Malia Obama Uninjured in Mexico Earthquake
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WASHINGTON — (AP/The Blaze) The White House says President Barack Obama’s oldest daughter, Malia, is safe and never was in danger during a strong earthquake Tuesday in Mexico.
Malia, 13, is on vacation with a school group in Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico, according to reports from the region. The U.S. Geological Survey says the initial 7.6-magnitude earthquake was felt strongly in Oaxaca (wuh-HAH’-kah). The quake was followed by an aftershock that shook southern Mexico, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent frightened workers and residents into the streets.
Kristina Schake (SHAH-kee), the first lady’s communications director, says Malia Obama “is safe and was never in danger.” Typically the White House does not comment on the Obama children but made an exception because of the quake.
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Comments (144)
momprayn
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:16pmYes, I know, it’s just a coincidence……like the unusual earthquake that hit Martha’s Vineyard just when Obama was there golfing last year..and also hit Washington DC – cracked the Washington monument, etc……like the Presidential Seal that actually fell off the podium while Obama was giving a speech a couple of years ago….other times when he was speaking the rats running in front, flies landing on him….yeah…..just another coincidence. But….I don’t believe in coincidences and I choose to believe God is making His displeasure known and he will not be our President next year…whch cheers me up a bit.
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:11pmWould somebody please call Child Protective Services (CPS). Merely sending a young girl into the most dangerous country on earth is clear evidence that President & Mrs. Obama are UNFIT parents…! Although our Secret Service Agents are highly skilled, a detail of twenty-five is no match for a cartel’s virtual army, if they were to attempt a kdnapping of Malia & her friends…
Perhaps the earthquake scare is God’s way of demonstrating their Presidential folly…! (Oh, I should’ve said “Allah‘s way’” to speak in their appropriate tongue!)
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:31pmYea…run with that. CPS would laugh in your face even if he beat her with a rod.
Report Post »Really, I thought his one redeeming value was that he was a good father….Hell! He cant even run his family!!!
grannygrottbags
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 4:47amThis is really wierd not to mention creepy, they were actually planning a simulation of this day for this day! http://tinyurl.com/89sb3pm There was a verified “drill” planned for March 20, 2012 in Mexico for a 7.9M earthquake “simulation”…. why would they send their daughter?.
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:21pmThat would be really good if she was kidnapped and held for ransom then Obama would have to face that there are border and problems with Mexico that need to be addressed. Only when a person like him has a crisis that affects him personally, will he care. Right now, he don’t care about anybody but himself.
Report Post »SpeckledPup
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:05pmshe’s safe and the spoiled little 13yr old obama is still happily spending hundreds of thousands of that free US TAX PAYER money. talk about Ghetto Rich.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:09pmphew…that was close…now where were we? Ah yes…spending tax payer dollars frivolously.
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:14pmDon’t forget the free contraceptives she can now “enjoy”, thanks to her thoughtful parents…
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:32pmI wonder if Obama packed her a box of condoms so she would not be punished with a child?
Report Post »The Sergeant Major
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:37pmWhen the 13 year old Malia (mah-LEE-ah) returns home with cornrows in her hair and a new tattoo on her back side maybe daddy will have a new attitude towards our extended Family from the south.
Report Post »SpeckledPup
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 6:16pmjust to mention but someone yesterday said her initials are actually.. yeah … MAO. sure would not surprise us, would it.
Report Post »Mahakala
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:04pmMalia is safe. Now I can sleep soundly tonight. :/
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 6:06pmCorrection: You’re a MALAKA. (Greek word, look it up.)
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:00pmI‘m shocked that obama isn’t putting out that she had a near death experance – Oh thats right he would have to get the 25 Secret Service folks to lie- just maybe he couldn’t count on that. Yet
Report Post »mrdarklight
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:00pmOf course you shouldn’t be covering Malia. You have to respect the privacy of the children of the president. Remember when the media respected the privacy of George Bush’s daughters? Oh, wait…
Report Post »guntotinsquaw
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:52pmAnd let’s not forget the privacy extended to the Palin children..
Report Post »Dumpster Baby
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:59pmCute girl. Hope she follows in her fathers footsteps.
Report Post »Freebird
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:02pmAccording to the final episode of LIFE ON MARS,she does!
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:08pmOk…she‘s only 13 but she’s got her father‘s gawkiness and her mother’s hard face…where are you getting “cute” from?
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 8:56pmGuess this ******* thought it would be safer to send his
Report Post »Daughter to Mexico, rather than Chicago, Hilarious !!!!!
I can hear Moochell now, “Let them eat cake” ………..
jbcheesehead
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:59pmPhew, I’m very happy to hear that! Otherwise it would have been the fault of Bush, Fox News, Glen Beck or Rush Limbaugh, and I didn’t want to hear the stories about the blaming.
