"John H" wrote in message
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I got this today, and had to share it. What a thoughtful person, sending a
thank
you letter to her subjects:

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Dear American People:

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 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 only
booked 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 we 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. 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 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 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,
Michelle Obama

--
John H


Johnny... just go enjoy your vacation. Your wife deserves it!