Here's what I've found about Obamas' gift giving.
Posted By: maggie on 2009-01-25
In Reply to: I have never heard of this before until now. - Is it true that Obama does not believe in B-day gi
By Alex Spillius in Washington
Last Updated: 6:57PM BST 25 Jul 2008
In a magazine interview Obama and his wife Michelle revealed that one of their steadfast house rules is not giving Christmas or birthday presents to Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.
The couple explained that they spend "hundreds" on birthday slumber parties and want to "teach some limits". Santa Claus is still permitted to deliver seasonal gifts however.
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AIG - the gift that keeps on giving. sm
Beginning with the first bailout under the Bush administration, and accelerating apace (which one wouldn't have thought possible) under Obama, the ineptitude in dealing with every aspect of the current economic problems is simpy staggering.
This ineptitude includes both Presidents, both Treasury secretaries, the man who was/is Fed chairman under both Presidents(Bernanke), Congress, and regulatory agencies such as the SEC and FDIC.
Consider this interesting little fact: It has taken six months for the Ethics Committee to investigate some fairly simple charges of financial misconduct by Charlie Rangel, but Congress can pass three major bills, two of which were so large they couldn't be read by anyone, in a matter of a few days (and in the case of the third bill which unconstitutionally taxes AIG bonuses, in just one day).
My dear friends, this country is in trouble. The government is behaving impulsively and has, in my long life, never before been in such a state of disarray. Our response to the financial crisis is beginning to look like nothing so exquisitely as a Chinese fire drill.
We are apparently determined to prove to the world that we're going to make a pig's breakfast out of this crisis, but hey...at least we did it fast!
Impulsive and reckless government - THAT is what the American people (and the world) are seeing, and THAT is what I believe is beginning to frighten us even more than the economic crisis itself.
Wailin Palin -- the gift that just keeps on giving...(sm)
That's right...she's back. Now she's giving interviews for a documentary. She's whining about how everything is her handler's fault, admitting that she bombed the first Couric interview but the handler's made her go back for more. She's saying Caroline Kennedy is getting different treatment because she is in a different "class." Yeah right, Caroline is getting killed by the media right now. And my personal favorite, she said if she had run on the democratic ticket she would have been treated differently. What a goof.
There are much more important issues than gift giving.
This subject may be of interest to a child, but it has nothing to do with politics or issues that are important to adults. Who the heck cares whether Barack Obama believes in giving gifts? By definition, it was a rumor!
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1. A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.
2. Unverified information received from another.
I've been giving your question some thought
Webster defines socialism as "any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or government ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods".
Now, that being established, my sister gave my 6-year-old nephew this analogy after he said he'd vote for Barack because "he has a cool name." She said the kids in his class get prize tickets for doing homework, raising their hands, etc. She said to my nephew, now suppose you have 3 tickets and the girl next to you has 3 tickets, but the boy across from you doesn't have any tickets because he acts up and doesn't do his homework or whatever. Now suppose your teacher says to you and the girl beside you to each give 2 of your tickets to the boy that doesn't have any so you all have tickets. His response...Well, that's not fair. He didn't EARN any tickets.
If a first grader gets it, I don't see why the supposed adults in our society don't get it. So, kids, get ready to give away even more of what you have to those that don't have anything because they're here illegally or too lazy to work and have a gigantic sense of entitlement. After all, we have to be FAIR!!! Right?
and now they've found out all 3 candidates'
Reminds me a lot of LA hospital employees getting fired for snooping in Britney Spears' medical records. I don't know what exactly there is to snoop in passport records, but it's still a privacy breach.
It sounds like you've found an
employer like they ALL were in the "old days." In the 70s and 80s you would never ever have seen anyone complaining as they do on the company board and there is little doubt in my mind that all the complaints are well justified. My wish for you is that your company will be able to stay in business and compete with the greedy hoes in big business.
We've Found Bin Laden
Osama bin Laden may be hiding out in one of three walled compounds near the Pakistani border, according to scientists who've used satellites and geographic analysis in an attempt to pinpoint the fugitive terrorist's location.
University of California-Los Angeles researchers used nighttime satellite images and population-detection methods to target what they believe to be the 9/11 mastermind's hiding place - Parachinar, a town mere miles from the southern Pakistani border, according to USA Today.
The researchers took into consideration where bin Laden has been spotted and where he would likely frequent since he went underground in 2001, mapping out potential nearby lairs where the AL Qaeda leader could set up house.
The amount of available electricity and the population density of the areas bin Laden was likely to travel through were also a factor in the study's conclusions.
