There are two important dimensions to this story:

(1) It's critical of The One and it appears in Time magazine of all places.

(2) Despite that we all know nothing will come of this latest example of Obama hauter and hypocrisy. The story will be buried just like all other similar stories in the reign of his highness.

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President Barack Obama traveled to California on Friday to highlight the state’s drought emergency at two events near Fresno, calling for shared sacrifice to help manage the state’s worst water shortage in decades. He then spent the rest of the weekend enjoying the hospitality of some of the state’s top water hogs: desert golf courses.

Vacationing with DVDs of his favorite television shows and multiple golf outings with his buddies, the duffer in chief played at two of the most exclusive courses in the Palm Springs area. On Saturday, Obama played at the Sunnylands estate, built by the late billionaire Walter Annenberg, which features a nine-hole course that is played like 18 holes. The following day he golfed at billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison’s 19-hole Porcupine Creek. On Presidents’ Day, Obama hit the links at Sunnylands once again.

The 124 golf courses in the Coachella Valley consume roughly 17% of all water there, and one-quarter of the water pumped out of the region’s at-risk groundwater aquifer, according to the Coachella Valley Water District. Statewide, roughly 1% of water goes to keep golf courses green. Each of the 124 Coachella Valley courses, on average, uses nearly 1 million gallons (3.8 million L) a day because of the hot and dry climate, three to four times more water per day than the average American golf course.

Of course, golf is a vital industry to the tourist paradise with streets named for Presidents and Hollywood stars, but the two courses Obama selected are among the most exclusive, seeing far fewer rounds per year than nearby courses. Sunnylands, owned by a trust, is not open to the public. Ellison’s course hosts charity events, but is also closed to the general public. Ellison himself has said he doesn’t golf.

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http://swampland.time.com/2014/02/17/oba...id-the-drought/

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(1) It's critical of The One and it appears in Time magazine of all places.

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I saw this earlier today and thought the same thing. Everyone knows he is going to lose the Senate this year and that he will be an instant lame duck with no value to the MSM anymore plus there will be a new stooge to prop up for the '16 election.

It's the beginning of the end for the free ride for this dope.

Central Valley farmers had reservoirs that could hold water for 5 years. However, a federal judge made them dump the water to "protect" the perceived ecosystem of the tiny smelt. I will post this 2009 article separately:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmou...-endangered-fis

BTW, if the GOP had any brains they'd do something with Paul Rodriguez. Great spokesperson on this.

(I said IF.)

http://www.kmph-kfre.com/story/23641951/...-crisis-no-joke