Michelle "sacrifices" for us... by flying to Europe on taxpayer dime

[wild1]

Michelle Obama: It's a 'sacrifice' to travel to Europe to pitch for the Olympics. But I'm doing it for the kids.
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
09/30/09 5:12 PM EDT


In her speech in Copenhagen today, First Lady Michelle Obama said her trip to Denmark, along with the travel of her "dear friend" and "chit-chat buddy" Oprah Winfrey, as well as tomorrow's visit by President Obama, is a "sacrifice" on behalf of the children of Chicago and the United States. "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the president to come for these few days," the first lady told a crowd of people involved in the Chicago project, "so many of you in this room have been working for years to bring this bid home."

"As first lady, as many of you know, I’ve made it a priority to bridge the gap between the White House and communities across D.C. and across the country," Mrs. Obama continued. "I’ve spent much of my first nine months trying to open the doors to the White House to kids who might not otherwise see themselves having access to these institutions, because that’s where I came from – communities like that where kids never dreamed that they could set foot in the White House, let alone live there…And Barack and I made a point of doing the same thing when we lived in Chicago – making the concerns of kids in all sorts of communities our own."

Mrs. Obama said bringing the Olympics to Chicago is especially important right now because "athletics is becoming more of a fleeting opportunity." "Funds dry up so it becomes harder for kids to engage in sports, to learn how to swim, to even ride a bike," she said. In addition, with childhood obesity on the rise, "it is so important for us to raise up the platform of fitness and competition and fair play," the first lady said.

Finally, having the Olympics in Chicago would be important to "let people know that we understand that sports saves lives, that it makes dreams come true, that it creates visions in kids’ heads to make them think they can be the next David Robinson, the next Barack Obama, the next Nadia Comaneci, the next Oprah Winfrey," Mrs. Obama said.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Michelle-Obama-Its-a-sacrifice-to-travel-to-Europe-to-pitch-for-the-Olympics--For-Oprah-and-the-president-too--But-were-doing-it-for-the-kids-62928957.html

[KCWolfman]

Surely she did not say sacrifice???

[Donger]

Well, technically, she doesn't say it was a sacrifice: "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me"

[wild1]

She's accepting the characterization and the credit that goes along with it, while doing a false-modest sluff-off, as if to say "Oh, it's nothing..." After all, it's for the children.

[KCWolfman]

Well, technically, she doesn't say it was a sacrifice: "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me"

Lemme know when she gets to the part when she says she is still "Jenny from the block"

[CoMoChief]

WTF does Oprah have anything to do with the Olympics? And does the rest of the world even give a shit about Oprah? I would go as fas as saying many people over seas don't know who Oprah is.

It's women who watch Oprah, and it's the Mens games that everyone really cares about.

I know she's using her celeb status to make a pitch for Chi-town being the site for the games, but I just don't see the connection or how she's relevant to all of this.

[SHTSPRAYER]

She passed on the Nobu Steak this time, though.

How's everbody like the jobless recovery, so far?

Negative GDP this past quarter but Bernanke says THE RECESSION IS OVER!

:drool:

[KILLER_CLOWN]

I have to say i'm shocked at the disregard of her carbon footprint, surely this will make the rounds on the global warming scararism.

[bkkcoh]

I have to say i'm shocked at the disregard of her carbon footprint, surely this will make the rounds on the global warming scararism.

But they are concerned about what everyone else does, not truly what they do. The reps are somewhat guilty of that also.


they probably planted some trees before they left to get the needed carbon credits.

[Taco John]

Now that's what you call politically tone deaf.

[kc rush]

I have to say i'm shocked at the disregard of her carbon footprint, surely this will make the rounds on the global warming scararism.

They will just buy some trees from Al Gore and everything will be alright.

[KILLER_CLOWN]

They will just buy some trees from Al Gore and everything will be alright.

Will Maurice Strong condemn this action?

[Warrior5]

"As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the president to come for these few days," the first lady told a crowd of people involved in the Chicago project, "so many of you in this room have been working for years to bring this bid home."

I don't understand this comment.

Seriously. Can anyone explain what this means?

[KCWolfman]

I am anxiously awaiting the historical comparisons to "let them eat cake"

[petegz28]

What a fucking sacrifice she made to take a separate plane from her hubby to fly to Europe to be pamapered like a queen while her hubby takes several weeks to decide if the people who are really sacrificing something for this country will get some reinofrcments or not?

Michelle Obama is an angry, racsit, bulldog bitch who can kiss the fattest part of my ass.

[petegz28]

I don't understand this comment.

Seriously. Can anyone explain what this means?

Lord knows it is a sacrifice for Oprah to be in Eurpoe......

will they just keep her?

[KCWolfman]

Lord knows it is a sacrifice for Oprah to be in Eurpoe......

will they just keep her?

The sacrifice will be to the free breakfast buffets of the hotels in which she stays.

[KCWolfman]

Lord knows it is a sacrifice for Oprah to be in Eurpoe......

will they just keep her?

However, I do find it hilarious that the current Admin needs their television icons to help them in office.

Letterman to pimp a bad insurance plan

Oprah to pimp the Olympics

Maybe we can get Carrot Top to work with North Korea?

[Demonpenz]

However, I do find it hilarious that the current Admin needs their television icons to help them in office.

Letterman to pimp a bad insurance plan

Oprah to pimp the Olympics

Maybe we can get Carrot Top to work with North Korea?

john from john and kate plus 8

[FishingRod]

Are their any other cities in the US trying to land the Olympics?

[petegz28]

However, I do find it hilarious that the current Admin needs their television icons to help them in office.

Letterman to pimp a bad insurance plan

Oprah to pimp the Olympics

Maybe we can get Carrot Top to work with North Korea?


