The Obamas Go for Shave Ice in Hawaii

Oahu shaved ice is ‘ok’. Especially if he Maui however has the best shaved ice on planet Easrth.

Glad he can afford a vacation and shaved ice… most of us unemployed would love to be able to afford food for just one week.
ABC you are getting way to obvious of your drooling love for Obama with these gooey fluffy non stories… you most defenitely are a bogus news site.

These updates are pretty ridiculous. You are just telling folks how much better he has it than the rest of us while he spends our country into oblivion. Stop the updates.

This President is supposed to feel for the downtrodden, the disadvantage, the unemployed, the poor, while golfing, playing tennis, staying in a premium rented vacation home, soaking in the sun and palm trees. Yes We Can.

I will not rest till all these man created disasters are captured…..
Give me a call if any dead bodies fall from the skies.. I will be playing golf and eating shaved ice

The proper term is “shave ice”, not shaved ice. They used it correctly in the article, but the title is incorrect.

sno cones – these are freaking sno cones, okay? obama eats sno cones while rome burns – lovely

Barry’s having a good time! That’s all that matters.
Gee, I hope the idiot gets in a few more rounds of golf. We wouldn’t want him to feel denied.
Barry sure loves the perks but falls short of doing the actual job of POTUS.
Barry got a briefing before Christmas about the terror threat. The article is posted at Newsweek.
Barry needs to resign. We American citizens should demand it.
Posted by: Michelle | Jan 2, 2010 12:48:19 PM
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What’s the matter Michelle, jealous much ?
All you people who hate the idea that President Obama had the nerve to take a vacation perhaps should try doing the same. It seems you all need some down time to re group, relax, take a breather, spend some time with your family, pamper yourselves. Your anger and hostility can be seen as a sign of stress. Statistics will show a vacation or some down time could help put things into perspective. You know like understanding that no matter who you are or what you want, being the President of the United States is extremely stressful. Knowing that as President you NEVER have an off day. Knowing that a President should be afforded a chance to relax when they can, enjoy family and friends. Why would anyone want our President to live in a bubble, work 24/7 and only get let out if and when some people think it is appropriate? That is stupid and unhealthy and unreasonable. Oh, and by the way ALL Presidents have lived in luxury, why would anyone expect the President of the United States, the most powerful country in the world would live like a pauper? Nothing like that was EVER suggested for previous Presidents.
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Barry needs to resign. We American citizens should demand it.
#################################################################################What we American citizen should be demanding is that hateful, intolerant people like you take a chill pill and support and respect the duly elected President of the United States. The same way people demanded that same support and respect for the previous President. While YOU may not accept it President Obama HAS brought our country back from the brink of financial collapse. He has done and has tried to do a great deal for the American people in his 11 months in office. But since you obviously don’t care about our President and what he IS doing there is no need to try and educate you. I would suggest you google Obamas achievements and check it out with an open mind.

All the anti-Obama ranters should attempt to be fair and balanced in their attacks.
The last President during his first year took the entire month of August off to vacation in Texas and got back in Washington just in time to be caught off guard by the 9/11 attacks. Hard working Republican that fellow.

You want fair and balanced, tierra? How about this from the Heritage Foundation?
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You consider the Heritage Foundation to be fair and balanced? Even they themselves state their biases. And what has a couple of questionable quotes about taxes got to do with the unfair attacks on the current President for taking some holidays at Christmas?

You consider the Heritage Foundation to be fair and balanced? Even they themselves state their biases. And what has a couple of questionable quotes about taxes got to do with the unfair attacks on the current President for taking some holidays at Christmas?
Posted by: tierra | Jan 2, 2010 2:44:22 PM
I didn’t say they were fair and balanced but you seem to want to discuss real issues rather than smearing the President for taking a well-deserved vacation. I’m ready to discuss the real issues of our day, like Congress’ failure to act and Obama breaking his promise. Did he even try to voice an opinion about these items? If he did I never heard it. Yet it affects thousands of hard working Americans.

