Dear American Taxpayer

             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
             private 3-story villa at a 5-Star luxury hotel.

             Thank you also for the use of Air Force Two
             and the 70 Secret Service personnel who tagged
             along to be sure we were
             safe and cared for at all times.

             By the way, if you happen to
             be visiting the Costa del Sol ,
             I highly recommend the Buenaventura Plaza restaurant
             in Marbella ; great lobster with
             rice and oysters!

             I'm ashamed to admit the
              lobsters we ate in Martha's Vineyard were not quite as tasty, but
             what can you do if you're not in Europe
             , you have to just grin and bear it?

             Air Force Two (which costs $11,351 per hour to operate
             according to Government Accounting Office reports)
             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 we must ask 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.
             So I do appreciate your sacrifices and do hope you
             find work soon.

             I was really exhausted after Barack took our family
             on a luxury vacation in Maine a few weeks ago.

             I just had to get away for a few days.

             Cordially,

             Michelle (Moochelle) Obama

             P.S. Thank you as well for the $2 BILLION dollar trip
             to India from which we just returned!

             P.SS. Thank you, too, for that vacation trip to Martha's
              Vineyard; it was fabulous.

             And thanks for that second smaller jet that took our
             dog Bo to Martha's Vineyard so we and the children
             could have him with us while we were away from the
             White House for eleven days. After all, we couldn't
             take him on Air Force One  because he might pee
             on some wires or something.

             P.SSS. Oh, I almost forgot to say thanks also for
             our two-week trip to Hawaii at  Christmas. That 7,000
             square foot house was great!

             P.SSSs don't forget my ski trip to Vail this winter
             and now the girls and I are in Africa with my mom.
             All this while Barack golf’s  and campaigns to
             keep my trips coming for the next 4 years !



             Love ya! Remember,  we all have to share the pain of these
             economic times equally!

             Love to -redistribute-share- the wealth