I won't go as far as to say Obama hates white people. But I will say his wife does. She is a mean, angry, racist cunt that wasn't "proud of her country" until her husband was nominated.

[petegz28]

Are their any other cities in the US trying to land the Olympics?

Fuck no! Obama has buddies in Chicago who stand to make a small mint from the property they would be forced to sell to accomodate the Olympics.

[FishingRod]

**** no! Obama has buddies in Chicago who stand to make a small mint from the property they would be forced to sell to accomodate the Olympics.

That doesn't sound quite cricket.

[petegz28]

That doesn't sound quite cricket.

Well then you have your head in the sand. Follow the $.

[wild1]

**** no! Obama has buddies in Chicago who stand to make a small mint from the property they would be forced to sell to accomodate the Olympics.

It's possible, but I think it's more likely that after losing on basically everything in his entire term so far, Obama's handlers are just looking for something, anything, that he can be on the winning side of.

[KCWolfman]

Well then you have your head in the sand. Follow the $.

I have no problem with the Olympics being brought here, or with any American turning a profit from it.

[petegz28]

I have no problem with the Olympics being brought here, or with any American turning a profit from it.

That wasn't the point. It was asked if any other cities other than Chicago were on the bid.

[FishingRod]

I was agreeing with you that it sounds like a totally inappropriate use of the office.

[petegz28]

I was agreeing with you that it sounds like a totally inappropriate use of the office.

Sorry, my bad.

[RedDread]

This is fucking nuts. "on the taxpayer's dime?" If the Obamas are successful getting the olympics in Chicago that will mean a lot of revenue and money coming in from overseas. I think it's more than worth it for them to go over there to try to get the Olympics back in the US.

I can't believe how virulent people are being against the president and his wife.

[FishingRod]

Sorry, my bad.

I'm sure you were just mislead by the Zionist conspiracy. I forgive you.

LOL

[HonestChieffan]

Surely she meant to say shes doing this for the unions and Mayor Daley....I hope that Rio gets the games. They have never been in South America and Brazil economy can afford it.

[petegz28]

This is ****ing nuts. "on the taxpayer's dime?" If the Obamas are successful getting the olympics in Chicago that will mean a lot of revenue and money coming in from overseas. I think it's more than worth it for them to go over there to try to get the Olympics back in the US.

I can't believe how virulent people are being against the president and his wife.

Did you purposely ignore the point of the thread or did it really just glide over your?

[Taco John]

This is ****ing nuts. "on the taxpayer's dime?" If the Obamas are successful getting the olympics in Chicago that will mean a lot of revenue and money coming in from overseas. I think it's more than worth it for them to go over there to try to get the Olympics back in the US.

I can't believe how virulent people are being against the president and his wife.


I agree with this. The Olympics in the US would be fantastic. I hope we can get the World Cup here too.

But I still can't believe that she used the word "sacrifice." It takes a special kind of political tone deafness to use the word "sacrifice" in the context she used it in.

[SHTSPRAYER]

Lemme know when she gets to the part when she says she is still "Jenny from the block"

ROFL

[HonestChieffan]

I'm not a big Beck fan but he sure nails this Chicago/Copenhagen thing in this...

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[mlyonsd]

I agree with this. The Olympics in the US would be fantastic. I hope we can get the World Cup here too.

But I still can't believe that she used the word "sacrifice." It takes a special kind of political tone deafness to use the word "sacrifice" in the context she used it in.

Bingo.

[StcChief]

Chi-town Olympics. he better cash in on this, maybe all he gets outta 4 years.

[mlyonsd]

Maybe if Chicago gets the Olympics the US will win every Gold medal.

[Taco John]

I'm not a big Beck fan but he sure nails this Chicago/Copenhagen thing in this...

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When did Glenn Beck's show turn into Mad Money on politics?

[blaise]

I don't understand this comment.

Seriously. Can anyone explain what this means?

It means she's as out of touch with people as her husband claims Republicans are.

[HonestChieffan]

It means she's as out of touch with people as her husband claims Republicans are.

You be a racist.

[blaise]

It's a sacrifice for her to leave the country she recently became proud of. She's been very busy working with Katie Couric and Oprah to orchestrate publicity for the big Obama Thanksgiving and Christmas specials. She's been practicing her serious face for the predetermined "tough" questions during the sit-down portion of the interviews. So far she's leaning toward this scenario:
Katie: Michelle (a pause) do you think the criticism of your husband is racial?
Michelle: (a pause, a sigh, a shift in the chair followed by a little wry smile as she glances at her husband) I'd like to say, "no". But I'm sure some of that is going on.

It takes time to rehearse these moments ahead of time. Don't you understand this sacrifice she's making?

[HonestChieffan]

It's a sacrifice for her to leave the country she recently became proud of. She's been very busy working with Katie Couric and Oprah to orchestrate publicity for the big Obama Thanksgiving and Christmas specials. She's been practicing her serious face for the predetermined "tough" questions during the sit-down portion of the interviews. So far she's leaning toward this scenario:
Katie: Michelle (a pause) do you think the criticism of your husband is racial?
Michelle: (a pause, a sigh, a shift in the chair followed by a little wry smile as she glances at her husband) I'd like to say, "no". But I'm sure some of that is going on.

It takes time to rehearse these moments ahead of time. Don't you understand this sacrifice she's making?

I though they decided we cannot have a National Christmas tree this year. See this...http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/sep/09093005.html

[blaise]

I though they decided we cannot have a National Christmas tree this year.

Sorry, you're right. The Holiday Special.

[orange]

Are their any other cities in the US trying to land the Olympics?

That doesn't sound quite cricket.

Chicago COMPETED and WON the right to represent the U.S. in this round of bidding.

Some know-nothing idiots like Malkin will try to tell you otherwise.

