Good morning all! I’m sipping my morning tea while reading through my emails.

Over the weekend, a couple of significant pieces of legislation were voted on by the Senate. I’m not into politics and I don’t want to offend my politically sensitive readers, so I will reserve my opinion on either bill.

Thank goodness for loyal reader Jerri Harper who has a strong opinion on the bills, and Obama in general.

A new post will be up shortly.

Jerri Harper writes:

Good Afternoon,

My name is Jerri and I have been reading your website for almost a year now and I also recently became a member (thank you for finally opening up registration). I notice how you show restraint when it comes to falsely accusing or perhaps jumping to conclusions with the celebrities and famous people, however to me it appears that you are quick to show a bias towards our president. Let me preface the rest of this email by saying that I am from Texas a very red and conservative state, I stay in Dallas which is becoming more and more of democratic county. I am a finishing up my degree in political science and I have down campaign work for republicans and democrats alike. I grasp economics and the politics that is known as politics. I also voted for President Obama, yet I am not a “kool-aid” drinker as you like to graciously put it…

I decided to write because I noticed that while you were quick to mention the alleged royal snub of not being invited to the royal wedding, you made no mention of the tax cut package (that [President Obama] quickly bent over backwards to appease republicans) nor the fact that the DADT policy had been repealed. You are quick to point out the flaws, but why did you not jump on the opportunity to show that his policy is not a total liberal or socialist policy? Are you aware that corporations posted a record TRILLION PLUS DOLLAR PROFIT and yet hiring is still at a minimal? Since the mid-term elections and the passage of the tax cut package layoffs and the reduction of staff have already begun to rise. Are you aware of the complexities of the deficit? Are you aware that almost half of the deficit is composed of interest only payments on debt (that will also rise since the basis of these tax cuts are unfunded)? Do you not keep up with the amount of the budget that does not include emergency funding for the war accounts for a large part as well? Did you know that when he signed this tax cut package he also launched an attack on the dwindling social security funds? You call him a socialist, yet he is often at odds with the true liberals in his own party…

Looking back over the years at previous presidents and their administrations all presidents have flaws. President Clinton is often regarded as “the first black president” yet he did more to set back blacks and the democratic party than baby Bush ever did. Most of the economic problems that we are dealing with now are a result of previous administrations attacks on the lower and middle class, separating the haves from the have nots: the stomping out of social welfare programs, the tapping into the social security funds, the launching of Cold War and Wars on Terror, and the unwarranted tax cuts.

I’m not sure if you are dedicated to politics as you are to your blog, but sometimes you cannot go off of what politicians or what the media has to say in regards to politics. They have their own agendas and platforms to promote and reelections to procure funds for to secure that highly coveted incumbent title. Unfortunately most Americans have to work and don’t necessarily have the luxury of keeping themselves informed and trying to seek out the truth in regards to what is happening around them. Most people have to get their facts and opinions from a third party. I just ask that before you post something in regards to the President, please make sure it is an informed post and unbiased; attempt to grant him some of the civility that you allow the celebrities.

In closing, I too at times are disappointed with the Democratic party as much as I am with the Republican party. I am one of the few that know the constitution does not specifically mention the separation of church and state. I would like to say that I know you want your readers to be informed and educated about important topics, otherwise you would not do your medical minutes. I just ask that you don’t use your blog as a bias in regards to politics.

Respectfully,
Jerri Harper