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1. #702547
   On May 18th, 2009 at 1:04 pm, Special K said:

   Holy cow!! That is unbelievable that in the midst of their budget crisis there in the “Golden” state, they would blow such an astronomical sum of money for this woman to come speak. But, seeing how the state is bankrupt, I guess they’ll just never pay their bill.

2. #702550
   On May 18th, 2009 at 1:08 pm, J S Ragman said:

   Imbeciles spending money to impress other imbeciles.

3. #702551
   On May 18th, 2009 at 1:09 pm, Special K said:

   Spending money they don’t have . . .

4. #702552
   On May 18th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, cpodug said:

   Special K said: Spending money they don’t have . . .

   Perfect description of the gummint that got us into this mess in the first place.

5. #702555
   On May 18th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, nbarry said:

   Are there any shiny pebbles at Sutter’s Fort that people might have overlooked 150 years ago?

6. #702556
   On May 18th, 2009 at 1:17 pm, letget said:

   Maybe she will donate her $500 shoes to help the cost. Hold a raffle.
   L

7. #702562
   On May 18th, 2009 at 1:20 pm, prendad said:

   What better way to honor Michelle Obama than to emulate her husband Barack by monsterously overspending to the absurd degree on her visit. Now, she is gone. And everyone can close their eyes and dream of the magnificence of her presence. Then, they can open their eyes and see the bills. Congratulations Merced! Outstanding work!

8. #702565
   On May 18th, 2009 at 1:21 pm, Hangfire said:

   Gag me with a trowel.

9. #702573
   On May 18th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, rightisright said:

   and this is coming from schools of “higher learning”? Must be that new math thing again, I’m older, thankfully I was out of school when that new math came about.

10. #702574
    On May 18th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Michelle is a distraction. COmmenting on anyting regarding her is a waste of time. Just like feeding the trolls.

    IGNORE HER.

11. #702575
    On May 18th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, tre said:

    That college spent half a mill’ to get a lecture about GIVING???

    Someone needs a little refresher course in economics.

12. #702581
    On May 18th, 2009 at 1:32 pm, Ragspierre said:

    The Golden Junk-Bond State is doomed….

    The tax differential between low-tax and high-tax states is widening, meaning that a relocation from high-tax California or Ohio, to no-income tax Texas or Tennessee, is all the more financially profitable both in terms of lower tax bills and more job opportunities.

    Updating some research from Richard Vedder of Ohio University, we found that from 1998 to 2007, more than 1,100 people every day including Sundays and holidays moved from the nine highest income-tax states such as California, New Jersey, New York and Ohio and relocated mostly to the nine tax-haven states with no income tax, including Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire and Texas. We also found that over these same years the no-income tax states created 89% more jobs and had 32% faster personal income growth than their high-tax counterparts.

    Did the greater prosperity in low-tax states happen by chance? Is it coincidence that the two highest tax-rate states in the nation, California and New York, have the biggest fiscal holes to repair? No. Dozens of academic studies — old and new — have found clear and irrefutable statistical evidence that high state and local taxes repel jobs and businesses.

    What a perfect parable for why Merced is ground-zero for the recession/depression….

    Shellie Obama’s debt encrusted appearance.

13. #702585
    On May 18th, 2009 at 1:36 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    Two words for the morons who spent the $700,000.00 – Fiscal Responsibility. They’ll probably need to look them up and have someone explain how they go together because they apparently don’t teach that at UC-Merced. I wonder how long it will be before the extravaganza they threw will be reflected in tuition and fees increases for the students who have not yet graduated?

    Hope is not a plan; not all change is good. WE are the civilian national security force. If Chicago was treated like Iraq, the Democrats would be demanding we withdraw all our forces, even though they control Chicago. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST!!!!!!!!!

    ECS

14. #702590
    On May 18th, 2009 at 1:47 pm, Ron said:

    I would have thought this counted as a stimulus package for Merced…extra spending and all that

15. #702592
    On May 18th, 2009 at 1:48 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    It’s our obligation to make Merced look good.” The top cost is an estimated $300,000 for an audio/visual firm to broadcast the event on-site and provide a live feed for media outlets.

    “And besides, her arms are so nicely taut and toned!”

16. #702597
    On May 18th, 2009 at 1:55 pm, John Deaux said:

    On May 18th, 2009 at 1:32 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Those people come here and immediately start voting Democrat because they want new roads, more amenities, etc.

    That’s how the socialist seeds of stupidity are spread.

17. #702601
    On May 18th, 2009 at 2:00 pm, Ragspierre said:

    That’s how the socialist seeds of stupidity are spread.

    Yeah. But some of them learn better.

    I’ve heard Katrina evacuees turn conservative.

    We gotta keep the faith…

18. #702604
    On May 18th, 2009 at 2:03 pm, spidgy said:

    No worries. The CA voters will just pass another bond measure to pay for it.

19. #702606
    On May 18th, 2009 at 2:08 pm, Ragspierre said:

    http://townhall.com/cartoons/2009/05/18/1

20. #702614
    On May 18th, 2009 at 2:17 pm, in_awe said:

    Never heard of YouTube…or Hulu, eh?

    UC Merced is smaller than my daughter’s high school. They staged a multi-month campaign to land her as the speaker according to the gushing seniors involved in getting Michelle there. Maybe the cost should come from the student activity fees for as long as necessary to pay for the “event of a lifetime”. You know, in line with Michelle’s husbands mantra about taking personal responsibility…(or is that really just a joke?)

