Letter: 2008 was great year, ’09 will be even better, he says

TO THE EDITOR:

As I reflect on 2008, I can say we had a great year.

Blacks are happy, Obama was elected. Whites are happy, OJ is in jail.

Democrats are happy, George Bush is leaving office.

And all of us are so happy. The election is finally over.

I think 2009 will be even better. Obama will do everything Bush could not do: balance the budget, revive the economy, solve the real estate problem, pay off our mortgages, pay off our car loans, solve the auto industry problem, solve our gas/alternative energy problem, stop the fires and mudslides in California, ban hurricanes and tornadoes, stop identity theft, reverse global warming, find Osama, solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, end the long war with Islamo-terrorists, pull our troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, eliminate crime in the big cities, stop illegitimacy and abortions, get rid of corruption in government, raise test scores in public schools, eliminate obesity and smoking, and achieve world peace.

Then on the 7th day, He will rest.

My best wishes for 2009. One final word: “The government cannot give to anyone anything that it does not first take from someone else.”

Jim Fetzer

Maiden Rock

Tags: opinion, 2009, obama, sarcasm