Geographer Thomas Gillespie, who led the UCLA research team, previously used similar techniques to locate endangered species and criminals. The bin Laden study was born out of a seminar Gillespie was teaching to undergraduates on how to use mapping techniques to solve real-life problems, USA Today reported.
Government officials told USA Today that Gillespie's conclusions could potentially hold weight once they are fleshed out and published in journal form.
"The combination of physical terrain, socio-cultural gravitational factors and the physical characteristic of structures are all important factors in developing an area limitation for terror suspects," John Goolgasian of the federal National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency told USA Today.
President Barack Obama has said on the campaign trail and in office that one of his main priorities in the White House will be to locate the terrorist leader.
"My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him," Obama told Katie Couric in a January interview.
Last week, Obama said that he would begin actions to disable al Qaeda activities in Afghanistan, though he did not have a precise timetable mapped out for action in the region.
"What I know is that I'm not going to allow al Qaeda and bin Laden to operate with impunity attacking the U.S.," Obama said on Feb. 9.
Palin, the candidate that just keeps giving and giving...
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But the Obamas don't have
to follow any rules. They are so arrogant and bitter that now that they are in power.....they are above the law. Thanks to all you who voted for him. He is doing a great job running our country even deeper in debt than Bush did. Great job Barry!
A birthday gift?
Interesting concept! I usually get to choose to whom I give gifts....
It's not low class to give a gift...(sm)
that was requested. I guess you ignored the other gift they gave her. Sounds to me like the Obamas did their homework. Maybe that's why the queen put her arm around Michelle and yet doesn't like to touch anyone else (reportedly).
Let's face it. You guys absolutely can't stand the fact that a democrat is in the White House and that he's doing an excellent job. Kind of makes the last guy look like Barney Fife.
Uh oh...what was that? Oh....that was just the Dow going up again today. 
Right, the Obamas getting out of a car, shaking
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And for those that think the Obamas give a
My, my, my...... dumping patients.......WOW.......... not the OBAMAS!!! Anything for a buck, huh?
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=573226
I guess because they/we fund it maybe? Not a birthday gift. nm
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Putin had just received the baby tigers as a gift.
Don't sweat the small stuff. The country is about to embark on a grim path which very well could include wandering bands of hungry ruthless thieves, heavily armed, raping and pillaging, and the young, old and weak will be their victims.
Do you realize the state of the situation? Do you realize the very real possibilities of the suffering in store for all of us because of fraud and blatent misconduct and mismanagement under the republican administration?
You Americans should feel fortunate to have this man stand up for you.
What is wrong with you people?
Nope, the ones coming out of Obamas mouth
At his rallies and on TV interviews -
- I quit smoking (he never did - people don't want a president that smokes so that is what he told people during his campaign)
- My father was a goatherder (his father was a privalaged well-educated youth who worked with the Kenyan Government).
- My father was a proud freedom fighter (his father was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments in Kenya).
- I never practiced Islam (he practiced it daily at his school in Indonesia where he was registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years until Michelle made him change it before running for office).
- My school in Indonesia was a Christian school (his school was Muslim and he was registered as Muslim and he even says in his book he got in trouble for making faces during Koranic studies).
- I was born in Hawaii (he was born in Kenya in a room with his grandmother, sister, and brother were there to witness the birth).
- I wrote a tough nuclear bill (his bill was rejected by his own democrat party).
- I am tough on Terrorism (he missed the Iran resolution vote on terrorism and his good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Islam).
- I don't have Lobbyists (he has over 47 Lobbyist and still counting)
- I inspire people with my words (he inspires people with other people's words).
I'l stop there. Plenty more though.
Maybe the Obamas care more about promoting the birth
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I read that the Obamas are reimbursing the government -
The article I read said that they would be reimbursing the government for the cost to fly commercial and for the travel and expenses that were incurred as personal expenses.
As a mom of 3, I think that is absolutely great, the gift of experience, fun adventure, and learning
There are many ways to "gift" a person! I think they are very wise and caring parents, just from what I observe from the outside.
anybody watching the Barbara Walters interview with the Obamas tonight? nm
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Tammy Bruce Calls The Obamas "Trash In The White House"
Tammy Bruce, guest host for Laura Ingram's radio show, had some harsh words for First Lady Michelle Obama.
Discussing the first lady's visit to a Washington D.C. classroom last week, Bruce incredulously recalled Obama's story about wanting to get A's in school and called out her use of a "weird, fake accent."
