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Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - WoodlandsOwl - 02-19-2011 10:24 PM
While Rome burns, Bertha Butt hits the slopes...I guess the President is too busy plotting his mischief in Wisconsin.
Can't seem to get my mind off of you
Back here at home with nothing to do
Now that I'm away
I wish I'd stay
Tomorrow's a day of mine that you won't be in
When you looked at me, I should have run
But I thought it was just for fun
I see, I was wrong
And I'm not so strong
I should have known all along that time would tell
A week without you
Thought I'd forget
Two weeks without you and I
Still haven't gotten over you yet
Vacation, all I ever wanted
Vacation, had to get away
Vacation, meant to be meant to be spent alone
The Go-Go's
Michelle Obama Goes Skiing in Colorado
by Keith Koffler on February 19, 2011, 11:34 am
First Lady Michelle Obama is on “a private family trip” in Colorado where she is skiing with daughters Sasha and Malia, according to an administration official.
“The First Lady and several close friends are chaperoning their children on a ski trip,” the official told the press pool reporter who is following President Obama today.
Reports coming out of Colorado say she arrived Friday night and is staying at the Sebastian Hotel on Vail Mountain. Rooms start at $605 per night for a room with two queen beds and head north of $2,000 for multi-bedroom suites.
Here’s a description from the hotel’s website:
For the best in Colorado vacations, stay at The Sebastian - Vail and enjoy Vail’s newest boutique slope side hotel. In the heart of the Vail Village, The Sebastian is welcoming and pulsing with life. There’s Bloom Spa, Frost Bar, Market for nibbles, our visionary Block 16 restaurant. There’s a mountain-view pool, hot tubs and a roaring fire pit. Base Camp offers ski-in ski-out access from Vail’s Vista Bahn lift, just at the foot of Vail Mountain. Our ski valets will help you into warm ski boots and out onto the mountain.
Mrs. Obama has decided to jet out to Vail – instead of visiting slopes closer to Washington DC in Virginia or Pennsylvania – despite already incurring criticism for taking opulent excursions, particularly a trip last summer to Spain. There, she stayed at the country’s swankest hotel and, like this weekend, was traveling without her husband.
Mrs. Obama also raised eyebrows in December when she left earlier than President Obama for their annual vacation in Hawaii, incurring added expenses for taxpayers that likely ran well in excess of $100,000.
The trip to Vail, which almost certainly requires use of a large Air Force jet, would likely be much more expensive for taxpayers than a shorter journey by chopper or motorcade to a resort near Washington. Mrs. Obama will likely pay for a portion of her trip, but many costs of a first lady’s travel are borne by taxpayers.
President Obama today went to serve as the “parent coach” for for Sasha’s basketball team, even though Sasha was not there.
Meanwhile, Vice President Biden and his wife are spending the weekend in Key Largo.
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/02/19/michelle-obama-skiing-colorado/
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - smn1256 - 02-19-2011 11:00 PM
Life is good when you marry a pimp.
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - Mr. Peanut - 02-20-2011 05:53 AM
Dubya & Pickles were on vacation a lot more than the Obama family
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - Paul M - 02-20-2011 08:34 AM
If you call going home a vacation.
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - RaiderATO - 02-20-2011 01:31 PM
(02-20-2011 08:34 AM)Paul M Wrote: If you call going home a vacation.
But it SURELY cost over $605 per night to rent their bedroom in TX, right?
Americans are having to cut back (even the unions are staring it down) all while our first family takes vacations across the country (and outside of it, too).
I have no issues with the family taking a vacation, or numerous ones, but lets find a cheaper way to do it. Most Americans could only dream to have a $600 a night room for a vacation (or even a honeymoon).
Obama makes me wonder why Camp David was created.
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - WoodlandsOwl - 02-20-2011 01:49 PM
(02-20-2011 01:31 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:(02-20-2011 08:34 AM)Paul M Wrote: If you call going home a vacation.
But it SURELY cost over $605 per night to rent their bedroom in TX, right?
Americans are having to cut back (even the unions are staring it down) all while our first family takes vacations across the country (and outside of it, too).
