Sacrifice is something that many Americans are becoming all too familiar with during this economic downturn. It was a key theme in President Obama’s inaugural address to the nation, and he’s referenced it numerous times when lecturing the country on how to get back on its feet.
But while most of the country is pinching pennies and downsizing summer sojourns – or forgoing them altogether – the Obamas don’t seem to be heeding their own advice. While many of us are struggling, the First Lady is spending the next few days in a five-star hotel on the chic Costa del Sol in southern Spain with 40 of her “closest friends.” According to CNN, the group is expected to occupy 60 to 70 rooms, more than a third of the lodgings at the 160-room resort. Not exactly what one would call cutting back in troubled times.
Reports are calling the lodgings of Obama’s Spanish fiesta, the Hotel Villa Padierna in Marbella, “luxurious,” “posh” and “a millionaires’ playground.” Estimated room rate per night? Up to a staggering $2,500. Method of transportation? Air Force Two.
To be clear, what the Obamas do with their money is one thing; what they do with ours is another. Transporting and housing the estimated 70 Secret Service agents who will flank the material girl will cost the taxpayers a pretty penny.
Read More: Andrea Tantaros, NY Daily News
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They really don't get it do they ….. talk about elitstists! The Obama's should be ashamed of the fancy parties and vacations they have taken since taking over the country and running it further and further into the ground. Apparently they don't have the moral compass to understand.
Michelle Antoinette says …
"Let 'em eat cake" (or something even worse) since I hate America just like Barry.
Madonna looks like a piker compared to her hindendness M.Obummer the material girl.She was right saying now she sees America in a different light while she looks down on the average American footing her Spain fiesta bill.The best part is she cared less about the annoited ones birthday(maybe) and when she gets home she going on another vacation with her half black half and both piglets..It doesn't get any better
It's very hard when you live in an "Ivory Tower" to see the suffering that goes on below, but believe me when I say, that that "Ivory Tower" will fall… and it will fall hard!
"Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:18
"The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day." Isaiah 2:11
Thank You. Many folks dont believe those words of God including Obama. If people would just look at recorded history they would see that God in his nature seems to have a big problem with big heads. Every person that was allowed to get into a leadership position an then exalted himself with pride and arrogance fell ,,,and fell hard. Very sad when a soul parishes into eternal punishment.
Yeah, Cathie, they get it. They don't care. Must be rough getting a vaca. I've NEVER had one.
I'm 60 yo. Everything I own I got on my own without hooks and crooks. i'm a hard worker and I appreciate all I have and I take care of it. People like her make me f______ ill.
Another nail in the coffin. It is against the law for the First Lady to use Military transport by herself; the Prez has to go with her. She is not entitled to use Military transport unless Obama pays the DOD back. Like that's going to happen.
obummer will not pay back the DOD for mrs. obummer flying to Spain. I'm sick of all these people kissing their a**. They are no better than anyone else.
Fellow Americans remember the statement that the muslim communist made saying he and the varmint he lives with feel the pain of the American People. Only one thing wrong he moved his lips and another lie rolled out. November 2010 and 2012 the American people must get the trash hauled out of the White House and both houses of congress if we are to survive as a Republic!!.
Whatcha' gonna do if the usurper declares martial law and cancels the elections?
Why wait til then. We need to do what we need to. Impeach this fraud. Get his trashy wife out of there too. We need to sue them for this!!
Trashy black people!!
Lady Antoinette is a racist. Instead of helping the US, she spends our money in socialist Spain. Racist, Racist, Racist! Read her college thesis for that proof! It was so racist that out of 700 people she asked to participate, only about 70 would, the rest saying that it was racist!
she thinks he same as he does.
That piece of plastic that came with the job is hers to do with as she pleases.
Wasn't it President , who discouraged spending on vacations and other unnecessary items, telling the American people not to go to Vegas? Isn't it nice to see and Michelle and hubby, practice what they preach ! They are also in the laughable "save the earth green movement", advising us to conserve energy by driving less,, while they fly everywhere in Air Force Jets, at taxpayers expense. He jets all over the US to campaign for the Democrats, who need him to bolster their sagging polls. How much money are we spending on the Campaign mode for one political party.
