What Can be Done About Congress?
By · CommentsDear Jim Bob,
There’s a lot of things going on in America that drive me nuts, but my biggest beef is with the United States Congress. It seems these people are from a different planet. They don’t understand what it means to be an American and they pass legislation like a bunch of drunks at an endless party. Is there anything that can be done to fix that place Jim Bob?
Going Bonkers in Yonkers
Dear Bonkers,
Actually, the solution to this is very simple. Only two new laws need to be passed and the entire mess would be fixed in nothing flat. Here are the two laws that are needed:
1. The Congressional Reform Act: This law would require that Congress Persons must live under all the laws they pass for the rest of us. There would be no congressional exemptions for any legislation passed by Congress. This would eliminate their windfall retirement plan (100% of full pay for life and fully covered healthcare) and require them to retire under Social Security and Medicare like the rest of us. Included in this law should be other rules for what they can do with left-over campaign contributions (which can be millions of dollars). This money should go into the general treasury to be applied to the deficits Congress creates.
2. The Congressional Term Limits Act: This law would limit Congressional term limits to no more than ten years. This law alone would do more to fix the place that just about anything else. This new law coupled with the Reform Act, described above, would make them accountable where it matters: In their own pocket books!
So, Bonkers this is not a complicated issue. It’s very simple. The only problem is that the laws must be passed by the very same group that needs reform. Only a huge grassroots demand for this kind of legislation would give it a chance of passing. Personally, if a person running for President made these two laws a key piece of their campaign strategy they would attract a huge public following and support for their proposal.
Moon Water! Just what we’ve been waiting for.
By · CommentsDear Jim Bob,
I just read that India sent an unmanned probe to the moon with some sophisticated water detection instruments on board. They think they have found water on the moon Jim Bob. Isn’t this just great?
Dee Lirious in Delaware
Dear Dee,
I think this is just thrilling and I’m not talking about the actual water they think they found. What is thrilling is all the fuss that we are going to hear about this for years to come. People are already talking about how to harness this resource and frankly, water on the moon is about as useful as a Democrat in Texas.
Let’s say there is some water on the moon. Since the temperature up there is about 400 below zero we can safely assume its frozen solid. My question is why do we have to go the moon to get this ice. Antarctica (The south pole and vicinity) has more ice than we know what to do with and nobody has seen fit to go down there and start hacking off big chunks to float back to the dry regions of the planet. So, why are all these folks getting excited about finding water on the moon? Listen carefully and I will explain.
Liberals love to make discoveries and postulate all kinds of possible good things that can be done if they can just get enough tax money to fund their optimism. This effort by India proves that their country has as many unrealistic intellectuals as the rest of the world. The Indians are very interested in capitalizing on their big discovery and they want to take the lead in the continuing pursuit of water on the moon. I can see it now: Bollywood on ice!
I hope we have enough sense to let the Indians take on the entire responsibility for this project, but they will probably figure out a way to get our Democrat leaders to help them fund their expenses. The big question is this? What will the highest and best use for all this water on the moon be?
It is no secret that India has been looking for a new location to house all of the tech support and customer service phone banks it provides for American businesses. Now that water has been discovered on the moon, they can move those facilities where they belong.
It’s time to start using the “N” word!
By · CommentsDear Jim Bob,
I’m just about ready to stop watching the major TV News programs. Jim Bob, I’m not dumb and I try to keep up with current events. What I don’t understand is how the news media and the liberals can consistently get things so wrong. They seem to be more interested in themselves than the truth. I’m beginning to think they are all a bunch of Narcissists!
Disgusted in Denver
Dear Disgusted,
Maybe you are on to something. I did a little research about Narcissism and discovered there is a medical condition called Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). It is evidently a clinical condition and is described as a condition in which there is an inflated sense of self-importance and an extreme preoccupation with one’s self. I was shocked to discover the actual symptoms of the disorder. Here are the main indicators:
A person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD):
- Reacts to criticism with rage, shame, or humiliation: This certainly seems to describe President Obama’s and the Democrat’s reaction to public criticism of the Democrat Socialized Medicine Act of 2009. Anyone who opposes them is now considered to be “Racist”. Congressman Joe Wilson is the latest victim of this symptom.