WASHINGTON -- Chicago today won the right to represent the United States in competition for the Olympic Summer Games of 2016.

April 14, 2007

United States Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth made the announcement here just before 3:15 p.m., following a dramatic opening of a sealed envelope containing the final vote of the USOC committee.


“It was a very tough decision,” Ueberroth said before opening the envelope. “If I had all the power — and sometimes people accuse me of that — I would take the map and merge the two cities, because I’ll tell you what: If you could take the mayors of these two communities and have them run our country, we would all be better off.’’

Chicago was chosen over Los Angeles to be the U.S. host city for the 2016 Olympics.

“It was a very tough decision,” Ueberroth said before opening the envelope. “If I had all the power — and sometimes people accuse me of that — I would take the map and merge the two cities, because I’ll tell you what: If you could take the mayors of these two communities and have them run our country, we would all be better off.’’

A “very nervous” Mayor Daley was on hand for the announcement.

“I jumped right out of the seat,” the mayor said of his reaction after the announcement. “I was like a little kid watching the Olympics.”

Next up: a 2009 vote by the International Olympic Committee, which will choose among a host of cities that could include Rio de Janiero, Madrid and Tokyo.

The USOC board voted to support Chicago’s bid over a plan presented by Los Angeles.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/olympics/341682,oly041507.article

[orange]

I'm not a big Beck fan but he sure nails fails this Chicago/Copenhagen thing in this...

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White House Calls Out Fox And Glenn Beck On Olympics
Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel
First Posted: 09-30-09 05:36 PM | Updated: 10- 1-09 12:07 PM

In a new post on the official White House blog, Online Programs Director Jesse Lee calls out Fox News for perpetuating lies about President Obama's push to bring the Olympics to the city of Chicago.

Lee writes that Fox News, and in particular Glenn Beck, continues to ignore the facts "in an attempt to smear the Administration's efforts to win the Olympics for the United States."

The White House blog post continues to delineate what it deems misleading rhetoric on Obama's Olympics efforts. An example:

RHETORIC: BECK SAID VANCOUVER LOST $1 BILLION WHEN IT "HAD THE OLYMPICS." Glenn Beck said, "Vancouver lost, how much was it? they lost a billion dollars when they had the Olympics." [Transcript, Glenn Beck Show, 9/29/09]

REALITY: VANCOUVER'S OLYMPICS WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL 2010. Vancouver will host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games from February 12 - 28, 2010 and March 12-21, 2010, respectively. [Vancouver2010.com, accessed 9/29/09]

The White House's pointed critique of Fox News and Beck culminates with the statement, "For even more Fox lies, check out the latest "Truth-O-Meter feature from Politifact," linking to a post on the latest ACORN conspiracy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/30/white-house-calls-out-fox_n_305428.html

[KCTitus]

I have no problem with the Olympics being brought here, or with any American turning a evil profit from it.

FYP

[blaise]

Chicago COMPETED and WON the right to represent the U.S. in this round of bidding.

Some know-nothing idiots like Malkin will try to tell you otherwise.

WASHINGTON -- Chicago today won the right to represent the United States in competition for the Olympic Summer Games of 2016.

April 14, 2007

United States Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth made the announcement here just before 3:15 p.m., following a dramatic opening of a sealed envelope containing the final vote of the USOC committee.


“It was a very tough decision,” Ueberroth said before opening the envelope. “If I had all the power — and sometimes people accuse me of that — I would take the map and merge the two cities, because I’ll tell you what: If you could take the mayors of these two communities and have them run our country, we would all be better off.’’

Chicago was chosen over Los Angeles to be the U.S. host city for the 2016 Olympics.

“It was a very tough decision,” Ueberroth said before opening the envelope. “If I had all the power — and sometimes people accuse me of that — I would take the map and merge the two cities, because I’ll tell you what: If you could take the mayors of these two communities and have them run our country, we would all be better off.’’

A “very nervous” Mayor Daley was on hand for the announcement.

“I jumped right out of the seat,” the mayor said of his reaction after the announcement. “I was like a little kid watching the Olympics.”

Next up: a 2009 vote by the International Olympic Committee, which will choose among a host of cities that could include Rio de Janiero, Madrid and Tokyo.

The USOC board voted to support Chicago’s bid over a plan presented by Los Angeles.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/olympics/341682,oly041507.article

Thank goodness for all the tremendous sacrfices Michele and Oprah made. I don't know how they did it.

[orange]

So taking time away from the two young kids to go on a business trip is no longer to be referred to as "a sacrifice."

Got it.

[blaise]

So taking time away from the two young kids to go on a business trip is no longer to be referred to as "a sacrifice."

Got it.

Yes, she's a true American hero. It was a HUGE sacrifice to fly on a private jet with Oprah. She's truly in touch with the working class of America.

[blaise]

So taking time away from the two young kids to go on a business trip is no longer to be referred to as "a sacrifice."

Got it.

I just wanted to quote this again because it's so ridiculous that you're lauding her sacrifice. I think you've actually leapt past jAZ in your defense of all things Obama.

[Otter]

Move over Mother Theressa or Patron Saint Michelle Obama's Private Jet may crush you during landing.

[HonestChieffan]

It was Montreal that lost a ton and they have yet to get the debt paid. No way does hosting the olympics pay unless you are in on the graft to build all the crap. Then the taxpayer eats maintaining it all forever.

[orange]

Yes, she's a true American hero. It was a HUGE sacrifice to fly on a private jet with Oprah. She's truly in touch with the working class of America.

Yeah, growing up in a one-bedroom apartment. How DARE she think she knows Americans. ROFL

I can't believe you would post something this stupid. You obviously forgot yourself.

[orange]

I just wanted to quote this again because it's so ridiculous that you're lauding her sacrifice. I think you've actually leapt past jAZ in your defense of all things Obama.

