My Man!
There you are, hitting bull chip after bull chip out of the ball park, every one of them landing in the upper deck with a splat. It’s been a wallerhumpin week!
First, you belted a grand slam homer with your new healthcare initiative, which promises to save the corporations billions in healthcare costs. You are going to make healthcare “consumer driven.” Mr. and Mrs. America will have the opportunity to buy a cheap medical policy with an extremely high deductible. Can’t afford it, they say. Not to worry! You’re going to let them establish health savings accounts using their pretax dollars to cover expenses that fall under the deductible. These will be invested in private accounts so they will continue to grow, barring any medical catastrophes.
Wall Street is having an orgasm over this one. They just knew you wouldn’t let them down when your Social Security plan tanked.
Of course, there’s a slight problem with the twenty-six percent of the population living beneath the poverty line. It’s doubtful they couldn’t scrape together two nickels to put into a health savings account. Though, it’s not as bad as it appears. They don’t have coverage now, so it really wouldn’t change anything for them.
Then, without even stopping to catch your breath, you hit another one out of the park when you nominated the head prosecutor on the Abramoff case, Noel C. Hillerman, to a federal judgeship. “Merely a coincidence,” your minions claimed. “It had nothing to do with the case.” And they all sounded so sincere. Now, things might slow down a bit until a replacement is found. Of course, you want to find the best man for the job, so you can’t rush it. With luck, Hillerman’s replacement will be appointed just after the midterms. But, not to worry. Justice will be done, eventually.
Do you realize that if you tried this shit thirty years ago, you’d be in jail?
The times they are a changing.
Your admirer,
Belacqua Jones
9:07:51 PM 
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