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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:53 PM Original message |
Laura Bush orders a $485,000 White House China Set |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. It should be returned...get paper plates |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
108. Why? We didn't pay for it. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #108 |
157. It's still wasteful |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
114. Yeah. Wouldn't paper plates and Dixie cups have fit in better with the redneck barbecue aesthetic |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. SICK, these silver spoon FUCKS! make me SICK. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wonder how many dishes drunky Chimpy and his skanky daughters broke? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. I hope Mrs. Obama puts it in the attic and orders her own choice. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. uhh no. Send it back for a refund and THEN order what she wants |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. It's paid for by private donors |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Dick Cheney's pocket change? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
74. That slime........ |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
73. Why read the article and actually understand what's going on? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Silly me. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't suppose we can return it for cash? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. I read about that today in the Post |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I knew they'd be butt ugly |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I don't think they're horrible. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. I think they're gorgeous |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. The bottom pattern seems Sadam inspired. Lot's of gold leif military BS |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
68. Check out the Clintons. It's much heavier gold lief. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
129. standard style for WH china |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. thanks for sharing that |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I checked it out, and it goes 'way back........ |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Gold flatware? |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #40 |
111. I agree--gold flatware is so opulent that it's vulgar. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 03:36 AM Response to Reply #111 |
119. Good gawd man, we could melt that crap down and pay off the national debt |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #119 |
135. Not as gold as Clinton's china choice, and tax dollars didn't pay for it anyway. n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
133. i absolutely DETEST gold flatware. ditto for bathroom fixtures. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. the flower overpowers the plate and the food |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
145. Yeah, I'd be tempted to "keep eating" once I reached the flower... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Those are hideous. I'm terrible at that stuff and still find her taste laughable. nt |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. Nancy Reagan was the exception... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. That Reagan stuff is awful, |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
77. at Buckingham Palace they use china and crystal from her predecessors' reigns |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #77 |
109. I love it |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #109 |
112. Did you ever see the PBS series "Winsdor Castle" |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Of course |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
103. I think the British invented Shabby Chic :) |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
102. Here's another variation of the magnolia informal china. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. I'm lookin' and lookin' and |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. YES. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #102 |
131. my wife and I chose a pattern with "bugs" on it when we got married |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
147. Ahhhh - first style reminiscent of the Octopus, n'est ce pas? |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Think of how many homeless starved to death today in the USA... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
48. Read the article |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
148. Made possible by billions of dollars in tax breaks for the most privileged in our society |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. dupe - accident |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Does she get to take it home? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. No. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's custom and tradition in recent presidencies. And the taxpayers aren't paying for it. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. I say the taxpayers pay for it, maybe indirectly, but we pay for it. nm |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. No. not true. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
106. Yeah I know. And those rich bastards earned their money fair and square and didn't get massive tax |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #106 |
126. What does that have to do with anything? Good grief. There is no |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #126 |
152. Yes I hear you. And I accept your good grief comment, but.... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. Hillary Clinton did it, too. If Obama gets a second term, Michelle Obama will do it. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. I recognize your points. I just have a hard time accepting the opulence of the ruling class in |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #155 |
158. In the big scheme, they're not terribly opulent, actually. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
110. No. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Couldn't someone spend that money on feeding the homeless? |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Fantasy.... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
128. It's not the family china. It's the china to be used for state dinners, |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. I liked FDR's best |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. China will buy the White House for that amount someday. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's probably service for 100, at least |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It's for those big state dinners. Michelle will get to design some too, if her husband |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. I think it's a 14 piece place setting. Imagine how much that cost! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. No kidding. There were pictures in the Cooking & Baking Group |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
81. I like the magnolia blossom |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #81 |
92. They'd be fine for that |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. Conned? LOL Anyway, the magnolia plates are to go with the magnolia trees around WH |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
130. It's 320 fourteen piece place settings. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Lol! I actually expected something awful, but it's nice enough. nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
117. ok, then, $1000/setting for 100 people = $100,000. But this cost 1/2 million freaking dollars. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
132. its a 14 piece service for 320 -- a lot of dishes |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. Let's tar and feather this bird! |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Marie Antoinette, Jr. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. My thoughts exactly. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Daggone it, now I gotta find what the various utensils and fine crystal are used for... |