I was born in 1944, back before the blacks were allowed to set at the front of the bus, not in the back, and when they had to have their own fountains to drink from and their own public rest rooms. I will not use the N word, but what the Obamas are doing is what was called N_ _ _ _ r Rich back in those days. If they got a dollar for picking cotton, hey would go out and spend ten dollars. Looks like their intelligence level has remained the same over al these years. Guess you can take them out of the innercity, but you can't take the innercity out of them.
Yep, lots of cotton in the "innercity"–it's about as common as a non-racist on this site.
James McPherson (Alias) Liberal & Brass Cookie,
I am sure that when you speak of cotton that you are speaking of cotton candy of which fills the spot between your ears?
Racist? LOL! Why is it that you liberals always play the race card?
Can it be that to enter an intelligent debate with some one is simply too taxing on your small brains?
Can you imagine what God has planned for this government!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know he does not let our sins go unpunished.
I almost feel their pleasure every time they do something to hurt the American people. They know they are hurting us with every action, every word and every inaction——thats the goal–to destroy America.
They feel they are above the law, above the Constitution and certainly above the American people.
We need to stand together and yell it from the roof tops and let the Obama's know that THIS IS AMERICA AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR ALL THE DESTRUCTION THEY ARE DOING AND THEY NEED TO GET THE HELL OUT OF OUR WH. We The People own America and WE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO DESTROY US………………GOD BLESS AMERICA
IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!
Ah, but we are allowing him and his evil minions to destroy us .. we are sitting idly by, crying in our beers, as they rape us and rob this nation of its treasury.
What did they used to do back in the WILD WEST DAYS? Does the word LYNCH ring a bell? We need to get the BIGGEST LYNCH PARTY together,and head for Washington, D. C. There are enough trees there to hang them from, we just need to make sure we take enough rope, because there is over 500 of them hiding in this Administration. They just added another back stabber to the list today. For the past courle weeks all we heard was that Elena Kegan was not qualified to set on the SUPREME COURT, then all the turncoats turn around and nominate her. Are they all stone deaf? Can't any of them hear the crys of the American People?
Yes! Time we muster a few million folks at the White House and make a citizen's arrest! Let's roll!
To "roll" you'd have to be seen out in public, not hiding behind a fake name on a racist blog.
James McPherson (Alias) Liberal & Brass Cookie,
Is that why you stay in your basement James so not to be seen out in public? I do understand why you do so! For if i looked like you i would not want to be seen out in public either.
Fake name? Only one on this site that is Fake is you James!
Racist blog? You must be referring to that simpleton of a Blog that you have.
Now! I have had my fun with you! Go back to your basement with all of the other clutter from where you came…..
Buck the 'o'fama's!
What is wrong with the morons who support them? I just don't get it. The are our worst nightmare .All of Europe must be laughing at us . They really hate us for ancient crimes which we did not commit .They got where they got because we the people (some people) helped them. There is no humility or gratefulness .All ego and narcissism and a deep , deep coldness and laughing in our face as they party and take trips. What is wrong with their supporters? They must be demented and living in a fantasy world. We must burst this bubble.
IT IS EASY FOR MICHELLE OBAMA TO ACT LIKE A RICH BITCH WHEN THE AMERICAN TAX PAYERS ARE FOOTING THE BILL! I SAY US KICK THE MAKE BELIEVE MARIE ANTOINETTE AMAZONIAN BITCH OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE ALONG WITH HER HALF BREED OF A HUSBAND WHO PREFERS MEN..
she's acting like a ghetto black woman who feels like she's entitled to fair share,along with her socialist hubby
she's also one ugly woman…and fat too boot…..Give me Sarah Palin any day
Michelle is nothing more than a monkey bitch spending Americans tax money and she doesn't give a rats a$$ about the rest of the Americans who are struggling financially. After all the monkey bitch and her magic negro husband were elected by the masses of liberals kool-aid drinkers and the whites who thought they could erase their collective guilt by electing Osama Obama the magic negro and his monkey bitch wife!!!