The last President during his first year took the entire month of August off to vacation in Texas and got back in Washington just in time to be caught off guard by the 9/11 attacks.
Posted by: tierra | Jan 2, 2010 2:17:14 PM
Glad to see you are still using Bush as your barometer for Obama’s performance rating. Way to keep the bar as low as possible. Especially since Obama was supposed to be sssssoooooooooooo much better than Bush.
“We are the change we’ve been waiting for.”

Establishing a missile defense system that can be put in place faster and is more effective than the (non-operational) Bush system is not a ‘concession’.
Posted by: tierra | Jan 2, 2010 2:56:11 PM
And Putin’s reaction?
“In order to maintain balance, without developing the antimissile system just like the U.S. is doing, we have to develop an offensive combat power system. Since we are not developing our own missile defense, there is a threat that our partners would feel totally secure having created an umbrella against our offensive systems. Then our partners might do whatever they want; the aggressiveness in real politics and economics would increase because of the broken balance.”

Obama is being measured against one of the best.
Posted by: tierra | Jan 2, 2010 3:06:30 PM
In addition to endless rounds of golf, summer vacations, and pickup basketball games, Obama has also set a record for flying around the world in AF1 – a record that will probably never be broken. Can anyone say “massive carbon footprint?”
Change we can believe in…

“endless rounds of golf, summer vacations”
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Right away you discredit your entire post by not being factual. There have been no ‘endless’ rounds of golf. Obama took one week as a vacation in August.
You agenda to smear the President is showing again – it obliterates any interest you might have in being fair and factual. Sad.

“Today, however, analysts pointed out the decision would help Obama secure Moscow’s co-operation on a possible new sanctions package against Iran and would further his desire to “reset” relations with Moscow following a dismal period under the Bush administration.
“It would significantly boost the chances of a new treaty on strategic nuclear arms reduction between Washington and Moscow, they said. Both the US and Russia have agreed to come up with a successor treaty to Start 1 by December, when the current agreement expires.” GuardianUK 9/29/09

Meanwhile,
President Obama and his Hawaiian vacation party, fresh from watching Ohio State defeat Oregon in the Rose Bowl, took a late afternoon New Year’s Day trip to Island Snow shave ice and clothing store–one of the Obama’s favorite haunts in Kailua.

I just got on here for a brief moment to see what the world was doing today since I myself am on holiday. What do I find? The hate monger sheeple responding to the media who is feeding you information for the sole purpose of upsetting you. Questions for you: Is it worth it? Why do you even care? Take a tip from me and sign off here and go enjoy the weekend!

Obama has also set a record for flying around the world in AF1 – a record that will probably never be broken. Can anyone say “massive carbon footprint?”
Change we can believe in…
Posted by: Live! From DC! It’s Saturday Night! | Jan 2, 2010 3:10:13 PM

You agenda to smear the President is showing again – it obliterates any interest you might have in being fair and factual. Sad.
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Under Reagan, unemployment started at 7.5% and increased for two full years peaking at 10.8%. It then stayed around 10% for another six full months, before gradually beginning to improve.
A little bit of history on your part would bring some perspective(and authenticity) to your agenda to attack the President.

Under Reagan, unemployment started at 7.5% and increased for two full years peaking at 10.8%. It then stayed around 10% for another six full months, before gradually beginning to improve.
Posted by: tierra | Jan 2, 2010 3:33:32 PM
Yea. You head on down to the unemployment office and console the people with that perspective. See what kind of responses you get.

Tierra,
fyi, Obama had played more golf in his first 9 months in office than GW Bush haad managed to get in in 2 years and 10 months, per CBS news. That was back in October.
To me, it is embarrassing that the President of the US spends his time playing when the country is suffering. And the only strategy the Democrats seem to have about the terorist attacks are 1] apparently they were isolated extremists; 2] Bush did it; 3] if Bush didn’t do it, the Republicans did it; 4] everything worked really, really well, you know, like clockwork; 4] if there were any alleged attacks, the misguided souls need government lawyers and the right to remain silent so we cannot avert any other isolated extremist attacks; 5] let’s strip search grandma and send her photo to everyone via Blackberry so we can have a good laugh at her expense [embarrassment]; 6] appoint as head of the TSA a guy who has confessed after hiding it for awhile that, yes, he did break security and privacy rules, but he had a good reason- he wanted to get even with his ex’s boyfirnd and really cause him embarrassment.