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Trailrider1951 (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. OMG, what a waste! |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. what's the point |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
90. Tradition |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. How would you think the Obama's will feel if they use bush plates? |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. here's a look at some of the past patterns |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
93. I LIKE THE HAYES CHINA! I WANT IT! |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:20 AM Response to Reply #93 |
122. Yes, Haviland ROCKS!!! |
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az chela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. Why the hell would she pick out the dishes for Michelle?? |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Get some info. The Bushes have used the Clinton china, among others |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. This sounds way to aristocratic for my president to be involved with. nm |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
137. Wow, have you been fooled!! n/t |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #137 |
156. It can happen. nm |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
29. Why not Martha Stewart china? |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
140. Maybe a nice Martha Stewart prison pattern. n/t |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. Jebus H. Christ.... |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. What would it cost to |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. Why wasn't this left for the Obama's to order? They are going to be using it. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. It was ordered years ago |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. What article? This report was a video from ABC News & they were saying 2 weeks ago. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Here's an article |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #58 |
88. Thank you - this is why print media shouldn't go out of business - appreciate it. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. Too incomprehensible to even comment on. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
54. Her way of saying "FU" to Michelle? What if Michelle hates the pattern? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Sigh, no not at all |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. It's OK. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
141. It's tradition. (for the 100th time) n/t |
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Riley18 (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
55. Was the china made in America? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Lenox, Inc and Pickard China |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. Please take whatever you like and leave |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
57. What's the outrage about? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. From what I read |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Does the image appear? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. No, it doesn't |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Let me try again. |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. closer look at Clinton china |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. Thanks!! |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #71 |
94. I love the silverware. It's simple and elegant. I'd like to use |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. I like the Clinton china very much n/t |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. Great pic, thanks. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
76. Maybe this is why Laura waited so long to order a set of her own. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
87. The 'outrage' |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Exactly. |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #87 |
125. great, another republican apoligist |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #125 |
136. great another poster who didn't read (or didn't comprehend) the article |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #136 |
149. Hey B-Flat, the O.P. does NOT have an article to read |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Hey TooLazy |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #150 |
151. Hey concise reader ..... this is fun |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #125 |
143. At least they didn't put their faces on the plates. n/t |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #125 |
153. That would be 'apologist,' |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:15 AM Response to Reply #57 |
121. Maybe the 32% approval rating? Shrub is not well liked. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
61. I'd sure have it tested for lead before I let anyone use it. |
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JeffreyWilliamson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
70. Is this the dreaded Reagan stuff? |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. It's hard to match with the flowers and decor. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #70 |
84. I saw a picture of a table set with those plates |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
79. I think we should send the shit back for a refund in 1 week and 6 days. Son of a bitch! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Are the private donors asking for their money back? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. I wasn't about to watch that crap. Did it say private donors paid for the pickle jars? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #85 |
99. Well, you could have read the thread |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Thanks for the link. Looks like she's drown the whole place in yellow pissy rugs. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
86. The formal china is kind of pretty |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
91. I think this would of really been in good taste...had Laura |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #91 |
97. If the Obamas are in the WH for 8 years |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
95. I hope the Obamas choose 'Made in the USA' |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. The Bush china was made by Lenox and Pickard n/t |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #95 |
116. Lenox is the official company that has been used for many years |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
100. Good God, think what that money could do |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #100 |
144. She didn't pay for the shit. Private investors did. Maybe we can get the investors' names |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
104. But did anyone notice that odd blue rufflely dress Pickles was wearing |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
115. And they're ugly. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
118. *sings* all my clothes come from the top designers... |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 05:04 AM Response to Original message |
120. Just a guess: Sounds like a money-laundering operation. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #120 |
124. That's 320 place settings, with something like 14 pieces per place setting |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
123. Probably complete with CIA microphones and transmitters. /nt |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
127. she should get the bill for it. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #127 |
138. did it occur to you to actually read any of the posts in the thread? |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #138 |
142. But then how could they be sufficiently outraged? n/t |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
134. I wonder if it's a common occurence... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #134 |
139. apparently it was, so that now they are more careful to account for every piece |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
146. What happened- did they BREAK it all during their drunken tantrums? |
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