All Hail Her Highness

With all the news regarding the disgusting activities of the criminal class openly operating the ACORN organization, and the politicians who have supported and depended on them for illicit campaign funding, it's easy not to notice news of the royal family.

I'm not speaking of the British royal family of course...I'm speaking of their equivalent here in the U.S.

The Canadian news networks, being somewhat less cowardly than their Yankee counterparts, ran an interesting breakdown of Michelle Obama's staff. I've taken the liberty of reprinting the stats below with salaries, names, and positions:

1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)

2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)

3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)

4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for th e First Lady)

5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)

6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)

7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)

8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)

9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)

10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)

11.. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)

12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)

13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)

14. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)

15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M.. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)

16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)

17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)

18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)

19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)

20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)

21. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)

22. $35,000 - Ja ckson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)

This does not include part-time travelling companions; a make-up artist and hair-stylist who travel onboard Air Force One with the first lady.

To be fair, though...other first ladies have had permanent paid staff. Most recently, Hillary Clinton had a staff of three...and Laura Bush had a staff of one. I recall someone in the press during the Bush years criticizing Mrs. Bush for wasting the taxpayer's money with her paid staff member. What, oh what, has happened to that journalist...maybe he's mellowed out with age.

Now keep in mind Mrs. Bush was an inferior human being...after all her graduate degree was in Library Science (ugggghhhh...teaching innocent little children to think...what treachery) versus Michelle who's graduate degree is in law (ahhhhh...using the law to force others to do things they don't want to do...how noble). And Laura's husband...ex-military and an ex-CEO...how disgusting; while Michelle's hubby is an ex-street organizer...just like Ghandi...or Lenin...take your choice.

Therefore Laura only needed the one personal secretary. Michelle has just sooooo much going on she really, really, really needs all of that personal attention at our expense. Sorry if that explanation sounds lame...I'm trying to co-opt what the twits in the media are going to say in order to justify this narcissism.

As a matter of fact...does the Queen Mum of Britian have as large a staff as Michelle. If not, she can be consoled with her precious MP3 player filled with Obama speeches.

Sorry if this sounds like a petty issue...I'm just pointing out the difference in attitude from prior first ladies. I suddenly have a renewed respect for Hillary Clinton...not an easy accomplishment, but there you have it.

I look forward to the day when we once again have the family of a public servant in the White House...instead of royalty. I tire of monarchy, and pomposity, so quickly I'm afraid.

The Professor