Obama To Spend $7.2 Million of Taxpayer Money For Fiscal Cliff Photo-Op

As Rodney Dangerfield said, "He really cares. About what I have no idea."

So he took a 10-hour flight from DC to Hawaii last week, then he’ll take another back to DC Thursday. Once they pretend to make a deal, he’ll hop back on AF1 to resume playing golf, then will return in a couple of week for his lavish inaugural.
Once all this flying is done that’ll be around 40 hours travel at a cost of at least $180,000 an hour for a tab of $7.2 million. And that’s just to fly AF1, never mind all the other ancillary costs, which probably boosts the tab to a tidy $10 million or so.

Plus, as JWF notes, there's the additional cost for Michelle in Hawaii.

Posted by: Ace at 03:30 PM

Comments

1 Cyndee Royle (sp?) taking a beating on her FB page (this one works)

http://is.gd/CJIe2v

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 03:33 PM (8sCoq)

2 Yes, Virginia. There is a SCOAMF

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 03:33 PM (mPOCp)

3 Plus, as JWF notes, there's the additional cost for Michelle in Hawaii.

For her own safety, I hope she's somewhere in the middle.

Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson (D) Dumbfuckistan at December 26, 2012 03:33 PM (QKKT0)

4
The Obama's really do treat winning an election like winning the lotto.

Absolutely no class whatsover.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:33 PM (o1kXv)

5 Well it's not as though he can't print more if he runs short.

Posted by: Retread at December 26, 2012 03:34 PM (zxitI)

6 Laura Ingraham pointed out that the Bush Presidents spent Christmases at Camp David so staff would not be separated from their families

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 03:34 PM (8sCoq)

7
Obama. Now more than ever.

More of what we suspect is just bullshit.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not Eddie Willers yet at December 26, 2012 03:34 PM (Md8Uo)

8 Oh, good, I was worried my eye wouldn't start twitching in rage today.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 26, 2012 03:36 PM (Gk3SS)

9 >The Obama's really do treat winning an election like winning the lotto.

Absolutely no class whatsover.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:33 PM (o1kXv)

Exactly- she scores a lot of free designer dresses and lobster dinners, he gets his monumental ego stroked by an Army Of Cocksuckers

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 03:36 PM (8sCoq)

10 Laura Ingraham pointed out that the Bush Presidents spent Christmases at Camp David so staff would not be separated from their families

Yup, so did the Reagans and even the Clintons. The Obamas are trash who don't give a shit about anybody else.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:36 PM (o1kXv)

11 And I'm sure the Secret Service and his staff etc. enjoy being screwed around during the holidays. Obama: he's a giver.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 03:36 PM (jPVBi)

12 Plus, as JWF notes, there's the additional cost for Michelle in Hawaii.

How much does an Antonov-225 cost per hour?

Posted by: EC at December 26, 2012 03:36 PM (doBIb)

13 11 And I'm sure the Secret Service and his staff etc. enjoy being screwed around during the holidays. Obama: he's a giver.

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The Praetorian Guard giveth, the Praetorian Guard taketh away.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 26, 2012 03:37 PM (e0xKF)

14
Jones @ 6

Yes, but just because George Bush had a modicum of dignity in comparison to Barack Obama is no reason to denyGHO all those frequent flyer miles in Ari Force One, which can be redeemed for the adulation of the throngs of well-wishers at his Second Inaugural.
(wretch)

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not Eddie Willers yet at December 26, 2012 03:37 PM (Md8Uo)

15 8 Oh, good, I was worried my eye wouldn't start twitching in rage today.

Perhaps camomile tea today, my Queen? It's very soothing.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 03:37 PM (mPOCp)

16 Remember when the cost of the Starr Report was outrageous?

Posted by: Liberty Lover at December 26, 2012 03:37 PM (encrR)

17 "Après moi, le déluge"

...or in other words - it's good to be the king...

(sorry Mel).

Posted by: Whiskey_Joe at December 26, 2012 03:37 PM (RIm0W)

18 Exactly- she scores a lot of free designer dresses and lobster dinners, he gets his monumental ego stroked by an Army Of Cocksuckers

And the worst part is they're set up for life. He'll get a pension from the government, make money giving speeches around the world bashing the US, and she'll get some cushy no-show job that pays $500k a year.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:38 PM (o1kXv)

19 Oh Piss Boy!

Posted by: King Louis XVI at December 26, 2012 03:38 PM (KDq5l)

20 Yup, so did the Reagans and even the Clintons.
Well, to cut the JEF a little slack, none of them were from ~~Kenya~~ ~~Indonesia~~ Hawaii so it wasn't as bad for them staying 'home' for the holidays.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 03:39 PM (jPVBi)

21
/cartoon of Obama dressed as Elmer Fudd holding up his quarry (Boehner) by the ankles

Posted by: soothsayer at December 26, 2012 03:39 PM (xIzGn)

22 The Obamas are trash who don't give a shit about anybody else.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:36 PM (o1kXv)

They're grifters, plain and simple. Politics is the con, the voters are the mark, and the perks of office are the score.

