tired of the change yet?

tired of the change yet? ....

A friend recently received this letter of appreciation from Michelle Obama – back in Washington for a day or two between family vacations. He was so touched by it that he asked me to share it with you...

Dear Tax Paying Citizen,
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, 000, plus additional expenses, 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. We booked only 70 rooms for our friends, staff, and family. Thank you, also, for the use of Air Force 2 and the 70 Secret Service personnel who tagged along to be sure that we were safe and cared for at all times.

Air Force 2 used only 47,500 gallons of jet fuel for this trip, and carbon emissions were a mere 1,031 tons of CO2. It costs only $11,500 per hour to operate Air Force 2 (and each additional plane for the other members of our party group). These are only rough estimates, but they are close (who's counting?). 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 that we can lessen our combined carbon footprint.

I know that times are hard and that 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 in Maine a few weeks ago. I just had to get away for a few days. Will write more from Martha's Vineyard , where we will spend our sixth vacation this year with more of our family and friends.

Cordially,

M. Obama