Material girl Michelle Obama is a modern-day Marie Antoinette on a glitzy Spanish vacation
Sacrifice is something that many Americans are becoming all too  familiar with during this economic downturn. It was a key theme in President Obama's  inaugural address to the nation, and he's referenced it numerous times  when lecturing the country on how to get back on its feet. But while most of the country is pinching pennies and downsizing   summer sojourns - or forgoing them altogether - the Obamas don't seem to  be heeding their own advice. While many of us are struggling, the First  Lady is spending the next few days in a five-star hotel on the chic  Costa del Sol in southern Spain with 40 of her "closest friends." Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/08/04/2010-08-04_material_girl_michelle_obama_is_a_modernday_marie_antoinette_on_a_glitzy_spanish.html#ixzz0w2ETQOoh