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 03:39 PM (8sCoq)

23
AtC, does your eye twitch with rage?

I have that problem periodically, especially with regards to reading about the latest antics of the New and Improved Obama, with the 2nd coming of his inaugural coming up.
Hosanna! and a bad eye twitch.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not Eddie Willers yet at December 26, 2012 03:40 PM (Md8Uo)

24 Maybe we can save money by eliminating all those gun toting secret service? Just let them stay home.

Posted by: SmileyNH at December 26, 2012 03:40 PM (hlZx/)

25 d I'm sure the Secret Service and his staff etc. enjoy being screwed around during the holidays. Obama: he's a giver.

Not to mention all the neighbors who have their movments controlled and who can't enjoy their own decks and beaches, or the police and military who have to pull extra shifts or man a command post in case the worst happens.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:40 PM (o1kXv)

26 >Well, to cut the JEF a little slack

No. He's an arrogant fuckstick. No slack.

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 03:40 PM (8sCoq)

27 I have that problem periodically, especially with regards to reading about the latest antics of the New and Improved Obama

Serenity now!!!!

Posted by: Frank Costanza at December 26, 2012 03:41 PM (mPOCp)

28 On the bright side, the USA will never be attacked as long as we have the Obama Administration in-charge, - why would our enemies want to spoil a good thing?

Posted by: Fritz at December 26, 2012 03:41 PM (/ZZCn)

29 Perhaps camomile tea today, my Queen? It's very soothing.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 03:37 PM (mPOCp)

Yes, please. *sips all delicate like*

AtC, does your eye twitch with rage?

It does, actually. I can't watch the SCOAMT on tv without sounding like I have Tourette's and looking like I'm having a fit.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 26, 2012 03:41 PM (Gk3SS)

30

>>Plus, as JWF notes, there's the additional cost for Michelle in Hawaii.

I think that that's actually 2 categories in terms of accounting.

1 First Lady costs (an ironic 3 bagger)
2 Michelle Obama COSTS*

*number 2 is far larger than number 1, but really is number 2

Posted by: ontherocks at December 26, 2012 03:41 PM (aZ6ew)

31 Yup, so did the Reagans and even the Clintons.
Well, to cut the JEF a little slack, none of them were from Kenya Indonesia Hawaii so it wasn't as bad for them staying 'home' for the holidays.

Reagan enjoyed his ranch in California so he probably liked Camp David, all rustic and up in the mountains. For Clinton it was probably dull and boring without hot and cold running babes on tap.

Posted by: Retread at December 26, 2012 03:42 PM (zxitI)

32 They're grifters, plain and simple. Politics is the con, the voters are the mark, and the perks of office are the score.

Yup, and they'll be running the con with success until the day that they die.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:42 PM (o1kXv)

33 call them the Coconuts

Posted by: Cricket at December 26, 2012 03:42 PM (DrC22)

34 and even the Clintons.

I don't think the Clintons had a home to go back to.

Posted by: Paladin at December 26, 2012 03:42 PM (3sGSF)

35 I can't watch the SCOAMT on tv without sounding like I have Tourette's and looking like I'm having a fit.

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He doesn't go on at my house because the kids like having the TV in functional condition.

Then again, that's SOP at my parents' house and in-laws, too.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 26, 2012 03:43 PM (e0xKF)

36
He earns every penny of it, you know?

He is.... the most interesting President in the World!

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not Eddie Willers yet at December 26, 2012 03:43 PM (Md8Uo)

37 For Clinton it was probably dull and boring without hot and cold running babes on tap.

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Clinton had his choice of the media whores hanging around him.

Unfortunately, they mainly looked like Helen Thomas.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 26, 2012 03:43 PM (e0xKF)

38 Well, to cut the JEF a little slack, none of them were from Kenya Indonesia Hawaii so it wasn't as bad for them staying 'home' for the holidays.
Bullshit. I'm pretty sure W would have moved to Crawford permanently if he could have gotten away with it, but he understood that he was a man stepping into an office, not ascending towards his apotheosis.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:43 PM (o1kXv)

39 call them the Coconuts
Well, that was a Marx brothers film.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 03:44 PM (jPVBi)

40 Will their chef stay in Hawaii or shuttle back and forth?

Posted by: USA at December 26, 2012 03:44 PM (RIg+t)

41
Plus, as JWF notes, there's the additional cost for Michelle in Hawaii.

Don't forget the cost of shipping her ass separately by C-130.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 26, 2012 03:44 PM (R/Baw)

42 Yes, please. *sips all delicate like*

Ankles crossed, young lady! Here, balance this dictonary on your head.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:45 PM (o1kXv)

43
Yes, the Clintons were our homeless "First Family".

The had lived only in government housing for years.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not Eddie Willers yet at December 26, 2012 03:45 PM (Md8Uo)

44 A few weeks ago Jake Tapper asked Obama 'where he's been' on the gun issue, and Fuckstick said, 'it's not like I've been on vacation...'

