Open Letter To GWB

[luckydog71]

Open Letter To GWB

For the last few weeks there has been a person on PERB impersonating the President of The United Sates under the handle “moron”. For the most part the impersonator does not sound like the President. He is not as articulate as George, nor is his level of intellect equal to that of the real president.

That being said, there is the odd chance that this really is Mr. President and has just dumbed down to try and fool the rest of us. So “Moron” if in fact you are Bush 43 this is addressed to you:

Let me start by saying it is my honor and privilege to have the opportunity to address directly my President. You have delivered a valuable service to our great country and when you are judged by history I am sure you will be recognized as one of the greats.

I applaud you for your tax cuts. This brilliant move on your part stimulate a lagging economy and we have now returned to full employment. The US economy has out paced all other G7 members.

You have planned and executed the war against terror with precision and the main goal which was to prevent another attack has been very successful. I doubt there was anyone who thought the US would have gone 4 years without another attack.

I applaud your foreign policy and that is the reason I voted for you.

I would like you to address some questions I have:

1. Why have you ignored the 1000s of illegal immigrants coming in from Mexico and Canada? It is time to use soldiers to secure our borders.
2. We need you to focus on fixing Social Security and Medicare. Why have you not moved forward with these important agenda items?
3. Our federal taxes are still too high and the tax code to complicated. Why have you not promoted tax code changes to a flat tax or similar simplification?
4. Our trade deficit is out of control. We need you to focus on those countries with the largest trade imbalance with the US and implement policy to reduce our trade deficit by 50%. Canada would be a good start, followed closely after that would be China.

Your answers to my question will tell me if in fact you are Mr. Big or just a wanabe. Let me say in closing how fortunate the United States of America is to have you as our President at this time of crises. You have certainly risen to the occasion.

A Conservative Citizen of the United States

 

[Herb_The_Perb]

You have planned and executed the war against terror with precision and the main goal which was to prevent another attack has been very successful.

Well, our attack on Afghanistan may have been a bigger reason for the lack of any attack on the US since then.
I think GWB could have invaded the Falklands rather than Iraq and similarly prevented another attack on the US. In doing so, he would have saved about $200 Billion ($250 Billion CDN) and about 1800 US lives (and tens or hundreds of thousands of total lives).

Anyway, Luckydog, I think you are probably right that the real George W Bush may be posting here, so that your letter to him is a very good idea.

 

[georgebushmoron]

4. Our trade deficit is out of control. We need you to focus on those countries with the largest trade imbalance with the US and implement policy to reduce our trade deficit by 50%. Canada would be a good start, followed closely after that would be China.

Why do you want this?

Let me start with the easiest one first. The US has a massive trade deficit with China (let me ignore Canada for the moment, but you will see essentially the same reasoning except Canada is in our most favored situation).

At the same time, politicians in both parties are crying afoul of this while my Administration remains essentially quiet, or at least not addressing the issue. Why? You will be reminded that recently (around 1.5 years ago) our Fed went to Japan to ask for a bail out. A bail out?? Yes, a bail out. We asked the Japanese to buy up as much US dollars as they could. Why? The purchase of American dollars by their central bank is effectively the injection of foreign capital into our economy. Why did we have a sudden need for foreign capital? Well, it was not sudden, but the need had been ongoing due to our increasing military buildup (over 700 bases worldwide) but made extremely severe by our recent War on Terror in Iraq (for which sadly we underestimated the cost). So Japan, who has strategic interests in the Far East in competition with China, complied with our request. Good Japan, sit! Now China: it's the same thing but a with a few more important tidbits. We have struck an agreement with China, which most Americans do not know about (nor do we really want to tell them). But our own esteemed economists know this: to allow China to continue a trade imbalance - in other words, allow our citizens to buy a high volume of Chinese goods, the Chinese government must buy American I.0.U's - which in this case are American government bonds. Therefore, the net effect is American citizens paying out of pocket for goods they want, and the Chinese government in return putting in hard foreign investment capital into the America government with a promise to pay back some time in the, ahem, future. China needs American taxpayer's money to grow. And America needs the influx of foreign capital. Why? 2 reasons: a) increased military budget (we are #1 in the world, expending 48% of last year's world military expenditures, with Japan at #2 at 6% China at 5%), b) our #1 export is weapons, and we really have no other truly Amerian export the world wants to buy (I say "truly" in case you were thinking of American cars). It also serves my Administration well to have our corporations go offshore to China, such as Walmart, because in order to get re-elected in the USA we need large funds (you will note we raised something like 3 times more funds in half the time the Democrats did last election). And the less hassle we give our corporations about capital outflows and lost jobs to foreign countries, the more likely they will back us. But we need to play the balance of pressures right of course, so let's not forget we are astute RealPolitik players here: while at the same time we have these policies, we need Republicans to be taking the stance that we don't like China dumping goods here. After all, we need to keep a card handy that the American public will back should we decide to make an aggressive move against China anytime in the future. And our politicians need to be vocal about outsourcing, etc., so that we can change trade agreements that previously we enjoyed that no longer suit our needs. We thank Americans for becoming more and more protectionist - it suits our political goals well as it is yet another card to play to make these countries comply with our strategic interests.

