"his highness"? is that the official fox news "phrase of the day"? lol.

its easy to post nonsense here, and you prove it every time. :)

When reading post on here when, as soon as I see words like His Highness, or messiah etc, I stop reading and go to the next one. I know that the poster has has no ideas worth reading.

Funny..... I do the same thing when I see "Rush is your hero", "Faux News" and teabaggers........

except his "vacations" are still a lot of work, and presidents need some downtime from the most stressful job in the world. Economic cycles are long, what is the level of unemployment that it is acceptable to you to approve of the president taking a vacation? Dazzle us with your brilliance! :)

As usual, Vermonguy, you missed the point.

When the economy is in the toilet, Barry ought naught to be pissing OUR money away on vacations.

He is a public servant, nothing more and nothing less.

He needs to get his ass back to the white house and play basketball in the basement.

As usual, your post is stupid and full of whining.

When the economy is "in the toilet" (which of course means "someone I don't like is president"), whether he vacations or not won't affect it one bit in terms of the spending.

He is a public servant...just like other public servants..who take vacations. Your point? oh, that's right, you don't have one. lol.

He needs to get back to the white house and vacation there? lol, that would solve..what? oh, that's right, you don't have a point again.

your whole post was just a whine. and you avoided my question to dazzle us with your brilliance at what point the economy is good enough that you approve of a vacation? It appears you are able to whine, but not contribute anything. :)

Cockroach. Tell that to Congress, who barely made it back to vote on the tax issues at the end of December. Tell that to Congress, who still manage only to work a portion of the year. They are the ones who need to pass a budget, not the president of the USA.

that's the thing...presidents (unfairly) get credit for a good economy, and (unfairly) get blame for a bad one.

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Dubner and his Freakomonics partner Steve Levitt posed the question about the president's influence after the May 2010 midterm elections. The two interviewed economists, Constitutional scholars, business school professors and others. Even those who were actively advising the president on economic and international affairs were in agreement.

"We talked with Austan Goolsbee and Donald Rumsfeld…they will admit with no reservations the president's influence on the economy is almost vanishingly small," Dubner says."

the president has the greatest influence on use (or not) of the military, and foreign policy (although our influence in the world, outside of military use, is less than it used to be as well).

How about the misery of seeing your hateful stupid posts? :)

When you get your Depends out of the wad they are in,you might want to look on Harry's desk.

Broker1: You are beyond rude and inconsequential; but, what else is to be expected from the Teabaggers. Since you replied and took offense, Congratulations on being one!! Your mother must be so proud!

feel free to volunteer for the job, if you are so obsessed with presidential vacations. :)

The liberal conservative media are in love with Obama because his life fills up their tabloids...they only need 1 reporter for 90% of the propaganda that they spew...

The President of this country has no say in the price of OIL and GASOLINE. Opec has their prices at the lowest they have in YEARS. Hedgefund people(ya know, the rich ones who are laughing all the way to the bank) are driving up the prices unnaturally. Add in the likes of Exxon, BP,Shell, etc., if they aren't busy paying fines for oil leaks, they too are laughing all the way to the bank counting their $Billion profits.

Contact your congressmen and women. Tell them that you want them to enact a law regarding the price of gasoline. That's the only way anything is going to happen. But remember...they did manage to keep the tax breaks for Big Oil in the tax law inacted at the end of 2012. So, good luck with that.

dim? well, you're the expert on dim. :)

ah, "the economy is in the toilet" is the truth..because YOU say it is? lol. You're a "legend in your own mind" apparently. Of course, "in the toilet" means nothing, but then again, you're the expert on "nothing". :)

I'm not going to "shoot the messenger", i'm just going to make fun of your posts. :)

and yes, since a president can work anywhere with the state of communications, taking a few days off affects him how? There are some things that are better done in washington, but many things can just as easily be done in florida. He doesn't have to be in washington 365 days a year. you must truly be seriously that stupid. :)

and two weeks off per year? But you said his vacation was dependent on the state of the economy, but your answer doesn't reference that. You're incredibly dull, aren't you? :)

oh yeah..lol. :)

Cute how haters are so affronted by obama taking vacations. :)

Not sure that holds water, Vermontguy. No one feels a President shouldn't take vacations, but it is a matter of timing and optics at the time. If it were Camp David where all of his resources are readily available, that isn't a problem. Not a golf cart in Florida.

Imagine, Eisenhower going on vacation June 5, 1944..to play golf....Rommel did.. see how that worked out for him?

I didn't realize we were about to be invaded? lol.

And i'm sure that even at his golf cart obama has instant communication. This is 2013, not 1944, ya know? things have kinda changed in the past SEVENTY years. :)

what's wrong with the timing now? when is a "good" time for the president to take a vacation? Of course, the russians "could" launch a nuclear strike at literally any minute...no matter how absurd that probability is...so does that mean we need to lock the president in the war room 24X7 "just in case"? I don't think so.

so does that mean we need to lock the president in the war room 24X7 "just in case"? I don't think so.

Vermontguy.. something to think about.. maybe 9/11 would have turned out differently if he had been locked in a war room...

well, since its absurd to have the president literally in the war room 24x7 (that's what we have the military and such for), I don't really think its "something to think about".