- Takes advantage of other people to achieve his or her own goals: Wow, this is Nancy Pelosi in action isn’t it? You could stuff the entire Global Warming Hoax into this category.
- Has feelings of self-importance: This one is so obvious it doesn’t require a comment.
- Exaggerates achievements and talents: This was the primary characteristic of the Democrat Presidential campaign in 2008! Never has a man or his party who has done so little claimed so have accomplished so much!
- Is preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty, intelligence, or ideal love: This may be the best description of the media and of Hollywood that can be found. And, since most of those folks are liberals it would tend to identify the entire lot of them as “N’s” (I will hence forth abbreviate “Narcissist” by merely using the “N” word).
- Has unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment: I can remember when George W. Bush had to beg for primetime TV coverage to deliver an address to the American People. The Obama Show has almost become a weekly event on network TV.
- Requires constant attention and admiration: What a combination we have with Democrats, The National Media and the entertainment industry. It’s a big, unending pile of “N’s”.
- Disregards the feelings of others, lacks empathy: How else could you describe ignoring the presence of hundreds of thousands of people on the Washington DC Mall to protest big government and writing them off as “Right-wing Extremists”? This happened on September 12, 2009.
Disgusted, I think you have stumbled on to the core problem of liberalism.
The Best Global Warming Carbon Reduction Strategy
By · CommentsDear Jim Bob,
I know the Democrats want to pass a big carbon tax bill to help stop global warming. Is that the best strategy Jim Bob?
Gullible in New Jersey
Dear Gullible,
As you know, most Americans go to sleep each night in total fear of the Global Warming Threat. It’s real important that we do what has to be done to stop this beast in its tracks! Hardly a minute of my own life goes by that I am not fretting and wringing my hands over the threat of climate change. I keep a thermometer with me at all times to monitor hourly changes as they occur. Yesterday, for example, the high temperature was 1 degree higher than it was the day before. I am terrified of this trend.
Fortunately, I recently read what I believe to be the most effective idea to halt the global warming threat. It was published by the United Nations, so it must be the right approach. Essentially, they recommend that human beings stop reproducing themselves! Since Global Warming is caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and human beings exhale carbon dioxide in the course of breathing, the simple solution to Global Warming is to eliminate human beings from the equation. What a simple solution. Only the United Nations could come up with such a brilliant idea.
Roger Martin, chairman of the Optimum Population Trust at the LSE, said: “It’s always been obvious that total emissions depend on the number of emitters as well as their individual emissions – the carbon tonnage can’t shoot down as we want, while the population keeps shooting up.”
Amazingly, the Democrat Socialized Medicine Act of 2009 will work well with the new UN strategy. As healthcare for the elderly is carefully rationed and their numbers are in accelerated decline, the population will be decreased significantly. No doubt increasing the number of abortions will also help reduce the population in the future. I mean, abortion on demand since the 1970’s has already spared us the extra carbon emissions of almost 50,000,000 people who don’t exist today. How wonderful is that?
So, the Global Warming threat will be unexpectedly reduced under the Obama/Democrat health strategies. The next step is obviously to copy the China policy of government enforced family size limits.
Don’t you just love this? Here’s a UTUBE CLip by Glen Beck on the Global Warming hoax:
Watch out for liberals chewing on your fingers!
By · CommentsDear Jim Bob,
I read on the news that some liberal chewed some guys finger off at a healthcare promotion event. Why do liberals eat fingers Jim Bob?
Curious in California
Dear Curious,
Well, I looked into this and what you say actually happened in California! A bunch of Moveon.org supporters got together for a public rally to support ObamaCare and one of them got involved with a man who didn’t share their favorable opinion of the legislation. Seems like there were about 100 ObamaCare liberals outside on the street carrying signs in support of socialized medicine government control of Doctors. Across the street there was a small group of Americans who did not agree with the liberals position. Both groups started yelling things at each other. One of the liberals came across the street and confronted a 65 year old man who was part of the opposition group. He started calling the old guy a lot of names and being very aggressive. The old guy popped the liberal in the nose! Unfortunately, the liberal went nuts and attacked the old guy physically. Somewhere in the conflict, the liberal bit off one of the old guy’s fingers!