Report Post »guntotinsquaw
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 6:08pmI guess you haven’t heard….“He would not dwell in blame”..
Report Post »Misha
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:56pmWhat’s it going to take for Ole Crapo to take a hint? To anyone who believes in God, this is no coincidence. Not for a second that He’s intent on harming a child to make his point – but to scare her daddy a bit? Yes, I think maybe so.
Report Post »Watchyer6
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:37pmNo, it is a coincidence. Earthquakes are caused by plate tectonics, not God.
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:57pmOr HAARP weapons technology.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:51pmI am far more concerned about the welfare of 25 Secret Service Agents than that of a teeny bopper who should have heeded the advice put out by her old man. There was absolutely no justification for putting those agents in harm’s way nor for the cost of this trip.
Report Post »HurryUp2012
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:02pmAnd who’s footing the entire bill of ALL the partiers for transportation, meals & the hotel??? Is the taxpayer on the hook for all of Malia’s friends also?
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:10pmlittle big man: I hope you really didn’t mean that. Th girl’s parents are the ones at fault, she is too young to know better and has been raised as a spoiled brat. They did as they always do – tell us how to live then do the very thing they told us not to do.
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:25pmlittlebigman
you should be banned from theblaze for that comment. shame on you.
Report Post »mitchbarr
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:33pmWhat a horrible thing to say little big man. I dont like NObama as President. He is right up there with Jimmy Carter as the worst President. But I would not wish harm to him or his family.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:34pmlittlebigman…you should be banned for bad grammar….teached? Really? Where did you get your education out of a box of fruit loops?
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 6:13pm@LITTLE BIG MAN
Report Post »I fear you are the one who needs to be taught a lesson, an English grammar and spelling lesson as well as a lesson in civilized behavior.
antiencenom
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 9:56pmLittle big boy,are you a troll or just an idiot, Oh they’re the same thing. Masshole
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:50pmThe earthquake was Bush’s fault…! Or, was it Rush Limbaugh? Or, come to think of it, Glenn Beck, and his Tea Party Hordes…!
Good thing death, destruction and mayhem avoids liberal elites…!
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:07pmIt‘s the now the Earth’s “war on women”.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 9:37pmI see this Administration unduly putting Secret Service Agents
Report Post »in harms way…
possom
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:45pmWhere‘s family service’s when you need them?
Report Post »The Sergeant Major
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:32pmAccording to the US State Department:
CHILDREN’S ISSUES: Mexico is the destination country of the greatest number of children abducted from the United States by a parent. A party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction since 1991, Mexico was found to be not compliant with the Convention in the Department of State’s 2009 compliance report, though compliance improved in 2010.
Report Post »jamestoms
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:45pmWhen they care about palin children, the homeless children, the military kids, they can peddle their woes and concerns in hades.
Report Post »paleoman
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:44pmHaven’t heard fox say anything about her being down there. Fox is moving to the left & you can see it. Hope the 25 secret service men are ok wouldn’t want our tax payer money going to waste.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:42pmIn other news…Romney announces he and Dr Evil just invented an Earthquake gun, but it only works on 13 year old Presidents daughters. Pratical application still in works.
Report Post »dread_pirate_roberts
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:03pmDude, Live long … and prosper.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 7:32pmRock on.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:42pmI was wondering how to pronounce Oaxaca (wuh-HAH’-kah).
Anyways, what business does 13 year old Malia (mah-LEE-ah) have in Mexico?
Why in the world would Obama (Oh-BAD-LAHma) and Michelle (WOO-key) send their daughter to such a terrible place?…Don’t answer that. That’s not the point…
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:45pmLmao!!!!
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Report Post »Freebird
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:48pmBeing from the south,I appreciate the pronunciation helps.You wouldn’t happen to know a good dentist also,would you?
Report Post »Locked
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:50pm“Anyways, what business does 13 year old Malia (mah-LEE-ah) have in Mexico?”
According to the UK Daily News, it was a school sponsored trip.
Report Post »Misha
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:50pmOh, so funny. I was going to post something similar, but you beat me to the punch!
Report Post »Santafeconservative
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:52pmLol!!!
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:53pmI understand reading is not the norm for Beckerheads. But it is clear that this was not a just a vacation from the article, but a school sponsored trip.
