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What do y'all think of Michelle's upcoming trip to China with her daughters

Posted: Mar 5, 2014

Curious about this...

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If we are lucky, maybe they will keep them there - n/m

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Now I'm curious where the "you should be ashamed of yourself" - poster from below is!

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Keeping not only the first lady and her mother but the KIDS in China sounds good to you? Lovely.

Yes, it does. She can't spend any more of our money then - n/m

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I'm right here and wondering... - sm

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Who's paying for this trip? I wonder also if they're all using separate airplanes like B.O. and the Mrs. did in Hawaii. Maybe she's going there to teach them how to grow a garden or to teach them about childhood obesity. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Guess-- it's US, who else? She thinks she is Marie Antoinette and royalty - n/m

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First lady/China - Lally

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Sure does and send the pres with them.

I hope they go off the beaten path and have to use a squatty potty - sm - Tink

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Hopefully it will give the Obama girls something to think about and make them more compassionate toward people, if not Michelle herself. We traveled there recently and absolutely loved the people we came into contact with. They are some of the most hospitable people I have ever met. They usually go out of their way to make you feel comfortable. However, there are a lot of things in China that aren't so great. For one thing, there is so much poverty. Their healthcare system is atrocious (pay up front before treatment, which is one reason why so many babies/children are abandoned...there are a lot of birth defects and the parents are unable to pay for the treatment the child needs). Plus you have the whole 1-child policy (which was recently upgraded to 2 for certain people), but forced abortions, forced sterilizations, huge fines, etc. Most of the people have poor nutrition, water that you can't drink without getting sick, some of the worst air pollution in the world, and just generally poor living conditions. We had our hearts broken by what we saw there and came back totally grateful for what we have here in the US. Oh, and totally HATED the squatty potties and tried to find the Western toilets wherever we went, but some places didn't have them. That's just my 2 cents, though.

What makes you think the Obama girls are not - compassionate? nm

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I think everyone has room to be more compassionate... - Tink

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I know our children have developed a whole lot more compassion toward people and circumstances based on what we have been through in our lives than most of the kids they know and certainly more than if we hadn't gone through things. It makes a difference to see people's problems with your own eyes.

Yes I agree, but I guess I misinterpreted your - statement.

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It seemed to me that you were saying they were not compassionate kids. I didn't realize you were talking about everyone in general.

=) I've never been the best with words, but you got it...in general - nm - Tink

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I know exactly how that is. Sorry I misunderstood. - :)

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I do know what you are talking about though, to see people living in poverty. Years ago I traveled to India and had an extreme culture shock when I saw how people lived. I lived in a little boat and just getting from there to the marketplace, it was heartbreaking (and very disconcerting) to see children begging for coins and tugging at my clothes. You give some but can't give it all away. Then I got sick from the food and water and rehabilitated in England for a long time before I got better (I had a parasite).

Anyway, it was an eye-opening experience, for sure.

I think your post was excellent and well written. - sm

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And getting more compassion is always a good thing. I remember Princess Diana taking her sons to AIDS clinics, etc., to teach them about having compassion for the less fortunate. Although M.O. is NO Princess Diana, hopefully her daughters will learn a valuable lesson. I just hope this won't be like Michelle's other vacations filled with lavish in-your-face spending and just general excess at the American taxpayers' expense.

Well, that makes two of us, then. - nm

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when we're not too busy wishing squatty potties - on the first lady and daughters

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China - Lally

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I have absolutely no respect for either of the Obamas and doubt they are capable of learning to be compassionate. However, unfortunately, your experience in China is the same shared by my closest friend. She adopted a little girl four years ago from China and she said it was heartbreaking seeing so much poverty. Thankfully my friend was able to give a beautiful little girl a good home.

Who's paying? And who pays for Mom? - Curious 2

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