in a big hurry.
I'm not pretending that this isn't a vacation. I'm saying to fuckin' get over it. This is how the system runs, this is how it has been running and it's how the system is going to run, no matter how many bar graphs you put up. She's the First Lady. The moment she steps out of the bedroom, she represents the US in a meaningful way.
You guys just go looking for stuff to bitch about and this thread is a sterling example. If an elected politician is rich, people complain. If a politician isn't, you complain about him/her using the perks that go along with the office. Make up your mind(s).
Most but not all. :yesyes: :yesyes: :yesyes: :thumbsup:
Show me a White House resident who didn't do this. These "stories" come out during every presidency. This one will blow over and people can explode about the next ******, and act as if it's new.
You're perpetuating it. Corporations get tax breaks, politicians spend tax dollars. There's a difference.
Not particularly surprising, no. But you single out the Republican party as the sole benefactor of corporate donations, which is untrue.
You can't offer such a close minded approach while suggesting that others do differently without sounding silly.
I don't consider $3b in aid, annually, to the region as "ignoring" it whatsoever.
"Fuckin' get over it..." you mean like the way Democrats have "fuckin' gotten over" the misappropriations of the Bush administration? Yeah, that's been put to rest.
Meaningful? Every single time? Like her Premium Link Upgrade , for instance?
I don't view questioning the effectiveness and potential wastefulness of government spending as a partisan thing. And how many politicians aren't rich these days anyway? That last part just doesn't make any sense to me at all.
outrageous
This argument that both sides get corporate money so they're both equally guilty is bullshit. Yes, both parties receive that money, because that is the system that is in place and it's necessary for their survival. But democrats have been working to get corporate money out of politics, while republicans actively support it. There have been votes in the senate to overturn the citizens united decision, voted for unanimously by dems and independents, and opposed unanimously by republicans. I've said this multiple times in this forum, and I'll say it again plainly:
Democrats are against corporate money in politics. Republicans whole heartedly support corporate money in politics. The actions of both sides show this. Stop your fucking lies.
Until she runs for president
I don't think so, Michelle has always said (when asked) that she was not interested in running for any political office. It would also be a conflict of interest problem once Barack gets appointed to the Supreme Court.