Did we really need to know about this? I don’t know why abc thinks we need to know about it everytime Obama takes his kids out for ice cream or, in this case, shaved ice! He also recently took his family out to see the movie Avatar and that was headline news. We didn’t need to know about that either! It’s boring and it’s ridiculous! We don’t need to know every detail of their lives and we don’t want to!

Shaved ice? Just goes to show how worried Obama is about the security of the American people. Obama is a joke.

Shaved ice? Just goes to show how worried Obama is about the security of the American people. Obama is a joke.
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What a foolish comment.

Thanks Tierra for making sense. Even though it is useless. Some of these people are extremely unreasonable. They are not interested in the truth. Their only goal is to prove to themselves that Barack Obama is a worse President than George Bush. Even though to date we know that it was President Obama that kept our country from falling into disaster. You know where we were heading before President Obama was sworn in. We also know that they will never give credit to President Obama for anything positive but will continue to vilify him over every perceived slight or anything negative. These people thrive on fear and scare. They would rather be narrow minded, hateful and petty than to be hopeful, positive and supportive. Their loss.

catmom, since tierra can’t tell us what Obama has done to better this country maybe you care to elaborate on how he “saved” this country? We are all waiting

I cant wait to find out where the taxpayers are going to send them on spring break.

This guy is an idiot, and a danger to society and, our national defense!!!!!!!!!

Bush also gave up golf after the war in Iraq started in part because the left leaning media blasted him
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Bush gave up golf because he made the stupid mistake of commenting on troops and war and then saying ‘now watch me hit this shot’ – all in front of television cameras.
It was not smart. In fact no smarter than his joke that ‘maybe the weapons of mass destruction are hidden under my desk’ – after thousands upon thousands of Americans had died or been maimed at his command based in large part on his claim those weapons existed.

I can’t imagine the bill we’re paying for this. Of course, the liberals think he deserves this…… Can you imagine, a guy who’s ruining the economy, deserves this! LOL. Yes, there are many DUMB people in this country……..

One term president.

Um, that would be “shave ice.” Unless we’re all trying to disrespect our president and his culture…

What “we people” don’t get is your willful suspension of reality.
But you are entitled to your dreams…

I can’t imagine the bill we’re paying for this. Of course, the liberals think he deserves this…… Can you imagine, a guy who’s ruining the economy, deserves this! LOL. Yes, there are many DUMB people in this country……..
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Not as much as you paid to fly the previous President back and forth to his Texas ranch every month or so.
Did you know in his first year the previous President took the entire month of August off at his ranch, and only returned to Washington in time to get caught off guard by 9/11?

LOL…Ceelee or whatever. Have you checked with the coastals and True Democrats on keeping this country “republican-free” zone for the coming 30 years? Start counting!
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As the demographics of the country change – younger, better educated, more urban, more diverse – the support for the bellicose, fundamentalist Republican party decreases accordingly.

Couldn’t have said it better myself. Remembering that the people voted 365/167…nothing sends a stronger messages to the opposition!

Ceeleecee – you couldn’t be more wrong about the Democratic Party. You see, you represent that very low percentage that tried to split the party during the elections. We voiced ourselves and you got yourself cornered. You never voted for but had no choice and surrendered to the masses against you.
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Lol. That is the funniest post of the day.

Ceeleecee – call it what it is, you are not and never were a Democrat. Period!

