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    Quote Originally Posted by hblueeyes View Post
    But when Obama vacations, it costs $60 million or more per trip. Bush may have taken more time, but he was at home costing us nothing extra.

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    Bush stayed at his ranch which was easier to secure ... which means fewer SS on detail ... he also had them stay on the property -- no charge. ( Unlike Biden who charges the SS detail RENT for staying on his property while protecting the VP and his family )
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    I never heard george bush saying he went to ireland to check out his ancestry or going to africa with his daughters to give them an education or going to europe with 200 people...........it sure costs less for a texas ranch visit with an office set up to do business as president than jetting around the world....and don't forget that when obama travels across the ocean they sent along jet fighters, limousines etc and that cost sure is not peanuts! (I avoid listening to that man who has mooched off people, was and might still be delinquent in paying taxes, calls whites discriminating names, has made IMHO a mockery of the judicial system....)

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    After an engaging speech to disabled veterans threatening how the sequester would cut their health benefits (more than already), Barack ran off for his August vacation. Bo, the president’s Portuguese Water Dog, arrived separately on one of two MV-22 Ospreys, a hybrid aircraft which takes off like a helicopter but flies like a plane.



    Obama's Dog Airlifted To Family Vacation On Martha's Vineyard
    Michael Miller On August 12, 2013

    It’s good to king. Who else but a king – or Barack Obama – could command that his dog be airlifted via U.S. Army Osprey helicopter to the family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard? Bo’s got it pretty good, too.

    By the way, more than Bo will be airlifted to Family Obama’s holiday on the Vineyard – including the all-important “presidential basketballs” (seriously). And that’s not the half of it.

    As reported by The Telegraph, more than 70 hotel rooms, each costing up to $345 a night, have been booked for Secret Service agents. The Obamas are staying in a $7.6 million, 5,000-square foot retreat on nine acres, which includes a basketball court, of course. (Judging by video I’ve seen of Obama shooting baskets, I wonder if any of the “presidential basketballs” have ever actually been through a hoop?)

    Unfortunately, this location amounts to “slumming it” for the Vineyard-savvy Obamas. On previous vacations to the exclusive island, they’ve stayed at the 28-acre Blue Heron Farm, which has since been sold as is no longer available as a “rental cabin.” Like I said, it’s great to be king.

    By the way, this is the first time Osprey helicopters – as in two…one for the Obamas and one for Bo and the basketballs - have been used by a president for vacation purposes. What a shock. It must be part of that “spread the wealth around” thing.

    http://www.ijreview.com/2013/08/7233...mily-vacation/


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    i guess in obamas eyes, his dog is worth more than any american. i wonder does Bo have a silver pooper scooper?....and who got airlifted to take care of Bo?

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    Quote Originally Posted by boopster View Post
    i wonder does Bo have a silver pooper scooper?....and who got airlifted to take care of Bo?
    The "dog handler" is paid $122,000 annually - plus benefits and expenses. Nice work if you can get it
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    i would like the same benefits as the dog BO! when Bo leaves the white house does he get unemployment benefits?

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    Kris Jenner fires back at Obama over Kim Kardashian-Kanye West dis

    Aug. 11, 2013, 5:42 PM EST By Todd Cunningham ~ TheWrap

    President Obama's dispute with Russian President Vladimir Putin has been getting the headlines, but now he's in a new beef with Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner, and this one could get really nasty.

    The president recently said that the public's fascination with the Kardashians and other high-profile celebs was changing the American Dream, in an interview on Amazon's Kindle Singles site. Where children once aimed for a good home, a good job and the possibility of higher education, he said, today's youngsters are exposed to such wealth in the form of celebrities' lifestyles that everything seems smaller by comparison. "Kids weren't monitoring every day what Kim Kardashian was wearing, or where Kanye West was going on vacation, and thinking that somehow that was the mark of success," he said.

    Mama Kardashian fired back on her talk show, "Kris," on Friday.

    "It's really great that people aspire to get a great job ... but I wasn't aware that you could only set the bar so high and that we could only dream so big," Jenner said.

    And Kanye and Kris, she said, didn't deserve the grief. "I find it so odd that he's picking on Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Well, Kanye West, first of all, doesn't go on vacation. Ever," Jenner said. "And Kim Kardashian is the hardest-working young lady in the world. She never sleeps, she never stops, she never slows down and works so hard for what she's got."

    The president also mentioned that Kim and Kanye live in 10,000 square-foot home, and Jenner found that hypocritical. "I bet the president has some friends with 10,000-square-foot houses and that he wouldn't mind going over there ... when [he was] asking them to have a party for [him] while [he was] campaigning for dollars to run for president."

    There's been no further word from the White House.


    http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?ne...&ocid=ansent11

    Here's the video from "Kris": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJxbJ...layer_embedded




    I find it amusing that BO is talking about someone else who is "in the news/gossip/headlines/" based on their VACATIONS or WHAT THEY ARE WEARING.... Is he jealous someone else is getting the attention ??

