A Boeing 757 and a fleet of armored cars for Michelle’s sight seeing tour!



Michelle One

On Sunday, President Obama flew back to the United States on Air Force One. His wife, two daughters and her mother did a bit of shopping in Paris before taking their own Boeing 757 (C-32) over to London to do some sight seeing.

We all remember Obama’s admonishment to corporate CEO’s in February:

“You can’t get corporate jets, you can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers dime.”

Apparently that doesn’t apply to his wife.

The London Times opened it’s description of Michelle’s visit this way:

Motorcycle outriders, armoured Chevrolets and bullet-headed men in raincoats criss-crossed London yesterday as Michelle Obama and her daughters spent a second day on an unofficial visit to the capital.

The Times went on to describe that when Michelle and the girls arrived at Westminster Abbey, the building was closed to tourists with people already in told to “wait against the wall.” An American visiting the Abbey said “Right then I knew it was probably someone from our ‘royal family’.”



Michelle’s motorcade shut down the London street above as the First Lady of the World and her children go for Fish and Chips at a pub in Mayfair. The entourage inside the restaurant was 15 people while dozens more wait outside. Include the dozens of Air Force personnel to fly and service the plane, embassy personnel and other staff and we are talking about a serious expenditure of tax payer dollars.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans have lost their jobs and won’t be able to take their family on a summer holiday. Despite their circumstances they’ll still be expected to fork over the tax dollars to pay for Michelle’s trip!
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Seems to me that this is a mildly shitty thing to do. Not only are the American taxpayers paying for one jet for the President (which I have no issue with), now we're paying for another one so Michelle and the rug rats can go to France and England. What a waste fo fucking money.

These stupid fucking people are such hypocrites it's sickening...

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Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings...

Do you really believe Obama, his wife, and his children are stupid fucking people?

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The world could use more Stan Ovshinsky's

Supposedly, since this was not an official visit for Michelle, the Obama's are liable for some of the cost. Guess we'll never know if they pay for it or not but either way, they're beginning to remind me of a kid in a candy shop with an open account!

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

dont know enough to say regarding the children, otherwise, yes.

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"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others."

Ayn Rand

What would be nice would be to calculate the money all of this cost and then figure out how many families that could have kept fed and lodged for a year.

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A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw

Yes, I do...

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Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings...

First ladies have always, and often, traveled throughout the world as ambassadors of the United States. I see nothing to get incensed about here.

this is not such a trip

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Socialism doesn't create a rising tide that lifts all boats. It drains the lake and teaches the boat riders not to help themselves by rowing.

Jesus loves you, allah wants you dead

"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others."

Ayn Rand

I take it you meant "stupid" in a non-intellectual sense..?

Maybe more of an "I don't agree with them or condone their actions, therefore they are stupid" kind of way?

and the "fucking" is just an indicator of the degree of your emotion?...


....just trying to give you an out. If that's how you really feel, I'm surprised. Your posting history led me to believe that you were level headed.

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The world could use more Stan Ovshinsky's

I know uneducated people who are far smarter than some well educated people I also know.

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Socialism doesn't create a rising tide that lifts all boats. It drains the lake and teaches the boat riders not to help themselves by rowing.

Jesus loves you, allah wants you dead

"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others."

Ayn Rand

This was an unofficial trip.

She wasn't an "ambassador", she was a tourist...

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Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings...

Yes.

They're "smart", yet pretty fucking stupid at the same time...

I don't agree with much that they do, but I don't call them stupid for it.

For this, however, they are stupid...

It pisses me off, yes...

I don't need an "out". Clearly, you have no issue whatsoever with this; they can piss away taxpayer dollars as much as they want, for whatever reason, and you're cool with it.

But I think a lot of people are going to take issue with this. Granted, none of those people will be those who would willingly drop to their knees before Obama's fly, but smart people...

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Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings...

I think he is................this health care crap will do as much or more damage to the democratic party as Bush did to the republican party.......and that sir, is stoopid.

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Dems....a flash in the pan.

I have know some "intellectually intelligent" people that didn't have the sense to come in out of the rain, haven't you?

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Dems....a flash in the pan.

Some people still have a hard time imagining a negro in the Oval Office....
It's not that they are racist, it's just that they have a hard time imagining it.

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Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address