Malia Obama (and your tax dollars) are headed to Mexico for Spring Break
** Parts of the Telegraph snippet have been redacted/reworded to eliminate references to exact locations. While the story itself is notable, the locations and places are not, and can serve to put national interests in danger. While we object to the use of taxpayer dollars, at this time, in this manner, the safety of Malia Obama is incredibly important. **
Spring Break is a right of passage for any teenage girl, though most of them usually wait until they’ve been able to practice binge drinking for several years before attempting to do it in a foreign country where the possibility of being kidnapped by drug dealers is high. Obviously most parents either aren’t fully aware of the consequences of allowing their daughters to bring a suitcase full of string bikinis and enough funnels for a fraternity beer bong festival, or they understand they’re powerless to stop it, which is why, even in the era of cell phone cameras, this tradition has continued.
Luckily for 13-year-old Malia Obama, her father is the President and able to call into duty 25 Secret Service agents, a good deal of the Mexican police forces and probably an unidentified number of government “contractors” to protect her as she bops around Mexico on her school break.
The US President’s 13-year-old daughter Malia is staying at a downtown hotel in the city famous for its colonial architecture and well-preserved native American traditions, an official said.
“We are here to block access to the hotel by other people and escort the vehicles that are carrying the visitors to tourism sites,” the police official told AFP under the condition of anonymity.
Malia Obama and her friend are guarded by the Secret Service agents as well as Mexican police, the official noted.
Back in the day, when I first started politics, Presidential daughters were patriotic. They fell drunk out of bars in America. None of this going abroad to escape their families and force government employees to work overtime at all-inclusive resorts. Now its all “world history” and “touring” and sh*t. Now, its nice that we’ve provided these girls with the kinds of travel opportunities most kids who attend public schools only dream of, but can we get back to spending our tax dollars on things we all can appreciate, like pennies with giant faces on them and public art?
Or, you know, keep more of my own money so that I can take a trip to a foreign country where I can drink outside with breakfast and its not awkward for my neighbors.
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She is NOT on vacation with her friends she is on a class trip. The Obama children attend a school that regularly offers their students the opportunity to travel abroad during Spring and Winter break. Additionally there are several dignitaries whose children attend the same school and have secret service agents assigned to them, so those 25 agents are not assigned solely to the President’s daughter.
Her parents, who were gainfully employed prior to 2008, paid for the trip and she’ll be earning community service hours while she’s away. BTW I don’t see any mention of the parents and teachers that ARE also on this trip.
My son and several of his classmates from a local public school will be going to Japan on a class trip! What is the big deal?
There’s no independent confirmation of any of this, either with the reporter who did the story, or Huffington Post, which reported it. Secret Service, as you should know, are not assigned to protect dignitaries or their children. If they are children of an ambassador, they receive Marine Special Guards, but all others would likely be required to provide private security if the school/group does not.
Additionally, I think its incredibly reckless to send a Presidential daughter into a country where we are currently handling a horrific arms-for-drugs situation. But that parts not my call.
So, how many armored vehicles did your kids have with them? Malia has three. Will the Secret Service be traveling with your kid to Japan? (snort)
I feel that this is a waste of tax payer monies. There are people starving in this country. You mean to tell me that a class trip would hire 25 secret service guards to protect the class? C.mon now. They have the benefit of our tax money at this exclusive school she attends. Again, total disregard for the US economy. Make sure the kid get’s a spectacular spring break while the average american can’t afford the gas to get to work! Disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!
This infuriates me – don’t know how other’s feel but it is a disgrace with the US economy the way it is!
WHATS THE BIG DEAL!!!!! SERIOUSLY?
FRED THE COST IS THE BIG DEAL! THIS IS MORE MONEY THAN MOST PEOPLE EARN IN A YEAR. I BELIEVE YOU DRANK THE COOLADE AND DO NOT HAVE A CLUE FRED! TAXPAYERS AGAIN HOLD THE BAG.
The Big Deal is that the pay and transpo for the Secret Service comes from the taxpayers, not the Obamas’ pockets. Check the open government financial records for previous presidential families.
We have families out of work and starving in America and Malia’s daddy wants to be re-elected while using tax dollars for his daughter’s fun trips and his wife’s vacays to Spain with their friends. Vote Obama out!
What’s the big deal you say will out here in California everyday someone is sleeping in their cars or van. No jobs and the White House is enjoying themselves on taxpayers money and we are getting screw. Mexico is safe as long as the secret service is getting pay by taxpayers dollars. So “What Is The Big Deal” 7th grader doesn’t need to be traveling outside of the US there are a lot places here in this country. Voters vote for a “President” who is to be taking care of the American People. Voters didn’t vote for his family to be taking vacations every time you turn around. Also, was the secret service with Mrs. Obama on the Dave Letterman Show? More waste in spending tax dollars and not even trying to get the American People jobs and off the street. What happen to the big speech about the “Change is Coming” I don’t see any “Change is Coming” I see “Daisyland” fun time in the White House….
You must be her mother
WHAT school would send 13yr old kids to a country with a travel warning?????
My daughter’s school trip to Washington DC was cancelled in the spring of 2002 because of a travel warning to D.C. Nice try trying to stick up for the pres.
FYI – Mexico is currently on the US Department of State’s Travel Warning List:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_5665.html
It’s totally irresponsible of the president to send a political target into area where she could be kidnapped or worse. And whatever happen to buying American?
BTW – A kidnapper only has to be right once – the Secret Service has to be right all the time.
