FOOD STAMP USE HITS RECORD
Posted on 08/06/2010 6:11:44 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Michelle Obama today faced a fresh wave of attacks over her lavish break in Spain with 40 friends which has cost U.S. taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds. The First Lady has been lambasted for her extravagance at a time when the economy is still struggling. One blogger went so far as to brand her a modern-day Marie Antoinette.
The exact cost of the trip is unclear as Mrs Obama, 46, and her friends are footing personal expenses - including accommodation at Marbella's five-star Hotel Villa Padierna - themselves. But the taxpayer will have to pick up the tab for the First Lady's 68-strong security detail, her personal staff - and the use of presidential jet Air Force Two. No ordinary holidaymaker: Michelle Obama (in bright top with dark belt) is surrounded by a substantial security detail (wearing sunglasses) in the city of Grenada, Spain The cost of accommodating the secret service team runs at around £172 each a day which amounts to nearly £60,000 for the length of the summer break. Use of Air Force Two, the Air Force version of a 757, comes in at £91,900 for the round trip. This does not include time on the ground. The American public will also cover the cost of the only official part of the holiday, a visit to the Spanish royal family on the island of Majorca. A conservative estimate puts the total amount at around £150,000. Back in the U.S., anger was mounting - especially as it has emerged the First Lady will have enjoyed eight holidays by the end of the summer. These include a trip to Los Angeles in June, a visit to the Florida's oil-hit Gulf Coast next weekend and a ten-day trip to Martha's Vineyard later this month.
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FOOD STAMP USE HITS RECORD
Ha..all the secret service guys are WHITE HONKEYS!
Bet she doesn’t talk Black Liberation Tehology Trash to them!
Yeah, sure they are ...
How about ABCNNBCBS?
She sees them as her servants...................
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“After Obama Tells America “Everyone Must Sacrifice” the White House Throws 1 Party Every 3 Days in First Year
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7:08 PM
Back in January 2009, before he signed his failed $787 billion stimulus bill into law, Barack Obama told America that everyone must sacrifice for the greater good. Everyone must have “some skin in the game.”
WITH VIDEO
This is what a lot of Americans voted for, this is the big historical moment of a black Afro-American president.
You chose poorly.
Is LaCoste the official outfitters of the Secret service?
Ah, the good life.....huh, AnnointedIdiot?
Remember when the Hildebeast asked the Marine Guard at one of the WH festivities to pass the hors doerves trays? another time to help her with her luggage?
What phonies...
Damn right I’m pissed!
Sheesh.
woman in green shirt—practicing her Mo’Bama angry beotch look
What does the guy in the orange shirt have in his bag ?
I really don’t understand why the other girl isn’t with them. Is the camp she is going to that great??? Or did she just not want to go. Maybe she is getting tired of all the hoopla.
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