Mooch-elle's Song: 'You Load Sixteen Bags, What Do You Get - Another Vacation'...

A creative little ditty from my pal Granny Jan..via Capitalist Preservation:

You load sixteen bags what do you get
Another vacation and we're deeper in debt
I go to exotic places every three weeks
I owe my soul to Soros and the sheiks

I was born one morning with a chip on my shoulder
It only got worse as I got older
They loaded sixteen bags of Louis Vuitton
And the one percent said a job well done

You load sixteen bags what do you get
Sixteen vacations and the country in debt
Shopping at Target fools the peons
I owe my soul to Barneys and Bijans

Went to school on affirmative action
Married the president now I'm the attraction
Air Force Two is at my beck and call
16 exotic destinations in all

Does the media report? Not at all.
I owe my soul to Media Matters

Mooch-elle's Song: 'You Load Sixteen Bags, What Do You Get - Another Vacation'...

A creative little ditty from my pal Granny Jan..via Capitalist Preservation:

You load sixteen bags what do you get
Another vacation and we're deeper in debt
I go to exotic places every three weeks
I owe my soul to Soros and the sheiks

I was born one morning with a chip on my shoulder
It only got worse as I got older
They loaded sixteen bags of Louis Vuitton
And the one percent said a job well done

You load sixteen bags what do you get
Sixteen vacations and the country in debt
Shopping at Target fools the peons
I owe my soul to Barneys and Bijans

Went to school on affirmative action
Married the president now I'm the attraction
Air Force Two is at my beck and call
16 exotic destinations in all

Does the media report? Not at all.
I owe my soul to Media Matters

Pollster cartoon

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The Obamas Head Off To Their $4 Million Hawaiian Vacation..On The Taxpayer's Dime

Now that President Obama has finished his labors on our behalf, it's time for yet another vacay.

This 17 day idyll is estimated to cost the American tax payer a cool $4 million plus, over $235,000 per day.Ain't no recession here, bubba!

First let's start with the travel expenses:

The biggest expense is President Barack Obama’s round trip flight to Hawaii via Air Force One, a cost the GAO office estimated at $1 million in the year 2000. Contacted today, the GAO confirmed there is no report the independent office affiliated with Congress has prepared since 2000 to operate Air Force One and Air Force Two.

However, the U.S. Air Force provides the most current numbers of $181,757 per flight hour. Travel time for Air Force One direct from Washington D.C. to Hawaii is about 9 hours or $1,635,813 each way for a total of $3,271,622 for the round trip to Hawaii and back.

The cost for USAF C-17 cargo aircraft that transports the Presidential limos, helicopters and other support equipment to Hawaii was not made available. However, the flight time between Andrews Air Force Base and Hawaii is at about 21.5 hours roundtrip, with estimated operating cost of $12,000 per hour. (Source: GAO report, updated by C-17 crew member). The United States Marine Corps provides a presidential helicopter, along with pilots and support crews for the test flights, which travel on another C-17 flight. That is $258,000, not including costs for the 4 to 6 member crew's per diem and hotel.


Mrs. Obama’s early flight to Hawaii costs about $63,000 (White House Dossier), but add security and personnel for a total of about $100,000.

These numbers also don't account for the food and drink bill en route, especially when it comes to Michele Obama's assorted staffers and hangers on.

Now, when the Obamas reach Hawaii, they're going to be paying their own rental for a house nearer to the beach rather than using the Winter White House. Unfortunately, since the Kailua rentals are fronted by the ocean and backed by a canal, not only are the taxpayers footing the bill for housing a larger than usual Secret Service detail,but the cost of housing U.S. Coast Guard and Navy Seals in beach front and canal front homes in Kailua, as well as the cost of maintaining ships off shore.

Rentals in pricy Kailua are calculated at a cost about $1,200 per day ( figured at a cost of $200 per bedroom per day,which I think is frankly low). 18 days ( since security arrives a day early) comes to $151,200.

Now, the President’s staff and White House Press Corps ( don't ask me why they're along) are staying at the Moana Surfrider a world famous five star hotel overlooking the beach in Waikiki.

Rooms usually start at a base rate of $250 to $450 per night, and are even higher during the holidays. There's a special government rate of $177 per night,but the Surfrider's normal policy is that it's not available during the holidays, which are peak time.

But let's make this a gimmee, as President Obama's golf budies would say and calculate this at that rate. That would mean the taxpayers are footing the bill for over $72,216 in hotel bills for an estimated 24 staff. If it isn't at the government rate, we're talking better than double that figure.