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    Kris should be ashamed. She has made a fortune on the backs of her children. She brokered her daughter's sex tape, sold her off for a multi-million dollar wedding, put the other two daughters in the spotlight with shows about there lives and now has the youngest two modeling. The second youngest has aspirations of being an Angel for Victoria's secret. Remember when we wanted our daughters to be doctors, teachers, lawyers, you know professional women with degrees? KRIS would have nothing if it weren't for pimping her family out and she's driven her husband out of his own home, but it will be a cold day before she divorces him because he's worth a heck of lot more than she is.
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    I would love to know what obama was doing on the amazon kindle single site! Obama himself seems to be mesmerized by Hollywood's glitz and glamor and doesn't shy away from being on tv talk shows like the tonight show with leno, enjoys vacationing and hobnobbing with the rich in martha's vineyard etc. I would guarantee that if kris jenner (not my favorite personality) were to invite him on her show, he would jump at the chance.

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    'King' Barack Promises Bus Tour to Discuss 'Bargain for the Middle Class'......Right After his 15th Vacation

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    I wonder how far the funds spent in support of various vacations ~ Africa; Maine; Hawaii; golf trip to FL; Ski trip to CO; Mexican & Bahama Resorts ~ would have gone in funding education ? " due to the $85 billion in federal budget cuts called sequester." ( A sequester suggested BY Obama who now blames it on his opponents ... ) 100 million trip to Africa. $450K Warsaw tab. Almost $670K Moscow Hotel Bill. Americans are struggling financially, but not to worry. Obama and Biden are still living the high life on the taxpayer dime. Much of the trip to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania consists of sightseeing with his family --and an entourage of 1,000 -- at a cost to taxpayers of $60 to $100 million.

    Funding cuts hit 57,000 preschoolers nationwide

    Monday, August 19, 2013 - 5:43pm

    WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — Federal spending cuts are hitting 57,000 children who would have started preschool in the next few weeks. The cuts will impact an estimated 1,400 children in Louisiana.

    The Administration for Children and Families reported Monday that 51,299 fewer children will begin Head Start preschool programs and 5,966 fewer toddlers will enter Early Head Start programs due to the $85 billion in federal budget cuts called sequester.

    In Merced County, Calif., 52 fewer preschoolers were enrolled in Head Start programs and 12 fewer toddlers enrolled in Early Head Start programs.

    Capital Area Head Start in Harrisburg, Pa., had to cut 68 incoming preschoolers from attending programs this year. It also laid off 15 staffers after the state turned down a request for more funding.

    "We didn't get (the expanded funding), so sequester had a much more significant impact than we had hoped," said Jo Pepper, director of that program.

    Head Start programs provide early childhood education for lower income families who qualify. The cuts are part of the $85 billion in forced spending cuts that kicked in between March 1 and Sept. 30. Unlike other programs, Head Start programs are tied to the school year, so many of the cuts couldn't be fully implemented until the school year began.

    The final report on children cut from programs are slightly better than a February analysis that predicted 70,000 kids would be cut, in part reflecting program administrators' efforts to cut in other ways to protect children.

    For example, thousands of Head Start programs trimmed the number of days they provide school, meaning the school year ended a few days earlier last May or is beginning a few days later than in the past. More than 1.3 million days of school were trimmed from programs, according to the federal agency.

    Overall, the cuts also trimmed staffer pay and jobs for 18,000 Head Start employees nationwide, the agency reported.

    Mid Florida Community Services in central Florida tried to make cuts to protect children. The group shut down two preschool classrooms, affecting 53 spaces for children. However, the group shut down classes in communities that suffered population losses, meaning there was less need in those areas, said program director Heidi Rand.

    The group also closed offices on July 5, forcing administrative staff to take a nonpaid furlough day. Other cuts included a temporary end to employer contributions to staffers' retirement accounts through the end of the year. And this fall, staffers will work for only 39 hours each week, instead of 40 hours.

    "Any reduction in pay is difficult to deal with," said Elizabeth Hustead, who helps manages programs in Hernando County in Florida. "I'm one income with two children. The potential of losing days is terrifying."

    The federal government spends about $8 billion a year on Head Start, an early childhood development program for low income families. About 1 million children are enrolled in the program nationwide.

    Proponents say that children who get a head start in early childhood learning perform better in school.

    Detractors cite a federal study that found once Head Start kids get to third grade, they do no better than their schoolmates who didn't attend Head Start programs.

    Earlier this year, President Obama said he wanted to expand funding for early childhood education program. However, Congress has made little progress on passing any federal budgets this year.

    http://www.nbc33tv.com/news/educatio...s-hit-57000-pr
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    he will blame it on the republicans and their threatening tactics ...and his latest claim that republicans want to hurt americans

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