“Ceeleecee – call it what it is, you are not and never were a Democrat. Period!”
Bothers you, huh????? :D

In Hawaii Nei, it’s called “shave ice” not “shaved ice”

Forget that “Shave Ice” nonsense.Did they get any “Kitchen Cook’d” potato chips? That is the true treasure of our 50th state!They are worth a trip to Lahaina.

ceeleelee I don’t believe you were ever a Democrat!! You want us to believe that you are completely disillusioned with Obama and will now vote Republican because he is not worthy.. or whatever. Please, I don’t know if he will be President for 8 years, but I do know that he is our President for the next 3 and he has been expected to handle an unprecented number of problems. The Party of “No”,”Pettiness” “Lies” and “no solutions” has made this their only goal for the next 3 years. Republicans need to take a good look at themselves. They aren’t making him look bad, they are making themselves look bad. We need a two party system, but we need each party to put this country first instead of politics. That’s not happening.

Obama hasn’t even been in office a year yet and he spent the whole summer on vacation in Europe, Africa, and over a week at one very expensive, exclusive bed and breakfast inn on Martha’s Vineyard and traveling all over the American west, visting such places as the Grand Canyon. Now he’s on a another expensive vacation in Hawaii. He has used Air Force One for all of this and all of it is at the taxpayers expense. When is he actually going to spend time in the oval office doing the job he was elected to do? I certainly hope he’s only a one term president because we can’t afford eight years of him! Not only is he putting us in bancruptcy with his vacations but there were also the MANY inauguration balls that cost us millions and then there’s his dates with Michelle that cost thousands of dollars that we pay for to! He claims that he cares so much about us but most of us taxpayers struggle to live from month to month and yet he spends our money like it’s water coming out of a fountain! That’s not caring for us!

SharonKathleen – I don’t want you to believe anything. It does not matter to me one whit whether you or anyone else believe I once was a Democrat. Really. I did not vote for obama because I thought he was a total fraud and it looks like I was right.
I am also not a Republican, but I feel they should hardly be faulted for being the party of no when they are not allowed to see, read or have input into bills they are being asked to vote on. Since the Democrats have the majority in the House and Senate it really shouldn’t matter if the Republicans say “no.” The Democrats should be able to do it all by themselves without working sweetheart deals. Right???
What’s more, no one can “make” obama look bad, he manages to do that all by himself.
Since I pledge no loyalty to any political party, I will vote for the person I feel represents me best in the upcoming elections, just like I did in the last. Based on what I am seeing now it will not be for any Democrat. Trust me.

Obamacrat for Palin – Thanks!
and by all means – PUMA!!!

Ahhh yes Governor Palin. I personally don’t have anything against her, but she is definitely not qualified to be President. She couldn’t handle the problems of a State that had less in population than the city of Chicago. I would love to see a woman be President but please, Governor Palin cannot even scratch the surface of the intellect and experience that Obama or Hillary Clinton have.

=== but she is definitely not qualified to be President. ===
Yes, she should become a senator first then immediately begin campaigning for the presidency. That would qualify her.

You mean like democrats did the 8 years Bush was president?
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Bush received strong bipartisan support from the Democrats all the way up to the attack on Iraq – that neo-con decision split the country with hundreds of thousands in the streets protesting.
Then the country became more and more mired in Iraq – further divisions. Most people knew “Mission Accomplished” was a lie – just as the weapons of mass destruction were a lie, just as a ‘short’ war was a lie . . . and so on.
By the end of Bush’s term, not just the Democrats were against him – 70% of the people disapproved of the job he was doing.

Lol. She also should make a habit of voting “present” – just like Mr. 57 States did. That should clinch it!

“Maybe if Palin was as smart as Obama who famously said….”evokes images of Emperor Hirohito coming down to the USS Missouri to sign the surrender documents” she could also be president.”
OMG! I had forgotten that! ROFL!!!

Axey, excuse me.. How long was Sarah Palin Governor before she ran for Vice President. And how long did she remain Governor after the elections? She repeatedly said she didn’t like it that Hillary whined and then she proceeded to whine her way to resignation. You need to look up every Obama achieved in his life. Nothing was handed to him, he earned all of it.