What the news media has not reported about this is that the severed finger was subsequently stolen from the scene by the Moveon.org people. What did they do with it? They had it rigged up with a USB port! Now all they have to do is plug the old guy’s finger into any PC and they can control his mind. I was able to get a picture of the finger which shows the USB port mounted into the finger in question. Here it is:
This raises lots of questions. Senators Jay Rockefeller and Olympia Snow have introduced a bill to give Obama control over the internet in the event of a cyber-attack. People are worried about who will determine what constitutes a cyber-attack and how that will further degrade our freedom. This liberal, finger chewing/USB incident may be a prototype of what Obama and liberal might want to do. What if they can require everyone to donate one of their fingers to the government to receive the USB attachment? I wonder if the news media would report that? Would media members give up one of THEIR fingers?
Is Obama Right? Did we vote for all this?
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Dear Jim Bob,
I just heard an ad on the radio that Obama and the Democrat’s created. It said we are getting what we voted for. I don’t remember Obama saying anything about Nationalizing the banks, the car industry and the health industry during the election. What are they saying Jim Bob?
Carl Marxalot
Portland, Oregon
Dear Carl,
What’s going on right now with these Democrat Ads? Well, it’s like this Carl. When Obama and the Democrats were running in 2008, they were purposely trying to make people believe they are like the rest of us who work and pay taxes and care about our country. Of course, the truth is they are not like the rest of us, but they couldn’t admit it during the election. They would have lost.
The Obama domestic agenda has now unfolded in plain view of anyone who cares to recognize it and it’s pretty ugly. As people’s eyes are opening to Mr. Obama’s true character and intent, opposition is beginning to form and the last thing the Democrats want is an honest debate about anything they want to do. So, they are now running attack ads against YOU! After all, they say, YOU voted for change and we’re delivering it! Anyone who doesn’t like it is probably a radical- right -wing -nut -conspiracy –community -organizer. So, Carl, Americans are the problem, not the congress or the programs this bunch of hacks is trying to pass.
This health care thing is a perfect example of how dangerous they are. Let’s compare our healthcare system (now) to a person who has discovered they have a non-malignant polyp in their colon. The simple solution is a minor out-patient procedure that just snips the polyp away and the patient goes home to live a great life. What if that same person went in to their Doctor and was told that they would get rid of the polyp by removing the entire colon and routing it outside the body into a bag you would excrete into the rest of your life. In addition, they would also be amputating your left leg in the event it might be related to the polyp, although they can’t prove it. To make sure everything is done to fix your polyp problem they are also going to give you a heart and liver transplant at the same time.
Our current healthcare system has some problems. Like the polyp described above. What Obama is giving us with his “reform” is the heart and liver transplant, the leg amputation and the colon removal all in one nice package. And he doesn’t want us to discuss it. Just lay down and take it like a good American Carl. After all , you voted for change.
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Do The Democrats Want Me Dead?
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Dear Jim Bob,
I’ve been reading about this Democrat healthcare law they are trying to pass. Is it true that old people are going to be encouraged to give up and die? I’m 70 years old. Do Obama and the Democrats want me to die Jim Bob? If so, why?
Eileen Enoughisenough
Elgin, Alabama
Dear Eileen,
Lots of information is now coming out about what’s actually in the new Socialized Medicine Bill the Democrats want for all of us, but they will be exempt from participating in themselves. One of the provisions of this new plan requires anyone on Medicare to sit down every five years to be counseled about whether it’s a good idea for them to keep on breathing. Evidently these government “Death Advisors” will be trying to thin out the population of older people.
About two years ago I told a group of people that I believed government mandated euthanasia was in America’s future. Many in the group rolled their eyes and shook their head as if such an idea was ridiculous. Well, golly…here it is right on our doorstep wrapped up in a package by the same, compassionate Democrat party Americans voted into power last November. American’s wanted change and brother are they getting change!
