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  • dean2182

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    ----- Original Message -----



    From the Canada Free Press :
    First Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants
    July 7, 2009


    Written by Dr. Paul L. Williams


    "In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to
    give back to this country that has given me so much,"
    she said. "See, that's why I left a job at a big
    law firm for a career in public service, "... Michelle
    Obama

    No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First
    Lady and she doesn't perform any official duties. But
    this hasn't deterred her from hiring an unprecedented
    number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy
    her every request in the midst of the Great Recession.
    Just think, Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china
    for the White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower
    had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husband's salary.


    Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers:

    Mamie Eisenhower : 1 paid for personally out of President's salary
    Jackie Kennedy: 1
    Roseline Carter: 1
    Barbara Bush: 1
    Hilary Clinton: 3
    Laura Bush: 1
    Michele Obama: 22

    How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of
    millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning
    less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart
    or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and
    then come to realize that the benefit package for these
    servants of Ms Michelle are the same as members of the
    national security and defense departments and the bill for
    these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public:
    Michele Obama's personal staff:

    1. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
    2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the
    President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First
    Lady)
    3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the
    President and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
    4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to
    the President and Director of Communications for the First
    Lady)
    5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the
    President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
    6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy
    Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
    7. $84,000 - Lel yveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press
    Secretary to the First Lady)
    8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling
    and Advance for the First Lady)
    9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy
    and Projects for the First Lady)
    10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
    11. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and
    > Deputy Social Secretary)
    > 12. $62,000 - Goodman,
    > Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events
    > Coordinator For The First Lady)
    > 13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance
    > and Trip Director for the First Lady)
    > 14. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and
    > Personal Aide to the First Lady)
    > 15.. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and
    > Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
    > 16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for
    > Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
    > 17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of
    > Correspondence For The First Lady)
    > 18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samanth a (Deputy Associate Director,
    > Social Office)
    > 19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to
    > the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
    > 20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the
    > Social Secretary)
    > 21. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
    > 22. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate
    > Director of
    > Correspondence for the First Lady)
    > (total = $1,591,200 in annual
    > salaries)

    > There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time
    > who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties
    > are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life.
    > One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense..
    >
    > Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid
    > Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny
    > Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to
    > Europe .
    >
    > Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press.Com
    >
    canadafreepress..com/index.php/article/12652 <http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652>
    >
    > Yes, I know, The Canadian Free Press
    > had to publish this perhaps because America no
    longer has a free press and the USA media is too scared
    that they might be considered racist or suffer at the hands
    of Obama. Sorry America !
    >
    > SICKENING.........ISN'T
    > IT?




    This has nothing to do with race but has to do with greed,egotism,
    and spending of over $1,000,000 PER YEAR in personal salaries
    by the first lady in a time of severe financial problems in the U.S.
    This is amazing!!
     

    BloodEclipse

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    In the trenches for liberty!
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    How dare you question the Queen's needs. :)
     

    JD31

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    You guys are missing the point. These are jobs "created or saved." Relax, it is all part of the plan.
     

    lashicoN

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    I fully understand everyone's frustration when we see figures like that...wow. Especially the number of staffers compared to previous first ladies, but come on, an ape? How typical is that? Your guys' confederate flag underwear is showing a little.

    Plus, what is everyone's fascination with her "ugliness"? I mean, have you ever seen a first lady? Google image search "Hot chick". I doubt you'll find Barbara Bush on any of the 20 billion search results.
     

    theweakerbrother

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    Especially the number of staffers compared to previous first ladies, but come on, an ape? How typical is that? Your guys' confederate flag underwear is showing a little.

    Does the left show their confederate flag underwear when everyone was laughing at photoshopped pictures of George W. Bush as an ape on the Daily Show and other forms of media? :dunno:
     

    lashicoN

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    I don't have a problem with people making fun of other people, especially politicians and "wannabe" politicians. But to say a black woman looks like an ape is just tired and recycled. I don't see what you mean about George W. Bush though...he's a white guy from Texas. I haven't heard the clan or southern racists ever comparing a white Texan to an ape, so I'll say no, the Daily Show probably didn't have confederate flag underwear on that day. Luckily for all of us, my opinion doesn't really matter and we can all be very thankful for the first Amendment.
     

    rambone

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    I don't have a problem with people making fun of other people, especially politicians and "wannabe" politicians. But to say a black woman looks like an ape is just tired and recycled. I don't see what you mean about George W. Bush though...he's a white guy from Texas. I haven't heard the clan or southern racists ever comparing a white Texan to an ape, so I'll say no, the Daily Show probably didn't have confederate flag underwear on that day. Luckily for all of us, my opinion doesn't really matter and we can all be very thankful for the first Amendment.


