Dear Jim Bob,

I’ve been reading about President Obama’s trip to India.  Jim Bob, they say he took several thousand people, 40 airplanes and parked 30 warships off the Indian coast.  Somebody said the trip cost us taxpayers about $200 million a DAY!

My question, Jim Bob, is would President George W. Bush have done something like that and if he did what would the media be saying about it?

Sincerely,

Amos Jones
Jonesboro, Arkansas

Dear Amos,

No, I don’t think GW Bush would have taken a trip like that and if he did the Media would be flaying him into raw meat every hour on the hour until he got back.  Then, they would pile on for weeks after that.

I really don’t want to spend a lot of time talking about the dead-tree media or left-wing television philosophy.  The important thing to know about this trip is the REAL reason Obama went to India.  My  sources inside the White House have clued me in on the details.

Obama went to India to negotiate a huge customer support, outsourcing  agreement with the call centers of India.   He wants to outsource all telephone calls to the Federal Government using Indian call centers.  The problem is that tax payers are burning up the phone lines all over his administration, including Congress to the extent that their ability to regulate the lives of Americans is being impeded.  They intend to convert working phones to private unlisted numbers and reroute public calls to Indian Customer Support teams.  This strategy will stop them from having to talk to unhappy Americans.  The hope is that the frustration of callers will eventually dry up all the opposition to Obama’s agenda.

It is reported that Nancy Pelosi thought of this strategy.

Love,

Dear Jim Bob,

Based on what I see Obama doing with all the big spending and taking over much of the private sector of the economy, I wonder how he has such a high approval rating. How do you explain that Jim Bob?

Teresa Tempertantrum

Tin Star, Texas

Dear Teresa,

Great question! Approval ratings and polls are just a reflection of what people believe. What people believe is based on the information they have in their brain that forms the basis for what they believe. So, to understand why Obama has high approval is merely an exercise in examining what people believe and why they believe it. Unfortunately, the things people believe are not necessarily true.

There are three factors that are impacting what people believe about Mr. Obama:

1. The mainstream news media and the “spin” they put on what is happening in the world every day.

2. The fact that we now live in a sound bite society and most people are so focused on their own little slice of life that they are uninformed about the details of what is happening politically (For example, most don’t know about all of Mr. Obama’s Czar appointments and the significance of what he has really done to circumvent public inspection and oversight of his policies. Nor do they understand the basic facts about how economies function and what really stimulates growth and opportunity).

3. The fact that we now have a few generations of people, the majority of whom who are incapable of critical thinking. They are also incapable of a lot of other things (Like operating a cash register that doesn’t have pictures on the keys, or adding up a list of numbers without a calculator).

So, what we largely have is a society that can’t think, a society that suffers from Attention Deficit Disorder, and a biased media that ignores in depth, critical reporting about anything Obama. This means the information people get is badly tainted. They limit what they know to the sound bites from the mainstream media. How is it tainted? Mostly it’s tainted about who is responsible for the country’s economic situation and what it will really take to get it turned around.

Obama and the Democrats continue to blame George W. Bush for all things evil, and they have been doing it relentlessly for the past 8 years – totally cheered on and supported by the mainstream media. The primary message people are getting is that Obama is a victim of George W. Bush and he’s working so hard to overcome the handicap of following the evil Republicans. So, they believe whatever Obama is doing is good and they approve his actions. George Bush is happy and completely willing to be blamed (as he has done for the past 8 years) so there is no challenge from his camp.

At some point, this may change. When it becomes evident that Mr. Obama has systematically trashed our economy and it begins to erode media revenues, there might be some new information out there that will change what people believe. When someone you love is denied a life-saving operation by our new health care ‘Czars’ the reality of Obama may begin to sink in. However, don’t hold your breath waiting for it to happen. The true “misery index” (unemployment rate + inflation rate) of Mr. Obama has not yet run its course. When it does become evident, it may be too late.

