From your Queen!!

[rmtt]

I seen this and thought it was funny...true...but funny.

For only the second time in my adult life,
I am not ashamed of my country.

I want to thank the
hard working American people
for paying $242 THOUSAND dollars
plus additional expenses
for my vacation in Spain.

My daughter Sasha,
several long-time family friends,
my personal staff and various guests
had a wonderful time.

Honestly, you just haven't lived
until you have stayed in a
$2,500.00 per night suite
at a 5-Star luxury hotel.

We only booked 70 rooms
for our friends, staff and family.

Thank you also for
the use of Air Force 2 and
the 70 Secret Service personnel
who tagged along to be sure
we were safe and cared for
at all times.

Air Force 2 used ONLY
47,500 gallons of jet fuel
for this trip and
carbon emissions were
a mere 1,031 tons of CO2.

It costs ONLY $11,500 per hour
to operate Air Force 2
and each additional plane
for the other members
of our party group.

These are only rough estimates,
but they are close (who's counting?).

That's quite a carbon footprint
as my good friend Al Gore would say,
so we must ask the American citizens
to drive smaller, more fuel efficient cars
and drive less too,
so we can lessen
our combined carbon footprint.

I know times are hard and
millions of you are struggling
to put food on the table and
trying to make ends meet.

I do appreciate your sacrifice and
do hope you find work soon.

I was really exhausted after
Barack took our family
on a luxury vacation in Maine
a few weeks ago.

I just had to get away for a few days.

Will write more from Martha's Vineyard
where we will spend
our sixth vacation this year
with more of our family and friends.

Cordially,

Queen, M. Obama

[1997b4c]

lmao sad but true

[crumbie]

y'all are racist!

[1997b4c]

not racist i hate everyone equaly

[rmtt]

not racist i hate everyone equaly

+1.

It's not his color...it's his character!

[BluByU383]

Yep...I'll be paying an additional 4% to the 36% I already pay. Thank GOD I had a 50% reduction in pay the last two years or I'd have to pay even more.

They won't be happy until they get it all.......then I wonder how'll they pay for their vacationS.

[Nauty99SS]

not racist i hate everyone equaly

i'm with Josh on this one

[rmtt]

Yep...I'll be paying an additional 4% to the 36% I already pay. Thank GOD I had a 50% reduction in pay the last two years or I'd have to pay even more.

They won't be happy until they get it all.......then I wonder how'll they pay for their vacationS.

I'm scared to even see what I will end up having to pay.

This year is the first year I have had a "side business" going, and I will make almost the same amount as my full time job.

I know I will probably be sick once it is all said and done.

[LWillmann]

How much time have they spend in Washington? How much time has the President actually spent WORKING?

[Halon330]

I want to speak but I am not allowed to have an opinion on this, I lost the right of free speech when I enlisted!

[95droptopz28]

This president is doing all he can to run this country in the ground. At this rate It wont be long and we will be speaking spanish and reading from the koran

[Nauty99SS]

I want to speak but I am not allowed to have an opinion on this, I lost the right of free speech when I enlisted!

pm's welcome ...lol

[MIKE02TA]

This president is doing all he can to run this country in the ground. At this rate It wont be long and we will be speaking spanish and reading from the koran

That's the damn truth right there!!!!!!!!!!

[SlowC5]

They pay for their own hotel stays and meals - Queen, daughter, and friends alike, pay out of pocket. But anyway Obama haters love this kind of material, nobody wants to hear or report full disclosure, that would ruin the fun. As far as secret service, all living presidents including Jimmy Carter are receiving limetime protection.

Now lets discuss something that really matters in this country - Bacon!

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv16/Tuvya/receivebacon-1.jpg

http://www.guzer.com/pictures/diet_coke_bacon.jpg

http://www.treehugger.com/squeezebacon.jpg

http://img.skitch.com/20090211-rbytgsjcxj7wb7hdbuq6fix8qx.jpg

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd130/CosmicCrimson/Baconbetter_160by600_2.jpg

[2004GtStang]

I would like to eat the bacon off that last one. lmao

[95droptopz28]

Yes bacon does make everything better

[68 RS/SS Ragtop]

SlowC5 is correct, and as far as presidential vacation, according to one count, Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush spent more time on "vacation" during their first year than President Obama did. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton spent less time on "vacation."

Check it out for yourselves, the internet doesn't lie :), but that doesn't make for a good laugh.

http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days/.
Sources
Knoller, Mark. CBS News White House Correspondent, Radio. E-mail sent to FactCheck.org. 6 Jan 2010.

Knoller, Mark. "Can a President Really Take a Vacation?" CBS News "Political HotSheet" Blog. 24 Dec 2009.

Knoller, Mark. "Obama Seeks Rest on Foray Out West." CBS News "Political HotSheet" Blog. 14 Aug 2009.

Hendler, Clint. "Mark Knoller Knows." Columbia Journalism Review. 9 Dec 2009.

Elliott, Phillip. "Obama Returns Home for First Time as President." Associated Press. 13 Feb 2009.

Associated Press. "Obama family vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard." MSNBC.com. 23 Aug 2009.

Nakaso, Dan. "President Obama and his family leave Isles after Hawaii vacation." Honolulu Advertiser. 4 Jan 2010.

[SlowC5]

SlowC5 is correct, and as far as presidential vacation, according to one count, Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush spent more time on "vacation" during their first year than President Obama did. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton spent less time on "vacation."


