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Being our first president who hails from a tropical island, it should surprise no one that Barack Obama decided to return to his childhood home when he needed a little Christmas-holiday R&R. But Hawaii is more than just palm trees and leis. It is also one of the most densely populated states in America.
When our last president decamped to his ranch in Crawford, Texas, just about the only thing that got displaced was brush. Things are a little different when Obama hits the usually crowded beaches of Oahu. Keep reading to check out some photographic evidence from the president's vacation.
A Secret Service officer tells a surfer that he doesn't have to stop hanging 10, but he can't hang it here.
Here an agent in cargo pants puts the kibosh on a local man's picturesque jog.
While most Hawaiians were happy to see their most famous son, the police made sure they expressed their enthusiasm in an orderly fashion.
Ah, Air Force One. At least we know the president won't have to suffer from the new airline passenger restrictions his administration has begun enforcing.
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Monday 28 December
By Batjew
New Jersey is the most densely populated state last time I checked....
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Monday 28 December
By Jeremy Taylor
Thanks Batjew,
You are correct. While the Island of Oahu is more densely populated than the state of New Jersey, NJ is more densely populated than Hawaii, and is the most densely populated state in the union. It's been corrected.
Tuesday 29 December
By richar
Hawii one of DUH
Wednesday 06 January
By stephanie
I think it was more important to come back to the united states and take control about what could have happened in detroit,this is the 6th incident in three months,not wait 3 days before you talk. I want to know about the christmas ornaments on the washington tree of a dead communist leader put on one of the ornaments,this was the washington christmas tree.
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Wednesday 06 January
By mary
dont u have a meeting to be getting off to? dont forget your white robe!
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Wednesday 06 January
By mickey ventura
he is upsetting more than one island. He is dismantling Americas constitution piece by piece with his progressive socialist/communist ideals. Ho CHe min is on His christmas tree and Carl marx is in his heart.
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Wednesday 06 January
By Richard Oliver
Hey, Mickey- It's Ho Chi Minh and Karl Marx. Obviously, all the time you've invested in becoming a constitutional scholar has put you behind the curve when it comes to spelling the names of world historical figures correctly, so I thought I would help you out. Really, are all Republicans illiterate? And by the way, where was all the right-wing outrage about our constitutional rights when Bush and Cheney were spying on everyone's e-mail and listening in on ALL our phone calls without warrants or any other type of oversight or legal basis? I'm pretty sure our President, the editor of the Harvard Law Review and a professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago, might have a better grasp of the Constitution than you or your fellow Tea Party morons. Please, get back on your meds. Your paranoid delusions can't be fun to live with.
Wednesday 06 January
By Jane Donute'
It is amazing what "RUBBISH" ignorant people put on these postings as truth,,,, nonsense! The man is a good president, he is just the "wrong color" for racists!
I am happy he got to take a nice vacation from all the horrible tension he goes thru,,,, and with his family!
jj of CA.
Wednesday 06 January
By JANE DONUTE'
It is disgusting when people try to make something nice like a Christmas time with his family, into something ugly. It only reflects on the person who wrote this snide remark. /doesn't our President deserve a nice vacation? He helped keep you in safety!
jj of ca
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Thursday 07 January
By wakeupwayup
Thanks (mary) & (jane donute):
Well said...both of you. (Mary), you made me laugh out loud. Isn't it pathetic how they continuously harass this president for every move he makes, and most of all how ridiculous of them to be so inept to not know his personal vacations are not financed by the taxpayers...only the use of Air Force One and SS, which is due to him being the PRESIDENT -- he and his family inherits this protection/security and this privilege. I wonder why we never heard much of how the taxpayer's dollars were being spent before, when other presidents moved about. Hummm! Have you wondered what is behind this? GIGGLES!!!
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Thursday 07 January
By Jenna
I don't understand how anyone can defend Obama and the way he is destroying our country. That's probably why they are referred to as dumbocrats. He has failed to do anything positive. Unfortunately the United States of America will NOT vote another African in for many years to come if ever. He has set the black's progress back at least 50 years. The people that are supporting him doesn't realize they will be standing in soup lines if Obama stays in office much longer while his chef is preparing steak and lobster for their self centered, egotistical, dumbass leader. The only person Obama considers worthy is himself. Wait until your welfare check stops and you have to go out and work for a living to feed your dozen kids.
