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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. ~snip~ 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." ~snip~ To be clear, what the Obamas do with their money is one thing; what they do with...

You know the basics. The unemployment rate is 9.9 percent. Jobs are still being lost. Worries about the global economy are causing breathtaking volatility on Wall Street. And millions of Americans who still have jobs are worrying more than ever about the safety of their retirement savings. What you may not know is that, during this moment of terrible economic anxiety, the Obama White House found the time -- and the money -- to turn itself, at least for a night, into a showcase of glitzy extravagance. On May 19, the White House held a state dinner for Mexican President...

Oh dear, Mr. Bush is such a drag - he has all of Washington's social set in a tizzy because he doesn't give lavish dinner parties where the oh so smart liberal set can prance around and tell each other how important and glamorous they are and how fitting it is that they should have been asked to White House social functions. They shouldn't have been surprised. According to the LA Times, prior to leaving for Washington and the presidency, plain-spoken George Bush told friends "I hate parties." The failure of the Bushes, who like to go to bed...