Friday, March 21, 2014

An Expensive Equalizer


Something I already suspected (see: Michelle Ma Belle) was just confirmed in a UK Telegraph article … Michelle Obama’s lavish trip to China this week was a convenient ... if somewhat self-serving way to make amends for her snubbing the Chinese First Lady, Mrs. Ping, last year in California … see: UK Telegraph Article.

To quote from this article:
[This trip] was a slightly stiff apology for the snub last year when Mrs. Obama failed to show up for a meeting at Sunnylands, California, between [Chinese President] Xi Jinping, Mrs. Peng and her husband.
Although, our First Lady thankfully seems to be winning Chinese friends on this junket, her host country is still a little aghast at the extravagance expended therein by we Americans … the Obama family is staying in a $8,400 per night suite in a luxury Chinese hotel … see: Yahoo Story.

Apparently the price of penance runs high.

Afterward: see also: Daily Mail Story.


1 comment:

ChillFin said...

You have to wonder who typically stays at an $8400/night suite, and whether they are above scrutiny by their peasants.