Now our trade deficit with Canada. That one is right under your nose you can't even see it. We don't really care about a trade deficit with Canada. Why? Because almost the entire Canadian economy is banked by the USA. Our trade deficit with Canada is therefore the American public paying indirectly into American government accounts. A small proportion of American money spent on Canadian goods does not make it back into our economy, but something like 90% does. It's almost as good as direct taxation. Canada is just the tax collector. Very little American money that ends up in Canada becomes capital outflows out of the continent. Without us, Canada simply vanishes.

So are you still worried about a trade deficit? Don't be! It's merely a side show. What you should really be worried about is the way we've been financing ourselves, for which the trade deficit is a consequence. Yeah, let's face it... the real problem is our economy isn't what it used to be since the mid 70's when up to that time we were really producing and the world was really buying our stuff. And we haven't bothered to fix the problem the right way because it would have taken too much courage out of successive Republican presidents. Now we have nothing to sell that the world wants anymore, except extremely sophisticated weapons. Don't worry though, we've created a very good market for that. Yet the last truly smart American move was from Nixon, boy he was a real smart cookie. After the first oil crises, he was able to force the OPEC countries to make the US dollar the default currency for transactions on oil, replacing gold. It meant the whole world had to buy up and keep indefinitely US currency reserves - giving us their gold that was backing their currencies in exchange. That's why the entire world economy runs on the US dollar. That's why when those stupid terrorists hit the Towers, the world economy stood a chance of collapse. That's also why we don't like the Euro, despite the fact it is backed by real assets. That's why we don't like it when Sadaam makes the bold move of depleting one-third of his US reserves for the Euro, stupid stupid man. That's why we don't like that OPEC is now beginning to accept the Euro as the other default currency. As long as the world economy runs on the US dollar, we essentially control the world. Now we are in the next phase of control - militarizing the economy. Essentially it means ensuring, by what my friends Dick and Richard like to call, "Full Spectrum Dominance" - the safe guarding of economic interests through interlocking trade agreements based on the US dollar and through the deployment of military assets. It's why we like to keep guys like Osama on the run for as long as possible, until the American electorate wants us to catch him that is.

If that was too hard for you to understand, that's OK, we'll do the thinking for you. It's better for you to completely dismiss it and say it's part of the extreme leftist garbage. I like to say that too! I'd rather you just keep complaining about the trade deficit and outsourcing of jobs. We want what you want, the USA to be #1 and stay #1 for time immemorial. We know how best to achieve that, despite what might be your occasional moral misgivings. It doesn't matter anyway, you'll soon forget or we'll wash over it later with some misfacts you'll eventually believe. The victor always rewrites history. I trust that in the end you'll see that we were right, especially while you live out your life in the peace and comfort you deserve as an American citizen.

 

[lenharper]

Bravo GBM -- game, set and match.

 

[georgebushmoron]

I applaud you for your tax cuts. This brilliant move on your part stimulate a lagging economy and we have now returned to full employment. The US economy has out paced all other G7 members.

Thank me for the tax cuts! Thank me for the tax cuts! I thank me for the tax cuts! Thank you George for the tax cuts! You're welcome George!

