Ah, the rigors of being the First Lady, it's enough to just flat wear your big ass out. So it is then with the economy very firmly on its knees, thanks to her husband, and many American families now in the position of having to forgo their annual vacations, again because of her husband, we once again have our esteemed First Lady out there enjoying vacation number 16 and all since her husband first came into office. Barely a month after returning from a rather luxurious Christmas break in Hawaii, we find Mrs. Barry on holiday once again, her destination of choice this time is the rather exclusive Colorado ski resort of Aspen. Mrs. Barry "Almighty" is spending Presidents' Day weekend in the upscale resort with her daughters, Sasha and Malia, and was seen hitting the slopes on Saturday. The Secret Service have been in town for the past few days scoping out safe places for the family to "relax." Yup, it's good to be Queen and to be able to enjoy all of the fringe benefits that goes with the title. A good gig if you can get it.
Pitkin County Sheriff, some fella named Joe DiSalvo, confirmed Mrs. Barry had arrived Friday afternoon, saying, 'it's a privilege to have the first lady here.' He told the Aspen Daily News he met with Secret Service officers and has placed seven of his deputies at the service of the First Family. A privilege? The Sheriff must be a Democrat. Anyway, Mrs. Barry and kids are staying at the home of Jim and Paula Crown, owners of the Aspen Skiing Co, the Daily News reported. Last year Mrs. Barry gave a little speech at their home, in front of roughly 150 supporters. Each attendee coughed up between $1,000 and $10,000 to attend the little soiree, that was essentially a joint fundraiser for the DNC and Barry’s 2012 presidential campaign. The holiday is not the first time the first girls have been on skis. Their first attempt came in Feb 2010 when she took the girls to Liberty Mountain Resort, in Carroll Valley, Pa. just is 60 minutes from the White House. This time around I guess a more exotic, as well as more costly, locale was required.
Also, it was just last year that Mrs. Barry took the kids to Vail and Beaver Creek on a Presidents' Day break, just days after Barry "Almighty" tried to peddle his cost-cutting budget to the American people by asking them to stay at home. 'If you’re a family trying to cut back, you might skip going out to dinner, or you might put off a vacation,’ he said. Once again while Barry returned to the White House after a fundraising trip to West Coast, the rest of his family headed to Colorado, rather than visiting slopes closer to Washington in Virginia or Pennsylvania. Their trip came despite previous criticisms over the family's extravagant vacations, including a trip last summer to Martha's Vineyeard where the family rented a farm estate for around $50,000 a week Mrs. Barry also raised eyebrows when for the second year in a row she left earlier than her husband for their annual Christmas holiday in Hawaii, incurring additional expenses of an estimated $100,000. That little 17 day holiday is estimated to have cost taxpayers $4 Million.
I can only assume that our illustrious First Lady is a very firm believer in that old adage, "There's no such thing as taking too many vacations, especially when they are all on somebody else's dime." These people, Barry "Almighty" and family, are the epitome of the Democrat Party, in that they firmly believe why spend your own money when you can spend someone else's. I guess what they expect from us is the we take some level of solace in the fact that at least someone gets to on a vacation, or perhaps they expect the rest of us to somehow be satisfied with living vicariously through them as they go on one exotic vacation after another. Personally I like to enjoy my vacations in the first person, not by trying to enjoy myself by watching others enjoy themselves while at some resort I'll never make it to because I may no longer be employed. And can you possibly image the uproar if we ever had a Republican president who had chalked up 16 vacations in the span of less than 3 years? There would be calls for impeachment coming from any number of Democrats as well as the state-controlled media.
THE FIRST LADY OF LUXURY TRAVEL: SOME OF HER MORE COSTLY TRIPS
SPAIN: AUGUST 2010
Mrs. Barry "Almighty" and 40 of her friends paid for personal expenses, such as hotels and meals themselves.
But the U.S. taxpayer would have paid for the 68-strong security detail, personal staff and use of presidential jet Air Force Two.
Payment for the secret service team ran at around $281 each - nearly $98,000 for the duration of the summer break.
Use of Air Force Two comes in at $149,900 for the round trip, not including time on the ground.
Mrs. Barry's personal staff, of which there were an unknown number, should also be taken into account
HAWAII: DECEMBER 2010
According to the Hawaii Reporter the costs were:
$63,000 on an early flight bringing Mrs. Barry and the children to Hawaii ahead of our "Dear Beloved Leader"
$1,000,000 on Barry’s return trip from Washington on Air Force One
$16,000 to rent nearby homes for Secret Service and Navy Seals
$134,000 for 24 White House staff to stay at the Moana Hotel
$251,000 in police overtime
$10,000 for an ambulance to be on hand at all times
SKI TRIP TO VAIL: FEBRUARY 2011
Mrs. Barry and the kids stayed at the Sebastian hotel on Vail Mountain, where rooms cost more than $2,400 for multi-bedroom suites.
The family appear to have flown there on Air Force Two.
They were escorted to the resort by about a dozen vehicles, including 15 state and local law enforcement officers.
MARTHA'S VINEYARD: AUGUST 2011
The Blue Heron Farm estate, where the Barry "Almighty" family stayed, rents for about $50,000 a week.
Mrs. Barry and the kids flew to the estate just hours before the president to make the most of the holiday - again, incurring extra flight costs.
According to U.S. News and World Report, the Coast Guard was required to keep ships floating near the property. The presidential helicopter and jet remain at the ready and security agents will be on 24-hour duty.
HAWAII: DECEMBER 2011
According to the Hawaii Reporter the costs were:
$63,000 on an early flight bringing Mrs. Barry and the children to Hawaii ahead of the President but add security and personnel for a total of about $100,000
$3,271,622 on Barry’s return trip from Washington on Air Force One
$151,200 to rent nearby homes for Secret Service and Navy Seals
$72,216 for 24 White House staff to stay at the Moana Hotel
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