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Old 02-15-2009, 03:49 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth/Dallas
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I do believe as a symbolic gesture at least, he should cut down on the "out on the town" bit. People have lost jobs, are in the process of losing their homes, and he needs to fly to Chicago to have a Valentine's getaway?

BTW, I would hold "Dubya" to the same standard and was not happy with the BILLIONS he wasted either.

It simply seems prudent to cut back in every area possible these days and not jet around at the cost of 57K per hour to exclusive locals.
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Old 02-15-2009, 04:06 PM
 
Location: Prepperland
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Did you really believe that BHO would magically change things in the District of Criminals, City of Washington?

All that happened was one gang of crooks were voted out, and new gang of thieves were voted in.

And don't hold your breath waiting for the Stimulus Bill to improve things. Why? Nothing that politicians will do can make things better. It's like making foxes into chicken house guards. It's in their nature to foul / fowl things up.

But you may be sure that RECOVERY is near when:
[] Taxation drops to near zero, because the government now pays taxes.
[] Bureaucrats are an endangered species.
[] Government salaries are $21 / yr.
[] Bribery and Graft are capital offenses, with no appeal.
[] There is no public debt, because no one will loan to the deadbeat government anymore.
[] The "Socialist Safety Net" is found in the compost heap.
[] All laws that do not protect property rights nor have the people's explicit consent, are abolished.
[] Usurers are ashamed to show their faces in public, and "Usurer" is a pejorative term that starts a fight.
[] Bankers have all expatriated to Switzerland - but the Swiss arrested them all - and deported them.
[] Limited liability enterprises cease to exist - and all parties to an enterprise are jointly liable for the injuries they inflict.
[] The sheriff calls out the posse, when necessary. There is no police force (aka professional standing army).
[] Shooting a felon caught in the act rates a reward, and compensation for all ammo expended.
[] Speculation only refers to thoughts, not investment.
[] People can make their own medium of exchange.
[] All foreign bases are vacated, and all personnel are brought home.
[] Only fools go about disarmed.
[] Polite manners have become the norm, not the exception. Shooting off one's mouth is often followed by another shooting back.

(Your ideas here)
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Old 02-15-2009, 04:27 PM
 
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Obama's people said Obama gave Michelle a cake for Valentines day that cost $40. Isn't that quaint? I guess to show how down to earth they are.

He must have forgotten their trip to Chicago to go to Michelle's favorite place to eat.

With all of the fear mongering going on these days about the dire shape of the economy, and Obama is on the TV everday, sometimes 2 X a day and traveling all around to try and sell the country on the stimulus plan I wondered how much it costs us every time the he goes some where.

Well I found this link to a 10 page report from the Government on how much it costs to operate air force one per hour. This report came out in 2006 and is based on numbers from the year 2000 adjusted for inflation. Would you believe almost $57,000 dollars per hour. So 2 hr flight to Chicago and 2 hrs back comes with a price tag of $228,000.00 just for the flight.

So my point is why won't he just stay home and save the tax payers some money if we are in such dire straits? Can any body remember Obama saying at his news conference a couple days ago thanks for giving me a reason to use air force one. It was just last weekend he flew the family and the kids friends off to Camp David. I mean come on first of all it was only about a 30 minute flight, so he could of gotten there another way. That weekend trip was only $57,000.00 .Then you have to factor in the cost of security detail and everything else.

He hasn't even been president for a month and he has already went to Camp David for the weekend, then the next weekend he had date night out and this weekend they jetted off to Chicago for Michelle's food and a 2 day get away.

He's telling us to cut back and he is frolicking around. I think he needs to stay home. I can just imagine what they would say if Bush was frolicking around during times like we are going through.


Click here for link to report

Good post, but are you serious? Did you expect anything else from the person who had the most expensive campaign in history and who could have used some money to help others...I don't mean to help is illegal aunt who I guess is still in the country ..maybe even living in the White House..
He didn't help out hillary who was in need for money or giving back to the people in need, no he needed to show off in Germany, in this country with some kind of Greek pilars of whatever crazy thing it was and than he had all these artist play in Washington the evening before his inaugeration and even in the White House...some of them even making very bad remarks, but what the heck if your name is Barack Obama you can do whatever...the zombies will follow him where ever he goes and whatever he will spent...
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Old 02-15-2009, 04:44 PM
 
Location: MI
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As president when he travels it is ALWAYS on the taxpayers dime, that is the way it works in this country. To do otherwise would be completely reckless endangering the president, and this country.

And it cost a whole of a hell a lot less than Bush's little wars based solely on Bush's lies.
Thank you for this post.
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Old 02-15-2009, 04:58 PM
 
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Good post, but are you serious? Did you expect anything else from the person who had the most expensive campaign in history and who could have used some money to help others...I don't mean to help is illegal aunt who I guess is still in the country ..maybe even living in the White House..
He didn't help out hillary who was in need for money or giving back to the people in need, no he needed to show off in Germany, in this country with some kind of Greek pilars of whatever crazy thing it was and than he had all these artist play in Washington the evening before his inaugeration and even in the White House...some of them even making very bad remarks, but what the heck if your name is Barack Obama you can do whatever...the zombies will follow him where ever he goes and whatever he will spent...
Well the last I read it was 180M for his inaugeration and they were slipping 200 million more into the stimulus bill to replace the sod torn up in Washington Mall from all the zombies for his inaugeration. So that makes it 380 Million. When Bush had his it was 40 million and the Dems were screaming. "how dare he". I guess we better get used to over the top spending from this one.
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Old 02-15-2009, 05:04 PM
 
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Meh, so he took 'personal time' during an official trip. As long as its Michelle he is romancing and not a chunky intern on the taxpayers dime I say let him a little fun
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Old 02-15-2009, 05:33 PM
 
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Well the last I read it was 180M for his inaugeration and they were slipping 200 million more into the stimulus bill to replace the sod torn up in Washington Mall from all the zombies for his inaugeration. So that makes it 380 Million. When Bush had his it was 40 million and the Dems were screaming. "how dare he". I guess we better get used to over the top spending from this one.
Sod for the Mall -- which tends to need replacing from time to time when 25 million people walk on it every year -- was taken out of the stimulus bill to appease whiners. So that's one fact you botched. The final bill for the recent inauguration isn't in yet, so that's botch number two. Then there's the fact that Bush's $40 million doesn't include security and local reimbursement costs while the estimate for Obama does. That would be strike three. You're out of there...
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Old 02-15-2009, 06:08 PM
 
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Ummm....no one is talking about Bush...we are talking about Obama's weekend get away to Chicago.Nice try!
Awwww come on let talk about the president that took at total of 3 years vacation over an 8 year period.

It was such a pathetic attempt by some knuckle dragging right wingnut hater that the truth need to be pointed out, but likely fell on deaf ears. Just some idiot that doesn't understand how things have worked in this country for a while now.

Bush used AF1 to fly back to Washington to sign a bill that passed a law that effected only one person on the planet, and that person was a vegetable. Probably cheered him on for that kunckle headed move.

Or you are just sore because no one took you out to dinner?
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Old 02-15-2009, 06:10 PM
 
Location: southern california
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its much worse than that. he took his shirt off to swim in the ocean at the beach with his family.
how long will america endure these moral outrages.
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Old 02-15-2009, 06:21 PM
 
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Ummm....no one is talking about Bush...we are talking about Obama's weekend get away to Chicago.Nice try!

Bush spent 500 days of his tenure on vacation. When/if Obama comes even close to that, come back and see us.

This has to be the most ridiculous post, if not of all time, certainly for the week.
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