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Michelle Obama gives Marbella the presidential seal of approval (Costa Del Crime)
the UK Telegraph ^ | 8/1/10 | Harriet Alexander

Posted on 08/01/2010 9:39:41 AM PDT by Nachum

Michelle Obama will arrive in Marbella this week for her summer holiday. But does the presidential seal of approval really mean the 'Costa del Crime' has finally turned the corner?

As Michelle Obama sits on the stone terrace of her five star Andalusian hotel this week, with sweeping views across the lush golf course to the Mediterranean Sea below, the stress of Washington will seem a long way away.

Swallows ride the breezes above fluttering golf flags, and the sound of cicadas in the hot afternoon mingles with soft jazz music in the background.

Yet despite the sophistication and elegance of the Villa Padierna, where Mrs Obama will arrive with her nine-year-old daughter Sasha on Wednesday, Marbella's reputation does not make it an obvious destination for the First Lady.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: approval; marbella; michelle; obama
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1 posted on 08/01/2010 9:39:49 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping


2 posted on 08/01/2010 9:41:09 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

ChiTown girl grows up to be EuroTrash!


3 posted on 08/01/2010 9:43:18 AM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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To: Nachum
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She's a hater,
he's a hater,
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Be a hater, hey be a hater


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4 posted on 08/01/2010 9:45:28 AM PDT by FrankR (It doesn't matter what they call us, only what we answer to....)
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To: Steamburg

“...the genuinely chic and classy Mrs. Obama.” OMG, what drugs is this writer on? I need them.

And she looks more manly in that photo than dear hubby - I don’t care how much lipstick you put on that pig.


5 posted on 08/01/2010 9:50:35 AM PDT by GnuHere
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To: Nachum
than with the genuinely chic and classy Mrs Obama.

I stopped reading here..

6 posted on 08/01/2010 9:54:58 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Can someone explain what a "Diversity Job" is?)
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Can we refuse to let the Wookie back in?


7 posted on 08/01/2010 10:14:17 AM PDT by benewton
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I wish..


8 posted on 08/01/2010 10:23:33 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Can someone explain what a "Diversity Job" is?)
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To: Nachum

While the American people struggle to live...to work....to cry out for defense of our country....our supreme First Lady (?) will be sitting here:

http://www.hotelvillapadierna.com/


9 posted on 08/01/2010 10:25:11 AM PDT by imfrmdixie
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To: imfrmdixie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_b2hK0Rf68


10 posted on 08/01/2010 10:28:11 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

Michelle and her 30 room entourage: the Zombie Administration’s middle finger at the unemployed schlubs and 401K-knocked wage slaves.


11 posted on 08/01/2010 10:29:13 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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Mrs. O chose well. She’ll fit right into the well deserved reputation. Vacationing corrupt pols, thugs, and assorted other low life types love it there.


12 posted on 08/01/2010 10:52:08 AM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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>>>Vacationing corrupt pols, thugs, and assorted other low life types love it there.<<<

Not to mention Arab arms dealers!!

I wouldn't put it past Obama to task her with helping get more arms into Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank Palestinians hands.

He's dedicated to try to achieve a balance of power in the Middle East....with the result that Israel is finally defeated - and ceases to exist.

Same program as Ahmadinijad - just a little milder on the rhetoric.

13 posted on 08/01/2010 11:41:52 AM PDT by HardStarboard (If the Gulf had happened on Bush's watch - he'd have been drawn and quartered.)
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So the trip is back on???

When the white house announced that the press reports were incorrect, and that Zer0 was not going to Spain, we kinda had an “is - is” moment of careful parsing of the announcement.

Gee, I wonder why the entire US media has been totally silent about the 30 rooms at the five star hotel for the Wookie and spawn, and old friends?? We have to get the truth from the UK.


14 posted on 08/01/2010 12:06:46 PM PDT by Noob1999
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the town’s problems really began in the early 1990s, with the election of Jesús Gil, president of Atlético Madrid, as mayor. The developer-turned-populist-politician ran Marbella for 10 years, doubling its size during a construction boom that was eventually his downfall. He was forced to resign after a property corruption scandal in 2002, and was then succeeded by Julián Muñoz, a former waiter famed for his relationship with the opera singer, Isabel Pantoja.

Mr Muñoz is in turn awaiting trial, accused of abusing planning permission - alongside his successor as mayor, folk singer Marisol Yagüe. Both deny the accusations against them.

Marbella’s darkest hour came in April 2006 when, in an unprecedented purge, the entire town hall administration was summarily dismissed by the Madrid government. The kingpin behind much of the scandal, Juan Antonio Roca, who was chief of urban planning, has been imprisoned, convicted of mind-boggling levels of corruption, and is facing further charges this autumn.

Wads of crisp notes were found stashed in his homes, which were filled with vast collections of art, cars, helicopters, stuffed animals, thoroughbred horses and fighting bulls. One of his stud farms was guarded by a tiger. Spanish newspaper El Pais estimated his wealth at £1.7 billion.

The shady politics of the past decades was accompanied by the arrival of an equally undesirable cast of characters. Mafia-style shootings between rival Russia, Irish and British gangs became depressingly routine, and their brash and brutish friends, families and hangers-on moved into town and took over bars and beaches.


Yet despite the sophistication and elegance of the Villa Padierna, where Mrs Obama will arrive with her nine-year-old daughter Sasha on Wednesday, Marbella’s reputation does not make it an obvious destination for the First Lady.
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Marbella’s reputation DOES make it an obvious destination ;)


15 posted on 08/01/2010 12:31:10 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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To: Nachum

So they got a recommendation from the first fatty.


16 posted on 08/01/2010 12:35:57 PM PDT by trailboss800
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yes, just as soon as someone gives out the 1-800 number to the “ Add a name to the U.S. no fly list”. She is a threat to the U.S. Constitution and all things sacred, and this includes Obozo!


17 posted on 08/01/2010 2:30:38 PM PDT by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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Thanks for the link....just reinforces my disdain for these two criminals in the White House....


18 posted on 08/01/2010 8:47:19 PM PDT by imfrmdixie
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To: Nachum

Oh geez...


19 posted on 08/04/2010 7:22:54 PM PDT by HollyB
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/michelle-obama/7926687/Marbella-accused-of-pandering-to-Michelle-Obama.html


20 posted on 08/04/2010 7:24:52 PM PDT by HollyB
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