Well, not that particular week, any way...

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 03:45 PM (8sCoq)

45 He is.... the most interesting President in the World!

In that case the world has set a pretty low bar.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 03:45 PM (mPOCp)

46 What? So I can't crap on a Hawaiian next week? My walker is going to hear about this, I can tell you!

Posted by: bo at December 26, 2012 03:46 PM (jPVBi)

47 >
Will their chef stay in Hawaii or shuttle back and forth?

Posted by: USA at December 26, 2012 03:44 PM (RIg+t)

Who's going to fly Obama's favorite pizza in from Chicago?

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 03:46 PM (8sCoq)

48 Their level of consumption is galling, but my recurring nightmare is 4 years of Michelle in 2016. If they go away wealthy in 4 years, so be it, just as long as they go away.

Posted by: Helen at December 26, 2012 03:47 PM (93bH6)

49 Yes, the world has set the bar pretty low. So let's all step over the bar and get the good booze.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not Eddie Willers yet at December 26, 2012 03:47 PM (Md8Uo)

50 ...a Hawaiian beach next week...

Believe me, that was a typo and not a Freudian slip. Honest.

Posted by: bo at December 26, 2012 03:47 PM (jPVBi)

51 Ankles crossed, young lady! Here, balance this dictonary on your head.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:45 PM (o1kXv)

Actually, I did used to practice walking in heels whilst balancing a book on my head.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 26, 2012 03:47 PM (Gk3SS)

52 Ankles crossed, young lady! Here, balance this dictonary on your head.

My Queen?

Flamethrower or recoilless rifle to address ths particular brand of insouciance?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 03:48 PM (mPOCp)

53 I'm going to have to give more credit to those who say we are no longer a republic, we are an empire. It is good to be king.

Posted by: Invictus at December 26, 2012 03:48 PM (OQpzc)

54 .a Hawaiian beach next week...

Believe me, that was a typo and not a Freudian slip. Honest.
Posted by: bo at December 26, 2012 03:47 PM (jPVBi)Don't worry. Your owner is taking care of crapping on the Hawaiians - andall otherAmericans for that matter.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 26, 2012 03:49 PM (R/Baw)

55 "They're grifters, plain and simple. Politics is the con, the voters are the mark, and the perks of office are the score.

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 03:39 PM (8sCoq)"
Yep and the Left definitely follows the first rule of setting up their "marks" by stroking their egos. "We are the ones we've been waiting for" and all that bullshit.

Posted by: BS Inc. at December 26, 2012 03:49 PM (eP0u9)

56 I expected him to do something like this! It's just the type of thing he likes to do. TFG is really getting on my nerves and I did not read any news yesterday because it was Christmas. I should have extended it another day!

Posted by: CarolT at December 26, 2012 03:49 PM (z4WKX)

57 >>Don't forget the cost of shipping her ass separately by C-130.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 26, 2012 03:44 PM (R/Baw)

The detachable ass thing is news to me, but it explains a lot..........and by a lot I mean
the giant belts, how proud she is now, etc.

Posted by: ontherocks at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM (aZ6ew)

58 The fucker is coming back?
Oh hell no

He's all yours east coasters
Keep him

Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM (jpPSm)

59 Is there ever a day when you guys aren't here bitching and moaning to each other on this message board?

Bunch of whiny complainers. Amusing though!

Posted by: Jon at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM (jKeMG)

60 Flamethrower or recoilless rifle to address ths particular brand of insouciance?Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 03:48 PM (mPOCp)A Carl Gustav over the average peasant's fireplace is a symbol of freedom.

Posted by: Invictus at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM (OQpzc)

61 My Queen?

Flamethrower or recoilless rifle to address ths particular brand of insouciance?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 03:48 PM (mPOCp)

*taps chin* You know, we haven't fired up the Beltsander of Truth in awhile.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM (Gk3SS)

62 A Carl Gustav over the average peasant's fireplace is a symbol of freedom

I was hoping for an M-29 Davy Crockett.

But, your point is well taken.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 03:52 PM (mPOCp)

63
I'm beginning to sense we'll be reliving Clinton's second term.

Tech bubble, housing bubble, tight job market, etc.

Obama will leave office with high approvals, and his ugly wife will run for Senate in 2016 and win. And that will be followed by the return of terrorism that will make Al Qaeda look like Romper Room.

This is *if* Obama doesn't do anything major in his second term, and I don't think he will.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 26, 2012 03:52 PM (DlaLh)

64 Seven million dollars is roughly the lifetime federal taxes paid by fifty people whose average income over the course of their careers is at the personal-income median. Fifty very average people, by that measure.