I was a Democrat until 2008. I did nit vote for Obama and I am damned proud of it. Obama was a fancy speech know nothing as a candidate…a phony. It is sad that so many got suckered into voting for the consummate snake oil salesman from Chicago.
He will be a one term president.

===he earned all of it.===
He did? You mean like all of the bills in the Illinois state house that someone put his name on so he could have something to show when he ran for senator?
And he actually made the statement about Emperor Hirohito. How are you going to blame that one on Bush? Or Palin?

tierra wrote: Wish the trolls could make up their minds. Is he a communist or in the pocket of wall street, or in the pocket of the health insurance industry, or redistributing money to the poor, or feeding money to the capitalist pharmaceutical industry, or a socialist?
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Looks like a communist to me… the rest of the stuff is just obfuscation by the useful idiots running cover for him.

===It was at Harvard University that Barack and Michelle met.===
It seems I know more about Obama than you do. He did not meet her at Harvard.

isn’t it referred to as “shave ice”?

He is also not getting re-elected.
:D

Really – looks like it the Democrats that are imploding. obama has lost a lot of support, the Independents have gone, democrats are defecting and you are worried about the Republicans???
How sweet.

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE CAUSE & EFFECT OF REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
When President Obama picks his nose, Republicans complains he picked the wrong nose, while Sen. John Kerry and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama scratches his left rear cheek, Republicans whine he is not scratching the right cheek, while Sen. Kent Conrad and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama walks his dog Bo, Republicans complain he is dithering, while Sen. Russ Feingold and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama takes his wife on a date, Republicans claim he has no family values as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama inspires kids to pay attention in school and work hard, Republicans accuse him of Marxist indoctrination, while Sen. Jim Webb and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama displays respect to foreign dignitaries, Republicans say he is displaying weakness as Sen. Tim Johnson and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama makes an office lunch-run, Republicans accuse him of multi-tasking too many issues as Sen. Frank Lautenberg and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama spends time with the troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Walter Reed, Republicans say he is unpatriotic, while Sen. Joe Lieberman and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama extends an opportunity to U.S. enemies to talk as oppose to saber rattling, Republicans lose their mines, while Sen. Ben Nelson and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama goes on vacation for a well earned R&R, Republicans ramp up their hypocritical attacks as Sen. Mark Pryor and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama fights for the American middle-class regarding jobs and health care, Republicans call him a socialist, while Sen. Ron Widen and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama addresses immigration issues, Republican ‘birthers’ claim Obama is an alien from Kenya, while Sen. Max Baucus and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama speaks at a University graduation, Republicans have a conniption fit, while Sen. Evan Byah and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama takes his case to the public, Republicans accuse Obama of staying on the campaign trail, while Sen. Jeff Bingaman and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
When President Obama searches for real bipartisan solutions to rid the nation’s addiction to oil, Republicans only rally cry is “drill baby, drill”, while Sen. Mark Begich and Congressional Democrats say nothing.
- – CAN THE WHINING, OBSTRUCTIONIST REPUBLICANS BE ANY MORE WRETCHED?
- – CAN THE SPINELESS SENATE & HOUSE DEMOCRATS BE ANY MORE PATHETIC?

Axey, She will be president if she decides to run! We conservatives will see to it!

“Really – looks like it the Democrats that are imploding. obama has lost a lot of support, the Independents have gone, democrats are defecting and you are worried about the Republicans???”
A year ago, I was of the opinion the Libs/Dems were on their way towards a “permanent majority.” I’m somewhat shocked at how badly they have bungled the past 12 months.
Lesson learned: Never overestimate the competence of Libs/Dems.

And this is News fit to print – Why?

It’s pretty incredible that our Pravda news agency divulges more details of presidential frozen confections than they do for the average new legislation in Congress. Apparently, the answer to 2010 is ’1984′.

The Bushy days are long gone. We finally have a President who is on top of the issues. We welcome a more unified nation with Dems/Reps working together. Enough with the bickering!!!