But on a serious note, thank you also for the return to full employment based the 1.5 year business cycle. That is, thank you for not disrupting the 1.5 year business cycle which naturally returns employment to a high level. Sorry, but the corporate tax cuts that would have made any difference haven't taken effect yet. If anything, it was the mere announcing of tax cuts that boosted investor confidence and stimulated consumer spending. Of course, the poor bastard consumer has no idea that the tax cuts did not largely favor him, but who cares. The minute he hears "tax cut" he thinks GOOD like a pavlovian dog waiting for "buiscuit". So off he goes on his merry way feeling good about spending because of the impending tax savings he thinks he's gonna get. BWAH HAH HAH HAHAH

Once those corporate tax cuts are in effect, I can just see our Vice Presidents and CEO's sitting around the boardroom saying... well now that George has given us a nice tax cut, let's hire more expensive American workers!!! Let's buy from our expensive American suppliers!!! (Let's think of ways to increase my bonus by using the money to move offshore so that we can reduce labor and capital costs and make the company more profitable. Nahhhhh let's not. I love my country more than I love my job.)

 

[georgebushmoron]

1. Why have you ignored the 1000s of illegal immigrants coming in from Mexico and Canada? It is time to use soldiers to secure our borders.

Those stupid Canadians!!! Thousands upon thousands of illegal migrants from Canada are streaming across our borders! Look there they are, wearing those stupid tukes! Drunk bastards! Gitmo-ize them!

Seriously folks, the real problem is in Mexico. But yours truly doesn't have the political courage to tackle the problem cuz his new buddy Arnie just got in and doesn't want to pull the rug out from under the biggest economy in the US for which he is responsible for, now does he?

I hate this problem. I really want it fixed. Mexicans are putting a damper on the social welfare system, while greedy bastard American farm bosses continue to hire them because it is more profitable to do so than hire another American. So let's blame the stupid Mexicans for coming over the border. Hmmm let's see... the American taxpayer is paying for the support of illegal immigrants while Americans who hire them are profiting from it. Might as well cut out the Mexican middleman by closing the border and just hand the money directly from the American taxpayer to the American bosses. Forget it, too straight forward! Just blame the Mexicans! It's the way we want Americans to think anyway, it suits a larger purpose.

 

[georgebushmoron]

2. We need you to focus on fixing Social Security and Medicare. Why have you not moved forward with these important agenda items?

Hey bud, that takes money. We have more important things to spend money on right now. Just hold on tight we got a War on Terror happening, which is costing us a lot of money. Just hold on tight we got a War to Secure Cheap Oil right now, and once we have that, we can pay for Social Security and Medicare.

By the way, it doesn't help that you guys keep complaining about those Mexicans. With my new "working permit" bill, tax on their income would pay for current Social Security outlays - as migration traditionally has been used to pay for current social welfare costs, and balanced with regulations that top up Medicaid/care payments to these migrants, we're in a net surplus. Most new migrants don't rely too heavily upon social welfare anyways. It's an actuarial decision, and history has proven the actuaries correct every time.

Or are you meaning that we should go with my plan to put Social Security into private accounts? As I said before, "You don't want the government to manage your money! You want to manage it yourself, in your own accounts!". I like that plan a lot. But I guess it just isn't selling to the American public because, hey, it's just too f**king honest.

 

[georgebushmoron]

You have planned and executed the war against terror with precision and the main goal which was to prevent another attack has been very successful. I doubt there was anyone who thought the US would have gone 4 years without another attack.

Thank you so much! I take total credit!

Isn't it amazing that since the Soviet retreat from Afghanistan, when Al Queda was formed, there had only been ONE terrorist attack on US soil? I mean, our borders were waaaaay waaaaay open like a fresh anal gape hole for like 15 years! And what a cheapo unsophisticated piece of shit cowardly attack that was, get on a plane, hijack it and crash it into a building. Any moron could do that!

But after that, we had to do something in case another one comes in the next 15 years. But just in case it came in the next four, I sure as hell wouldn't want to be caught with my pants down if I didn't do all this stuff. But let's take a more "zen" look at this: 15 years, maybe 3000 dead Americans and 2 towers down. Not bad, not bad. Just the cost of doing business, huh?