Dear Jim Bob,

I find it pretty suspicious that only a few months after Bush left the White House and moved back to Dallas this swine flu problem surfaced.  The epidemic seems to be impacting lots of people who are Hispanic.  I’m suspicious Jim Bob.  Could this really be the “Bush Flu” we’re looking at?

Dora Doubtful

Dover, Delaware

Dear Dora,

WOW!  I think you might be on to something here.  Bush clearly has the power to pull off something like this.  Anybody who can steer a hurricane into New Orleans could easily pull off a little flu epidemic.  AND…most Hispanics voted for Obama in the last election!

I bounced this theory off a Democrat I know and she believed the evidence to support your idea is compelling.  The health authorities have concluded the flu strain originated in Mexico and the people initially effected in the US had been in Mexico, or around somebody who had been to Mexico.  Everybody knows that Bush speaks SPANISH and that Dallas is only a short plane ride to Mexico. 

Evidently, George W. continues to plague the lives of Americans in ways we have only begun to understand.  President Obama continues to blame Bush for every problem known to man and will no doubt continue to blame him for as long as he occupies the White House.  The crimes of George W. Bush will never cease to be exposed.

©2009, James C. Norman
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Dear Jim Bob,

I’m not a sour grapes kind of guy Jim Bob, but every time I look up President Obama is on TV promoting himself.  Heck, whenever I wanted to use TV to really say some things I thought were important the National TV networks resisted it and would draw lots to see which of them would carry my message.  Also, he seems to be able to get away with anything he wants and nobody ever asks him any tough questions.  That was not my experience.  Did I miss something Jim Bob?

George W. Bush

Retired

Dallas & Crawford, Texas

Dear W,

Bless your heart George.  You still don’t get it do you?  The reason your Presidency crashed and burned in public perception is because you really believed Democrats were logical people and the media was objective and fair.  You really thought you could get along with those people even as they spent 8 years dismembering your image with a constant barrage of propaganda, hate and downright deception. 

Mr. President, you never opened your mouth to contest them in an effective and meaninful way.  You let them control the public spin on your Presidency, without complaint.  Did you  hope they would see what a nice guy you really are and eventually come around to partner with you?  Democrats and liberals don’t do that George!  Truth, justice and facts are not a part of their strategy.

Unfortunately, your willingness to let them control the public message without objection,  led to the mess we have today.  You, Mr. President by your refusal to engage in active, public debate with these people gave us the climate that produced this current Democrat reign of liberal terror.  I was grateful the day you were elected and I thank you for much of what you did for our country.  Unfortunately, you also gave us Obama, Pelosi and Reed.  It’s too late to complain about Obama on TV.

©2009, James C. Norman
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Dear Jim Bob,

            Whenever I hear that Nancy Pelosi on TV she’s always raising hell about something President Bush did that’s ruining the country.  Can one guy be responsible for that much trouble?  I mean Congress makes all the laws and controls all the money.  Help me understand Jim Bob!

Sincerely,

Melvin from Montana

Dear Melvin,

Good question.  I never knew that one guy could cause so much trouble either. Until the Democrat Party started pointing out all of George W’s mischief almost from the day he took office I would never have guessed that one guy could do so much damage.  I don’t know how he does it but he’s got his fingers in everything – including the weather.  His greatest achievement was to steer that big hurricane right into New Orleans a few years ago so it could devastate all the Democrats that lived there.  Shucks, I think he ought to gin up another one and send it to New York City, or Boston.  Then, he might consider dispatching a typhoon or two to crash into Los Angeles and San Francisco.  If he did that, would it be called “Political Cleansing”?  I’m not smart enough to figure that one out but I know all four of those cities could stand a good soaking bath to clear out the congestion – mental and otherwise!

You do have a good point about Congress making laws and controlling the money though.  I noticed when Republicans ran the place they were thought  to be as evil as George W.  Now that we have the Democrats you don’t hear much bad about them in the media.  I guess it’s just one of those little mysteries. 

There is one thing though.  If George W. Bush could single-handedly cause that much trouble, just imagine the mess this Obama guy might create!

Love,

©2008, James C. Norman
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