"That's what he's married to," Bruce said. "...You know what we've got? We've got trash in the White House. Trash is a thing that is colorblind, it can cross all eco-socionomic...categories. You can work on Wall Street, or you can work at the Wal-Mart. Trash, are people who use other people to get things, who patronize others, who consider you bitter and clingy..."
Tammy Bruce Calls The Obamas "Trash In The White House"
Tammy Bruce, guest host for Laura Ingram's radio show, had some harsh words for First Lady Michelle Obama.
Discussing the first lady's visit to a Washington D.C. classroom last week, Bruce incredulously recalled Obama's story about wanting to get A's in school and called out her use of a "weird, fake accent."
"That's what he's married to," Bruce said. "...You know what we've got? We've got trash in the White House. Trash is a thing that is colorblind, it can cross all eco-socionomic...categories. You can work on Wall Street, or you can work at the Wal-Mart. Trash, are people who use other people to get things, who patronize others, who consider you bitter and clingy..."
nope, y'all are sore democrat winners. Obamas are proven bigots and
they'll show their true colors again soon, not to worry.
what are you giving up?
What are some things that you and/or your family are giving up due to the high price of gas and now the rise in food prices? My family - just me and my husband now - buy 2 large packs of water at Sam's every 2 weeks and drink this, sometimes getting some crystal light or something to put in it. We eat a meal once a week and that's it. Needless to say - we are both losing weight. But to fill up his truck - that's $100 a week - even though he only works 3 days a week now - and I work at home - so I only go out twice a month - to a dr. appointment and then the second time to get the water.
I'm giving up
It is so hard to have a positive outlook on society anymore. I think I should have been born about 100 years ago. This country has no more morals, all people care about is political correctness and not stepping on anyone's toes. The God of this nation has been pushed out, and people want to know why kids are shooting each other. We have become so pompous we think we can take care of ourselves. I want to live in a time when women respected their bodies and didn't just give it up to anyone. Where rapist were few and far between because they would be hanged if caught. They couldn't wiggle their way out of the judicial system on a technicality. Where we didn't need welfare because neighbor helped neighbor and everyone worked hard and worked together. Where there wasn't an obesity problem because kids played outside from after school until "the street lamp came on". Where people knew God and had a relationship with him. Where "love thy neighbor" was not just a commandment, but an action.
At 22 years old, I wonder if there will be an USA when I'm 40? Is it possible for our nation to survive at the rapid rate of decline we are experiencing for 18 more years? I used to pray to Jesus to wait to come, knowing it was selfish, because I knew so many people who didn't know his love and were not saved, including my own parents, and it killed me to think that we may be separated eternally because of that. Now I just can't help but to pray that He comes soon. All these movies about a post apocalyptic United States don't seem so far fetched now, minus all the zombies that is. We have to wake up. We need to fall to our knees and beg God for forgiveness and beg him to come back to our nation. If you don't believe in Him or want to scoff at me for saying this, I am so sorry. I am so sorry that you do not know the love of Christ. I just hope you get to know Him before it's to late.
God help us.
Not particularly.....just giving
the board a good lookover before I go lie down.
Too many with no b*lls giving in to a few who believe
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For all those that think O is giving you a tax cut.....what
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You are giving her credit for something
she will NEVER do. She will never unite the party. She will only go on and on and on until it is impossible for a democrat to win this year, making McCain the president. All she wants is to be president, and if Obama gets in there, she will have to wait until 2016 when she'll be going on age 68. She doesn't care about the country or the democratic party. All she cares about is power, not about anything but HER and Bill. Sad, but the truth.
Um, excuse me, since when did giving
intelligent, well thought-out replies and giving one's opinion constitute bullying?
Gimme a break. Sam has every right to be here and she brings a lot to this board. Maybe if those who bash follow her lead in effective posting, the atmosphere here would be shall I say more of a good debate than a circus?
No, he's just giving them HOPE. Something that
Get used to it. She's the story that just keeps on giving
there will be plenty more where that comes from.
Why are you being so mean to everyone giving the O in Obama a bad name!
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I am giving him a chance and I
know that this isn't a quick fix. I'm realistic enough to know Obama cannot wave a magic wand and make this all go away. I'm just saying that for a man who hasnt' been pres for a whole week......he has made a lot of promises already with 2 already broken. I'm not trying to get a lynching mob together. I just want to stay informed of what my president and the government is doing because I refuse to just assume they are making the right decisions. Holy crap people.....seriously! Xanax....try some.
You mean too many with brains giving in.
There is a big difference between intelligence and lack of cahones.
I was just giving figures from what they said.
Dont' burn me for that.