Anyhow, I digress. We gotta get back at these guys, keep 'em on the run. Smoke 'em out. First Iran. I hate those bastards. Ooops, sorry, first Iraq. No, sorry, first Afghanistan. Can't do Iraq first. We gotta take Afghanistan. I forget why, but they have to go before Iraq. Oh yeh, terrorists came from Afghanistan. Oh looky... Sadaam sold off 1/3 of his American reserves for the Euro. Oooh that hurts in the wallet, where it hurts the most! That bastard! And he's selling oil to the Frogs and the Post-Commies! He's definitely next! I can't wait to kick his ass! Ok, we found him in a hole in the ground! WE FOUND HIM IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND! HEY EVERYBODY SADAAM WAS IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND! HEY!!! HE'S A COCKROACH! Ok Iraq's taken!!!! ... shhhhh... quiet.... now objective #1: Iran's surrounded. BWAH HAHAH HHAHAHA oops shhhhhh.

BUY SHARES IN HALLIBURTON NOW.

 

[luckydog71]

You are the real W. You were just acting dumb.

You screw over the Canadians and they are thank you for the screwing

You know exactly where OBL is but you don’t capture him because he is better to have as an enemy on the loose and a constant threat, but you neutered him.

You managed to time your tax cuts so the natural business cycle would improve, but your tax cuts would take the credit.

You talk about social security and get the left all twisted while you get ready to appoint 2 maybe even 3 conservatives to the Supreme Court.

You are brilliant and you got the left thinking you are just a dumb rich kid. They underestimated you to the point where Gore thought he had a cake walk on his hands. Have you seen him lately, a bearded hippie looking guy that is reduced to screaming like Dean? I can see him now, sitting in the chair, Tipper wiping the drool from his lip---- “I could have been a somebody, I could have had it all. W stole my day in the sun.” He will go down in history as the VP of the impeached President. I guess that is better than Gore being known as the President who after 9/11 was begging OBL not to hit us again.

Now if we could only get the 2 term limit for President lifted so you could serve another 4 years. I (or is that me????) and a whole bunch of very grateful Americans would vote for you again. Just imagine George W Bush a 3 term president.

4 more years……4 more years…..4 more years

Thank you Mr. President for all you have done

 

[Herb_The_Perb]

Oh oh, George forgot to take his irony pill this morning.
I wonder if that will placate his PERB detractors, or make them even more pissed off at him?
It will be interesting to see.
George, you sure are tricky.

 

[georgebushmoron]

You are the real W. You were just acting dumb.
....
You are brilliant and you got the left thinking you are just a dumb rich kid.

You're a smart man, LuckyDog. A smart man, I truly mean it. And GWB is smart too, smart enough to play stupid. Only a dishonest kniving man would do that, now wouldn't he? You got to hand it to him. That's why I imitate. I call myself a moron.

 

[luckydog71]

W you are a big picture guy. You know what real Americans want and you were not distracted by those whiney Frenchmen.

Your strategy has at worst delayed the 9/11 follow up attack and maybe even thrown those terrorist back on their heals. They are just waiting and praying for the Dems to re-take the white house so they can resume their reign of terror. (Rove was right).

You have made me a lot of money in the stock market when it returned from those mid 9000 lows. BTW thanks for the stock tip on Halliburton, I loaded up on their stock just before the war started (brilliant move on my part) and now I will dump them before the scandals really drags them down.

You have kept inflation in check.

You have increased the number and percentage of homeowners in the US and at the same time made all of us money on the price increase.

Everyone who wants a job has a job.

You have positioned Condi so she could take a run for President if she wants to. To be honest I am a bit afraid that lefty McCain may take another run. If I had to choose between McCain and Hilary, I probably would not cast a vote for President in 08.

Keep using your irony to piss off those Canadians.

A Conservative Citizen of the United States

 

[mick_eight]

I bet both of u have brown eyes

 

[dittman]

Bravo LD Bravo

 

[georgebushmoron]

W you are a big picture guy. You know what real Americans want and you were not distracted by those whiney Frenchmen.

Your strategy has at worst delayed the 9/11 follow up attack and maybe even thrown those terrorist back on their heals. They are just waiting and praying for the Dems to re-take the white house so they can resume their reign of terror. (Rove was right).

