Posted on 02/19/2011 9:46:00 AM PST by VRWCTexan
"The First Lady and the Obama daughters are on a private family trip to Colorado," Michelle Obama's spokeswoman, Katie McCormick-Lelyveld, confirmed in an e-mail. "The First Lady and several close family friends are chaperoning their children on a ski trip. Personal expenses are being paid for by the Obamas."
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This has been going on for a long time. Do you think Congress should pass legislation that forces the first family to pay the actual cost of transportation for each personal trip?
How much do you think a trip like this (or to the Bush Ranch) costs? Must be hundreds of thousands.
Send them on a regular flight in disguise and let them see what the rest of us have to go through.
Very Nasty Weather today...also Avalanche Warnings...they should stay off the slopes
COZ010-192000-
/O.EXB.KGJT.WS.W.0007.110219T2100Z-110221T1300Z/
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS
342 AM MST SAT FEB 19 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM MST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM MST MONDAY.
* TIMING...FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 16 INCHES.
* SNOW LEVEL...AROUND 8000 FEET TODAY...THEN LOWERING TO BELOW
7000 FEET THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OVER EXPOSED
AREAS AND MOUNTAIN TOP. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH POSSIBLE.
WINDS BECOMING WESTERLY ON SUNDAY.
* VISIBILITY...MAY BE RESTRICTED TO 1/2 MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ALONG SOUTHWEST FACING
SLOPES FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL
BE MOST WIDESPREAD OVER THE ELK MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY AND THIS
EVENING...SPREADING INTO THE VAIL AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Then they can worry if their buddy “Salim Scimitar” isn’t planning on blowing up their plane due to her husbands policies.
But the security expenses are NOT
As if their *sses were ever going to be “ on the slopes”. It’s just ANOTHER vacation to say to the American people, you can’t stop me! It’s in your face peons.
Is it 2012 YET?
that’s great - I’ll be working later today. I really hope they enjoy their time on another of their many vacations. I really do. ........PUKE.
And this cost us how much?
“It will be a huge bill for Meeshell’s ice cream habit. ;) Or is it french fries?”
Yes and yes.
In Pennsylvania, it’s not skiing - it’s downhill ice skating. I must say, I can’t blame a desire to ski at Vail versus Ski Liberty (a tiny hill) - whereas Vail is about the best skiiing in Colorado (never skiied there, too pricey for me, but I have heard from those who have).
In Pennsylvania, it’s not skiing - it’s downhill ice skating. I must say, I can’t blame a desire to ski at Vail versus Ski Liberty (a tiny hill) - whereas Vail is about the best skiiing in Colorado (never skiied there, too pricey for me, but I have heard from those who have).
humm and not even invited to the 29April wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton...they just have to show up anyway to try to steal the glow from the wedding and all the hubbub that follows such an event in Britain. I hope they get NO coverage and no meeting with the Queen..
Because when the people are suffering without jobs or slashed pay, the Obamas can’t go two months without a luxe vacation.
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