Millions of people use the word "sacrifice" for JUST THIS VERY THING.

Only because she's Michelle Obama is there ANY CONTROVERSY WHATSOEVER.

But then, every breath she takes is an outrage to you.

[Otter]

Millions of people use the word "sacrifice" for JUST THIS VERY THING.

Only because she's Michelle Obama is there ANY CONTROVERSY WHATSOEVER.

But then, every breath she takes is an outrage to you.

What if Bush said the exact same thing, would you not find it a little out of context or distasteful? Try to apply some of that objectivity you preach.

[Taco John]

So taking time away from the two young kids to go on a business trip is no longer to be referred to as "a sacrifice."

Got it.



Nothing you can say is going to make her comment any less politically tone deaf.

[orange]

What if Bush said the exact same thing, would you not find it a little out of context or distasteful? Try to apply some of that objectivity you preach.

Bush... Sacrifice... You didn't..... did you?.....

:rolleyes:

The Politico's Mike Allen talked with President Bush about why he gave up golf. Bush said, "I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died see the Commander in Chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as -- to be in solidarity as best as I can with them, and I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."

[KCTitus]

Only because she's Michelle Obama is there ANY CONTROVERSY WHATSOEVER.

I think it's because Michelle is prone to say stupid things...like 'this is the first time I'm proud of my country'...yeah, yeah...when you parse it out she didnt really mean the 'first' time :rolleyes:

Being the First Lady is a sacrifice...whining about it seems petty.

Flying on your own jet without kids is not a sacrifice. To me, that's a vacation.

[Otter]

Bush... Sacrifice... You didn't..... did you?.....

:rolleyes:

The Politico's Mike Allen talked with President Bush about why he gave up golf. Bush said, "I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died see the Commander in Chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as -- to be in solidarity as best as I can with them, and I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."

Objectivity at its finest.

[orange]

Objectivity at its finest.

No. Tone-deafness at it's finest.

[vailpass]

So taking time away from the two young kids to go on a business trip is no longer to be referred to as "a sacrifice."

Got it.

Are you saying you really don't understand how the average working American, the people struggling just to get by, would not be happy with her words?
As Taco said, with her "political tone deafness"?

[orange]

Are you saying you really don't understand how the average working American, the people struggling just to get by, would not be happy with her words?
As Taco said, with her "political tone deafness"?

I'm betting the people who already hate her are the only ones put off by this. It's one word in an 800-word speech - and a throw-away, at that. "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is..."

For that matter, only a tiny number of politics-addicts like us are even aware of it.

[blaise]

Millions of people use the word "sacrifice" for JUST THIS VERY THING.

Only because she's Michelle Obama is there ANY CONTROVERSY WHATSOEVER.

But then, every breath she takes is an outrage to you.

No it isn't. I have no idea what you're talking about. Just because your suffering from partisan delusion, don't paint me as something I'm not.

[blaise]

I'm betting the people who already hate her are the only ones put off by this. It's one word in an 800-word speech - and a throw-away, at that. "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is..."

For that matter, only a tiny number of politics-addicts like us are even aware of it.

She's a true hero. I just saw people weeping tears for her sacrifice. WHY MICHELE, WHY????? WHY DO YOU GIVE ALL OF YOURSELF LIKE THIS?????

[orange]

No it isn't. I have no idea what you're talking about. Just because your suffering from partisan delusion, don't paint me as something I'm not.

....


It means she's as out of touch with people as her husband claims Republicans are.

It's a sacrifice for her to leave the country she recently became proud of. She's been very busy working with Katie Couric and Oprah to orchestrate publicity for the big Obama Thanksgiving and Christmas specials. She's been practicing her serious face for the predetermined "tough" questions during the sit-down portion of the interviews. So far she's leaning toward this scenario:
Katie: Michelle (a pause) do you think the criticism of your husband is racial?
Michelle: (a pause, a sigh, a shift in the chair followed by a little wry smile as she glances at her husband) I'd like to say, "no". But I'm sure some of that is going on.

It takes time to rehearse these moments ahead of time. Don't you understand this sacrifice she's making?

Yep, no partisanship there. You're just another CP "moderate."

[blaise]

....






Yep, no partisanship there. You're just another CP "moderate."

You're right. Her wording was in tremendously good taste and should not be ridiculed in any way shape or form.
orange going full retard today, flailing at anything, trying to draw Bush into the equation.

[KCTitus]

For that matter, only a tiny number of politics-addicts like us are even aware of it.

And for that you should be thankful...of course we both know why many people wont hear about it.

[orange]

orange going full retard today, flailing at anything, trying to draw Bush into the equation.

Once again, you are completely wrong. It was Otter who specifically requested a Bush example.


What if Bush said the exact same thing, would you not find it a little out of context or distasteful? Try to apply some of that objectivity you preach.


But then, being completely wrong has never stopped you the thousands of prior times, so why should this one trouble you?

[patteeu]

If you had to hang out with a bunch of white european global elitists who stink of "middleclassness" just so your cronies back home could cash in on your husband's success, you'd consider it a sacrifice too.

[petegz28]

So taking time away from the two young kids to go on a business trip is no longer to be referred to as "a sacrifice."

Got it.

oh give me a fucking break!

[petegz28]

Are you saying you really don't understand how the average working American, the people struggling just to get by, would not be happy with her words?
As Taco said, with her "political tone deafness"?

My Dad was on the road 5-6 nights a week 3-4 weeks a month for 12 years. Orange can cry me a fucking river with this shit.

[KCTitus]

"Funds dry up so it becomes harder for kids to engage in sports, to learn how to swim, to even ride a bike," she said.

What does this mean? Show of hands, how many people here received 'funds' to learn how to swim or ride a bike?

