Posted on 05/26/2006 11:37:33 AM PDT by You Dirty Rats
The passage of Senate Bill 2611 and the possibility that much of that Bill could become Law after a Conference Committee has inspired some posters to claim that this event will destroy America.
Never mind that other single issues have each already destroyed our beloved country -- NAFTA, GATT, CAFTA, Terry Schiavo, The Election of Ah-Nold, Failure to nuke China after they shot down our plane, Harriet Miers, Specter to Chair Judiciary, black helicopters -- the immigration peril, it is alleged, will finish us off once and for all.
Assuming that our fragile country somehow manages to survive a Law passed by Congress and signed by the President on immigration, the next question will be: What is the next single issue that will destroy whatever shreds of our country are left?
We need to answer this question right away -- today -- so that we're prepared for the next battle. More importantly, it's Friday, immigration has been talked to death this week, and I'd like to see "previews of coming distractions".
So -- What's next on the menu? Which cause, issue or policy proposal will inspire a cyber fight-to-the-death?
My personal nominations:
-- The "FairTax"
-- 2008 Nominations for President (will heat up right after November)
-- FTAA
-- 2006 General Election (Support or Defeat non-Conservative Republicans?)
-- RFID Tags
Any others out there?
We will survive the current bitter debates and be stronger than ever.
The Bush Admin has violated several basic conservative principles over the years - spending, entitlement growth, increasing federal control of education, just to name a few. And conservatives went along, especially in 2004 because the alternative to Bush, John Kerry, was no alternative.
But Bush will never run for office again. It was made clear to him by large segments of his base that amensty was non-negotiable. But he is pushing for it anyway. And the Senate Bill, passed with Dems and RINOs, should be veto-bait - but Bush has never threatened such, and instead will try to strong-arm the House to compromise when they should not.
I'm sorry, but a Rubicon has been crossed here. And what will come of it, I do not know. But the faith of Americans in their political institutions is just about gone.
I think it will be another Islamic Issue such as the UAE buying Coca Cola.
"I can no longer sit back and allow communist(Insert Islamic) infiltration, communist(Insert Islamic) indoctrination, communist(Isert Islamic) subversion, and the international communist(Insert Islammic) conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids
I heard the same -- only from more voices -- when Nixon resigned. Six years and three months later Ronbo was elected.
It's a conspiracy, I tell ya!!
The other institutions held. Now, we have collective crap in Washington, as we have seen with the Senate immigration bill, which has been called the worst bill in 25 years.
Oh, and his replacement, Gerald Ford - at least he knew how to use a veto pen. I find it stunning that Bush, at this point in his presidency, has yet to veto a bill.
I like this, dirt. Can I include you in the "Museum of the World's most Intense Handwringers" that I'm building?
Madame Toussant's called. They are making a wax figure of an ostrich with its head in the sand. They want to use you as a model.
Wasn't Bill Clinton the worst "bill" in the last 25 years?
None of this would be happening if Warren Christopher was still alive!
Eh? You mean the 'Rat dominated 94th Congress, that passed War Powers, indexed social security to inflation, and chased secretaries and pages all over Washington? The Supreme Court that gave us Roe V. Wade? The worst economic downturn since 1929? The totally partisan media? The Fairness Doctrine?
You are kidding, right? You actually think it was better back then? Conservatives in 1994 qualified for the Endangered Species Act -- except there no media voice anywhere to alert others to our plight (not that they cared).
What "next" issue? IMHO, the shamnesty scam was the final straw. We'll never be great again, if we even survive. At one time I thought Bush would go down in the history books as one of the greatest leaders of America, but he's done a complete 180 in recent months.
I liked Gerry as President. Considering he had zero mandate, an unbelievably hostile Congress and Rocky as his Veep (although that was his fault) -- he didn't do too badly. Too bad his vetos were little more than empty gestures.
For my grand kids sake I hope you are correct. I just don't see it.
The Constitution has been used as TP for too long and the people don't have a clue about it or our Declaration of Indepdence.
Our "elected leaders" rule, not govern.
And besides that my golf game sucks.
There are many things that individually may not push the country over the edge. But collectively many other matters out there serve to weaken our country. Such as :
1. All of the problems of the "underclass", the gang culture of the inner cities.
2. declining educational standards. Kids are taught that Washington and Jefferson owned slaves so they were worthless people. But "gay" is good, and we can't be judgemental.
3. The normalization of illegitimacy (sp), out of wedlock birth, single parenthood.
4. The normalization of recreational sex, including homosexuality.
5. Some aspects of the gay agenda, same-sex marriage, etc.
6. The outsourcing of big sectors of the economy to China, India, other cheap labor countries, weakening our economy and hurting the standard of living of the middle class. And possible leading to a decline in the middle class and the growth of the lower class.
7. The re-writing of history by the likes of the ACLU, suing to take any mention of God out of the public square, while at the same time, the ACLU and their allies argue for protecting pornography as free speech.
8. The lack of action on securing the borders of America, leaving us open to huge numbers of illegal aliens who aren't assimilating into our society.
None of these individually may cause America to change for the worse, but collectively, all of these may serve to make America in the future look much different than it does now.
I'll have to pose for that one tomorrow. Today, I'm deciphering the biblical codes hidden in Chuck Baldwin's latest column.
The Next Single Issue That Will Destroy America?
Detroit Tigers in first place...
or worse...
Detroit Lions in the Super Bowl...
I shudder at the consequences....
Don't forget about the Opus Dei folks and the Masons. I am sure they are involved. In fact I heard the other day that Vincette FOX is a secret liason between those organizations amd has a subscription to the Council of Foreign Relations magazine. Where will it end
I'm not saying it was better back then as far as laws that were passed. However, the system worked in that Nixon was asked to step down by his own party members in the House. And Ford stepped in and used his presidential powers, especially the veto. And almost was able to beat Carter despite the baggage he had to carry. The institutions were able to bounce back.
Now, we have a president who is sinking to abysmal approval ratings, largely because he is alientating his own base. We have the Senate falling over themselves to pass a horrific bill. And the House, while holding on immigration, gives us little else to be grateful for, especially with spending and earmarks. And are more concerned with exercising bizzare concepts of privilege than in getting rid of their own garbage.
If you wish to ignore the current reality, so be it. Just don't expect us to join your little ostrich party.
Here ya go, Rats. This guy's into the game.
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