Robert Gibbs, President Obama’s, campaign adviser and former White House Press Secretary, says that President Obama is not focused on keeping his job. If true, why has Obama hired a campaign adviser and why has he purchased two million-dollar buses from Canada to tour the States giving speeches. Sounds like he’s focused on keeping the job to me. Were I Mr. Gibbs, I would suggest that Obama not use those Canadian buses when touring in Michigan and Ohio. The automobile union workers who voted for him might wonder why he is buying expensive vehicles made in Canada.

One of the things I’ve recently learned is that when Obama flew from one place to another in his Presidential airplane - followed by another Presidential airplane carrying his followers, he was also accompanied by two airplanes, each of which carried one of his million dollar buses. This permitted him to ride into and through towns on a bus. I suppose he thought that made him look more like a member of the public.

Byron York in an article printed August 11^th, quotes Obama as saying, “I reversed the depression until “bad luck … .” Reading the article I wondered if Mr. York or, for that matter, President Obama remembered the “cash for clunkers” disaster or the trillion dollar debt occurred in creating all of those temporary government jobs – which also became a “clunker.”

I have been comparing, mentally, the treatment given President Bush with that given Obama. Without question, the national news media was highly critical of President Bush and, until very recently when some tentative criticisms have been raised, highly complimentary of President Obama, forgiving his outrageous and expensive stupidities such as ObamaCare. I think I know the reason. When President Bush took a vacation, always criticized, he went to his ranch in Texas. When President Obama takes a vacation it is always to some expensive resort as in Hawaii or on Martha’s Vineyard. In Texas, members of the national press were stuck in normal motels, such as Motel 6, and ate normal breakfasts in fast food houses, places where you can get a couple of fried eggs and toast for a couple of dollars. In Hawaii and on Martha’s Vineyard the press was “forced” to stay in four star places. Members of the National Press are IMPORTANT. Just as President Obama enjoys four star treatment, the National Press enjoys and wants four star treatment (paid for on expense accounts.) No wonder they are friendlier to President Obama than they were to President Bush.

Obama is asking for another stimulus package, about 500 billion dollars. He is citing the need for infrastructure including repairing bridges and hiring teachers, police and firemen. Why didn’t he spend some of the 1.8 TRILLON dollars he got in the first stimulus package on those needs?

Incidentally, there is a catch to these stimulus packages. I recall when President Johnson spent hundreds of millions of dollars in assisting schools to provide classes for special needs students. School districts throughout the nation accepted this money and established such classes, hiring special teachers. The next year the school districts had to raise taxes to continue the programs established with the “stimulus” money. A “stimulus” is to start something with federal taxes. Taxpayers must continue paying for it with local taxes.

There are rumors that the Post Office is running out of money. Perhaps it will close down. How sad. I won’t be able to get electric or gas bills any more, not to mention income tax forms. Ah well, as President Obama said, one must put up with hardships.

The Solyndra scandal, in which Obama’s henchmen gave a half billion dollars to a failing company and rewrote the rules so that taxpayers, not donors to his campaign, will lose money is troubling, but minor to me. It is my understanding that this year’s income tax form will include a yes/no statement “I will vote for Obama in 2012.” Underneath will be a statement that those who lie will receive ten years in prison. Those who answer “yes,” will receive a 10 percent deduction in their gross income, those who answer “no” will have their gross income increased by the same amount.

On a serious note, elections are coming. I believe that everyone should be involved in a political party. Democrats should attend and be active in meetings of Democrats and Republicans should attend and be active in meetings of Republicans. If everyone did, then they could get those parties to support their wishes, not the goals of a few insiders and we would have fewer incompetent and/or corrupt officials. Please note that I am not saying everyone should VOTE a straight ticket. I may call myself a Republican, but I’ve always voted for the person I thought was best qualified, rarely a straight ticket.