No, the administrator is not giving me any information, nor would I ask. sm
I made a rejoiner when you once again accused me of something I didn't do (see above posts). Have you got all the meat off this bone yet!
Very sad. Our soldiers are giving their lives....sm
and they are coming home severly injured to less than adequate medical care after excellent care in the field, no psychological counseling, no support for their families, deplorable living conditions, and on and on. I believe this war is wrong but support the troops 100%. Disgraceful!
Okay, now those of who make $50,000 are giving to those who won't work
Every year at tax time, I have to pay more taxes, more taxes, more taxes. Every year at tax time, my friends and family members who make less than me get back these huge checks of 3, 4, and 5 thousand dollars because of earned income - did they earn that money? No, it is coming out of our checks to give to them. Can't ya'll see that is the way it works now, but it is not just the people with a lot of money giving it? It is us - the middle class!
First of all, there is nothing wrong with giving money...sm
to an organization to get out the vote. The trouble is there was no oversight by ACORN to ensure that the registrations to vote were legit.
Not ignorant, just giving a truism. nm
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I don't agree with not giving them the bailout.
I think part of the problem is that now the foreign car makers who have plants here want a piece of the pie if the big 3 get it. I think that's what is turning them off.
They should never have started this bailout crap. I was against it from the start. But do our lawmakers listen to us? Nope. They should have held a special election and let the people vote on it.
I think we need to start throwing out the guys who are not listening to their constiuents. A good wake up call might just straighten these jerks up.
Sorry, I don't feel like giving him a break.
He has trampled the Constitution, declared himself to be the "decider," started a war in a country that did nothing to provoke it, run this country into the ground while making his good friends on Wall Street richer. And let's not forget his "boss," D*ck Cheney. (Well I'll be danged, I had to take the "i" out of his name as when I went to submit the post it said it was a bad word.) LOL Bush had his chance at a "break." I gave him 2 thumbs up after his speech following 9/11 and he blew it and that was just the beginning of his blowing everything that he came in contact with. Sorry...Bush has already had his break from me and he gets no more. I'd be happy to buy him a 1 way bus ticket back to Texas myself....assuming Texas wants him, which I seriously doubt.
Obama I will give a break and if he doesn't hold up to what he has said he will do I'll be all over him like ugly on an ape all over this board and any other one I can find.
So giving tax breaks & loopholes to the
ultra-wealthy top few percent & the corporations, and incentives to offshore, (the republican way), thereby putting us in the economic crisis that we're in right now & during the Great Depression is really a great plan that works so well... NOT. It took a Democrat to un-do the republican mess during the Great Depression, and it's going to take a Democrat now to un-do Bush's economic nightmare he's created for us. Time and time again, every republican creates a recession and/or depression, and we have a thriving economy under Democrats, and I can understand corporations and ultra-rich people voting republican, but I have no respect for any working person who votes republican because they're just not bothering to pay attention. And thanks a lot for the Bush nightmare by the way.
She should be giving interview and she is most certainly is not "whining"
I don't agree with you on this one. I just watched different news stations and all say pretty much the same thing. They are saying at least she is not playing the victim like HC did with her phony crying episodes and the poor me they're picking on me because blah, blah, blah.
Gov. Palin should be giving interviews (just like Kerry and Edwards did after the last election). The public also deserves the right to know how she was treated. Whether you like her or not the truth is she was treated most unfairly and disrespectfully. She's not whining about it. In fact time and time again she has said she has a tough skin and you don't make it in politics by having a thin skin. You take the rolls with the punches and you just keep going. She said it takes a lot more than what has been dealt to her to make her want to quit. You can't let yourself get beaten down. Did she do well during the Couric interview? No she did not. I heard a news reporter on MSNBC say afterward that to be totally fair you could see she was quite nervous. Were there questions she should have known the answer to, you bet there was, but in all fairness she should have never agreed to be interviewed by Katie Couric, who was most definitely one out to destroy her. There are plenty of reporters who are fair that could have treated her respectfully. Katie Couric did not and Katie Couric even admitted to meeting with someone to "bone up" on how to make an interviewee look bad. Did the news media treat her unfairly through the election. Most certainly. And they are still doing it. Did they treat the democrat woman (HC) differently than the republican woman (SP) you bet. I watched it every day. Is Caroline Kennedy being treated differently, My gosh do you even have to ask that question? Caroline Kennedy (whom the media is calling Princess Caroline) is being treated like royalty by the media. I don't know why because the Kennedy's are not royalty. But the media has always treated them that way. We all know that if Gov. Palin was running on the democrat ticket she would have been treated with grace and dignity. The media is in love with the democratic party and have wanted to destroy the republicans for a long time (Olberman, Maddow, Matthews, CNN, etc). They had their hay-day and had a blast doing it, while at the same time poo-pooing the poor me, everyone is picking on us routine. I think it's time America deserved the truth. I'm not saying the media lost the election for the republicans because they didn't. John McCain/GOP did that all by themselves himself (and without the help of Sarah Palin). But the media's love affair with Barack and the democrats were so blatanly obvious it was sickening. I watched the interviews. Never did I see Barack or Hillary get the kind of questions they gave to McCain and Palin and it was so obvious after awhile I just lost interest. Which by the way it was interesting to see the media never interviewed Biden or covered him the way they did Palin. The news media knew not to interview the next VP because he would certainly say something that would screw up their chances, but yet they went after the republican VP candidate. So once again another display of how unfairly the media treated certain people.
