Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
Barack and Mooch Obama's marriage is on the rocks and the
American taxpayer is footing the bill.
Sources explained that sentiment in the White House heated up after
Michelle refused to cancel hear lavish taxpayer-funded trip to China
last week. Barack had urged her to cancel it upon advise from aides, as
the presidential couple received harsh criticism for their many
extravagant vacations over the past five years.
“This was a blowout of epic proportions – probably the nastiest White
House fight they’ve ever had,” the insider told reporters. “They were
both screaming at one another.”
Michelle’s China trip put the Obamas over the $150 million mark for vacation expenses.
“But he’s defenseless to stop Michelle because their marriage has
collapsed. She’s doing what she wants – and that’s seeing the world on
the American taxpayers’ dime,” the source said.
White House personnel said she’s “tacked up a map of the world and put
pins on all the places she wants to visit” and that the American people
are paying for her “bucket list.”
Unbelievable....
And they want to run Hillary Clinton next?
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, China, Michelle Obama, vacation
How I ran away
Some of you have been asking where we went. .
About three months ago, one of my group buys offered a tzimer (literally a room, but more like a bungalo) for one night other than the Sabbath for NIS 250 (regular price NIS 550 $1 = NIS 3.4 these days). They offered only 50 spots. The tzimer is in Yavne'el, a peaceful little village about 12km east of Tiberias (pictured). It had to be used before July 31. I bought a voucher and figured I would surprise Mrs. Carl. (If anyone wants details on the tzimer, please send private email).
As it happens, logistics of the two of us getting away without children are way too complex for me to keep this a secret until we get in a car to leave, especially since our car died three weeks ago. So before I left for the US, I told Mrs. Carl what I had done and asked her to arrange a date. The date was Tuesday night.
So Tuesday afternoon (much later than planned), we drove to Yavneel, which took about two hours. After I took a nap and still fell asleep again in the synagogue waiting for the afternoon service, we decided to head to Tiberias for dinner and not risk waiting until after the evening service. Surprisingly, there were far more super-Kosher (Mehadrin for those in the know) restaurants in Tiberias than we ever thought there would be. We found dinner and came back to Yavneel to sleep.
On Wednesday morning, a private guide took us for a two-hour hike through a wilderness area. Then we drove to Tzfat (Safed), which is about an hour's drive, and spent a few hours wandering around the old synagogues and the artists' quarter. Then we drove to Meiron (probably a 20-minute drive, but we made a wrong turn coming out of Tzfat which added to the trip) and went to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (which was crowded!). Then we drove to Netanya, where I took Mrs. Carl to a restaurant I ate in last year and really enjoyed, but to which she would never agree to drive just to go to dinner (it's about 90km from Jerusalem). And then we came home.
So we had a couple of days away from the kids (the 20-year old and the 17-year old took care of the three little ones, although we did need a babysitter for a few hours tonight), and now we're back and
exhausted raring to go.
UPDATE 1:20 AMForgot to mention that I did not see Abu Bluff's family home in Tzfat, but did see some horrific stories about how the British tried to make sure the city went to the Arabs when the Mandate ended. Will try to remember to post tomorrow.
Labels: Meiron, Netanya, Tverya, Tzfat, vacation, Yavne'el