21. #702615
    On May 18th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, txvet2 said:

    On May 18th, 2009 at 1:32 pm, Ragspierre said:

    You should really source that. Credit where due, and all that.

22. #702619
    On May 18th, 2009 at 2:28 pm, bradley said:

    The sheer stupidity of this is beyond me. UC Merced spent $300K to provide a LIVE FEED of this permanently-obtuse entitled woman’s “speech”? Didn’t they realize that MSNBC, NBC, CBS, hell, PBS probably too, would ALL provide “live feeds” if asked, and pay for the “honor”? The owner of the overpaid video company is probably related to the college president or someone at the college, sort of inter-familial “stimulus” as it were. Spread the wealth around, folks. Here you go…

23. #702620
    On May 18th, 2009 at 2:29 pm, Ragspierre said:

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124260067214828295.html#mod=rss_opinion_main

    Beg pardon…

24. #702638
    On May 18th, 2009 at 2:39 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    That is ok, we can pop for it. Nothing is too good for the Imperial Presidency- and that nonsense has been going on long before the Chicago Mafia got there.

    I have long thought we could scale back the pomp and circumstance around the President of a Republic and stop acting like the Tsar. Someday I fear I shall see an American President carry a Golden Mace with a big Easter Egg on it.

25. #702643
    On May 18th, 2009 at 2:42 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Recessionista

    This would make a fine Beyonce song.

26. #702645
    On May 18th, 2009 at 2:44 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    UC Merced spent $300K to provide a LIVE FEED of this permanently-obtuse entitled woman’s “speech”?

    They had this backwards. A “live feed” from First TOTUS Lady shown on a big screen (”Touchdown Chavez”) would have been much cheaper, and Michelle-O would have greatly reduced her carbon footprint…

27. #702652
    On May 18th, 2009 at 2:51 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    We are forgetting the most important thing is here; How does it affect her children?

    /sarc

    GSP 8p
    “This is Sparta!”

28. #702683
    On May 18th, 2009 at 3:26 pm, RobM1981 said:

    It’s not as if California can’t afford it…

    

29. #702691
    On May 18th, 2009 at 3:38 pm, 24Klady said:

    Ragspierre #17
    I was in the Dallas/Metro when all the refugees from Katrina came in. One of the jokes from conservatives in LA though was that since TX was taking such good care of them let them stay, please. They claimed that the ones returning were conservatives with jobs and professions and the ones still hanging out in other states always voted liberal. Interesting.

    Back to MO..was I the only one that noticed she sat up there with her legs apart? Classy. Her mama should have spent some time teaching her how a lady should sit, especially on an elevated podium.

30. #702696
    On May 18th, 2009 at 3:43 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Her mama should have spent some time teaching her how a lady should sit, especially on an elevated podium.

    EEEEEWWWWWwwwww…!

31. #702723
    On May 18th, 2009 at 4:02 pm, RedDog said:

    Do any alumni want to donate to a university that would so easily and cavalierly waste their money?

    Yowza!

32. #702758
    On May 18th, 2009 at 4:32 pm, 24Klady said:

    When I graduated, I cannot remember any speaker using the mantra we should, nor had to, give back. We were told we had to hit the ground running because we were bright, had used our parents resources to persue higher learning, and the country needed us to produce to the best of our abilities. We were the future leaders and workers of this great country. Anyone suggesting we ignore the obligation to live up to our greatest potential would have been laughed off stage. I feel sorry for any young graduate, with oceans of student loans to pay back, that buys into this self-servitude to the state.

    Seems our magnificent duo in D.C. want the young graduates to volunteer, live below the poverty level yet feel good about themselves. Hate to burst the bubble, but this generation wants/likes ’stuff’ too and will no doubt decide to earn it just like we did. The industrial revolution of this century will come from these young people. They’ve never been poor and won’t like it any better than any past generation.

33. #702823
    On May 18th, 2009 at 5:42 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    I can see paying $700,000 to hear a speech from Michelle MALKIN but for that other woman? I don’t think so…

34. #702827
    On May 18th, 2009 at 5:45 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Remember when going out and getting a job and raising your family WAS giving back? Of course, that isn’t the answer “O-cialism” wants to hear or encourage.

    “Now that you have graduated and are deeply in debt, go out and be a community organizer and live off the largesse of the government! Government is good! Government will solve all your problems! Drink the Kool-Aid!”

35. #702855
    On May 18th, 2009 at 6:04 pm, leepro said:

    Gee, you’d think someone woulda’ broke for a BLOUSE. Bare skin showing between the gown and hood was inappropriate.

    She coulda’ used a pair of pantyhose, too, since she chose to hike her gown up over her crossed legs.

    Shampoo woulda’ been a plus. Do you suppose she bathed?

    Tacky. Very tacky. But then…

    

36. #702916
    On May 18th, 2009 at 7:43 pm, Living in the PSRK said:

    Not enough Alumni to really matter about fundraising issues…LOL

    From Wiki:

    As the San Joaquin Valley was the state’s largest and most populous region without a UC campus, on May 19, 1988 the Regents of the University of California voted to begin planning for a campus in the region, in response to increasing enrollment and growth constraints at existing UC campuses.[5] On May 19, 1995, the Regents selected the Merced site, mid-way between Fresno and Modesto — each of which has a campus of the California State University system — as the location for the University of California’s tenth campus.[6] The campus groundbreaking ceremony was held October 25, 2002, and the first day of class was September 6, 2005.