Am I wrong in thinking she is referring to government 'funds'?

[orange]

What does this mean? Show of hands, how many people here received 'funds' to learn how to swim or ride a bike?

Am I wrong in thinking she is referring to government 'funds'?

I believe she's talking about school and community sports programs.

[KCTitus]

I believe she's talking about school and community sports programs.

So I was correct...government funds.

Did anyone learn how to swim at school? or how about ride a bike? I learned with my family...

[patteeu]

What does this mean? Show of hands, how many people here received 'funds' to learn how to swim or ride a bike?

Am I wrong in thinking she is referring to government 'funds'?

I believe she's talking about school and community sports programs.

In other words, no, you're not wrong.

[orange]

So I was correct...government funds.

Did anyone learn how to swim at school? or how about ride a bike? I learned with my family...

Her actual quote was:

"Funds dry up so it becomes harder for kids to engage in sports, to learn how to swim, to even ride a bike

"... engage in sports..." - the words you deliberately cut out.

Did you learn that with your family, too?

And as for "swim" - yes, I learned that at school. We didn't have a pool in our little half-duplex.

[Saul Good]

Who ever said that it was a sacrifice in the first place? She makes it sound like people are standing around water coolers in awe of the "sacrifice" she is making. I can't imagine anyone making that assessment of the situation.

[Saul Good]

Her actual quote was:



"... engage in sports..." - the words you deliberately cut out.

Did you learn that with your family, too?

And as for "swim" - yes, I learned that at school. We didn't have a pool in our little half-duplex.


Your school had a pool?

[orange]

Who ever said that it was a sacrifice in the first place? She makes it sound like people are standing around water coolers in awe of the "sacrifice" she is making. I can't imagine anyone making that assessment of the situation.

Maybe if you didn't accept Byron York's mischaracterization of her speech and actually read it for yourself, you might have a clue.

MO was talking to volunteers who've been pushing the Chicago Olympic effort, for years in many cases. This was a pep rally. Her speech opened:

Thank you, everybody. So, as my husband would say, we are fired up and ready to go in here. (Applause.) It's a good thing. Well, first let me begin by thanking my dear friend, my chit-chat buddy, Oprah Winfrey. She talks about me coming here without hesitation. This is a woman who's got a pretty busy schedule - taping shows, traveling across the globe, a woman with a full plate. I think that folks out there should understand how Chicagoans, even those who weren't born and raised here, feel a passion about the city, so much so that we dropped everything - dropped everything - to be a part of this team. So I want to give Ms. Winfrey a round of applause as well. (Applause.)


Look at that bolded part: "She talks about me coming here without hesitation" - and "so much so that we dropped everything - dropped everything."

Wow, what do you know. Do you think maybe OPRAH might have just said something about MO's "sacrifice?" Just maybe?

http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/09/30/first-lady-michelle-obamas-remarks-at-chicago-mayor-daleys-welcome-reception-in-copenhagen-denmark/

[orange]

Your school had a pool?

Both my Junior High (now Skinner Middle School) and North High School had pools - yes.

[memyselfI]

pretentious bitch.

[Earthling]

It must have been one hell of a sacrifice...She certainly has gotten a lot of peoples goats.

[mlyonsd]

So taking time away from the two young kids to go on a business trip is no longer to be referred to as "a sacrifice."

Got it.

That's got to be one of the funniest posts in this forum ever.

[mikey23545]

White House Calls Out Fox And Glenn Beck On Olympics
Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel
First Posted: 09-30-09 05:36 PM | Updated: 10- 1-09 12:07 PM

In a new post on the official White House blog, Online Programs Director Jesse Lee calls out Fox News for perpetuating lies about President Obama's push to bring the Olympics to the city of Chicago.

Lee writes that Fox News, and in particular Glenn Beck, continues to ignore the facts "in an attempt to smear the Administration's efforts to win the Olympics for the United States."

The White House blog post continues to delineate what it deems misleading rhetoric on Obama's Olympics efforts. An example:

RHETORIC: BECK SAID VANCOUVER LOST $1 BILLION WHEN IT "HAD THE OLYMPICS." Glenn Beck said, "Vancouver lost, how much was it? they lost a billion dollars when they had the Olympics." [Transcript, Glenn Beck Show, 9/29/09]

REALITY: VANCOUVER'S OLYMPICS WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL 2010. Vancouver will host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games from February 12 - 28, 2010 and March 12-21, 2010, respectively. [Vancouver2010.com, accessed 9/29/09]

The White House's pointed critique of Fox News and Beck culminates with the statement, "For even more Fox lies, check out the latest "Truth-O-Meter feature from Politifact," linking to a post on the latest ACORN conspiracy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/30/white-house-calls-out-fox_n_305428.html

It's incredible how stupid Obama and all his defenders really are....

On the show in question, Beck had been talking about both the Olympics which were hosted in Calgary, and the one yet to be hosted in Vancouver...He accidentally misspoke and transposed the two (that is, said Vancouver when he meant to say Calgary) when he made the comment in question, and the White House actually seized on this as a "lie"!...

What amateurish, desperate buffoons...

[Saul Good]

Maybe if you didn't accept Byron York's mischaracterization of her speech and actually read it for yourself, you might have a clue.

MO was talking to volunteers who've been pushing the Chicago Olympic effort, for years in many cases. This was a pep rally. Her speech opened:

Thank you, everybody. So, as my husband would say, we are fired up and ready to go in here. (Applause.) It's a good thing. Well, first let me begin by thanking my dear friend, my chit-chat buddy, Oprah Winfrey. She talks about me coming here without hesitation. This is a woman who's got a pretty busy schedule - taping shows, traveling across the globe, a woman with a full plate. I think that folks out there should understand how Chicagoans, even those who weren't born and raised here, feel a passion about the city, so much so that we dropped everything - dropped everything - to be a part of this team. So I want to give Ms. Winfrey a round of applause as well. (Applause.)


