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Send In The UN!
Posted by: | CommentsDear Jim Bob,
I just heard that the United Nations is going to investigate what they describe as the US Housing Crisis. What’s this about Jim Bob?
Curious in Cleveland
Dear Curious,
I looked into this and discovered you are correct! Evidently the UN (located in New York City) is dispatching a person they identified as Raquel Rolnik, the “UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing” to investigate the housing situation in New York City and other American cities.
I learned that Ms. Rolnik is an architect from Brazil and made her name there as an Urban Planner. I am sharing a video at the end of this post wherein Ms Rolnik expresses her opinion that affordable housing is a right. When you see Ms. Rolnik all of this will become very clear to you.
I also learned that one of the groups helping Ms. Rolnik with her NYC investigation is an outfit called FUREE (Families United For Racial and Economic Equality). If you’ve never heard of FUREE, just think of them as a little ACORN. One of the main concerns of FUREE is combating something called “gentrification.” Now, what is gentrification you ask? I’ll make it easy for you. Have you ever seen a slum area that is blighted, riddled with crime and generally unsafe? Then, have you ever seen a bunch of business people come in and buy up all that dangerous real estate and clean up the area? They tear down the worst, repair the salvagable parts and make the area nice and safe -- to the extent that people who actually work move back into the area and it once again becomes a thriving community.
We used to call this process Urban Renewal and it was considered a good thing. Today, it is called “gentrification” and is considered evil! Why? Because when an area undergoes ‘gentrification’ property values go up and rents increase. The destitute, unemployed people who formerly lived in the area can no longer afford to live there and are displaced.
Since the UN Special Rapporteur, Ms. Rolnik considers affordable housing a “right”, and is being led around by the FUREE group, we will no doubt hear more about this in the days ahead. The big question is this: What will the UN do when it finishes their investigation? My guess is that they will send a big report to President Obama and his ACORN roots/genes will come to life in sympathy. A logical Obama solution will be to introduce some good legislation that will force developers and others who produce “gentrification” to rent their properties at depressed rates to accomodate the rights of the displaced.
HEY! Isn’t this the same approach that caused the home loan mortgage crisis that tanked our economy? I just love liberals, don’t you?
Video of UN Special Rapporteur, Raquel Rolnik
This Made My Day
Posted by: | CommentsThis video is a little change of pace for the Mail Bag, but it sure made my day this morning. I’m passing it on just because it made me feel GREAT!
The Plight of the Transgendered
Posted by: | CommentsDear Jim Bob,
I just read that November 20 is called “Transgender Remembrance Day” and there is a movement to get this day promoted in schools. What’s this about Jim Bob?
Sam in California
Dear Sam,
This is going to be hard to explain, but its another example of a small group of folks trying to make a minor problem a big deal. Transgender Remembrance Day was organized about 10 years ago by a lesbian who had a friend murdered. Evidently, the founder thought the slaughter of the transgendered was an epidemic of some kind. So, the Transgender Remembrance Day got started. All kinds of gay and lesbian groups got on board for this “day”. They seem to believe transgendered people are on the verge of a holocaust!
The statistics on how many transgendered folks are being murdered each year is a bit sketchy. The people who believe this day is necessary quote a statistic that claims one person a month in the US is being murdered because they are a transgendered person. Hmmm. This means about 12 Transgendered folks a year are being rubbed out by someone. Since the total homicides in the US approach 20,000, this hardly seems to be a thriving category. It is also a stretch to say the person was murdered because they were a transgendered person. I would think it is more in the category of a politically motivated assumption to support another left-wing cause. This is kind of like gay global warming.
For your continuing education on this subject, please take a peek at the following video of a young person extolling the virtue of Transgender Remembrance Day. Please understand the person on the video is not really a woman. It is a man, who is trying to “transition” himself into a woman. This person has other videos on display at UTube lamenting the difficulties of his “transition”.