You have made me a lot of money in the stock market when it returned from those mid 9000 lows. BTW thanks for the stock tip on Halliburton, I loaded up on their stock just before the war started (brilliant move on my part) and now I will dump them before the scandals really drags them down.

You have kept inflation in check.

You have increased the number and percentage of homeowners in the US and at the same time made all of us money on the price increase.

Everyone who wants a job has a job.

You have positioned Condi so she could take a run for President if she wants to. To be honest I am a bit afraid that lefty McCain may take another run. If I had to choose between McCain and Hilary, I probably would not cast a vote for President in 08.

Keep using your irony to piss off those Canadians.

A Conservative Citizen of the United States

jeez this is like spy vs. spy!!!

 

[American Male]

A Response to the Open Letter

Open Letter To GWB
I applaud you for your tax cuts. This brilliant move on your part stimulate a lagging economy and we have now returned to full employment. The US economy has out paced all other G7 members.

I do not applaud this action. Taxes are the price we pay for living in a civilized society. Part of the taxes paid to the federal government go to health care for the very old and very young, those incapable of procuring their own health care by any other means. Taxes also go to veterans benefits, which have actually been cut by GWB, with another round of cuts being proposed. It is my argument that the recent tax cuts do not benefit a very large number of Americans, but only those who are already in the top 5-10% of income. It was a tax cut for the wealthy, which was resulted in our weakest citizens enduring more suffering in their lives. This is not an action to be applouded, it should be mourned.

[/QUOTE]You have planned and executed the war against terror with precision and the main goal which was to prevent another attack has been very successful. I doubt there was anyone who thought the US would have gone 4 years without another attack.

I applaud your foreign policy and that is the reason I voted for you.[/QUOTE]

I did not vote for you (big surprise) and your foreign policy is a major part of that for me. Unfortunately, the war on terror has also been botched by GWB. We now know, as we have always known, that the centre of the terror movement was never in Iraq. It is in Saudi Arabia, who are untouchable to this administration, because the Saudis have bought and sold the entire Bush family. I remember the fact that the some of the royal family of Saudi Arabia, good friends of Asama Bin Lauden, the real kingpin of terrorism, was allowed to leave the United States by special transport on 9/12/2001. The same people that GWB now walks with, hand in hand.

[/QUOTE]1. Why have you ignored the 1000s of illegal immigrants coming in from Mexico and Canada? It is time to use soldiers to secure our borders.[/QUOTE]

Do you want the answer to this question? Because the hispanic community of Texas has elected GWB to every public office he has ever held. He owed them a favour. That repayment includes not pressing border issue with Mexico. Like I said, GWB can be easily bought and sold.

However, there is another issue to deal with here. Luckydog, I have a question: Have you ever been to NYC? I have. I have seen the Statue of Liberty. There is this interesting little inscription on the base of that statue that says something about bringing the tired and the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, to our country. I was under the impression that once, the US used to take this idea seriously. We are the richest country in the world and you are complaining about a few poor Mexicans crossing the border, many who do so on a daily basis to do the sort of manual labour jobs that Americans themselves will no longer do. I have another question: do we, as Americans, still believe in the inscription on the base of the Statue? If we do, why do you want to close the borders with armed guards? If we don't, then why do we keep that stupid statue up? Why not just tear it down and put it on the same trash heap that we are soon going to be placing the Bill of Rights, constitutionally guaranteed Civil Rights, the free press, and the right to privacy.

A Liberal Citizen of the United States. And remember, being a liberal does not automatically mean that I hate America or that my citizenship should be revolked. Part of a free democracy is supposed to be consist of defending the minority opinion and allowing open discourse and disagreement. I love America, too. We both love American. We just have different views of how to best express that love. Remember that!

 

[luckydog71]

AM – I have been to NYC. I have been inside of the WTC on one of the top floors. I have looked at the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park, but I have never been to the base.

In DC

I have sat on the top step of the Lincoln memorial and looked over the reflecting pond towards the Washington memorial.

I have been to the Vietnam memorial and touch the wall.

I have been to Kennedy’s grave and watch the flame flicker.

I have sat in the speakers chair in the House of Representatives (they were not in session at the time).

I fully support immigration to this country. It is our strength and it is our future. What I oppose is ILLEGAL immigration, or what the PCs like to call “undocumented aliens”. They are criminals, they enter the US illegally and we need to stop them.