Also, tourist mecca that it is, Hawaii charges a 9.25 percent Transient Accommodation Tax and a 4.712 percent General Excise Tax - $10,082.80 if we're talking government rates, more like just over $20,000 if we're not. Add in taxes and charges for meals, internet use, and other et ceteras,( figure an average of $75 per day, again a lowball estimate) and we're probably talking about more like between $150,00 and $185,000.

None of this includes food and beverages for the president's party and their guests while they're on vacay, car rentals, the cost of installing extra phone lines, bullet proof glass and other and security precautions in private residences and then restoring them to their original condition, greens fees, and all the other little extras that crop up when you're on vacation.

At least a bit over $4,000,000...and probably more. And this at a time when a lot of Americans are struggling to get by and just pay their bills. Yes, President Obama is definitely out there fighting for the middle class!

Hawaii is beautiful this time of year I'm told. Especially if someone else is footing the bill.

In fairness to the president, there's a Daily Mail story out there based on a National Inquirer piece saying that the president tried to talk Mooch-elle into a local holiday at the presidential retreat at Camp David, which is not exactly one of the slum properties then State Senator Obama got funded out of public money and had his old pal Tony Rezco build back in Chicago.

But the First Lady apparently got in his face and told him no way, no how.



This actually has the ring of truth, seeing as the president probably would have preferred to keep things more low key with elections coming up. And based on her previous performances, I can well believe that Mooch-elle simply was not to be denied. It's obvious who wears the pants in that particular family.

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The Obamas Head Off To Their $4 Million Hawaiian Vacation..On The Taxpayer's Dime

Now that President Obama has finished his labors on our behalf, it's time for yet another vacay.

This 17 day idyll is estimated to cost the American tax payer a cool $4 million plus, over $235,000 per day.Ain't no recession here, bubba!

First let's start with the travel expenses:

The biggest expense is President Barack Obama’s round trip flight to Hawaii via Air Force One, a cost the GAO office estimated at $1 million in the year 2000. Contacted today, the GAO confirmed there is no report the independent office affiliated with Congress has prepared since 2000 to operate Air Force One and Air Force Two.

However, the U.S. Air Force provides the most current numbers of $181,757 per flight hour. Travel time for Air Force One direct from Washington D.C. to Hawaii is about 9 hours or $1,635,813 each way for a total of $3,271,622 for the round trip to Hawaii and back.

The cost for USAF C-17 cargo aircraft that transports the Presidential limos, helicopters and other support equipment to Hawaii was not made available. However, the flight time between Andrews Air Force Base and Hawaii is at about 21.5 hours roundtrip, with estimated operating cost of $12,000 per hour. (Source: GAO report, updated by C-17 crew member). The United States Marine Corps provides a presidential helicopter, along with pilots and support crews for the test flights, which travel on another C-17 flight. That is $258,000, not including costs for the 4 to 6 member crew's per diem and hotel.


Mrs. Obama’s early flight to Hawaii costs about $63,000 (White House Dossier), but add security and personnel for a total of about $100,000.

These numbers also don't account for the food and drink bill en route, especially when it comes to Michele Obama's assorted staffers and hangers on.

Now, when the Obamas reach Hawaii, they're going to be paying their own rental for a house nearer to the beach rather than using the Winter White House. Unfortunately, since the Kailua rentals are fronted by the ocean and backed by a canal, not only are the taxpayers footing the bill for housing a larger than usual Secret Service detail,but the cost of housing U.S. Coast Guard and Navy Seals in beach front and canal front homes in Kailua, as well as the cost of maintaining ships off shore.

Rentals in pricy Kailua are calculated at a cost about $1,200 per day ( figured at a cost of $200 per bedroom per day,which I think is frankly low). 18 days ( since security arrives a day early) comes to $151,200.

Now, the President’s staff and White House Press Corps ( don't ask me why they're along) are staying at the Moana Surfrider a world famous five star hotel overlooking the beach in Waikiki.

Rooms usually start at a base rate of $250 to $450 per night, and are even higher during the holidays. There's a special government rate of $177 per night,but the Surfrider's normal policy is that it's not available during the holidays, which are peak time.

But let's make this a gimmee, as President Obama's golf budies would say and calculate this at that rate. That would mean the taxpayers are footing the bill for over $72,216 in hotel bills for an estimated 24 staff. If it isn't at the government rate, we're talking better than double that figure.

