**"Are you smarter" LTE by Jack H. Mueller

Usually the Mitchell Daily Republic Letters to the Editor page is filled with stuff fellow blogger Steve Sibson would likely drool over...including his own letters. Today there was a surprise. Jack H. Mueller of Chamberlain probably rattled a few dozen cages with his LTE titled "An adult version of "Are You Smarter". Below is my typed copy of the letter. I talked to Jack H. Mueller this afternoon and got his permission before my cellphone battery died. One of these days, another discussion on the wonder and wonderful pain that cellphones are. In the meantime, enjoy a good letter to the editor.

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"Are you smarter than a sixth grader" is surely an educational and fund game. How about an adult version with questions like these"
Q: Is the earth 6,000 years old or billions?
A. Billions.

Q: According to the Center for Public Integrity how many times did the Bush Administration lie about Iraq between 9-11 and the invasion"
A: 935.

Q: When the New Testament was translated into Greek, instead of a "young girl<" Mary, Mother of Jesus was mistakenly described as what?
A: A virgin.

Q: Why did the U.S. propaganda machine dump on France?
A: Because French oil companies drilled the wells in the former Kurdistan area, and they had a good thinkg going without getting sucked into the Americans' attempt at conquest.

Q: Why does President Bush use the term "surge" instead of "blitskrieg or "Iron Fist of Occupation"?
A: Because it sounds nice and the American public is as ignorant as it is blind.

Q: Why do people praise Ronald Reagan for "lowering taxes"?
A: Because they don't remember that the result was increased state, county and local taxes. [As well as a horrendous national debt].

Q: How much did they try to cut the SD Highway Patrol budget?
A: $2 Million.

Q: How much is the occupation of Iraq costing us?
A: $12 Billion per month.

Q: How much did President Bush just announce that he is giving to Israel?
A: $30 Billion.

Q: If the oil corporation heads that met secretly with President Bush before the invasion were "waterboarded" to extract the truth, would it hurt them?"
A: No, according to proponents of water boarding in the Bush Administration.

Q: After cheerleading the invasion, how much of its broadcast time did Fox News devote to the war during the first quarter of 2007?
A: Four percent.
Q: During the same period, how much time did Fox devote to Anna Nicole Smith?
A: 10 percent.

by Jack H. Mueller, Chamberlain, SD.
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Spelling and typing errors which may be in the above are mine and not Mueller's or those of the Mitchell Daily Republic. And, I suppose we could toss in a few more that seem timely:

Q: How much is Bush proposing to cut from funding for SD Public Broadcasting?
A: Estimate appears to be around $700,000.

Q: How much has been spent on the Bush war in Iraq?
A: $3 Trillion? $7 Trillion... Do you actually grasp how much money there is in a $trillion?

Q: How many people died in the terrorist attack on the WTC on 9/11?
A: Around 3,000.

Q: How many US military personnel have been killed in Bush's revenge against the wrong country (Iraq)?
A: Now over 4,000.

Well, I better quit. This could be a game that went on for months if we started pulling stuff out of Gene Lyon"s on the right wing cabal attack on the Clinton's and the multiple bungling of the Bush administration.

** Stay tuned ..at least there were nearly the same number of answers as questions in this post-- Doug Wiken

Comments

[tgrindadams]

Fascinating, but disturbing, this one being the biggest shocker to me: Q: Why did the U.S. propaganda machine dump on France?

Add more of these q/a, please.