“Malia, 13, is on vacation with a school group in Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico”
Beck has no real news to publish, so we wastes the time of his follower with four or five meaningless articles on a non-story. Beckerheads have been played, but they are too stupid to realize it.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:04pmencinom: Other than being a paid troll, why do you bother to come to this site if it isn’t for news? Would you care to match degrees and education you liberal POS? By the way if you changed the first letter of Beckerheads to a“P” you would be describing liberals and yourself to a tee.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:11pmThat’s right ENCIDIOT…and we all know that a lot of schools send their 13 year old students to countries that the government recommends you stay out of. And send them with a contingent of secret service agents no less.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:24pm@encinom, locked
Wow. You know, when you have to explain a joke, then it’s no longer funny. But since loony libbys like yourselves have no sense of humor…(sigh) here goes…
My questions in the post were meaningless…I was making a joke. And now the joke is on you. Congrats.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:27pmAvengerK
Report Post »Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:11pm
That’s right ENCIDIOT…and we all know that a lot of schools send their 13 year old students to countries that the government recommends you stay out of. And send them with a contingent of secret service agents no less.
___________________________
What a petty, ignorant, hate filled creature you are. Try expending your world beyond your trailer park, private middle schools and even some public do have programs to expose the students to the broader world, something that Beckerheads reject.
AvengerK
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:37pmYou’re still not very convincing ENCIDIOT. How many schools would take children to a country the federal government has warned Americans to avoid? You‘re still avoiding that one aren’t you? You pair of clownshoes. I‘ll tell exactly what’s happened. Obama‘s daughter and 12 her friends were sent on an all expenses paid vacation to Mexico on the tax payer’s dime (with secret service protection) and when the Obama white house realized the optics of that frivolous spending didn’t ring well they moved to excise the story from public view. Yeah…lots of schools are doing it aren’t they ENCIDIOT? You piece of leftist filth..you fool no one.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 8:18pmI don’t believe for one minute ………..this was a school sponsored trip.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:14am@Kickin
“My questions in the post were meaningless…I was making a joke. And now the joke is on you. Congrats.”
Yes… your joke was terrible, and now somehow it’s on us?
Don’t want an answer? Don’t ask a question.
Report Post »hollowpoint
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:40pmI couldn’t care less how she is. But seems like either the prez or now his family keeps getting subtle messages from uh…“mother nature”….or….highter. Flies, rats, bees, lightning, storms, earthquake, etc. Can’t the idiot take a hint?
Report Post »leonardo44
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:39pmok, there is entirely WAY TOO MUCH info the past few days regarding Malia Obama.
Report Post »Nobody cares, let’s focus on some real news please.
Freebird
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:38pmI thought there was a media blackout concerning her trip to Mexico.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:37pmWe care?
Report Post »jonnyfontain
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:39pmDamn, almost……
Report Post »123456beatriz
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:50pmYes! we tax payers are paying the GASOLINE and airplane!. So! PLUS wrath from God Earthquake! umm?
Report Post »mgcre
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:52pmLet’s see 10 friends and 25 Secret Service personnel. What makes anyone think the secret service has jursidiction in Mexico or immunity from the Cartel. They are sitting ducks if Zetas decide they are. What an IDIOT we have as the president.
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:28pmmgcre
exactly. the cartels number in the tens of thousands, and they could overwhelm the secret service. you really have to be an idiot to send your kids there.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:36pmAnd….? I thought the media wasn‘t supposed to report on the high flyin’ kid, eh?
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:36pmI thought mamaobama might have joined her daughter and possibly sat down too quickly, causing the massive earthquake.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:41pmI did lol. Bet she doesn’t even know her oldest child (that we know of) is gone to one of the most violent countries in this part of the world.
“This is the first time I’ve ever been proud of our first lady, first family, etc…” NOT!!!
Report Post »thousandoaks
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:04pmStop, my stomach hurts from laughing
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 8:20pmlol……..ya’ll are funny
Report Post »GardenoftheGods
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:35pmI’m glad Malia is safe; but her parents are some of the dumbest parents on the face of the earth. When the STATE Dept. says STAY OUT OF OAXACA; you’d think the PRESIDENT would direct his daughter to visit a nice beach community here in the good old USA; but NO, not these elite morons– they go where they desire–And are damn lucky their kid hasn’t been kidnapped or worse. Can you imagine the Cartels getting their hands on these little girls? I don’t care how many Secret Service guys were on hand–the situation could have become an international incident in minutes. STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES Mr. & MRS. OBAMA….
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:54pmHey gardeofthegods,
this is an instance where you really should have “done your own homework” , and I mean REALLY done your own homework and not just take Beck at his “word”.