I have no issues with the family taking a vacation, or numerous ones, but lets find a cheaper way to do it. Most Americans could only dream to have a $600 a night room for a vacation (or even a honeymoon).
Obama makes me wonder why Camp David was created.
Bush bought his Ranch "free and clear" with the money he made off the sale of his interest in the Texas Rangers.
Most I ever paid for a Hotel was $1200 a night at the Disney World Grand Floridian Resort.
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - Fort Bend Owl - 02-21-2011 03:16 PM
Well she won't apparently be going to England in April for the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton as the Obamas apparently didn't get an invitation. Just in case folks here want to use that as an excuse to blast the President and the First Lady, they should know a bunch of other foreign dignitaries got snubbed too (such as the French and German presidents). And Sarah Ferguson got snubbed as well. But apparently Australia and New Zealand's prime ministers got invitations, as did David Beckham and his wife, Elton John and Kanye West (really?).
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - Redwingtom - 02-21-2011 03:48 PM
I imagine the White House costs quite a bit to maintain. I say we put the first family up at the nearest D.C. Motel 6.
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - WoodlandsOwl - 02-21-2011 03:51 PM
(02-21-2011 03:48 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: I imagine the White House costs quite a bit to maintain. I say we put the first family up at the nearest D.C. Motel 6.
That's still too much. IMO Obama deserves nothing more than the "Red Roof Inn" or the "Econolodge."
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - cb4029 - 02-21-2011 04:08 PM
Owl, I think you've found the reason for our budget deficit.
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - Lord Stanley - 02-21-2011 04:09 PM
Again again again I post that her handler's are inept, incompetent and out of touch.
I could, and would, do the job of her staff 100% different.
Fall vacation? A cabin at the Delaware Water Gap
Winter vacation? What about the Poconos?
Spring Break? Panama City Beach! (Ok maybe not)
Summer vacation? Rehoboth
Blue collar, honest vacations. Hell, take the copter as a reality to security concerns.
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - WoodlandsOwl - 02-21-2011 04:29 PM
(02-21-2011 04:09 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote: Again again again I post that her handler's are inept, incompetent and out of touch.
I could, and would, do the job of her staff 100% different.
Fall vacation? A cabin at the Delaware Water Gap
Winter vacation? What about the Poconos?
Spring Break? Panama City Beach! (Ok maybe not)
Summer vacation? Rehoboth
Blue collar, honest vacations. Hell, take the copter as a reality to security concerns.
Perhaps she realizes that she will be living in Chicago in 2013, so she is going to ride her "Gravy Train" for as long as she can?
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - Ninerfan1 - 02-21-2011 04:35 PM
According to news reports the Queen of Nutrition and government mandated diets enjoyed ribs for dinner. over 1500 calories worth.
But it was all organic, so..that's something.
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - WoodlandsOwl - 02-21-2011 04:43 PM
(02-21-2011 04:35 PM)Ninerfan1 Wrote: According to news reports the Queen of Nutrition and government mandated diets enjoyed ribs for dinner. over 1500 calories worth.
But it was all organic, so..that's something.
Calories 1575.8
Calories from Fat 1279
81%
Total Fat 142.1 g
218%
Saturated Fat 60.3 g
301%
Monounsaturated Fat 65.4 g
327%
Polyunsaturated Fat 5.7 g
28%
Trans Fat 0.0 g
0%
Cholesterol 287.2 mg
95%
Sodium 380.0 mg
15%
Potassium 1290.7 mg
36%
Magnesium 77.9 mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate 16.0 g
5%
Dietary Fiber 2.9 g
11%
Sugars 9.7 g
39%
Protein 56.2 g
112%
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - Redwingtom - 02-21-2011 05:05 PM
Actually, I think that all this petty BS and feigned outrage just goes to show how sharp our first lady is, and like her predecessor, likely smarter than her husband.
So by all means, continue.
RE: Michelle Obama: I wanna go on an another vacation... - smn1256 - 02-21-2011 05:28 PM
(02-21-2011 04:29 PM)WMD Owl Wrote: Perhaps she realizes that she will be living in Chicago in 2013, so she is going to ride her "Gravy Train" for as long as she can?
I believe that....I really do.