[ex 98C MI Dude]

A few hundred jailed illegals? Jail doesn't scare these people. Our jail system provides a higher standard of living than they're used to, so it is the ol' briar patch to them.

BTW, the Border Patrol catches more Europeans sneaking in down here than you would think. A bunch of Poles not so long ago...

As far as troops on food stamps... these are troops who have a bunch of kids they cannot afford to have. Isn't Bush's fault.

Post housing is improving every year. Took a very long time for it to get sub-standard. Didin't just happen on this President's watch.

Seems to me you are blaming Bush for everything bad that has happened since the Titanic went down. Get a clue!

[USCG-RET]

MI dude:
"A few hundred jailed illegals? Jail doesn't scare these people."

Then lets make jail tougher. A few years of working on a chain-gang will straighten those people out. Let the word get out and soon there'd be no more illegal felon Mexicans in California.

"As far as troops on food stamps... these are troops who have a bunch of kids they cannot afford to have. Isn't Bush's fault."

I didn't say it was. But these guys are putting their lives on the line everyday. I don't care if they have one kid or 10 kids, it's absolutely DISGRACEFUL that they have to be humiliated when they try to put food on the table.
These men are in Iraq, dying, watching their buddies die, dodging snipers and car bombs and their wives are at home in the welfare lines. You might be able to shrug you shoulders about that...I can't.

"Post housing is improving every year. Took a very long time for it to get sub-standard. Didin't just happen on this President's watch."

I didn't say it did. But I just got out of the military (30 years) and some of the base housing I've seen is deplorable.
Recently too. At my last duty station, I would steer the younger guys away from base housing because it was so bad. I'd help them find apartments off base.

"Seems to me you are blaming Bush for everything bad that has happened since the Titanic went down."

No I'm not. I'm blaming him for not fixing it. He's got a republican congress...he could fix all of the above with a wave of his hand. Thats what I'm "blaming" him for.

"Get a clue!"

Why are you insulting me? A true republican would support what I've said. Bush should stand up and say "I'm going to DOUBLE the pay of our enlisted men and DOUBLE what we spend on base housing...go ahead Democrats...vote against that!!".
If he did that, he'd stop the 'rats dead. We wouldn't even need an election.