I will most definitely watch the interview. I think Sarah Palin is a fine person and I hope to see more of her, but in honesty after what the political rape of Sarah Palin and what the media and public has done to her and her family I wouldn't blame her not going through the witch hunt/inquisition again.
Well, giving Obama an 80% approval before
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The thing is you're not giving him
I agree, we were brutally raped by the last adminstration and I am also wary, but for crying out loud, you are making these statements after less than a week in office. You can't justify that by saying you're "keeping an eye" on the government? If that statement is true, then you have to give the man a REASONABLE amount of time to implement his agenda. The engine hasn't even cooled down on the moving trucks yet. Don't be unrealistic, you lose credibility that way.
I don't think giving NASA more money
or increasing WELFARE or "honey bee insurance" creates job. None of these items belong in a stimulus package. It belongs in a BUDGET, not STIMULUS.
That's what some people can't understand. There are over 600 pages in this package and hardly anything helps the people.
You are giving the Republicans WAY too much credit.. sm
Clinton was the one who started the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac fiasco by "helping" folks who couldn't afford a house to have one. Bush called for reforming FM/FM, but the Democrats fought him down on that one, with Barney Frank leading the charge saying that they were not in trouble.
Now with Obama leading the way to financial disaster for the US with his frantic spending, you just can't lay this all at the door of the Republicans.
Personally, I think both parties are flawed and there needs to be a thorough housecleaning, starting at the top, but I don't know if there is anyone left in this country, even T. Boone Pickens or H. Ross Perot, who could straighten this mess out.
Let me say that I hate giving up my money too, but -
I agree with the OP. I feel like everyone is getting really mad about it and all along nobody has been saying anything or doing anything, but now that Obama is President everyone is fussing like it is something he just started.
I hate turning over 25% of my check to somebody I don't know every week... I hate the fact that I bust my butt and barely get by and my friends have it great because they get EIC of 6000-7000 a year and no money held out of their check for taxes during the year, therefore making their $10 an hour equal to/or surpassing my $20 an hour.
I hate that we pay thousands of dollars every month to schools to teach our chidren and the teachers are not teaching them and are making $50-75,000 a year for doing not much more than babysitting! I hate that we have 6 teachers in our small county that they made them a job because they had money to spend and all they do is go to workshops to come back and tell the other teachers what they should be doing - that they never do.
I hate that we are using schools as babysitters for handicapped children who cannot learn in any way and yet they are "entitled" to an education, and therefore that money cannot be spent on things that the other children need... I'm sorry if that steps on some toes, but school is not the place for some of these kids that get sent there. If you want specific examples of the children I am talking about - God love them - I will provide them to you. If a child can learn even basics, then I say send him to school and let him learn as much as he can to help his/her, but a child who is deaf, blind, severely mentally retarded, has constant seizures, wears diapers at 10 years old, and has to be restrained into a wheelchair and by law has to have 2 paraprofessionals assigned to just them all day does not belong in a public school. Don't you think that is wasting our tax money?
I hate that I am killing myself to pay taxes and the politicians are not paying them and nobody is doing a darn thing about it...
Want me to go on about the things I hate - I am just like you all. I just think you are mad at the wrong people.
If a program is in place and you meet the guidelines to utilize the program, I don't blame anybody for using it. I don't care what it is. Lots of people have paid into the system and are just getting back some of what they are entitled to. Believe me, right now, if I could get foodstamps, I would be right there getting them; at least that way I would be able to stay in my home and not have to worry each month about where my rent is coming from.
you are the kind giving Christians a bad name
How hypocritical can you be? This is not God's work and any Christian would know it.
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