I don’t think you would find a post where I called an American liberal, un-American. In fact the vast majority of Americans are very patriotic and love our country. The difference between us is our view of the role of government. I want to see a minimal role of government as defined by our constitution. I am not a Republican because they are just as guilty of expanding the government as the Democrats.

I want to see our underprivileged, our sick, our misfortunate cared for, just not forever. Our social policies need to be geared to helping people become independent. I have used the phrase “a hand up…not a hand out” many times and I am a strong believer in that approach.

So I do not think you hate America because you are a liberal…..don’t think I am a cold hearted bastard who wants to see the poor freeze in the dark, because I am a conservative.

 

[American Male]

I want to see a minimal role of government as defined by our constitution. I am not a Republican because they are just as guilty of expanding the government as the Democrats.

Luckydog, I would agree with you that this statement represents the traditional role of the Republican party. However, just look at the past few budgets of the US with your party being in charge of both houses of the Congress and the White House. We are currently living with the largest deficits in the nations history and there is no one to blame but the people in charge, the Republicans. The second largest deficits were created by another bastion of 'conservative' politics, Ronald Reagan. And who was the last president who actually reduced the deficit and balanced the budget? It was the reckless, spendthrift Democrat, Bill Clinton. The reality of contemporary politics is the fiscal sanity resides with Democrats. Anyone that disagrees with this is just not paying attention to reality.

I want to see our underprivileged, our sick, our misfortunate cared for, just not forever. Our social policies need to be geared to helping people become independent. I have used the phrase “a hand up…not a hand out” many times and I am a strong believer in that approach.

Luckydog, please tell me how a 75-year-old widow woman, whose only income is Social Security and whose only medical insurance is Medicare, has any chance accepting the sort of "hand-up" that you are talking about? Tell me how a chronically ill person, unable to work because of their illness, has any chance of becoming independent? The welfare scams of the past are a thing of the past. Clinton imposed the ceiling for eligability for receiving welfare payments long before GWB.

There is much suffering in this country, much of it brought on in the name of fiscal conservativism, which is not really conservative at all, it is simply acting as welfare for the rich. Welfare in America is alive and well and living in Beverly Hills.

So I do not think you hate America because you are a liberal…..don’t think I am a cold hearted bastard who wants to see the poor freeze in the dark, because I am a conservative.

I have very little choice but to draw the conclusion that conservatives really don't like people very much, especially when they are poor people. So many decsions and so much of the ideology of the conservatives seems to indicate that money needs to be preserved over the lives of people. Money before people.
I am from MN and one of my heroes is Hubert Humphrey, who was vice president under Johnson and ran for president against Nixon in '68. He served as a senator for many years. It was through HH that I learned the idea that government could act as a defence for the weak and needy. Big business scares the shit out of me, not big government. All of the laws that exist in our nation that protect people at work are in place only because big gov't imposed its will on big business. Big gov't closed the sweat shops owned by big business that employed little children. Big gov't has made the workplace safer through OSHA, not business. We have integration in public schools because big gov't forced the hands of local school boards that maintained segregation for years after the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. the Board of Education. Big gov't passed the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act back in the '60s.

I am sick and tired of the ancient and tired platitudes of the conservatives when they say they want to end the era of big gov't. I say we need more gov't in America, not less. There are millions of Americans living without health insurance, a situation that does not exist here in Canada. America needs a national health care plan. We need to see gov't as a place where people can go to talk and discuss and plan for the future we all face. Big gov't is a good thing, luckydog. And the only reason that you and I have the ability to express our opinions as we do is because we have a great big gov't behind us that guarantees our freedom of speech. Think about that. The very thing you say you dispise is the only thing that protects you so that you can dispise its existence.

 

[luckydog71]

I say we need more gov't in America, not less.

Yup, You are a liberal.

 

[tom2morrow]

this is great!

Open Letter To GWB

there is the odd chance that this really is Mr. President and has just dumbed down to try and fool the rest of us.

I love the suggestion that the president of the United States might actually have the time and desire to join PERB and begin posts like, "Would you marry a working girl?" and "rectal rooter."

You're a true conservative, Luckydog71. Intelligent, perceptive, knowledgable. I'm sure you make the GOP proud.