MIchelle is not a female she's a (HE/SHE). Obamas boy friend, I wonder if she/he is a US citizen
Buffa,
Obama's he/she is Larry Sinclair whom he had oral sex with!
Google Larry Sinclair.Org. for all the details.
I'm glad that Michelle isn't worried about the coming planned economic collapse planned by her loving husband and his anti-messiah cronies! Aren't you?
I can only assume she is really proud of her country now; this is yet another example of an "out of touch don't give a damned about the taxpaying citizens" administration, and its been going on for 19 months now…hope you citizens that voted him in are proud too!
We need to remember these indescretions this Nov and two years hence
Awww… c'mon, folks! Give 'em a break. They're just trying to get all they can while they have the opportunity which will hopefully end in 2012!
Her dress shows off her tan lines.
We need coverage of Michelle O.'s jet-setting that will make the Lindsey Lohan jail trip seem like a 10 second sound bite….
Now thats how all socialists or Marxists and Communinsts..live they spend the money taken from the people to enjoy a free ride……there was one report that said she was spending her own money on lodgeing and food…yeah and pigs fly…..i remember when all the left screamed when Nancy Reagan changed the dinner ware in the white house …They were saying how dare her for spending the amount of money ,,..That is money taken from the working people……..Little did they say to the american public that the dinner ware was given to the white house from freinds ot the Reagans …….well these two have spent more on vacations trips and extravagances than any other president and first lady……God Bless America and 1776 in 2010
Money means nothing to the obamas. They can get all they want and spend all they want. We the people can just do without to keep the obamas happy. Trips to New York in air force one for a weekend was the start of it. Just keep track if you can of what is to come.
We have a King in Washington who could give a damn less for his nations and his subjects. Yet amazing as it is there is an ample supply of imbeciles around who would vote again for this disaster! We need to toss the Democrats in November. Our Speaker of the House madame Pelosi said she was going to drain the swamp, well folks, she merely turned it into the world's largest sewage lagoon, now it is up to the voters to drain the sewage lagoon!
Pleasure and Vacation Policy Michelle (Why is Michelle Reportedly Meeting Arab Officials In Spain?)
EL MUNDO.es ^ | Saturday, August 7, 2010 | onyx; Brugmansian;hoosiermama;victoriadelsoul;aruanan; kristinn
Posted on August 8, 2010 1:42:03 PM GMT+09:00 by onyx
With thanks and credit to Brugmansian, it's looking like all the LSM fuss about Michelle's extravagant vacation in Spain, just might be a distraction to cover up a much more sinister reason for her trip.
Brugmansian uncovered the following article in EL MUNDO and the last paragraph is of specific importance.
Varias casas reales árabes también pasan sus veranos en Marbella desde hace años. Así, habrá un encuentro entre Michelle Obama y el príncipe Salman bin Abdelaziz, gobernador de Riad y hermano del fallecido Rey Fahd de Arabia Saudí; mientras que se baraja otra reunión de la primera dama con el propietario del Málaga CF, empresario multimillonario, hijo del ministro del Interior de Qatar y miembro de la familia real qatarí, Abdullah Al Thani.
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Read and translated by both Victoria Delsoul and aruanan for accuracy,Victoria Delsoul wrote:
It says, that it's going to be a meeting between Michelle Obama and prince Salman bin Abdelaziz, governor of Riyadh and brother of the deceased Rey Fahd of Saudi Arabia; whereas there would be another meeting of the first lady with the owner of the Malaga CF, businessman multimillionaire, son of the Secretary of the Interior of Qatar and member of the real family qatarí, Abdullah Al Thani.
Typical of modern-day despots and dictators, they tell you that you will have to sacrifice, change your traditions and history, and yet, they will live like this off your dime.
Time to oust these Ceausecsu, this Eva Peron, and her Castro-like husband.
Those two American haters does not give a damn about this country or it's people. Those two b-s-a-ds told the American People exactly how they felt about this country and the sleezy sob still got elected. I always thought Americans were a rather intellegent group of people but was I mistaken. The idiots that voted for this muslim communist deserve him but We Americans that did not vote for that sleezy slime bag that came for the sewer have to be punished.
jtx,
Go play with Barry & Larry Sinclair!