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Thanks for the reply, MM. I knew I could get some answers out of you. ;^)

>>>>I think the border issue should have been addressed as a national security issue right after 9/11.

Agreed. Right after 9-11 I called for the borders to be sealed shut and a 2-3 years moratorium on ALL immigration. I sincerely hope Bush`s luck holds out. If there is another attack on the US homeland and its traced to terrorists crossing the wide open borders, Bush will be fried by the left, by the right, and everyone in between.

I agree with you about the education and the highway bill. However, for conservatives, there has been a lot more downside to the Bush Presidency.

Creating a massive prescription drug benefit, increasing funds for the NEA and NPR, nationalizing airport security, signing the anti free speech McCain-Feingold CFR into law, supporting McCain's torture bill, advancing backdoor amnesty for illegals, supporting affirmative action before the Supreme Court, signing off on a huge farm bill, energy bill and transportation bill, NO VETOES, over 15,000 pork barrel spending earmarks and doubling the Education budget. These aren't signs of a conservative POTUS at work.

Here's the whole thing: I don't really care, because I am concerned about the War on Terror. All of those other issues can be corrected in the future, but if we are all DEAD it won't matter.

So, although I disagreed with the President, he is doing a bang-up job as Commander in Chief, and I am not going to weaken him by constantly carping about those things I don't agree with.

I am mostly interested in my grandchildren growing up under Western Civilization, you see. Highway bills, farm bills, and all of the rest can be revised at a time when we don't have the country perilously close to choosing democrats (who would get us all killed).

So, grumble away, and pontificate about your conservative principles. My main goal is the survival of this nation, and President Bush is doing everything he can to defend it.

(Except for the border issue, and I do think there might be more going on there than I thought, ever since I heard Chernoff speak about the budget today.)