Look at that bolded part: "She talks about me coming here without hesitation" - and "so much so that we dropped everything - dropped everything."

Wow, what do you know. Do you think maybe OPRAH might have just said something about MO's "sacrifice?" Just maybe?

http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/09/30/first-lady-michelle-obamas-remarks-at-chicago-mayor-daleys-welcome-reception-in-copenhagen-denmark/

When she referred to Oprah, she called her Oprah. Nice try. Oprah is not "people".

[AndChiefs]

Both my Junior High (now Skinner Middle School) and North High School had pools - yes.

Neither of mine did....but I did learn at the community pool so I suppose that is funded by the taxpayers. Oh wait that was actually made because of a donation by an unknown benefactor who passed away. So I guess government didn't have a hand in that.

Where's my money?

[orange]

Neither of mine did....but I did learn at the community pool so I suppose that is funded by the taxpayers. Oh wait that was actually made because of a donation by an unknown benefactor who passed away. So I guess government didn't have a hand in that.

During Anderson's administration, officials realized that as the city expanded so must the recreation facilities. Parks and Recreation became a city department in 1971, although the parks superintendent and his assistant were employed on a part-time basis. The rest of the recreation staff worked without compensation. The new department also continued to rely heavily on university facilities. In order to insure future recreational areas, the council included mandatory park land dedications in the Subdivision Ordinance. According to the ordinance, developers were required to donate a portion of their land for park sites. Acreage was based on the number of units they constructed, or they could give the city the cash equivalent. This principle of mandatory park land dedication was later challenged through the court system and was successfully upheld by a Texas Supreme Court decision in 1985.

The Council made substantial progress during the early 1970's in establishing a long awaited municipal park which would have facilities for swimming. College Station officials learned, that beginning in the summer of 1973, its residents could no longer use the Texas A&M pool. It became imperative that the city develop the proposed park. In 1973, William Fitch donated sixteen additional acres to the selected park site, and the Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation approved a matching grant of $132,500 for development of a pool. The city hired J.W. Wood as architect-engineer for the project. Although the budget would not allow all requested amenities to be constructed, residents soon enjoyed the availability of an Olympic-size swimming pool in their community. College Station's first aquatic facility opened in Bee Creek Park on October 5,1974. It was later named Adamson Municipal Pool in honor of Art Adamson, long time swimming instructor at Texas A&M University.

http://www.cstx.gov/index.aspx?page=1271


ROFL Of course, that was just the first pool - plenty more taxpayer money for the newer ones on that "Narrative."

Where's my money?

You need more? Apply for ANOTHER Federal grant! I particularly love the "mandatory park land dedications" though. Just a city full of private benefactors, yessiree.

[AndChiefs]

During Anderson's administration, officials realized that as the city expanded so must the recreation facilities. Parks and Recreation became a city department in 1971, although the parks superintendent and his assistant were employed on a part-time basis. The rest of the recreation staff worked without compensation. The new department also continued to rely heavily on university facilities. In order to insure future recreational areas, the council included mandatory park land dedications in the Subdivision Ordinance. According to the ordinance, developers were required to donate a portion of their land for park sites. Acreage was based on the number of units they constructed, or they could give the city the cash equivalent. This principle of mandatory park land dedication was later challenged through the court system and was successfully upheld by a Texas Supreme Court decision in 1985.

The Council made substantial progress during the early 1970's in establishing a long awaited municipal park which would have facilities for swimming. College Station officials learned, that beginning in the summer of 1973, its residents could no longer use the Texas A&M pool. It became imperative that the city develop the proposed park. In 1973, William Fitch donated sixteen additional acres to the selected park site, and the Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation approved a matching grant of $132,500 for development of a pool. The city hired J.W. Wood as architect-engineer for the project. Although the budget would not allow all requested amenities to be constructed, residents soon enjoyed the availability of an Olympic-size swimming pool in their community. College Station's first aquatic facility opened in Bee Creek Park on October 5,1974. It was later named Adamson Municipal Pool in honor of Art Adamson, long time swimming instructor at Texas A&M University.

http://www.cstx.gov/index.aspx?page=1271


ROFL Of course, that was just the first pool - plenty more taxpayer money for the newer ones on that "Narrative."



You need more? Apply for ANOTHER Federal grant! I particularly love the "mandatory park land dedications" though. Just a city full of private benefactors, yessiree.

That's excellent....I live in College Station now. I didn't grow up here. My town was fairly small and in northern Iowa. Certainly the town put aside the land for a park but the pool was there because of private donation.

[AndChiefs]

That's excellent....I live in College Station now. I didn't grow up here. My town was fairly small and in northern Iowa. Certainly the town put aside the land for a park but the pool was there because of private donation.

Just for you I looked it up.



"The Luick swimming pool was originally built in 1957 and opened in 1958 as a result of a generous donation from local resident and philanthropist Chester P. Luick. Mr. Luick donated a significant portion of the funds needed to build the community’s first pool. A number of volunteers labored for weeks on the construction of the pool.

A renovation was completed in 1995 when the city replaced the gutter and filter system and added a slide – which was one of the first slides in North Iowa. The city began another renovation and expansion program in the spring of 2007 by repairing and repainting the bottom of the pool. Following the closing of the pool in August 2007, the expansion project began to put a zero depth entry at the northwest side of the pool. Amenities will be added to the pool in the coming years. These future improvements will include: a children’s activity unit, drop slide, geysers, etc."

I guess some of the renovations were provided by the city so I suppose you're right in that regard.

http://www.belmond.com/swimming_pool.php

[orange]

Governments are good for some things after all - not that you'd ever hear that from some of the posters around here.

