DIY

Thank You America

For only the second time in my 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, several long-time family family friends, my personal staff and various guests had a wonderful time. Honestly you 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 us at all times. By the way if you happen to be visiting the Costa del Sol, I highly recommend the Buenaventura Plaza resturant in Marbella, great lobster with rice and oysters! I'm ashambed 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 just have to grin and bear it ?
Air Force Two (which costs $11,351 per hour to operate according to the 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 were rough estimates, but they were 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 sacrificies and do hope you find work soon,I was really exhausted after The Mr. took our family on a luxary vacation in Maine a few weeks ago. I just had to get away for a few days.
Cordially,
The First Lady

P.S.
Thank you as well for the $2 Billion dollar trip to India.
P.SS Thank you 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 hin 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 7000 square foot house was great. That only cost you guys $4 mil. The Mr. wanted to do Camp David! Boring !!!!!
PSSS Don't forget my trip to Vail this winter and now the girls and I are in Africa with my mom. All this while Barrack golfs and campains to keep my trips coming for the next 4 years ! Love ya ! Remember we all have to share the pain of these econimic times equally! Love to- redistribute-share-the wealth.