As far as why the Democrats might want you dead Eileen, think about this: For the past 15 years people have been demanding that some kind of “fix” be created to solve the Social Security problem. What is that problem you ask? It’s that when all the baby boomers retire there will be far more people “getting” than there are people giving (those who actually pay taxes) to support them. Are you beginning to get the picture of why “Death Counseling” for the elderly might be a priority item on the Democrat agenda? If they can reduce the number of elderly people getting benefits they might be able to “fix” social security!
It’s a short trip from “Death Counseling” to mandated euthanasia. That’s when, some bureaucrat will be empowered to rule that living 75 years is probably enough for anybody. I’m sure it will be called something like prohibiting existence beyond the “Optimal Beneficial Longevity Standard (OBLS)”. When you exceed the OBLS you will be picked up in a government car and taken to the “Federal Euthanasia Center”. Of course, the Congress will be exempt from this requirement, just as they exempt themselves from many other laws they put into effect.
Obama World is not pretty.
Would You Vote for a Democrat?
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Dear Jim Bob,
I’ve been reading your blog for awhile and I’m getting the impression you don’t care for Democrats. Is that true? Come on Jim Bob, isn’t there a Democrat somewhere that you would vote for? Surely, there is one!
Mel Moderoso
Modesto, California
Dear Mel,
Hmmm. How could you ever get the opinion that I’m against Democrats? I mean, we are fair and balanced here, right? Yuk Yuk.
Mel, just to set the record straight, the last Democrat I voted for was the peanut farmer from Georgia in 1976 and I learned my lesson from the results of that experience. So, here is my lifelong policy concerning how I vote.
If I even suspect a candidate agrees with a Democrat I will not vote for them. If a candidate is seen riding in the same car, bus, plane or train with a Democrat I will not vote for them. If a candidate happens to live in the same neighborhood with a Democrat I will not vote for them if they live on the same street.
Also, if the candidate lives in any of the following states, I will not vote for them: New York, Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Washington or Oregon.
I will not vote for anyone who lives in any of the following cities: New Orleans, Austin, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Chicago, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Cleveland or Boulder.
I hope that clarifies my voting policy.
What’s the Big Deal About Political Power?
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Dear Jim Bob,
Every time the Democrats pass some law that is supposed to help us, I hear their critics say that the law in question is really about giving them more power so they can control our lives. If that’s true, what’s the big deal about getting all that power? I mean, why do they want it so bad and what motivates them to do it.
Olivia Ovisaries
Olympia, Washington
Dear Olivia,
You have asked a great question. To understand power and the people who seek it, you have to go back the high-school experience. When you think about high school there were actually three categories of people. You had High School Conservatives, High School Liberals and High School Moderates. Here’s how it worked:
HIGH SCHOOL CONSERVATIVES: These were the achievers and the people who seemed to win everything. They were pretty much self-reliant and confident. They set goals and were willing to work and sacrifice to get what they valued. However, these people had a few flaws and one of them was to pick on the High School Liberals and some of the Moderates. They made fun of them and sometimes ridiculed the Liberal’s goofy behavior and opinions. Mostly, they did not respect the Liberals and talked down to them. You could say Conservatives had a lack of respect for the Liberals.
HIGH SCHOOL LIBERALS: These were the people who never seemed to be happy and rarely got any real recognition from others. They always seem to finish out of the top 10. Essentially they went through life with a chip on their shoulder and were jealous of the Conservatives. Liberals really believed that the circumstances of their existence were very unfair and were never able to accept the idea that their condition was related to what they did or how they performed. As a result, they developed the idea that they were victims of Conservative manipulation and persecution. This set the stage for Liberals to spend their lives trying to get control of the uncontrollable so they might feel better about themselves.
HIGH SCHOOL MODERATES: These were just Liberals who did not have the courage or the character to become Conservatives.
So, Olivia you can now understand what drives Liberal politicians. They use their legislative power to exact revenge for their high-school experience. They figured out that passing laws that punish “winners” and “successful people” makes those people subservient to them. Those people are now forced to come to the Liberals, hat in hand, and pay homage to their importance. That’s what power represents to Liberals. It creates an environment that forces people they don’t like to treat them as if they are really important. They find they get a lot of attention by the media and they love to get their faces on TV so they can appear to be an expert and wise. So, what power is really all about is ego and self aggrandizement.
Hope this helped you understand the issue Olivia.
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