OMG this is BIG! ...... this is a must read ..... breaking headline tonight on Fox News.

[Botany]

Please sit down before you read this shocker.

The President and his family plan to take a vacation this month.

I just saw this stunning news when I surfed two channels over when Lawrence O'Donnell went to a break.

[millennialmax]

1. THE HORROR... it'll probably cost at least 3 TRILLION!

[ZombieHorde]

2. The camel just received the final straw. nt

[VanillaRhapsody]

3. 3 Trillion?

ppppppfffffttttt....that was last years vacation budget...

"He will probably spend a whole GoZillion this year Y'all!"

[pinboy3niner]

6. Worse than that--this one will cost BRAZILLIONS!1!! nt

[B Calm]

20. I can see it now, Obama takes the entire sixth fleet to protect him while on vacation.

[VanillaRhapsody]

28. Not to mention the 82nd Airborne!

[Gman]

4. The difference is

When this president goes on vacation on August, bad things font happen in September.

[antigop]

5. Vacation? What's a vacation? nt

[TheDebbieDee]

7. The First Family - showing themselves to be history's greatest monsters!

ETA: for DU members with no clue what-so-ever............

[Warren Stupidity]

9. I just served on a jury for your post.

Somebody doesn't do sarcasm.

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[AmyStrange]

22. I always thought "OMG" was internet code for "SARCASM ALERT"?

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What exactly am I missing here?

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ETA (Edited To Add): "a" to "always" in the title
-ALSO: "was" to the title

[AmyStrange]

23. Shouldn't "Fox News" have been the tipoff too?

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they must be letting anyone in the front gate now a days?

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[Socal31]

11. Fail alert

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[Bjorn Against]

13. Someone actually thinks DebbieDee should be banned for this post?

I bet juror number 3 is furious at Jonathan Swift for being a baby eating cannibal.

[Cha]

32. Juror #3 really doesn't get you, TDD. No, Don't ban

her! rofl!

lol.. what if it were hidden.. then we'd have to get a re-trail.

[Politicalboi]

8. A Brazilillion dollars!

I heard Obama is taking Rev Wright with him. "God Damn America".

[mick063]

10. Recess!

Link

Why does Congress get so much vacation?

By Christopher Beam|Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at 7:11 PM

Unless Nancy Pelosi says otherwise, Congress will break for its annual recess on Aug. 3 and return Sept. 4. Lawmakers already enjoyed weeklong breaks this year in February and May, plus a two-week hiatus in April. Why does Congress get so much vacation?


To meet with constituents. Members of Congress don't like to think of themselves as on vacation, which is why they call their recesses "work breaks" or "home-district periods" rather than "time off." Depending on how safe their seat is—and the proximity of the next election—members will probably spend some portion of the recess attending town halls, meeting with community leaders, or visiting local haunts like barbershops to take their district's temperature. But they're free to do as they please—like stay in Washington, D.C., travel abroad with congressional delegations, or work on a tan.

Leaders of both parties meet at the beginning of each year to set a work schedule, which Congress must then approve. Members typically take a week or two for major holidays—Easter, July 4, Memorial Day—plus the month of August. Leaders also set a target date for adjournment—this year, they're shooting for Oct. 30—but Congress often works into December. (The target adjournment date is earlier during election years to allow time for campaigning.) Members then have time off until the next session begins on Jan. 3. This year, Congress is scheduled to be in session just 137 days.

more.................

[pkdu]

12. You do know Nancy Pelosi doesn't run H.O.R anymore , right? Nt

[mick063]

14. So a snapshot in time.

Who cares? You can click the camera at any point in recent history, regardless of who heads what, and you get the same picture.

I wasn't selective. I didn't "pick and choose". I picked a random article about Congressional recess. A random sample.

If Nancy happens to be in it, I could care less.

Do me a favor and find one that implicates the GOP house. No doubt there is one just as bad or worse.

Perhaps I make a better point by not making it partisan. Perhaps I can even persuade people from the opposite side to agree that the issue of Congress not reporting for work needs to be addressed.

[Left Coast2020]

15. Well, I'm not that upset at this news.....

I am at ease knowing he won't be clearing brush for an entire month.

[VanillaRhapsody]

30. Faux brush at that!

[Autumn]

16. Got no problem with that , unless

Obama goes to Texas to clear brush. Then I'm gonna get worried.

[Jamaal510]

17. About a year ago,

when I just happened to tune into Megyn Kelly's show, there was an alert going on at the bottom of the screen "Breaking News", and then they showed him at the golf course. What a joke that was! It's always funny how they and their minions willfully ignore the fact that Bush ll had roughly twice the # of vacation days at this point in his presidency, while attacking Obama for resting.

[kestrel91316]

18. The nerve of those uppity people.

[Rex]

19. Ya Congress is running off for 5 weeks?

How did they get an extra week? What did they do different than try and repeal the ACA for the 40th time?

And they get time off?

Congress?

Oh, the FF, have fun!

Fuck Foxnews.

[AmyStrange]

21. Crap! I had October in my office pool...

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so what if I'm the only one in my office. I still lost.

Double Crap! I had December too...

Thank you for the smile Botany,

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[Chipper Chat]

24. Does Michelle Bachmann know about this yet?

Her head will explode.
(Notice I didn't say her BRAIN would explode)

[Freddie]

25. Cue the outrage on FB

Arggh!
Hope POTUS has a wonderful time on a well-deserved vacation.

[Zambero]

26. Mecca or Kenya?

[Link Speed]

27. Some place with no extradition treaty

Then we can turn it over to that policeman in PA.

Or Ted Cruz...

Or, oh, hell, I don't know...



I do not know how to do the sarcasm thing.

[Chan790]

29. Geez, again.

This guy's gone on more vacations than anybody since...oh, the last guy...and the one before that...and the President before that. This guy needs to start using his vacay time...not taking scheduled vacation time harms employee morale.

[aaronsmith]

31. Thanks

Thanks

[Rhiannon12866]

33. Thank you so much for posting this!

I haven't seen the news yet today and would have missed this!

[Left Coast2020]

34. I think he may need another 4 years....

....and another Congress to go with it. Ya know, just like the "value meal deal". Just thinking out loud.

[Rhiannon12866]

35. Another Congress sounds like the best idea.

The more I hear, the more I wonder who could possibly vote for some of these nut jobs!