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.
I'm sure there is as much fiction as there is truth in that post,but dang, have these people ever thought of leading by example??? I'm not talking about just obama's family.......all these jerks and jerkettes in Washington.
We ALL have to make sacrifices.........sure, unless you are a politician!!
Bush spent 180 vacation days at his Crawford Ranch ....
President Bush spent 180 days on his Crawford Ranch and at Camp David during his first 31 months in office, according to CBS News. The cost of flying Air Force One to the Texas ranch cost approximately $56,800 per trip, according to Media Matters. President Bush spent each Christmas at the White House so his staff and secret service could spend the holiday with their family.
and for anyone who did not understand........no one would care how many trips obama and micelle took if the economy was prospering and we did not have so many out of work.
If obama is going to tell me I have to sacrifice then he needs to get off of Air Force One and start sacrificing like the rest of us.
How much time did Bush spend working while on vacation in Crawford? How did Bush vacationing in Crawford help the economy? At least the money stayed in the States.
Barack Obama tells Americans 'don't go to Las Vegas', then Michelle and daughters decide to take a trip to Vegas after visiting Mount Rushmore, I guess she was trying to see if there was room for Obama's face to fit in.
Its a little hypocritical to tell Americans not to take trips while flying all over the world.
He hasn't been perfect on every issue, but, there is no plan on the other side that doesn't just say no taxes and slash and burn austerity. There are no specifics as to what is to be slashed.....just comments like, "The failed policies". When asked a question, Romney doesn't answer it, just tries to say how much Obama has failed. There is no substance. It will get really interesting when the debates begin.
Don't count on the media bringing out anything critical of Obama's tenure. The only way to hear any is to watch Fox News and the liberals avoid that like the plague. They would rather watch NBC, CNBC, CNN and read the liberal newpapers.
Don't count on the media bringing out anything critical of Obama's tenure. The only way to hear any is to watch Fox News and the liberals avoid that like the plague. They would rather watch NBC, CNBC, CNN and read the liberal newpapers.
Well no, texbuck, don't you know Fox doesn't use facts, that's why they are called "faux" news by the libs.
Obviously someone besides you and me are watching because their ratings are over the top.
If O'Reilly gets a thrill down his leg, we are in real trouble.
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