And this is what they spent their whole lives funding.

Fifty lives.

Posted by: oblig. at December 26, 2012 03:52 PM (cePv8)

65 I
just read that after fewer than four years in office, Obama has been
rated the fourth best president ever. Of all our past presidents:
Ronald Reagan and 9 others tied for first;15 tied for second;
18 others tied for third; and
Obama came in fourth.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 03:52 PM (kXoT0)

66 At least he got to squeeze in a 111th golf game before his flight.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 03:53 PM (jPVBi)

67 You know, we haven't fired up the Beltsander of Truth in awhile.

24 grit coming up!

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 03:54 PM (mPOCp)

68 61. You need to teach your proles better AtC

We all know you save the flamethrower for special occasions like when you see those....

SPIDER CLOWNS!!!!!

Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 26, 2012 03:54 PM (jpPSm)

69 Whats all the fuss? The majority of voters have spoken. Weren't you paying attention in Civics class? You will obey TFG and like it! David Gregory and his boyfriend Anderson Cooper are brilliant! Try to cheer up. NOT!

Posted by: DM at December 26, 2012 03:54 PM (6/HQ8)

70 Obama will leave office with high approvals, and his ugly wife will run for Senate in 2016 and win. And that will be followed by the return of terrorism that will make Al Qaeda look like Romper Room.

I don't think she'll run. She will find some non-profit to launder millions through for herself and spend the rest of her life living it up with vacations and shopping trips.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:55 PM (o1kXv)

71 59 Is there ever a day when you guys aren't here bitching and moaning to each other on this message board?

The irony.

It burns.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 03:55 PM (mPOCp)

72 67 You know, we haven't fired up the Beltsander of Truth in awhile.

24 grit coming up!

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BEWARE THE CHAIRLEG OF TRUTH! IT DOES NOT LIE!

Posted by: Spider Jerusalem at December 26, 2012 03:55 PM (e0xKF)

73 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 03:55 PM (/eBe8)

74
Mother's housekeeper and caregiver just asked me if Michelle Obama was pregnant?

Ans: No Annabella, she's just a fat ass.

Posted by: Dr Fish, TDY to SAT for ill mom at December 26, 2012 03:56 PM (ndqJC)

75 >Actually, I did used to practice walking in heels whilst balancing a book on my head.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 26, 2012 03:47 PM (Gk3SS)

white cotton gloves?

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 03:56 PM (8sCoq)

76 white cotton gloves?

No, panties.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 03:56 PM (o1kXv)

77 I work with a guy who goes to the US Open Tennis matches every year. This last year, Queen Michelle was sitting with Billy Jean King in the box behind them. They were ORDERED by the Secret Service not to look at Mooch, take pictures of her, to put their cell phones away, and to face the tennis courts at all times. They had paid $300 a piece for their two tickets and did not get to enjoy the tennis because of the SS constantly barking orders to everyone in the seats around Mooch.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 03:57 PM (kXoT0)

78 56 I expected him to do something like this! It's just the type of thing he likes to do. TFG is really getting on my nerves and I did not read any news yesterday because it was Christmas. I should have extended it another ~~day~~ four years!

FIFY.

Posted by: rickl at December 26, 2012 03:57 PM (zoehZ)

79 24 grit coming up!

Should I have the Water Saw of Ineffible Accuracy at the ready, or will its services not be required?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Lord Commander of the Ampersand Army at December 26, 2012 03:58 PM (GBXon)

80 David Gregory gets Drudged

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 03:58 PM (8sCoq)

81 Ironic, isn't it, that Obama won re-election because a majority of voters believed that Obama cares more about the average Joe than Romney does.

Yes, Obama voters, Barry cares about you; he cares deeply about how he can best exploit your stupidity and ignorance to finance his opulent, multi-billion-dollar, taxpayer-funded lifestyle.

Let it burn.

Posted by: Observer at December 26, 2012 03:59 PM (/sohm)

82 But to deny the people in Hawaii the chance to see the risen chicago savior? Hatemongers!

Posted by: DALE THE WITLESS PEASANT at December 26, 2012 03:59 PM (FxBCF)

83 >>>Michelle in Hawaii

We're gonna need a bigger Buffet.

Posted by: Caterer in Hawaii at December 26, 2012 03:59 PM (6OjR8)

84 Well 200 people per year die in hawaii from falling coconuts so there's always hope for change!

Posted by: concealedkerry forgit mitt at December 26, 2012 03:59 PM (vXqv3)

85 77. They would have had to arrest me if that was me
Then face a powerball level lawsuit

Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 26, 2012 03:59 PM (jpPSm)

86
Is there ever a day when you guys aren't here bitching and moaning to each other on this message board?

Posted by: Jon at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM (jKeMG)

Is there ever a day when the two evil scrunts in the White House aren't lying, scheming, and partaking of taxpayer largess, all the while telling serfs of the unwashed proletariat to bend over and take it like a man?

