Queen of Washington...she thinks

Too close to real to be funny.... Dear subjects (oops..Citizens):           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,           Queen, M. Obama