America Flounders While Princess Michelle plays in the Med

Everyone is entitled to a little get away now and then and Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha are no exception; and 40 of their closest friends; and 32 Secret Service Agents.

While the American Taxpayer is wondering if he or she will ever find a job, Michelle and entourage have no problem spending your tax dollars for a little vaca.



Here is an approximate cost of the trip:

US Air Force, presidential appointed jet.

Pre-flight prep $ 15,000
Crew, for trip and stand-by $ 17,000
Flight to and from Spain $ 26,000

Total $ 58,000

Security Detail

Pre-Trip Security Sweep $ 98,000
32 Secret Service Agents $112,000
Transport for Security $ 36,800
Spain security detail $500,000

Total $ 746,800

Michelle and Sasha’s wardrobe

Designer clothing $ 7,000
Shoes and accessories $ 3,000

Total $ 10,000

Accommodations
(rooms paid for several days in advance for security checks and a day or so after to make sure no embarrassing things left behind, i.e. underpants, love notes, national security secrets)

Michelle and Sasha $ 17,500
Security $ 29,200
Entourage $ 100,000
Flight Crew $ 15,000

Total $ 161,700


Meals (includes all flight crew pre-security, security and entourage)

Food and Snacks $ 12,750 $ 12,750

Excursions

Side Trips, closing beaches
and local shops etc.
pissing off local Spaniards $ 70,000 $ 70,000




Grand Total $1,089,250



Now this seems like a totally reasonable amount to spend for a jaunt across the pond. Especially since this amount could have been used to start 10 new businesses, creating up to 100 new jobs; or paid off 10 mortgages for struggling American homeowners; or fed 200 hungry American families for a year; or created 10 new overpaid Federal jobs; or reduced the Federal Debt by .000001%.

And this is just 1 of 6 such trips in as many weeks. Totally reasonable?

Southern Baptists in Lock Step with Radical Islam... ...Maybe?

Today in lock step with Islamic Clerics, Southern Baptist preachers have called for the death penalty for any preachers from other Christian sects that use any translation other than the Bible as translated from original Aramaic, this includes the halting of the use of the King James Version. This was prompted by a pastor and youth pastor from a local non-denominational church in Tennessee who are set to go before the Southern Baptist Council to determine their fate, which many say, has already been decided. The two non-believers are preaching from the New International Version of the bible.

An insider who refused to be named said it is likely these two Satanists disguised in God’s clothing will most likely be stoned to death, which is what they deserve. “They perverted the word of God, from his own mouth”, said the insider.

Official word from the Vatican, formerly opposed to this type of hard line discipline has made an abrupt about face, as have the Hasidic Jews, both agreeing there is only one translation of the Old Testament, and both calling for discipline of biblical proportions, for non-believers and perverters of the faiths.

Parishioners from local Tennessee churches are encouraged to take part in this historical event that will once again bring glory to our nation, declared one official of the Presidents Administration, who declined to be named. The stoning will take place next Friday afternoon, just prior to the start of the Sabbath. Baptisms of children will follow, along with a wedding celebration.

Okay, so this is just a bunch of crap, but this kind of rhetoric takes place across the Islamic world on a regular basis, from radical / hardline clerics; and the governments and people are powerless (or gutless) to do anything about it.

Breaking news just today, tells a similar story from Afghanistan, involving 2 clerics who had the Quran translated into 1000 copies for non-believers and those who could not read Arabic. So now, these two gotta die in da hood, cuz they be messing wit da word O god, they be on da wrong turf. These gangbanger clerics of the Islamic world are the ones who call you, here in the western world, “Infidels”. The radical clerics are the ones who want to control the governments in their countries, at least behind the scenes. They use a faith that teaches love, respect, patience, peace, harmony and ultimately a place in heaven to fuel a movement to threaten, intimidate and terrorize not only infidels but the very people they are supposed to care about.

Where I live, I’m fortunate to have many friends of different faiths and some with no faith at all. Occasionally we get together and debate beliefs, non-beliefs and life in general, but we do so with great respect for each other and with comfort in the thought that we live in a country where we can do so.

What’s your thoughts?

KC

The President the Media Made

I watched the Obama train ride. I watched his speeches of the last 2 days. I watched him speak of the Constitution and ask God’s blessing for us and our country. I watched him interact with his kids. I’ve watched him roll up his sleeves and paint and talk to people from all walks of life, and I’ve decided I like Barrack Obama. He seems like a genuinely nice person and a good family man and he seems to have a sincere love for our country.

I’ve also watched the mainstream news media say what a powerful person he is going to be as president, how he is going to undo all of the wrongs. How President Obama is going to kiss our boo boos and make everything better. How he is the first African American president in our history (Duh? Like we didn’t know this already?). One of the key things that the mainstream media is missing, and something Roland S. Martin said should have woke them all up, as much as I disagree with this guy, Martin said basically that the emphasis needs to be taken off of the fact that Obama is black, but that he is the MAN that the majority found to competent to hold the Office of President. And this has been the underlying message of the civil rights movement all along. It’s not supposed to be black or white thing, or Asian or Latino or any other minority. It’s an American thing. We were all taught that the USA was the Melting Pot of the World. Roland Martin was not the only prominent black to make this statement, I heard several others make similar statements. So let’s get the race issue behind us, let’s all recognize that there will always be fringe movements within every legitimate cause, that will try to screw things up for everybody.

Now back to Obama. As I said, I believe that Barrack Obama is great guy. I think the Mainstream Media has made public expectations entirely too high for what Obama can accomplish. Wolf Blitzer said it best, when he said that they would be watching Obama’s first 100 days very closely, as though to say, okay, we got you here, now do what we’ve told everyone you will do, if not we will hold your feet to the fire. I feel much empathy for President(-Elect) Obama. He has a seemingly insurmountable task before.him. And like President Bush, he will really have very little control of the outcome, and if he does then we as a people have screwed up by allowing our government to grow so powerful that we will be serving them.

As Joe Biden so eloquently misspoke last summer, I believe he (Obama) will be tested by an international crisis or incident within his first six months of office if not sooner. And I also believe that it will be the will and resolve of the American people to guide us through what ever comes our way. So if Obama truly has America’s best interest at heart, then we should support him. We’ll know more after the first 100 days, won’t we?