"Sacrifice!"

Poor, poor, Michelle. This sainted martyr willingly agreed to the unpleasant, torturous ORDEAL of flying with assistants, friends & celebrities, on a private plane, to eat, drink, shop...and be feted in Denmark.

For the children.

Aren't you glad you're not called upon to give so much for your country? I'm sure the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are humbled by her desperate selflessness.

Can we get a yellow ribbon sticker with her name on it. Or maybe a MIA bracelet?

In her speech in Copenhagen today, First Lady Michelle Obama said her trip to Denmark, along with the travel of her "dear friend" and "chit-chat buddy" Oprah Winfrey, as well as tomorrow's visit by President Obama, is a "sacrifice" on behalf of the children of Chicago and the United States. "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the president to come for these few days," the first lady told a crowd of people involved in the Chicago project, "so many of you in this room have been working for years to bring this bid home."

Henceforth she shall be known as: ME-shell.

The Gunslinger

* Glenn Beck calls this "grotesque". And it is. Grotesque Excess. Are the Øbamas America's Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?