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Obama Family Goes to the Movies to See 'Avatar' (had the theater to themselves)
ABCNews (AP) ^ | December 31, 2009

Posted on 12/31/2009 11:46:01 AM PST by maggief

Edited on 12/31/2009 12:00:53 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

The Obamas visited a movie theater near their rented vacation home in Hawaii on Thursday morning for a screening of the sci-fi spectacular. Officials say the first family had the theater to themselves to watch director James Cameron's tech-heavy film.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: avatar; bhochristmas; flight253; obama; obamafamily
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To: a fool in paradise
He's cheap... unless it comes to other peoples' money.
21 posted on 12/31/2009 11:58:22 AM PST by Rodebrecht (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: maggief

What are his children going to think when they leave the WH?

Surely, they won’t believe they are entitled? /s


22 posted on 12/31/2009 11:59:39 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: maggief

I can’t imagine any other president describing himself as a “movie buff.”


23 posted on 12/31/2009 12:00:24 PM PST by ElayneJ
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To: Sacajaweau

Couldn’t they have ordered a copy of the movie instead of disrupting people’s lives?


24 posted on 12/31/2009 12:00:32 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: freekitty

Other people don’t have lives.


25 posted on 12/31/2009 12:01:47 PM PST by jennyjenny
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To: maggief

Today, Thursday, before noon? Hell, it’s still only 10am over there in Wiki Wiki....


26 posted on 12/31/2009 12:02:18 PM PST by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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To: nhwingut

You cling to religion to much. Say, isn’t it about time for another muslim dinner at the white house?


27 posted on 12/31/2009 12:02:47 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Beware the Green Menace, the socialists warning you of global warming under your bed are hysteric.)
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To: maggief

Guess he got in for free, too.

A few years ago we went to a multiscreen theater in downtown Hilo that had many of the latest movies CHEAP, like a buck a seat, as I remember.

But, then again, we had to enjoy it with the rest of the rabble. sarc/off


28 posted on 12/31/2009 12:03:20 PM PST by wizr (Keep the Faith! Even when it gets tough! Nothing else will do.)
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To: ErnBatavia

It’s a 3 hour movie. Ain’t it?


29 posted on 12/31/2009 12:03:22 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Beware the Green Menace, the socialists warning you of global warming under your bed are hysteric.)
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To: maggief

These people are doing anything to escape their own “reality.”

Wonder if Obama will let his kids watch Blind Side? About a white family who helps an African American kid and accepts them in their family. Kid becomes a great football player (gets a football scholarship and goes to the NFL) with the help of his adopted family.


30 posted on 12/31/2009 12:05:00 PM PST by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: a fool in paradise
"Ruined the experience for everyone else, “sold out”. Presidents can typically have any current release they request screened at the White House."

They probably went to see it in Imax Format which I am sure the White House doesn't have. They got kids so I think we can give 'em a pass on this one. I don't begrudge a President a bit of Normal R&R even if they have to shut down a theater or two.

Flying to Copenhagen to get a Nobel he didn't earn... Yeah, waste of taxpayer money. Taking his wife and kids to see Avatar at the Imax once a year. OK. It sucks they have to go through all the crap to move him around but its the world we live in.

31 posted on 12/31/2009 12:05:15 PM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg

No discussion of the specs of the projection equipment at the White House but gives a rundown on presidential movie picks...

http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/east-wing/theater.htm


32 posted on 12/31/2009 12:08:50 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Beware the Green Menace, the socialists warning you of global warming under your bed are hysteric.)
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To: maggief

our tax dollars at work...............paying for all his nonsense


33 posted on 12/31/2009 12:12:06 PM PST by blueyon (It is worth taking a stand even if you are standing alone!)
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To: NaughtiusMaximus

I think “Dances with Fern Gully” is the official title.

I was so bored I just wanted it to end. Didn’t even watch the last 20 minutes.


34 posted on 12/31/2009 12:12:37 PM PST by Skenderbej (People need to learn that no muhammadan practices his religion peacefully.)
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To: maggief

It’s good to be the king!!!


35 posted on 12/31/2009 12:13:31 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm)
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To: maggief

Was the theatre empty because its such a bad or PC film?

Or was it empty because it had the sign on the door “Only Kings allowed”


36 posted on 12/31/2009 12:18:31 PM PST by George from New England (escaped CT 2006; now living north of Tampa Bay)
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To: maggief
*The Great Karnak takes the envelope and holds it to his head*

The Great Karnak says "Unobtanium!"

The Great Karnak's sidekick repeats the answer, "Unobtanium!"

The Great Karnak turns to his sidekick and says, "May the PETN of a thousand thongs infest your airsick bag."

The Great Karnak then opens the envelope and reads the question, "What would you call Obama's search for a clue?"

39 posted on 12/31/2009 12:29:37 PM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best.)
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To: maggief
This evokes two memories.

First is the scene in Annie where Oliver Warbucks brings her to a private movie showing in Radio City Music Hall. (Annie falls asleep.)

Second is during my honeymoon with mrs. jimfree. We saw Herbie Rides Again and might as well have been alone in the small theater at the Lodge of the Four Seasons in Lake of the Ozarks Missouri.

40 posted on 12/31/2009 12:36:55 PM PST by jimfree (In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
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