The Obama Schoolchild Indoctrination Furor
Posted by: | CommentsIf you haven’t heard about this volitile issue, just watch the UTube clip below. Shawn Hannity does a great job focusing the issue.
Barney Frank Taxing the Rich
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s Barney identifying his tax targets.
Do Pets Look Like Their Owners?
Posted by: | CommentsDear Jim Bob,
I was reading an article the other day about how people’s personalities can influence the way their pets look and behave. Have you ever heard of such a thing Jim Bob?
Carlita Cuomo
Cleveland, Ohio
Dear Carlita,
What you mention is absolutely true. As a matter of fact, I recently discovered a picture of Nancy Pelosi’s dog. You can see it below.
Nancy Pelosi’s Dog
©2009, James C. Norman
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Can’t a pedophile catch a break?
Posted by: | CommentsDear Jim Bob,
You probably won’t like me very much because I’m a Pedophile. I admit it. I am “out of the closet” and I’m taking a stand for my right to choose my own sexual preferences without a lot of people telling me that what I do is immoral or abnormal.
Jim Bob, I just got out of the state penitentiary on a felony related to my sexual preferences. I have paid my debt to society and now the local police where I live have plastered my name and picture all over the internet telling people where I live. People drive by my house all the time and look at me like I’m some kind of pervert. Jim Bob, I think I’m being persecuted.
It’s not my fault that I am a Pedophile! If we’ve learned anything at all from the gay rights people its this: People don’t choose their sexual preferences – they are born that way! If people are born a certain way, their sexual preferences are beyond their control and whatever they do is “natural” and “normal” for those people.
So, Jim Bob answer me this question: What’s the difference between me and some gay person who was just happened to be born with a sexual preference different from me?
Peter Papinski
St. Paul, Minnesota
Dear Peter,
Not much that I can see.
©2009, James C. Norman
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Can Obama Fire ME?
Posted by: | CommentsDear Jim Bob,
I notice that the President is now firing people who work for private companies. Jim Bob, how many other people do you think President Obama will fire? Do you think he might fire me? I thought all I had to worry about was my boss! I actually voted for Obama because I felt like we needed some change, but I never expected anything like this. I’m worried Jim Bob!
Timothy Trustbucket
Tin Cup, Texas
Dear Timothy,
Well, now we are getting down to the nitty gritty aren’t we? Timothy, let me ask you a question about your vote for Mr. Obama. Did you not understand that he was the most liberal candidate who has ever run for the Presidency? Do you not understand what liberals do and how they think? Let me make it real simple Timothy. Liberals don’t think you have enough sense to come out of the rain without their help. So they are dedicated to spending whatever it takes to help you live your life like they think you need to live it. What that translates into is more and more regulation of the private lives of all of us.
When you understand that liberals are addicted to living their lives out through the control of others, it’s easy to understand the path we are trodding for at least the next two years and maybe longer. I mean, they control Congress, the Presidency and have lots of Federal Judges on their side who agree with them. Somebody once said, “Elections have consequences”. I think we are going to get a good lesson about this shoved up our noses in the years ahead.
Can Obama fire you Timothy? Well, who is going to stop him?
©2009, James C. Norman
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Why Do They Do This Stuff on Purpose?
Posted by: | CommentsDear Jim Bob,
I’m watching the President and our Congress spend all this money Jim Bob. Don’t they know it’s going to cause bigger problems down the road? Why would they do stuff on purpose that is going to be a big problem for us in the future?
Tillie Taxitis
Fairdealing, Tennessee
Dear Tillie,
Actually, all this is pretty simple. You have to understand the real strategic motivation of the political party in power. It’s a simple formula, and here it is:
The more you spend, the greater the deficit.
The greater the deficit the greater the eventual justification for higher taxes.
The higher the taxes, the greater control over individual behavior.
The less freedom of individuals means stronger positioning of government.
The stronger positioning of government increases personal dependency on government.
The greater the personal dependency on government…the more democrats get elected!
See how easy that was.
Love,
©2009, James C. Norman
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