A Heartfelt Letter From Michelle Political Crap / Back Home
Thanks to Bernie and Nancy and also to Mary Lou for this one! It's going around this week, for sure...
To: The people of the United States,
For only the second time in my adult life, I am not ashamed of my
country. I want to thank the hard working American people for paying
$242 thousand dollars for my vacation in Spain. My daughter Sasha,
several long-time family friends, my personal staff and various guests
had a wonderful time. Honestly, you just haven't lived until you have
stayed in a $2,500.00 per night suite at a 5-Star luxury hotel. Thank
you also for the use of Air Force 2 and the 70 Secret Service personnel
who tagged along to be sure we all were safe and cared for at all times.
Air Force 2 only used 47,500 gallons of jet fuel for this trip and
carbon emissions were a mere 1,031 tons of CO2. These are only rough
estimates, but they are close. That's quite a carbon footprint as my
good friend Al Gore would say, so I submit that we must ask you, the
American citizens, to drive smaller, more fuel efficient cars and drive
less too, so we can lessen our combined carbon footprint.
I know times are hard and millions of you are struggling to put food on
the table and trying to make ends meet. I do appreciate your sacrifice
and do hope you find work soon. I was really exhausted after Barack
took our family on a luxury vacation to Maine a few weeks ago. I just
had to get away for a few days. And just think, it won't be long until
we'll be vacationing again as a family in Martha's Vineyard,
Massachusetts for 10 days.
Cordially,
M. Obama