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Thursday 07 January
By Flaritee
Thank you Jenna, it's refreshing to hear that some Americans are awake and taking note of all the destruction coming out of the White House. God help us!
Thursday 07 January
By rd2ruin
The soup lines are the ones that Bush started when he trashed our economy by financing a multi-billion, totally uncalled for, ego-driven war. It is so nice to know educational standards of the Republicans are finally being shown in the ignorance of their members. May God give us the patience to survive the racial hatred of these idiots.
Thursday 07 January
By cinthia
Thank you Jenna.You are among the few who can see past the end of their nose.
May God help us till 2012. When the towers and the line of catastrophic events went down, everyone asked where the president was. That's the whole idea after all he was the prime target and the main purpose for air force one is for his and his families safety in such an event, at least that's what they teach us in the military. The safest place is in the air and on the move (just ask our enemy). If you recall several places of importance were targeted to beef up security leaving one weaker than the other. I was not a total success but not a total failure either. again, the president was the target. President Bush (though I'm not trying to defend him) was a threat to our enemies and Mr Obama isn't. He's merely sending out invitations that state semi-formal attire required.
Thursday 07 January
By Firered
Jenna I have a few words of advice that will definitely help you survive the next 3 actually the next 7 years (cause President Obama WILL BE re-elected)---GET OVER IT!!!!!!!! I'm not sure what's more gratifying, THE BIG PAY BACK----A BLACK MAN RUNNING YOUR COUNTRY or watching your underwear curl cause there AIN'T A DAME THING you can do about it.
Get over it my white sister!!!!
A REAL BLACK WOMAN
Thursday 07 January
By Azure4
"Wait until your welfare check stops and you have to go out and work for a living to feed your dozen kids"
>>>>>>>>Sorry Jenna, but your last sentence above got to the root of your problem. You're just another racist. And by the way, the last I heard Octomom and Kate Gosseling are the one's popping out the babies. And they're white.
Friday 08 January
By jaysarreau
Has he really set back Civil Rights 50 years? Hm... I don't remember the last time I heard about lynchings or sit-ins or Cross-burnings, and the only minority groups doing any sort of marching worth mentioning are the gays and Tea Party groups, which I'm assuming you belong to, since you're regurgitating whatever tripe they've been feeding their followers. You're the kind of person who heard Obama say, "Change" and had your hand out 5 days after he was sworn in. Who thought that one man, faced with a house divided against itself, surrounded by corrupt politicians and faced with his own flaws, could make drastic change by himself. The problem with both parties is they refuse to see compromise, one of the qualities our government was based off of. Both refuse to change, because of people like YOU. OBAMA ISN'T DESTROYING THE NATION! We are. You are. You, and your narrow, restricted world-view. Your shriveled, frightened little excuse of a schema. As far as I'm concerned, Republican or Democrat, you're all full of crap.
Thursday 07 January
By YaketyYak52
By stephanie
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I think it was more important to come back to the united states and take control...
Uh, Stephanie, last I looked, Hawaii IS part of the United States. Perhaps you could take a lesson from Abraham Lincoln, who said:
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
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Friday 08 January
By oking54
Can the man do any right in your eyes ???? Stop with all the dump stuff, This guy is looking out for everyone not just the rich and the Republicans like the last guy.......
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Thursday 07 January
By deekster
Contrary to popular opinion, the war in Iraq did not bankrupt the United States. The failure of the financial system was due to the foolish edicts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Giving billions of dollars in mortgage loans to undeserving recipients bankrupted our economy, thanks to Barney Franks and his Congressional cronies. And forget about it,folks. Barack Obama is not the guy who is going to lead us out of the fiscal darkness.He was not selected to run for President of the United States because of his ability to lead (since he had never done it before),or his ability to run a government of any size (same reason), or of any other outstanding personal quality. He was selected for his charismatic abilities, andhe has an abundance of those. Have you ever heard of an empty suit? You're looking at one. And if you truly believe he is an agent of "change" in our government, you have been drinking the Obama Kool-Aid much too often. His party is drunk with power, and will take down this great nation if they are allowed to continue this course. Let the people decide: See you in November. And be afraid, Obama Fans. Be very, very afraid.
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