Posted by: Dr Fish, TDY to SAT for ill mom at December 26, 2012 03:59 PM (ndqJC)

87 The Queen, Prince Charles, Prince william, Kate and Harry, aint got shit on these people when it comes to royal entitlements.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 03:59 PM (3Y7RV)

88 83 >>>Michelle in Hawaii

We're gonna need a bigger Buffet.

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We'll be happy to cater for the First Lady.

Posted by: Golden Corral of Casper, WY at December 26, 2012 03:59 PM (e0xKF)

89 Should I have the Water Saw of Ineffible Accuracy at the ready, or will its services not be required?

Excellent idea. Always have a backup plan.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 03:59 PM (mPOCp)

90 Now, AtC, repeat "hurricanes hardly happen in Hawaii, Honolulu and..." oh, to hell with it, "screw Obama!"

Posted by: professor henry higgins at December 26, 2012 04:00 PM (jPVBi)

91 cyndee?
Really? Any broad the spells her name Cyndee should be on a pole, just saying. STRIPPER pole , just to be clear. At least she did not spell it Sindy.

Posted by: gigg423 at December 26, 2012 04:00 PM (41VCE)

92 I actually hope we go over the fiscal cliff. Let the government shut down. Let all the academics who just love BamBam do without their grant money.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 04:00 PM (kXoT0)

93 Money Honey Maria Bartiromo gets in Sen. Ben (Communist -MD)Cardin's face on tax hikes, trading floor explodes in applause, and Cardin's dick shrinks into his navel

http://tinyurl.com/d8tfdd8

Posted by: Rick Sanchez at December 26, 2012 04:00 PM (wwsoB)

94 $7.2 million? It's the least I could do.

Posted by: Baraka Obamamehameha at December 26, 2012 04:00 PM (FcR7P)

95 Ironic, isn't it, that Obama won re-election because a majority of voters believed that Obama cares more about the average Joe than Romney does.

Yup, I'm still angry about it. Obama is not the kind of guy you want to have a beer with, because he'd look down on you the whole time, try to make every conversation about himself, and would skip out on the check.
Romney wouldn't drink, but he'd throw a kick ass family friendly Fourth of July party. And he'd probably provide beer for the non-Mormons.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 04:00 PM (o1kXv)

96
No, panties.

She walked around with a book on her head and no panties!

Bunk!

Posted by: Paladin at December 26, 2012 04:01 PM (3sGSF)

97 84. Really?
***looks up****

Shit

Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 26, 2012 04:01 PM (jpPSm)

98 As long as the welfare check is on time, who cares?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 04:01 PM (HDgX3)

99 Posted by: Dr Fish, TDY to SAT for ill mom at December 26, 2012 03:59 PM (ndqJC)

We must have missed those 8 years of genteel civility from the left during Bush, huh?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 04:01 PM (mPOCp)

100 39 call them the Coconuts
Well, that was a Marx brothers film.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 03:44 PM (jPVBi)

As Chico would say, "Maybe he's looking for his birth certificate..."

Posted by: Cricket at December 26, 2012 04:02 PM (DrC22)

101 SWIM SWIM YOU FOOLS SWIM LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SWUM BEFORE

Posted by: The world's lobster population at December 26, 2012 04:02 PM (8sCoq)

102 *taps chin* You know, we haven't fired up the Beltsander of Truth in awhile.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMODWould you like to borrow my Tree of Woe?

Posted by: Thulsa Doom at December 26, 2012 04:02 PM (0WLla)

103 Why don't they make more Americans like my grandma? We took her on a nighttime drive through DC once, and she couldn't belive it. They kept the lights on everwhere. Thatblew her mind."Lord, the waste!" she keptcrying. She shoulda been president.

Posted by: Cowboy at December 26, 2012 04:03 PM (WcgMM)

104 She walked around with a book on her head and no panties! Bunk!
Well, I imagined her with white cotton panties, but certainly nothing else!

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 04:03 PM (o1kXv)

105 90. Hey!!!!
We get those stupid tsunamis

Lets not wish any hurricanes

Besides, I just waxed the car

Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 26, 2012 04:04 PM (jpPSm)

106 "I'm beginning to sense we'll be reliving Clinton's second term.

Tech bubble, housing bubble, tight job market, etc.

Obama will leave office with high approvals, and his ugly wife will
run for Senate in 2016 and win. And that will be followed by the return
of terrorism that will make Al Qaeda look like Romper Room.