[KCWolfman]

So taking time away from the two young kids to go on a business trip is no longer to be referred to as "a sacrifice."

Got it.

Are you being serious? She was gone for a day.

You cannot be serious.

[KCWolfman]

Yeah, growing up in a one-bedroom apartment. How DARE she think she knows Americans. ROFL

I can't believe you would post something this stupid. You obviously forgot yourself.

Where did you get that crap?

She grew up with a stay at home mom on Euclid Avenue in the Middle Class neighborhood of the South Shore Community Area. She attended a private elementary school, Bryn Mawr (renamed Bouchet after she left).

While not wealthy by any stretch, her father (a manager at a city water treatment facility and the Democratic Precinct Captain) managed to raise her and her brother just fine.


Here is a pic of their "one bedroom apartment". You need to stop believing the chain mails and grow up.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3628/3363863058_6cae25265a.jpg

[KCWolfman]

No. Tone-deafness at it's finest.

Ironic......

ironic

[stevieray]

I bet a lot of people would be proud to have grown up in a home enviroment like that.

[KCWolfman]

Her actual quote was:



"... engage in sports..." - the words you deliberately cut out.

Did you learn that with your family, too?

And as for "swim" - yes, I learned that at school. We didn't have a pool in our little half-duplex.

Why is it harder to ride a bike without government funds? Please explain that to me.

[orange]

Where did you get that crap truth?

She grew up with a stay at home mom on Euclid Avenue in the Middle Class neighborhood of the South Shore Community Area. She attended a private public elementary school, Bryn Mawr (renamed Bouchet after she left).



I got it from biographical articles - NOT anti-Obama screeds on FreeRepublic or wherever you get your bullshit crapola - and in the case of Bouchet, from the School's website (© 2002 Chicago Public Schools), etc.


Michelle Obama Builds Resumé, Family
Chicago Native Has Working-Class Roots
Jessica Schaeffer, Contributing Writer

Posted: 12:17 pm CDT June 23, 2008


Long before Presidentt Barack Obama made national headlines, Michelle Robinson was a shining star herself.

However, despite her impressive character and intelligence, Michelle chose a life outside of society's limelight.

Her impressive resume, combined with her history-making husband, has transformed her life from the preferred shadows to the attention of the world.

Standing Out

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born Jan. 17, 1964, on Chicago's South Side to Frasier and Marian Robinson.

Frasier was a city pump operator and a Democratic precinct captain, and Marian worked as a Spiegel's catalog store secretary as they started their life together.

As a family, they lived in a one-bedroom apartment where Michelle shared a bedroom -- the living room with a curtain divider -- with her brother, Craig Robinson, who is 16 months her senior.

Early on in life, Michelle stood out among the crowd.

"As far back as any of us can remember, she was very bright," Craig Robinson told Newsweek.

Michelle skipped second grade and eventually joined a gifted sixth-grade class at Bouchet Elementary School, where she graduated as class salutatorian. Then she went on to Kennedy King College, where Michelle took two years of special biology classes. Classwork included studying photosynthesis, working in a laboratory and identifying the muscles of dissected rat specimens, recalled childhood friend Chiaka Davis Patterson.

http://www.channel3000.com/politics/16686068/detail.html chain email Madison, WI TV Station


It was Inauguration Day. The 44th president had just taken the oath of office, and his brother-in-law, Craig Robinson ’83, was checking out his sister’s new digs, better known as the White House. A staff member, one of 93 who work for the first family, gave Robinson and his wife, Kelly, a tour that took them to the Truman Balcony, overlooking the South Lawn and the Washington Monument beyond.

“We took in the view and the history. My wife and I were just shaking our heads,” Robinson says. “When you grow up in a place that’s one-bedroom, one-bath, you’re not thinking at any point, ‘My sister’s going to live in the White House,’ or ‘My mother’s going to live in the White House.’ ”

http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2009/03/18/pages/0569/index.xml chain email Princeton alumni weekly

Michelle was raised in a one-bedroom apartment on the top floor of a classic Chicago brick bungalow, now surrounded by a chain link fence, in South Shore. Her mother still lives there, behind burglar-proof wrought iron doors and secured windows, poised above a hedge of clipped yews.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/221458,CST-NWS-mich21.article chain email Chicago daily newspaper

Bouchet Elementary Math & Science Academy

Email This PageLink Here
Public Magnet - Grades: PK-8
District: City Of Chicago School District 299

7355 S Jeffery Bl
Chicago, IL 60649-3121 (map)
(773) 535-0501



http://www.schooldigger.com/go/IL/schools/0993000623/school.aspx


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I guess because the picture of the house you posted - of which they rented the TOP FLOOR - is kind of okay, she must actually be a silver-spooner preppie with no knowledge of working class Americans. As I said, "How DARE she think she knows Americans."

I guess.

[orange]

Ironic......

ironic

Yours is just stupid and uninformed... not ironic at all.

[SHTSPRAYER]

Where did you get that crap?

She grew up with a stay at home mom on Euclid Avenue in the Middle Class neighborhood of the South Shore Community Area. She attended a private elementary school, Bryn Mawr (renamed Bouchet after she left).

While not wealthy by any stretch, her father (a manager at a city water treatment facility and the Democratic Precinct Captain) managed to raise her and her brother just fine.


Here is a pic of their "one bedroom apartment". You need to stop believing the chain mails and grow up.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3628/3363863058_6cae25265a.jpg

Orange is a mouth foaming eggbat.

[Pioli Zombie]

Shitsprayer would like to teach that wench a thing or two.
Posted via Mobile Device

[KCWolfman]

I got it from biographical articles - NOT anti-Obama screeds on FreeRepublic or wherever you get your bullshit crapola - and in the case of Bouchet, from the School's website (© 2002 Chicago Public Schools), etc.