One mere second of googling led me to this site: (check it out)
http://isitsafetotraveltomexico.com/
and if you can’t muster the energy to look at it yourself, here’s an excerpt:
“The U.S. State Department issued its most recent Travel Advisory for Mexico in February, highlighting the areas of Mexico that are safe for travel. Those areas include:
Baja California South, including Cabo San Lucas
Parts of Southern Mexico including Campeche, Chiapas
Central Mexico including Estado de Mexico, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, Leon and Hidalgo, Puebla, Queretaro
Mexico City
Oaxaca including Huatulco and Puerto Escondido
Quintana Roo including Playa del Carmen, Cancun, Riviera Maya, Cozumel and Tulum
Tabasco including Villahermosa
Tlaxcala
Yucatan including Merida and Chichen Itza
States to avoid or to exercise caution in include:
Chihuahua
Tijuana
Coahuila
Durango
Nuevo Leon”
I wish Beck/Blaze fans would be better informed.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:34pmDemi-god landed…
Report Post »CapitalistUno
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:29pmWell, it’s slightly uncanny this happened after a warning was provided to American citizens to not travel to Mexico. Dontchathink?
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:14pmYou’re a freaking idi©t. She didn’t go to Tijuana you sod, she went to Oaxaca, a beautiful and safe area full of amazing culture.
One second of googling led me to this site: (check it out and learn something you a$$wype)
http://isitsafetotraveltomexico.com/
and if you can’t muster the energy to look at it yourself, here’s an excerpt:
“The U.S. State Department issued its most recent Travel Advisory for Mexico in February, highlighting the areas of Mexico that are safe for travel. Those areas include:
Baja California South, including Cabo San Lucas
Parts of Southern Mexico including Campeche, Chiapas
Central Mexico including Estado de Mexico, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, Leon and Hidalgo, Puebla, Queretaro
Mexico City
Oaxaca including Huatulco and Puerto Escondido
Quintana Roo including Playa del Carmen, Cancun, Riviera Maya, Cozumel and Tulum
Tabasco including Villahermosa
Tlaxcala
Yucatan including Merida and Chichen Itza
States to avoid or to exercise caution in include:
Chihuahua
Report Post »Tijuana
Coahuila
Durango
Nuevo Leon”
majasdad
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 5:35pmHey Capitalisto, sorry about the profanities, the fact is I meant to answer a comment that was similar to yours but worded in an extremely offensive manner, and it really irked me. Your tone, on the other hand, was a much more civilized one, and I apologize for the mix-up.
Having said that, do check out the link.
Report Post »guntotinsquaw
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 6:05pm@Majasdad..you are correct..the US didn’t issue a travel warning for Oaxaca…Canada DID!!!
and it states as follows…. The city of Oaxaca has recently experienced violence and roadblocks related to demonstrations.
And then there is the media in Mexico City…..Canadian Mining Company Provokes Violence, Death in Oaxaca
By Carlin Christy, WFP Mexico
Community residents opposed to a mining operation in the Ocotlán Valley, just south of Oaxaca City, were met with gunfire from local officials last Wednesday January 18th. The attack has left one man dead and another woman injured. Both victims were part of the local coordinating committee that opposes the operation of a silver and gold mine in the community of San José el Progreso. Reports state that the municipal president fired the shots himself, or may have ordered other armed civilians to fire upon Bernardo Méndez Vásquez, as well as Abigail Vásquez Sánchez who is reported to be in fair condition.
Or this article…
Three people have been killed so far, most recently, Bernardo Mendez Vasquez, who was shot seven times on January 18, 2012 by a municipal police officer. Locals say municipal authorities ordered the police to attack residents who were refusing to allow a new water system to be installed on their land because they feared it would be used to supply the mine with water.
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 6:44pm@GUNTOTINSQUAW
Hey Squaw, I am happy to see that you can do your own research, but you have to also learn how to puts things in their proper context.
All the violence you mention relates to a Canadian Mining Company and the adverse affects their activities have had on the local population. If there is strong antipathy towards the Canadian Mine Company, it’s not surprising Canada is issuing a warning to their citizens. But that doesn’t mean everyone is at risk.
”The city of Oaxaca has recently experienced violence and roadblocks related to demonstrations.” What American town/city hasn’t? If you were to avoid every area where a demonstation and violence could potentially break out, you’d end up unable to leave your house.
If you’d just see the context, and keep a positive outlook, you’d be a lot less scared squaw.
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 6:47pm@GUNTOTINSQUAW
Hey Squaw, I am happy to see that you can do your own research, but you have to also learn how to puts things in their proper context.
All the violence you mention relates to a Canadian Mining Company and the adverse affects their activities have had on the local population. If there is antipathy towards the Canadian Mine Company, it’s not surprising Canada is issuing a warning to their citizens. But that doesn’t mean everyone is at risk.
”The city of Oaxaca has recently experienced violence and roadblocks related to demonstrations.” What American town/city hasn’t? If you were to avoid every area where a demonstation and violence could potentially break out, you’d end up unable to leave your house.
If you’d just see the context, and keep a positive outlook, you’d be a lot less scared squaw.
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