Ceeleecee – Is our Pretend “Black Democrat”, who is considering a switch…lol. Girl, get a life and stop with the bickering! Again, we don’t need you in our camps. Get it!

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You will notice that the party of Hope, UNITY and Change have dropped the “Unity” part. I haven’t heard it mentioned from any of them since the “election.”
That’s ok. I don’t think we want to be part of the obama debacle anyway…

It’s good to see that ABC is doing the hard-hitting journalism to keep us all abreast about what’s going on the world.
While the best and brightest at ABC are ttracking down the shaved ice, INTERPOL iis buying more hard drive space and file cabinets.
Why? Because the “shaved ice” President just gave them a blank check to run amuck INSIDE our own country – with NO hope of even checking behind them. Now, thanks to an executive order signed by this president, nobody can even know what they are doing – INSIDE our own country.
But, as long as we get these shaved ice updates, we know that ABC is on the job.
Thanks for keeping the American people informed about the things that matter, ABC.
Out of curiosity, are the pom poms getting heavy yet?

Oh, no! Some cones had ice cream on the BOTTOM? Send an SOS! Call the National Guard! I can’t believe this is a national story. Does anyone care about this nonsense? And does anyone recall any other president getting this kind of smarmy, gooey attention? It’s really disgusting and embarrassing to read.

tylerkad I am not denying that Bush took vacations. I know he did. However, in his first year as president he didn’t take nearly as many vacations as Obama has. Also the cost of all of his vacations put together during the whole eight years that he was president didn’t cost nearly as much as Obama’s vacations just this year! That’s the thing that I’m griping about, the cost! When Bush was at his ranch and Camp David it cost the country nothing for hotel bills because he owned his ranch and Camp David belongs to the government. The only cost when he visited them was traveling expenses for Air Force One and Marine One. Much of the time when he visited his parents in Maine he stayed with them in their home. When he stayed with them he had no hotel expenses either. The main thing that I’m complaining about with Obama is not the fact that he takes so many vacations, although I do think he takes entirely too many. I’m complaing about the cost of his vacations. Since most of us taxpayers are barely living from month to month and we are paying for every one of those vacations with our tax money I don’t see how he can in all conscience live as luxuriously as he does and spend our hard earned money like it’s just water running out of a faucet! I’m going to repeat that if Obama continues taking so many luxurious and expensive vacations and taking Michelle on dates that cost the taxpayers thousands of dollars, we can’t afford eight years of him because he is going to put us into bancrupty! If he wants to take luxury vacations and wants to take Michelle on dates that cost many thousands of dollars, he should pay for them himself! We shouldn’t have to!

Perusing-Through: I agree with you 110%! Couldn’t have said it better!!

How can anyone believe that everyone is just getting along??? This has been the most divisive year in American politics in a long time. This country is not united it is on its way to becoming divided. Private citizens don’t trust the government, one race doesn’t trust another. and this is news!!??

JimVgirl: Every president receives a daily briefing no matter where in the world he is, no matter if he’s traveling with his family or taking “vacation” time. There is cost for transporting staff and security. For example, it cost taxpayers every time Bush went to Crawford (which he did more than 400 days during his 2 terms) and there will be costs attached to every Obama trip too, with or without his family. It is customary for ALL presidents.
That’s not to say I am not unhappy about wasteful government spending – I just think it’s better for Americans to focus less on how the White House was decorated for Christmas and more on demanding publicly subsidized election financing.
What about the $3.3 BILLION lobby business that is buying off our elected officials? Now that’s a fight worth picking.

CenterOne It’s not customary when they abuse the privilege and carry it to the extreme! I agree, though, that our elected officials should not be bought off by lobbying businesses and that should be investigated and stopped. What bothers me more, though, is the tax money that the president and our other elected officials are spending foolishly. I am a conservative republican and I pinch every penny I have until Abe Lincoln screams. I have to to make ends meet. I expect the president and our elected officials to do the same!