There were a number of things we could have done better vis-a-vis 9/11,. but locking the president in a room for 4 years isn't one of them.

do you? lol.

stupid post, as usual from you. :)

no, YOU were whining that he was taking a vacation when the economy was "in the toilet" (here is YOUR exact quote: "When the economy is in the toilet, Barry ought naught to be pissing OUR money away on vacations."), saying that he shouldn't take a vacation in bad economic times.

So, I asked the obvious question - when would the times get better so that you would approve of a vacation? and you avoided the answer. lol. Your answer of "two weeks' was stupid, given your whining about the economy. If you were intelligent, a useful response would have been something like "he can take a vacation when the unemployment rates drops below 7%" or something that references the economy. duh.

oh my, how stupid you are. :)

Vermongay,

If I was the president, I wouldn't take a vacation while the economy was in the toilet.

But, I'm not the president, so you're stuck with Barry. He will continue to vacation and suck every dime out of this country, that he can.

He really believes that he is a rock star. That's partly to blame on the media, that treats him as such.

vermonGAY? lol, I know you'd be even more immature if I let you rant. :)

Again, YOU whined about him taking vacations during bad economic times, so I asked the OBVIOUS question of when would the economy be good enough for you to approve his vacation, and you keep avoiding the the question. Your response ("two weeks") was stupid, since that contridicts YOUR claim that vacation could only come during good economic times. The response above is meaningless, all you keep saying is "in the toilet" which is vague to the point of worthlessness.

so, again, when do we know it is acceptable to take vacation in terms of the economy? why are you too stupid to answer your own "point"? :)

i'll give you the same reply: I didn't realize this was 1944 and we were at war and in danger of being invaded.

Try to pay attention, its SEVENTY years later, and communications have improved. :)

Try to let intelligence overcome your hatred for a change. :)

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2. Obama has taken more vacation time than any president in history
This isn't even remotely accurate either, but first, some context from Nancy Reagan: "Presidents don't get vacations — they just get a change of scenery. The job goes with you." The responsibilities, the pressure, the officer with the "nuclear football" — it's all with a commander-in-chief at all times. No exceptions.

But how much time away from the White House has President Obama spent, and how does this compare with predecessors?

POTUS Tracker, compiled by The Washington Post, shows that from January 2009 to October 31, 2012, Obama spent all or part of 72 vacation days in a variety of places, mostly Hawaii in the winter and Martha's Vineyard in the summer. That's about 10 weeks away in three-and-a-half years, hardly extravagant. Through May 18, according to data from CBS's Knoller, he also visited Camp David 22 times, spending all of part of 54 days there.

What about his predecessors?

· Ronald Reagan was away for 436 days, usually at Rancho del Cielo (his mountaintop retreat in California) or Camp David.

· George W. Bush spent 32 months at his ranch (490 days) or Camp David (487 days) — an average of four months away every year.

Think Wise.. excellent points..some do actually have serious issues with policies and actions of govt. This is a means of public sentiment being vetted. This is not unpatriotic, rather it is unpatriotic to silence voices.

Forums allowing lampooning and stating concerns have been a political practice going back to when we were colonies. We all respect the Office and the responsibilities therein and many have died supporting it while not agreeing with the chair warmer policies.

We still have freedom of speech and press unless and EO just came out that I did not hear.

P.S. I did a spell check for you.

No problem with people bringing up points, concerns or disagreeing. It's the style in which it's done. Freedom of speech is a great thing but when it borders being disrespectful, rude and unprofessional, it becomes tasteless. People can agree to disagree but being blatantly being rude towards our President shows something abut the writer. I agree that having serious issues with with actions of government have been around since the beginning of our nation. The delivery of how to complain or bring something to the table of substance to help correct the problems or wrongdoings is my point. When you tear down your own family, it's a reflection of who you are. The rest of the world laughs as we rip each other apart. It's o.k. to come here to vent but offering a solution rather than just whining is a lot more productive.

Think Wise- good points again.

But wasn't it Nancy Pelosi, Durbin and others who reference the Tea Party with a sexual slur?

Wasn't it Obama that referred to Republicans as the "enemy?"

Wasn't it Obama and the WH that attacks Fox News for their viewpoints?

That is not leadership, that is not solution solving, that is outright "disrespectful, rude and unprofessional" using your words...

Tell that to all the dimwits still ragging on President Bush these five years later..............

when in doubt, post stupid allegations against obama ("crack pipe").

If anyone is on drugs here in terms of stupid posts, it would be you. :)

Tiger and the Lying King, will be talking about tapping dem sum hoes.

not that roach is a racist or anything. lol.

relax PC pig -

he is just talking like a MAN (BLACK/WHITE/YELLOW/ORANGE) - We man talk like - dems that like woman and man alike.

I would even be ok with you acting like a mature adult when posting here..I mean..seriously..vermonGAY? lol.

and since you refuse to answer your own "point" and insist on posting like a 12 year old, I have other word to do. later roach! :)

Vermon,

You've admitted numerous times on this site, that you're gay.

As for "Vermon," it's kind of like how you call me, "Roach."

It's just shorthand. :)

Best comment of the day, Cockroach!!!! Love it!!!!