Also, tourist mecca that it is, Hawaii charges a 9.25 percent Transient Accommodation Tax and a 4.712 percent General Excise Tax - $10,082.80 if we're talking government rates, more like just over $20,000 if we're not. Add in taxes and charges for meals, internet use, and other et ceteras,( figure an average of $75 per day, again a lowball estimate) and we're probably talking about more like between $150,00 and $185,000.

None of this includes food and beverages for the president's party and their guests while they're on vacay, car rentals, the cost of installing extra phone lines, bullet proof glass and other and security precautions in private residences and then restoring them to their original condition, greens fees, and all the other little extras that crop up when you're on vacation.

At least a bit over $4,000,000...and probably more. And this at a time when a lot of Americans are struggling to get by and just pay their bills. Yes, President Obama is definitely out there fighting for the middle class!

Hawaii is beautiful this time of year I'm told. Especially if someone else is footing the bill.

In fairness to the president, there's a Daily Mail story out there based on a National Inquirer piece saying that the president tried to talk Mooch-elle into a local holiday at the presidential retreat at Camp David, which is not exactly one of the slum properties then State Senator Obama got funded out of public money and had his old pal Tony Rezco build back in Chicago.

But the First Lady apparently got in his face and told him no way, no how.



This actually has the ring of truth, seeing as the president probably would have preferred to keep things more low key with elections coming up. And based on her previous performances, I can well believe that Mooch-elle simply was not to be denied. It's obvious who wears the pants in that particular family.

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Believe It or Not, I Just Felt A Moment Of Sympathy For President Obama

Just heard over the local ABC News: In an interview with Barbara Walters for a holiday edition of 20/20, President Obama and his spouse were just interviewed.

The president's response to being asked who he would be if he could be anyone else was to pass. Michelle Obama? She said she'd want to be their dog Bo,because in her words, "He has a great life."

When asked if he had any complaints about his spouse, the president said he had none. Michelle Obama? She reportedly said her list was too big to mention!



Petulant, back stabbing and perpetually dissatisfied, even when living off the fat of the land. Can you imagine being married to someone like that and waking up next to them in the morning?

Yes, I admit it. I actually had a moment of sympathy for President Obama then and there.

Besides, he gave me a great laugh with his reported answer to Ol' Bawbwa when she asked him if he ever lied. His reported response? Only to family and close associates!

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Believe It or Not, I Just Felt A Moment Of Sympathy For President Obama

Just heard over the local ABC News: In an interview with Barbara Walters for a holiday edition of 20/20, President Obama and his spouse were just interviewed.

The president's response to being asked who he would be if he could be anyone else was to pass. Michelle Obama? She said she'd want to be their dog Bo,because in her words, "He has a great life."

When asked if he had any complaints about his spouse, the president said he had none. Michelle Obama? She reportedly said her list was too big to mention!



Petulant, back stabbing and perpetually dissatisfied, even when living off the fat of the land. Can you imagine being married to someone like that and waking up next to them in the morning?

Yes, I admit it. I actually had a moment of sympathy for President Obama then and there.

Besides, he gave me a great laugh with his reported answer to Ol' Bawbwa when she asked him if he ever lied. His reported response? Only to family and close associates!

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Moochelle : GOP Would Curb Freedom of Speech, Religion

I think the powers that be might want to send the First Lady on another deluxe,tax payer funded vacay so stuff like this doesn't surface.

Here's what she had to say at a private fundraiser in Tampa, clearly indicating that a Republican president would appoint Supreme Court justices that would curtail First Amendment rights:

Let’s not forget about what it meant when my husband appointed those two brilliant Supreme Court justices — (applause) — and for the first time in history, our daughters — and our sons — watched three women take their seats on our nation’s highest court. (Applause.) But more importantly, let’s not forget the impact those decisions will have on our lives for decades to come — on our privacy and security, on whether we can speak freely, worship openly, and love whomever we choose. That is what’s at stake here. (Applause.)

And of course, the Race Card was not-so-subtly in appearance:

Will we be a country where opportunity is limited to just the few at the top? Who are we? Or will we give every child a chance to succeed no matter where they’re from, or what they look like or how their money parents are — have. Who are we?

We've never had a president or a First Lady before who have so blatantly tried to set America's people against each other in this fashion for their own tawdry political gain.

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Moochelle : GOP Would Curb Freedom of Speech, Religion

I think the powers that be might want to send the First Lady on another deluxe,tax payer funded vacay so stuff like this doesn't surface.