Michelle Obama Builds Resumé, Family
Chicago Native Has Working-Class Roots
Jessica Schaeffer, Contributing Writer

Posted: 12:17 pm CDT June 23, 2008


Long before Presidentt Barack Obama made national headlines, Michelle Robinson was a shining star herself.

However, despite her impressive character and intelligence, Michelle chose a life outside of society's limelight.

Her impressive resume, combined with her history-making husband, has transformed her life from the preferred shadows to the attention of the world.

Standing Out

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born Jan. 17, 1964, on Chicago's South Side to Frasier and Marian Robinson.

Frasier was a city pump operator and a Democratic precinct captain, and Marian worked as a Spiegel's catalog store secretary as they started their life together.

As a family, they lived in a one-bedroom apartment where Michelle shared a bedroom -- the living room with a curtain divider -- with her brother, Craig Robinson, who is 16 months her senior.

Early on in life, Michelle stood out among the crowd.

"As far back as any of us can remember, she was very bright," Craig Robinson told Newsweek.

Michelle skipped second grade and eventually joined a gifted sixth-grade class at Bouchet Elementary School, where she graduated as class salutatorian. Then she went on to Kennedy King College, where Michelle took two years of special biology classes. Classwork included studying photosynthesis, working in a laboratory and identifying the muscles of dissected rat specimens, recalled childhood friend Chiaka Davis Patterson.

http://www.channel3000.com/politics/16686068/detail.html chain email Madison, WI TV Station


It was Inauguration Day. The 44th president had just taken the oath of office, and his brother-in-law, Craig Robinson ’83, was checking out his sister’s new digs, better known as the White House. A staff member, one of 93 who work for the first family, gave Robinson and his wife, Kelly, a tour that took them to the Truman Balcony, overlooking the South Lawn and the Washington Monument beyond.

“We took in the view and the history. My wife and I were just shaking our heads,” Robinson says. “When you grow up in a place that’s one-bedroom, one-bath, you’re not thinking at any point, ‘My sister’s going to live in the White House,’ or ‘My mother’s going to live in the White House.’ ”

http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2009/03/18/pages/0569/index.xml chain email Princeton alumni weekly

Michelle was raised in a one-bedroom apartment on the top floor of a classic Chicago brick bungalow, now surrounded by a chain link fence, in South Shore. Her mother still lives there, behind burglar-proof wrought iron doors and secured windows, poised above a hedge of clipped yews.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/221458,CST-NWS-mich21.article chain email Chicago daily newspaper

Bouchet Elementary Math & Science Academy

Email This PageLink Here
Public Magnet - Grades: PK-8
District: City Of Chicago School District 299

7355 S Jeffery Bl
Chicago, IL 60649-3121 (map)
(773) 535-0501



http://www.schooldigger.com/go/IL/schools/0993000623/school.aspx


********************************************************************

I guess because the picture of the house you posted - of which they rented the TOP FLOOR - is kind of okay, she must actually be a silver-spooner preppie with no knowledge of working class Americans. As I said, "How DARE she think she knows Americans."

I guess.
That same article says her mother still lives there. Wow, momma still lives in a one bedroom apartment..... :LOL:

[KCWolfman]

Her sacrifice was in vain, IN VAIN!!!

Lord help us, give us the strength to make it through!!!!

It was obviously a racist decision.

[wild1]

That same article says her mother still lives there. Wow, momma still lives in a one bedroom apartment..... :LOL:

She's doing better than her brother-in-law is.

[HonestChieffan]

Why do I see Steve Martin saying he grew up as a poor Black Child....its the voices again the voices

[SHTSPRAYER]

Her sacrifice was in vain, IN VAIN!!!

Lord help us, give us the strength to make it through!!!!

It was obviously a racist decision.

And it was for the children, too.

[vailpass]

The First Sasquatch is a shining beacon of all that is right with the current administration.

[King_Chief_Fan]

A sacrifice? huh? What else does she have to do with her time? Oprah was with her so it didn't take away from ther chit chatting with her.

It should have been viewed as an honor and duty to represent the U.S.

Sacrifice my ass.

[KCWolfman]

And it was for the children, too.

We need Whitney Houston singing in the background while we discuss


"I believe the children are the future, teach them well and...."

[Otter]

Where did you get that crap?

She grew up with a stay at home mom on Euclid Avenue in the Middle Class neighborhood of the South Shore Community Area. She attended a private elementary school, Bryn Mawr (renamed Bouchet after she left).

While not wealthy by any stretch, her father (a manager at a city water treatment facility and the Democratic Precinct Captain) managed to raise her and her brother just fine.


Here is a pic of their "one bedroom apartment". You need to stop believing the chain mails and grow up.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3628/3363863058_6cae25265a.jpg

ROFL

They burned homeless men to stay warm in the winter and ate bits of sidewalk for nourishment. :grouphug:

How about the objectivity Orange! Are ya feeling it yet?

[orange]

ROFL

They burned homeless men to stay warm in the winter and ate bits of sidewalk for nourishment. :grouphug:

How about the objectivity Orange! Are ya feeling it yet?

I'm not sure what you're getting at exactly.

If you're agreeing with me that right-wingers here hate Obama and will invent and contrive any possible excuse, then yeah, I'm feeling it but it's nothing new.

If you're agreeing with the idiotic post you quoted, see my reply in #98.

[blaise]

I'm not sure what you're getting at exactly.

If you're agreeing with me that right-wingers here hate Obama and will invent and contrive any possible excuse, then yeah, I'm feeling it but it's nothing new.

If you're agreeing with the idiotic post you quoted, see my reply in #98.

Yes, you're certainly above seizing on trivial stories to display negativity toward conservatives.