This is *if* Obama doesn't do anything major in his second term, and I don't think he will.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 26, 2012 03:52 PM (DlaLh)"

As much as I think the energy boom might be enough to create something like a booming economy, I doubt that the EPA will let it happen.
One of the reasons the tech boom was possible was because it was driven by industries in which the government had little interest, i.e. software and computer hardware. The energy industry doesn't have such a luxury AND it happens to be run by people who aren't SWPL hipsters like Zuckerberg, so I just don't see it having as much freedom to operate.
Even then, the energy boom is concentrated in locations far from the blue cities where the housing bubble was primarily located, at least at first, which is also unlike the tech boom, which was concentrated in CA and to a lesser extent NYC. It could definitely cause some localized housing bubbles, but nothing national that I could see.
That said, Obama's idiot followers seem to have inured themselves to economic hardship as long as they get to cheer on his speeches, so I don't even know if a return to the Stone Age would get them to reconsider their allegiance to him. They'd find some way to rationalize how awesome it is.

Posted by: BS Inc. at December 26, 2012 04:04 PM (eP0u9)

107 Is there ever a day when you guys aren't here bitching and moaning to each other on this message board?

Posted by: Jon at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM (jKeMG)

Now, now, that's unfair. We also discuss porn and boobehs.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 26, 2012 04:04 PM (Gk3SS)

108 Really? ***looks up**** Shit
Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 26, 2012 04:01 PM (jpPSm)

Don't worry, when your wife decides to kill you I'm sure she'll not try to hide it behind a coconut attack.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 26, 2012 04:04 PM (o1kXv)

109 Obama will leave office with high approvals, and his ugly wife will run
for Senate in 2016 and win. And that will be followed by the return of
terrorism that will make Al Qaeda look like Romper Room.

No. Clinton had two things Obama does not.

1) Charisma.
2) A Strong Republican House (strong in the sense of willing to expend political capital to get things done, not just in numbers).

Remember that so much of what Clinton is praised for were actually Republican policies.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 04:04 PM (/eBe8)

110 Well, I imagined her with white cotton panties, but certainly nothing else

I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 04:04 PM (mPOCp)

111

But.....but Bush is an evil republican, and I learned it on the Internet. We all know everything on the Internet is true. Excuse me, my French date has arrived. I met him on the Internet.

Posted by: Idiot Liberal Surfer at December 26, 2012 04:04 PM (ndqJC)

112 Now, now, that's unfair. We also discuss porn and boobehs.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 26, 2012 04:04 PM (Gk3SS)

And food and booze.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 04:05 PM (3Y7RV)

113
$7.2 million.

That's jobs saved or created.

You'd think they would be thanking me.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama, Master of Time and Space at December 26, 2012 04:05 PM (Md8Uo)

114
We also discuss Hillary's FUPA!

Posted by: Dr Fish, TDY to SAT for ill mom at December 26, 2012 04:06 PM (ndqJC)

115 plus we were all pretty christmas-y yesterday

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 04:06 PM (8sCoq)

116 True that

Brb, got to pick up an Obama voter at the courthouse

Posted by: Navycopjoe says FU lovie smith at December 26, 2012 04:06 PM (jpPSm)

117 114
We also discuss Hillary's FUPA!

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GODDAMMIT, I haven't wanted to discuss that for 20 years so why would you think I'd want to start now?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at December 26, 2012 04:07 PM (e0xKF)

118 >>I imagined her with white cotton panties, but certainly nothing else

Boyshorts.

...and boots of a stompy variety.

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2012 04:07 PM (6OjR8)

119 They didn't name him by name but the news crawl on a liberal TV network here mentioned the Dick Gregory with the ~~machine-gun~~ ~~assault clip~~ 30-round magazine. It had me wondering if they reported it because they thought the guy was a conservative waving it around? Still, if it's being reported here, it must be on the wire services so maybe (real) news of it will become more widespread.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 04:07 PM (jPVBi)

120 "It's good to be king."

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 26, 2012 04:07 PM (T0lrq)

121 Is there ever a day when you guys aren't here bitching and moaning to each other on this message board?

Posted by: Jon at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM (jKeMG)

__________________________

Fuck you?

Posted by: Markos and Arianna Say Hi at December 26, 2012 04:07 PM (HDgX3)

122 >I imagined her with white cotton panties, but certainly nothing else

Boyshorts.

...and boots of a stompy variety.

add fishnet stockings and Smart Girl Glasses

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 04:08 PM (8sCoq)

123 Well, if the suckers don't care, why should anyone else? How about a 100 rounds of golf at 6 hours a round. Doesn't that equal 600 hours (or 15 Forty hour work weeks). No one cares.

Posted by: ejo at December 26, 2012 04:08 PM (GXvSO)

124 Now, now, that's unfair. We also discuss porn and boobehs.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 26, 2012 04:04 PM (Gk3SS)

And food and booze.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon

And books on Sundays.

Posted by: Retread at December 26, 2012 04:08 PM (zxitI)

125 Did you guys hear the latest? Harry Reid is Dick Gregory's real dad. His mom is Sandra Fluke's grandma. It's true. A source of mine swears by it.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 04:09 PM (HDgX3)

126 Is there ever a day when you guys aren't here bitching and moaning to each other on this message board?

Posted by: Jon at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM (jKeMG)

There isn't a day where I give a flying fuck what an ignorant turd like you posts.

Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at December 26, 2012 04:09 PM (1kMuV)

127 Brb, got to pick up an Obama voter at the courthouse

Is it your wife? 'Cause if not, make 'em walk.
Even if it is, you might consider it. How comfortable is your couch?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 04:09 PM (/eBe8)

128 It's also good to spend other people's money, I guess.

That's pretty much a recurring theme with Leftism.

("Everything is some sort of nihilistic, empty PR game" too.)
("Image is everything.")

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 26, 2012 04:09 PM (T0lrq)

129 And books on Sundays.

Posted by: Retread at December 26, 2012 04:08 PM (zxitI)

Yep, Hey, did you know I wrote a book?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 04:10 PM (3Y7RV)

130 David Gregory blew a man in Reno, just to watch him smile

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 04:10 PM (8sCoq)

131
As I have often said, if Hillary likes her FUPA, Hillary can keep her FUPA.

Now, where is that sand wedge.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama, Master of Time and Space at December 26, 2012 04:11 PM (Md8Uo)

132 Yep, Hey, did you know I wrote a book?

No! Do tell.

Posted by: Retread at December 26, 2012 04:11 PM (zxitI)

133 Yeah, sure, OSP. And I'm sure Allen has a blog too.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 04:11 PM (jPVBi)

134 I'm beginning to sense we'll be reliving Clinton's second term.

Remember the 'October surprise' of Clinton's last year in office when he pushed for China to get permanent most favored trade status? Which set the conditions in place for 40,000 factories in the USA to shut down in the next decade, and is the root cause of our lingering financial difficulties.

It's gonna be tough to beat that item for taking the USA now a notch or twelve, but I'm sure 0bama will come up with something just as odious.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at December 26, 2012 04:11 PM (feFL6)

135 The Cloward-Piven rules these folks are playing by are pretty much exactly the same as those that were played by Richard Pryor's character in Brewster's Millions.

Spend it all, with nothing to show for it, and you win.

That's what they're doing. From the CBO (or was it the GAO?) telling their staff to spend as much taxpayer money as possible -- order exorbitant art for the lobbies of your buildings and offices; order the most expensive office chairs, desks, computers; continually redesign your offices, hire feng shui consultants, architects, artists, engineers.

SPEND IT ALL.

Brewster's Millions. We may as well be calling the SCOAMF "Brewster on Steroids".

Posted by: JDR (nee Taqiyy) at December 26, 2012 04:11 PM (e7KZr)

136 Kudos on the book, OSP.

Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at December 26, 2012 04:12 PM (1kMuV)

137
Is there ever a day when you guys aren't here bitching and moaning to each other on this message board?

Posted by: Jon at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM (jKeMG

And you're here reading it. So what does that say about you fucktard?

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at December 26, 2012 04:12 PM (0WLla)

138 Dick Gregory likes to fondle boys while hold high capacity magazines. A source of mine told me so. Therefore it must be true.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 04:13 PM (HDgX3)

139 Brewster's Millions. We may as well be calling the SCOAMF "Brewster on Steroids".

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Brewster had the advantage of accidentally making money while trying to fail, such as spending tons of money on long-shot horses or investing in shipping icebergs to the Middle East.

These fucking people couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 26, 2012 04:13 PM (e0xKF)

140 ...I didn't finish my "from the..." clause, did I?

...down to the local public schools who, at the end of each year, like clockwork, dispose of EVERY remaining item in the school bookstore -- pencils, pens, notebooks -- EVERYTHING.... so that they can get more money next year.

This system is broken.

Posted by: JDR (nee Taqiyy) at December 26, 2012 04:13 PM (e7KZr)

141
To spend or not to spend, that is a false choice.

Of course we must spend. Otherwise, how will voters know who to vote for in the elections? It is the fact that the 1% or 2% or whomever is out there that has money that I must redistribute exists for me and the Federal government to tax, to ensure our perpetual power in Washington, DC.

Sacrifices have to be made. And they will sacrifice for me to continue to get votes.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama, Master of Time and Space at December 26, 2012 04:16 PM (Md8Uo)

142 With the GAO scandal, weren't they even offering cash bonus incentives to those in the department who could spend the most?

Posted by: JDR (nee Taqiyy) at December 26, 2012 04:17 PM (e7KZr)

143 We have allowed the Weather Underground to take our nation's Capitol, and infest it, and fully, and completely.

Posted by: JDR (nee Taqiyy) at December 26, 2012 04:20 PM (e7KZr)

144 Bunch of whiny complainers. Amusing though!

Posted by: Jon at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM

Projection much? I love to hear your comrades whine because someone who is actually working right now made one more dollar than you, or little Johnny got more chocwit. UNFAAAAAAAAAAIRRRR !!!!

Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 04:21 PM (wwsoB)

145 >Dick Gregory likes to fondle boys while hold high capacity magazines. A source of mine told me so. Therefore it must be true.

David Gregory works for NBC. Dick Gregory is a black comedian and civil rights activist

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 04:21 PM (8sCoq)

146 The People's Republic of WeatherUndergroundia.

WUG for you press folks.

Posted by: JDR (nee Taqiyy) at December 26, 2012 04:21 PM (e7KZr)

147
President Obama has advanced out cause, and we are appreciative of his Herculean effort. More to come in the second term.

Posted by: CPUSA at December 26, 2012 04:22 PM (ndqJC)

148 Is there ever a day when you guys aren't here bitching and moaning to each other on this message board?

Posted by: Jon at December 26, 2012 03:50 PM (jKeMG)

what boards do you hang out on that doesn't ? Isn't it odder to hang out on a board you don't have anything in common with , and complain about peopl complaing ?

Posted by: ette at December 26, 2012 04:23 PM (nqBYe)

149
For the love of God, someone justHAD to bring uo Hillbillys FUPA. Sick fucks.

Bunk.

Posted by: JimboHoffa at December 26, 2012 04:24 PM (qEZxt)

150
Before Obama secured his second term I was content humping the GWU debate team. Now that we are secure in our Marxist logic, I plan on fucking every member of the US Senate. That will be a major accomplishment.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 26, 2012 04:24 PM (ndqJC)

151 Well, the same idiots who thought that Obama had empathy for the "average joe" thought he was a more compassionate man as well-even though no one can point to even one act of personal kindness on Obama's part to one of his fellow men. Romney had scores of such acts but didn't want to let people know about them. Obama had none but was regarded as a higher level of person than "Robme".

Posted by: ejo at December 26, 2012 04:25 PM (GXvSO)

152 We have allowed the Weather Underground to take our nation's Capitol, and infest it, and fully, and completely.
Posted by: JDR (nee Taqiyy) at December 26, 2012 04:20 PM (e7KZr)

--------------------------------------------

BOOM! On target. Cease fire.

Posted by: David Gregory at December 26, 2012 04:25 PM (yCeIL)

153 Bill Ayers is currently "experiencing an erection lasting longer than four hours", is what I'm saying.

He should call Francis Fox Piven, they could hook up. And produce demon babies. Because she's as wet as she's ever been at this point, as well. Backin' that a$$ up like a cat in heat.

"Yes! Yes! The Death of America is at hand!"

Posted by: JDR (nee Taqiyy) at December 26, 2012 04:25 PM (e7KZr)

154 #147 CPUSA

Your press release, misspellings and all, is about three years late for 99% of those who read it here.

Posted by: JDR (nee Taqiyy) at December 26, 2012 04:28 PM (e7KZr)

155 Kudos on the book, OSP.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at December 26, 2012 04:12 PM (1kMuV)

Thanks Skipper.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 04:30 PM (3Y7RV)

156 And no matter what Barry does or doesn't do or what disaster of an economy we have the MFM will always bleat that it's always be the Republicans fault and the cretins will believe it.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 26, 2012 04:54 PM (FeNVP)

157 7 The Queen, Prince Charles, Prince william, Kate and Harry, aint got shit on these people when it comes to royal entitlements.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 03:59 PM (3Y7RV)
___________________

The British royal family, including all the idiot cousins and nutty aunts, uncles, etc., are a friggin' bargain compared to the grifters in the White House.

Keeping the entire British royal family living in high style last year cost British taxpayers $58 million.

Keeping the Obamas and their various minions in high style (including the $100k-a-year federal employee who walks the family dog, the full-time makeup artist for Empress Michelle, etc.) cost U.S. taxpayers 1.4 BILLION last year.

We're being fleeced on an unimaginable scale.

Posted by: Observer at December 26, 2012 06:22 PM (/sohm)

158 You know, at least the English Patliament--at least once, back in the day when it mattered--said the Crown should live off its own. Meaning the King should live kingly off the proceeds of its own estates, not the public fisc.

I understand there are sone nice MWR facilities near Washington. Let King Barack use those, and give the $10 million to the troops, whose defense budget he is about to let be cut.

Posted by: Y. at December 26, 2012 07:30 PM (uMVKH)

159 I will say this--I'm having a hard time not believing that Barack and Michele Obama have been consumed for so many years of hatred towards capitalism, think it has been so inimical to the nation, think the GOP is such a tool of it, think we just got out of the age of the robber barons, that they deliberately do this, thinking it is just revenge against folks who routinely jet around.

Just not at public expense (but they have convinced themselves they in fact did do it at *direct* public expense).

I honestly think, at some level, those two are sociopaths. Or, I'm having trouble not believing it, and I'm finding it much easier to predict behavior once I do. Before, I couldn't very well.

Posted by: Y. at December 26, 2012 07:39 PM (uMVKH)

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