Actually, DHS just issued a warning to college students not to go on Spring Break in Mexico because the threat level was too high.
The theory that this might be a school trip seems to hold up, since Sidwell isn’t on break until next week/week after. But seriously. This is a little parallel universe-y, considering I could probably take a vacation for less than the cost of security.
That poor girl…
http://theybf.com/2012/03/19/ybf-kids-russell-simmons-takes-ming-aoki-on-swanky-shopping-spreemalia-obama-spring-break
Yeah, I mean seriously. We pay for the 15 Secret Service people. We pay for the jet that takes them there and brings them home.
And how many 7th graders do you know who even think about having a spring break?
7th graders going to Mexico on the backs of the American Taxpayer is this a joke. There are people living in their cars and sleeping on the street. “Rose” What do you MEAN this is not a vacation? When I was in school our class trip were taken locally in the same State, same area and inside the United States, plus came back home the same day. If this for a school trip then let the school pay for the secret service and the fuel for the plane. “I DON’T ENJOY SLEEPING IN MY CAR AND IN PARKING LOTS.
Hello, is there anybody with some “Common Sense” in the White House or on Capitol Hill? People are losing their homes, jobs and health care who is taking care of the American People.. You know it must be nice to be the President and First Family to get into office and be able to take a vacations, vacations, vacations:
The Obama Vacation List
– President’s Day 2012, Michelle and the first daughters in Aspen, Colorado to ski.
– Christmas 2011, the first family in Hawaii for an extended vacation.
– Summer 2011, in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., for the annual beach break.
– June 2011, the first lady, her mother and daughters traveled to South Africa and Botswana.
– President’s Day 2011, the first lady and first daughters travel to Vail to ski.
– Christmas 2010, in Hawaii.
– August 2010, the first family traveled to Panama City Beach, Fla., for some sun and fun at the beach.
– August 2010, Obama spent the weekend alone in Chicago for his 49th birthday bash.
– August 2010, the first lady and daughter Sasha traveled to Spain for a mother-daughter vacation.
– August 2010, summer vacation again at Martha’s Vineyard.
– July 2010, the first family went to Mount Desert Island, Maine.
– May 2010, the first family had a four-day trip to Chicago.
– March 2010, first lady and daughter spend Spring Break in New York City.
– Christmas 2009, Hawaii again for the annual break.
– August 2009, at Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon for a short vacation.
– August 2009, their first summer vacation as first family at Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.
Life is hard being the President and for his Family.
As of Aug. of last year, President Obama has taken 61 vacation days after 31 months in office. At this point in their presidencies, George W. Bush had spent 180 days vacationing. Ronald Reagan had taken 112 vacation days at his ranch. You complain about his days when Bush had taken triple by this time and Reagan double, but hey its just ignorance you don’t know any better.
Among recent presidents, Bill Clinton took the least time off — 28 days.
So yeah it is hard when you have people like you who don’t know what they are talking about.
Lets hope she does not get shot with any of those guns her daddy and his DOJ let walk across the border.
lets hope you don’t either. and btw that was the ATF that let the guns through back in 2010, all hired under the Bush Administration It began in 2006, under the name operation wide reciever, but hey Bush screwed up SO much its not like you can keep track of everything so its ok, you don’t know what you’e talking about.
If the President’s daughter is a potential terrorist target I would never let my child go on that trip!
What is the problem?
Government leaders have always lived better than the common citizenry, from the time of the first really big, strong caveman all the way through Saddam Hussein. Just because Hitler, Staling and Mao Tse-Tung just enjoyed having power over other people more than they enjoyed luxury, doesn’t mean that all heads of state shouldn’t live a life of luxury. What else would cause the peasantry to have dreams of a better existence?
If it hadn’t been for those radicals in the 18th century like Washington, Jefferson, Adams and Madison coming up with their obnoxious idea of a Constitutional Republic, nobody today would even think twice about the privileges of kings, czars and emperors.
Fortunately our current President knows a better way, and we will become more like Saudi Arabia if we just give him another four years.
While most Americans are struggling to fill the gas tanks its good to see the Obama’s unaffected by his “green” energy policies.
Wish I could just keep my tax money. I hate where it gets spent. I could use alittle extra since gas is so high.
The Secret Service would still be getting paid, even if they were just sitting around in D. C. Might as well have they doing something… It isn’t like they are hired just for this trip and then ‘let go’… The protection would be the same if the went to a US city…
They would be doing more important things then taking care of a 13 year old
What is to disgusting about another struggling taxpayer vacation being taken by the Obama’s is that Americans struggle just to put food on the table and gas in their cars. Furthermore, a thirteen year old shouldn’t be traveling to Mexico when there is a government warning to stay out of Mexico. Shame on the Obamas!
Did they travel to Mexico in electric cars?
Bad comparison of vacation days. The deal with Obamas is everything is lavish. Yes, Bush went to Crawford where he maintained an office. When compairing costs to taxpayers, do you really think the cost of Bush going to Crawford — his own property and not lavish hotels or sites — is anywhere near the cost of Obama vacations? Check it out. The point is the cost and not the number of days out of the White House. Again, Bush has an office. Yes, Obama has access but, face it, he is on vacation, Michelle is much worse. Lavish spending – in some cases calling it “business”. African trip was also a vacation with daughters listed as “official dignitaries.”
The problem is they are always on vacation. Two months ago they went on vacation. We have to pay for all the security. How many vacations do the rest of us get? Some people in this country never go on vacation, because they have to pay for gas, food and utilities.