Thanks to Lakeland resident Bob Krimm for this thoughtful letter that appeared in this morning's Lakeland Ledger:

We're not talking "left-wing liberal media" here: Just a few weeks ago, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service reported that for two years in a row, the average per capita income of American workers had dropped by more than 9 percent, and that this has not happened, even for one year, since 1953.

In Washington, President Bush reported that the economy was strong.

Two days later, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 57 percent of the newly created jobs paid much less than the ones that had been lost.

President Bush reported that the economy was strong.

On Aug. 8, the U. S. Labor Department reported that only 32,000 new jobs were added last month -- about 90 percent below expectations.

In Ohio and Michigan, President Bush reported that the economy was strong.

Because of the poor "new jobs" report, the Dow plunged 147.7 points to a new low for the year.

In Iowa, President Bush reported that the economy was strong.

The Congressional Budget Office just reported that the tax cuts have shifted the tax burden to the middle and lower economic brackets.

Now we can understand that the economy has indeed improved . . . for those with incomes averaging $1.2 million a year, President Bush's largest campaign contributors.

With polls for the president still hovering in the 40 percent to 50 percent range, it's quite clear that almost half the voters in America still get their news from the same source that told them that Iraq had something to do with 9/11.

Something really should be done with all these left-wing, ultraliberal, "Bushbashing" governmental agencies.