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As economic worries worsen, White House puts on the glitz
The Washington Examiner ^ | 5/22/2010 | Byron York

Posted on 05/22/2010 4:29:34 PM PDT by Dinah Lord

At a time when the unemployment rate stands at 9.9 percent, when jobs are still being lost, when worries about the global economy are causing breathtaking volatility on Wall Street, when millions of Americans who still have jobs are worrying more than ever about the safety of their retirement savings — at a time when all that is going on, the Obama White House has turned itself into a showcase of glitzy extravagance.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: calderone; flotus; obama; potus
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Of course state dinners are supposed to be special. But where the Obama/Calderon affair really hit the heights was in the festivities after the dinner, which took place in a huge tent — the word “tent” doesn’t quite do it justice — set up on the South lawn. As the AP reported":

R&B diva Beyonce topped the entertainment bill for the dinner, taking place in the East Room of the White House, with the action later moving to a luxury marquee on the South Lawn of the presidential mansion. The marquee, the size of two-thirds of a football field, decked out in elaborate black decor and nightclub-style lighting, featured a stage and baskets of flowers and models of Monarch butterflies dangling from the ceiling.

It was a scene the most ostentatious party-giver would have envied: the White House turned into a luxurious, high-dollar nightclub. (Club 1600, perhaps?)

1 posted on 05/22/2010 4:29:34 PM PDT by Dinah Lord
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President BustAMove

POTUS and FLOTUS bust a move.

2 posted on 05/22/2010 4:32:10 PM PDT by Dinah Lord
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To: Dinah Lord

The Marxist elitists don’t mind “feeling” our “pain”, they just don’t want their lives to be affected by it.


3 posted on 05/22/2010 4:32:22 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Kiss my AZ!!!)
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York didn't mention the trolleys used to carry the guests from the White House (dinner) to the entertainment tent on the South Lawn.
4 posted on 05/22/2010 4:33:18 PM PDT by aphid (Only dead fish go with the flow)
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Butterflies aren't free

Butterflies aren't free.

5 posted on 05/22/2010 4:34:30 PM PDT by Dinah Lord
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To: Dinah Lord

Shades of Nero’s parties in the gardens of the Vatican.


6 posted on 05/22/2010 4:35:16 PM PDT by Argus
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To: aphid

Are those Tijuana Trolleys, I wonder????


7 posted on 05/22/2010 4:35:18 PM PDT by Dinah Lord
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8 posted on 05/22/2010 4:37:09 PM PDT by SmartInsight (Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~ G. J. Nathan)
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To: Dinah Lord

” . . .FLOTUS bust a move.”

So come on fatso and bust a move


9 posted on 05/22/2010 4:37:45 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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"Let them eat Wagyu beef!"

Google it.

10 posted on 05/22/2010 4:40:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Don't care if he was born in a manger on July 4th! A "Natural Born" citizen requires two US parents!)
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To: SmartInsight
Hahaha. In this case I think Mabelle was saying:

"Let them eat corn tortillas"

11 posted on 05/22/2010 4:41:23 PM PDT by Dinah Lord
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We're Movin On Up!

12 posted on 05/22/2010 4:41:26 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Dinah Lord

No, they are local to DC.


13 posted on 05/22/2010 4:41:51 PM PDT by aphid (Only dead fish go with the flow)
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This reminds me of the mentality that we see when we’re driving along and pass a shack with a shiny new Cadillac out front and a satellite dish on the roof.


14 posted on 05/22/2010 4:42:57 PM PDT by ryderann
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"Obama was top recipient of BP-related dollars in 2008.
Barack Obama collected $71,000, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics."


"Obama biggest recipient of BP cash
BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million
to federal …with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama
"


"U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study"


"Obama admin exempted BP’s Gulf drilling from environmental impact study "


"Obama White House and British Petroleum (BP), which pumped $71,000 into Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign
are covering up the magnitude of the volcanic-level oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico"


"Obama sheltered BP's Deepwater Horizon rig from regulatory requirement"


"Red Flags Were Ignored Aboard Doomed Rig "


"US allowed drilling 'without required permits"


"U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits
The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP …
to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits "

15 posted on 05/22/2010 4:42:59 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States Â… shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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16 posted on 05/22/2010 4:43:19 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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It was a scene the most ostentatious party-giver would have envied...

To our UnCola Prez I say...


A short Youtube Video -- "The UnCola Prez"


17 posted on 05/22/2010 4:44:09 PM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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18 posted on 05/22/2010 4:45:10 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Rodrigo y gabriela

Rodrigo y Gabriela perform during the State Dinner reception for President Felipe Calderón of Mexico and his wife, Mrs. Margarita Zavala, in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House, May 19, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Rodrigo y Gabriela look like they just crawled across the border to perform, don't they? (Sheesh. You think they could have at least wore a new pair of jeans.)

19 posted on 05/22/2010 4:45:32 PM PDT by Dinah Lord
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"FLOTUS" ?

I thought it was FWOTUS.

20 posted on 05/22/2010 4:46:59 PM PDT by Paladin2
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