    :orly:

    There was nothing tired and recycled about the exact same joke when it was referring to previous presidents? No southern white person joined in the name-calling against Bush? It is okay to make fun of people, except when they are black?

    Is the "clan" still around? I would have put them out of my mind by now, if it weren't for people constantly equating my race to their deranged views. Anyone who disagrees with Obama or thinks his wife is unattractive must be a supporter of the KKK or must fly Confederate flags. Thanks for perpetuating racism against white people. You forgot to say "Welcome to Amerikkka."

    These pictures should ease your mind about the joke about Lady Michelle.





















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    jedi

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    Can someone tell me why the chimp (the animal) is used to represent past/current US presidents? Is it that the chimp is smartter than the president? Or that they are trying to insult the president by comparing him to an animal?

    :dunno: and have always wondered since chimps from what I have read are very smart animals probably the smartest of all animals after man.

    Thanks
     

    lashicoN

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    :orly:

    There was nothing tired and recycled about the exact same joke when it was referring to previous presidents? No southern white person joined in the name-calling against Bush? It is okay to make fun of people, except when they are black?

    Is the "clan" still around? I would have put them out of my mind by now, if it weren't for people constantly equating my race to their deranged views. Anyone who disagrees with Obama or thinks his wife is unattractive must be a supporter of the KKK or must fly Confederate flags. Thanks for perpetuating racism against white people. You forgot to say "Welcome to Amerikkka."

    These pictures should ease your mind about the joke about Lady Michelle.



    Wow. That's a huge collection of W. Bush monkey pictures. First off, I'm not a black person, but I have the common sense and historical sense to know that in the United States, calling a black woman a monkey and calling a white Texan man a monkey are not the same thing. I never said no one from the South called W. a monkey, simply that it wasn't the same thing. I'm guessing the "clan" is still around. It died down once, stayed small, and resurrected. I'm pretty certain there are little private meetings going on discussing "them dirty apes in the white house" and what they can do about it. Perhaps not the "clan", but some group that shares their blind stupidity. I don't believe someone who thinks she is unattractive is a racist, that is not what was said, at all. What was said was that she looked like a monkey.

    I guess my main point is just that it was a stupid joke...if it was a joke, and had nothing to do with the post. We have, or are supposed to have the unabridged freedom of speech, so say whatever you want. But the article was about her staff and how much we're spending on her because of it. What does that have to do with her "looking like a monkey"? Now, my comments have nothing to do with the post either, so I guess that's all I've got.
     

    BloodEclipse

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    I have the common sense and historical sense to know that in the United States, calling a black woman a monkey and calling a white Texan man a monkey are not the same thing.

    That would make you a racist. You see the difference because it is what you have been taught. This is America, we are all supposed to be Equal, not some more equal than others. So if I call any American a monkey it carries no more or no less weight than another. If you see racisism it's because you feel we are not equal in some way. That belief is racist.
     

    5.56'aholic

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    Blood, you hit the nail on the head. Racism is racism, pure and simple. If it is ok for one, then it is ok for another.

    Besides, didn't we all come form monkeys anyway according to scientists?

    Quote for Randal in ClerksII, "It's OK, I'm taking it back!"
     

    lashicoN

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    "This is America, we are all supposed to be Equal, not some more equal than others. So if I call any American a monkey it carries no more or no less weight than another."


    I honestly wish that were true. And I do see your point. None of us are monkeys, so why should it matter if some of us are called monkeys? I'm sticking to my guns here though, because, unfortunately, there are people in this country who actually believe black people aren't the same species as white people.
     
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    "This is America, we are all supposed to be Equal, not some more equal than others. So if I call any American a monkey it carries no more or no less weight than another."


    I honestly wish that were true. And I do see your point. None of us are monkeys, so why should it matter if some of us are called monkeys? I'm sticking to my guns here though, because, unfortunately, there are people in this country who actually believe black people aren't the same species as white people.
    Yep,even Abe Lincoln thought that way.
     
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