Moosh Goes On Vacation - Again........

[CG6468]

While the rest of the country cuts back on vacations, etc.,

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A Corvallis neighborhood buzzed with activity on Monday when an unexpected guest stopped by for a visit: first lady Michelle Obama.

Obama, her mother and her kids visited the first lady's older brother in Corvallis, two sources confirmed to KATU's sister-station in Eugene.

Their plane touched down in Eugene just before 11 a.m. A motorcade rushed the first family to Corvallis, where the first lady's brother Craig Robinson is the head men's basketball coach for the Oregon State Beavers.

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Schoeffler said this is a private vacation, and there will be no public appearances.

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The plane is a Boeing C-40B, the military version of the 737, with tail number 10041.

A flight crew of eight to 10 people de-planed and removed luggage from the flight. They declined to comment to reporters.

A crew comprised of whom?

Lots of public money spent, though, especially using a plane that has such poor fuel economy and emits the dreaded products of pollution that obastard hates.

Your Tax Dollars At Work

[Chris_]

You don't get it... Michelle is finally proud of her country.  You can't put a price tag on that.

[debk]

While the rest of the country cuts back on vacations, etc.,

A crew comprised of whom?

Lots of public money spent, though, especially using a plane that has such poor fuel economy and emits the dreaded products of pollution that obastard hates.

Your Tax Dollars At Work

This is probably a dumb question, but those are huge planes right?

Couldn't she have gone on something smaller? Her entourage for a private trip to her brother's wouldn't require that many people would it?

[CG6468]

You don't get it... Michelle is finally proud of her country.  You can't put a price tag on that.

I wonder what the total cost to taxpayers is for all of their vacations.

[CG6468]

This is probably a dumb question, but those are huge planes right? YES.

Couldn't she have gone on something smaller? YES. Her entourage for a private trip to her brother's wouldn't require that many people would it? NO.

I'm surprised that it wasn't a 747.

[JohnnyReb]

I'm surprised that it wasn't a 747.

A few more of their Whitehouse parties and her ass will require it.

[catsmtrods]

Oh please, shes the thirst lady?

[md11hydmec]

This is probably a dumb question, but those are huge planes right?

Couldn't she have gone on something smaller? Her entourage for a private trip to her brother's wouldn't require that many people would it?

Its smaller than the 757 stretch Pelosi used to fly on, but it is a smaller airplane.  The commercial version holds somewhere around 150 people.  I think its the smallest one that the military uses for VIPs.(and I use VIP in this case very, very loosely)  All in all, I would want her to use that one instead of the others because its fuel economy is better.