Here's what she had to say at a private fundraiser in Tampa, clearly indicating that a Republican president would appoint Supreme Court justices that would curtail First Amendment rights:

Let’s not forget about what it meant when my husband appointed those two brilliant Supreme Court justices — (applause) — and for the first time in history, our daughters — and our sons — watched three women take their seats on our nation’s highest court. (Applause.) But more importantly, let’s not forget the impact those decisions will have on our lives for decades to come — on our privacy and security, on whether we can speak freely, worship openly, and love whomever we choose. That is what’s at stake here. (Applause.)

And of course, the Race Card was not-so-subtly in appearance:

Will we be a country where opportunity is limited to just the few at the top? Who are we? Or will we give every child a chance to succeed no matter where they’re from, or what they look like or how their money parents are — have. Who are we?

We've never had a president or a First Lady before who have so blatantly tried to set America's people against each other in this fashion for their own tawdry political gain.

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Moochelle's $500K Safari Adventure

Courtesy of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the good folks at Judicial Watch finally got the expense records and passenger manifests from the United States Air Force related to the June 21-27, 2011, trip taken by First Lady Michelle Obama, her family and her entourage to South Africa and Botswana.

The results are absolutely appalling, give America's economic challenges.

The Air force provided a C-32 - a Boeing 757 modified by the military for the purpose of flying people with clout - to fly First Lady Michelle Obama, her two daughters and her mother, a niece and a nephew, a hairstylist, makeup artists and various aides and hangers on to South Africa and Botswana to give a couple of speeches, meet Nelson Mandela, and oh yes - enjoy a safari on a private celebrity game preserve.

The flight alone cost US taxpayers $424,142, with another $928.44 listed as the cost of providing 192 meals for the 21 people who made the trip.That doesn't include the total of all costs for the First Lady's trip, such as expenses for security, ground transportation,laundry, room service, hotels, or the safari vacay. Half a million, easy.

As a real laugher, the Obama daughters were listed on the passenger manifest as "senior staff."

The supposed purpose of this luxury trip to South Africa and Botswana was to speak on education, health and wellness issues.

“This trip was as much an opportunity for the Obama family to go on a safari as it was a trip to conduct government business,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “This junket wasted tax dollars and the resources of our overextended military. No wonder we had to sue to pry loose this information.”

Or to use the First Lady's own words, this was yet another opportunity for her to get back at our 'downright mean country' by running up yet another huge tab.

Update: Long time Joshua's Army member Louie Louie points out that $928.44 for 192 meals comes out to $4.83 per meal, which is pretty frugal. But when you do the math, there were 21 people on the trip being served, and 192 'meals'. Works out to 27 'meals' per day for 21 people, so either the $$ amount is understated or a large part of it is for liquor, which means the actual cost for food is higher by almost 1/3. And that doesn't count meals eaten off the plane.

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Moochelle's $500K Safari Adventure

Courtesy of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the good folks at Judicial Watch finally got the expense records and passenger manifests from the United States Air Force related to the June 21-27, 2011, trip taken by First Lady Michelle Obama, her family and her entourage to South Africa and Botswana.

The results are absolutely appalling, give America's economic challenges.

The Air force provided a C-32 - a Boeing 757 modified by the military for the purpose of flying people with clout - to fly First Lady Michelle Obama, her two daughters and her mother, a niece and a nephew, a hairstylist, makeup artists and various aides and hangers on to South Africa and Botswana to give a couple of speeches, meet Nelson Mandela, and oh yes - enjoy a safari on a private celebrity game preserve.

The flight alone cost US taxpayers $424,142, with another $928.44 listed as the cost of providing 192 meals for the 21 people who made the trip.That doesn't include the total of all costs for the First Lady's trip, such as expenses for security, ground transportation,laundry, room service, hotels, or the safari vacay. Half a million, easy.

As a real laugher, the Obama daughters were listed on the passenger manifest as "senior staff."

The supposed purpose of this luxury trip to South Africa and Botswana was to speak on education, health and wellness issues.

“This trip was as much an opportunity for the Obama family to go on a safari as it was a trip to conduct government business,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “This junket wasted tax dollars and the resources of our overextended military. No wonder we had to sue to pry loose this information.”

Or to use the First Lady's own words, this was yet another opportunity for her to get back at our 'downright mean country' by running up yet another huge tab.

Update: Long time Joshua's Army member Louie Louie points out that $928.44 for 192 meals comes out to $4.83 per meal, which is pretty frugal. But when you do the math, there were 21 people on the trip being served, and 192 'meals'. Works out to 27 'meals' per day for 21 people, so either the $$ amount is understated or a large part of it is for liquor, which means the actual cost for food is higher by almost 1/3. And that doesn't count meals eaten off the plane.

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