I knew that too but wasn't even going to go there. Also the $ that W spent on vacations was legendary but didn't even want to go there also :)

And Bill didn't need "vacation" with the interns visiting him in the oval office ;)

[Diggler]

working? presidents dont work, they talk.

think about all the other random b.s. the politicians suck out of our pockets..... its 20x the amounts in the little snippet you posted. this country is going to have to hit rock bottom for that stuff to change. we are going to be a third world country one of these days.

[rmtt]

slowc5 is correct, and as far as presidential vacation, according to one count, presidents ronald reagan, george h.w. Bush and george w. Bush spent more time on "vacation" during their first year than president obama did. Presidents jimmy carter and bill clinton spent less time on "vacation."

check it out for yourselves, the internet doesn't lie :), but that doesn't make for a good laugh.



roflmfao!!

I'm not defending anything that Bush did, but our current persident has carried it to the next level.

Oh well...they are all "puppets" for a greater cause anyway.

[rmtt]

How much time have they spend in Washington? How much time has the President actually spent WORKING?

That's where it gets tricky. Are you talking about a working vacation where you still have all of your staff/advisors around, or when you take time off and appear on "The View" which was apparantly more important than the National Boy Scouts of America conference.

[Nauty99SS]

i smell .... bacon

[SlowC5]

That's where it gets tricky. Are you talking about a working vacation where you still have all of your staff/advisors around, or when you take time off and appear on "The View" which was apparantly more important than the National Boy Scouts of America conference.

(1) All the ladies except 1 on The View are outspoken liberals. This administration has grown a track record of "rewarding" those media outlets that make him look good, or at least "not so bad". (Rewarding being air time) You won't see him on "FOX News".

(2) Also, Boy Scouts Of America, who cares? Is a president supposed to make an appearance at every single somewhat "good" cause in the US? That's an example of an attempt at phony inflammatory anti-Obama rhetoric worthy of Glenn Beck and Rush. They frickin' criticized him for preferring mustard only, no ketchup, on his cheeseburgers, come on people, lets lay on some real criticism of his O'ness.

[rmtt]

(1) All the ladies except 1 on The View are outspoken liberals. This administration has grown a track record of "rewarding" those media outlets that make him look good, or at least "not so bad". (Rewarding being air time) You won't see him on "FOX News".

(2) Also, Boy Scouts Of America, who cares? Is a president supposed to make an appearance at every single somewhat "good" cause in the US? That's an example of an attempt at phony inflammatory anti-Obama rhetoric worthy of Glenn Beck and Rush. They frickin' criticized him for preferring mustard only, no ketchup, on his cheeseburgers, come on people, lets lay on some real criticism of his O'ness.

I just think that when two choices present themselves....it would be a pretty easy decision. But there are always other things at play.

As for phony rhetoric, I think there is nothing phony at all about the "man" and his agenda.

And for the record, I can't stand Glen Beck either.

[The EnforceR]

It's sad that the current president/administration have some people in this country so brainwashed and "blinded by the light" that they can't see what the country is very slowly turning in to.

....That's all I have to say....about that!

[BluByU383]

People are not even close to being as pissed off as they will be........just wait until we have to get serious about dealing with our debt and have to make some really hard decisions.........can anyone say "succession"?

[crumbie]

this country is a welfare state.

[KUTTER]

SlowC5 is correct, and as far as presidential vacation, according to one count, Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush spent more time on "vacation" during their first year than President Obama did. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton spent less time on "vacation.".

I suppose that would be a plausible argument, if this wasnt in reference to the presidents WIFE to begin with.Id love to see an example of another first lady spending an estimated 385,000 on a spanish vacation for a closed beach with 40 of her friends. If the hook3r wanted a closed beach she could have went to the gulf her husband was doing next to nothing to fix.Not to mention that she has 27 personal servants that US the taxpayers pay 1.8 million a year for.
http://rightasicanbe.com/2010/06/22/michelle-obamas-full-servant-list-and-pay-scale-oh-my/

Yeah Bush spent more time on vacation, however it was spent primarily at one of his ranch,and camp david.So in reality it pales in comparrison.For the record though Ive always thought Bush was the epidemy of horrible leadership, until OL BuROKE Obama came along...

[KUTTER]

come on people, lets lay on some real criticism of his O'ness.

1. He pushed to have a muslim place of worship constructed,where people of said religion,flew a plane into a civilian building.Yet he has the audacity to call FDR his role model?? Recall a little thing called Pearl Harbor? Japanese attacked a NAVAL BASE,not a civilian city,and FDR started the production of the b-52 to carry a nuclear bomb. Not to sky drop fortune cookies and build Shinto and Budda statues.

2. He has spent MILLIONS in legal fees to seal his records, including his own place of birth?Questionable education etc.

3.Less experience and qualifications than canidates he was running against.

4.ZERO comprehension about economics,obviously.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=92055

5.ZERO leadership skills...see oil spill

6.Worst lier ever elected
http://www.politico.com/static/PPM41_200_days_200_claims_final_draft.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfu1_Scgyow

7.Appointed who knows how many 'czars' bypassing congress, answering only to the big 0, 90% of whom are commies, perverts, racists, etc
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=106805

8. OHHH and his foreign policy?!?!?!FAIL
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=96020

Im not even going to touch "free" healthcare thats just overkill.

All the sheep that voted for him seriously owe the nation an apology.

[95droptopz28]

impeach the bastard I say!