Posted on 05/15/2006 7:45:36 PM PDT by bobsunshine
Today conservatives and Americans across this nation, especially those who voted for George W Bush, should be thankful for what we have accomplished and for having George Bush as President. My tolerance for the whiners who don’t get all they want, or who say the pace of getting America to become more responsive to conservative ideas is too slow, is totally used up. Tonight, when George Bush speaks his is going to discuss how we can take SOME steps towards getting a handle on immigration and the security threats it represents.
I want to give thanks to W for taking the war to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and for not shrinking from his course when the French and Germans bawked, when the UN whimpered, when the left wailed and when the right ran away.
I want to thank him for protecting all our families and neighbors since 9-11.
I want to thank him for reducing taxes and pulling this economy together since my family just about went under due to the economic hits from 9-11, and now I am working a dream job exploring the solar system.
I want to thank W for protecting the lives of some of the embryos who otherwise would have become a product to harvest for spare cells (to make spare parts).
I want to thank W for making the education system accountable and force it to produce statistics on its performance.
Thanks also for giving my 80+year old parents a prescription drug plan so they can live out their lives with dignity and in the best health preventive medicine can offer. I know that at their age to fix things once their broken is much harder than keeping them from breaking in the first place.
Thank you as well to the immigrants who come here and extend the American fabric and re-establish respect for the family and the work ethic. I still believe working without papers is aking to driving a car which is not properly registered. While not legal, it pales next to the people I deal with everyday in my 75 mile commute on the busy and dangerous DC Beltway. For perspective, I do not thank all the drivers chatting on the phone, reading, eating, doing their face who risk my LIFE with their casualness. I am less concerned about the immigrant workers coming to do top notch work on my house than the insane drivers who could kill me or my family. Let’s not even discuss how little thanks I have for drunk drivers (and drunk is only a few drinks away).
I want to thank LJSTrata for putting up with me for so long and keeping this site going through its first Blogoversart (5/18/06).
I owe a big thanks to Powerline this week for naming us Blog of the Week - which is an extreme honor we will cherish.
I want to thank my kids and family for being who they are.
I do not have any words of thanks to he those who leak national secrets to the media because they cannot address their issues through our established political processes. None. Anomous leaks are not a badge of honor.
I have no words of thanks to those who are so frustrated they have turned on Bush when he needs our support, and threaten to sit out elections. Why would I have any thanks for that kind of action? I am thankful we avoided a President Gore and President Kerry. Gore would have lost his mind after 9-11 (look at how he handled the 2000 election). And Kerry would have been so confused about what to do he would have signed legislation beforing vetoing it.
I am thankful for our new allies in Iraq, Afgahnistan, the UAE, Qatar and Pakistan. They are not perfect allies, but they are better than enemies. Just like Bush is 100 fold better than a manic Gore or a confused Kerry. I thank Bush for doing all he did, and doing it despite the naysayers and quitters, the moaners and whiners, and especially the serial surrenderers. Thanks George Bush. And no thanks goes to anyone who gives us nothing on immigration because they could not get all they wanted. I am tired of the zero sum game. It is a game for fools.
Hon, Bush hasn't done one thing about immigration that you think should be done, but he's done a host of other things, just a few of which I posted to you. So I don't think it quite qualifies as a mistake that I made by posting that this president has done more than any other president to handle illegal immigration.
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I needed a smile badly, and you gave me one. Thanks!
LLS
That isn't true.
maybe English is your second language so I'll try it one more time then leave you to your denial...
you said
"He's doing more to handle this problem than any president in your lifetime."
and I pointed out
"Wrong again!
There were dramatically more businesses fined for hiring illegals during the Clinton administration than Bush's."
but you keep posting those Bush talkin' points, just don't waste my time by posting them to me.
'cause that dog just won't hunt here
LMAO
Do you notice how they target every positive article or post?
so are you admitting that the illegals can be deported or are you like the rest of the Bush apologists having a convenient loss of memory that the illegals CAN'T BE DEPORTED. LMAO
If they're not DICC's they're sure doing the DNC's work.
You have a special place on my list. Enjoy your time while you can.
Tell me, Puke, are you hungover today, or just woke up and decided to act stupid?
I have to ask because that is a really mornic statement you just made to CNN (shudder!).
Gee, let me guess, you probably live in Wisconcheese, anywhere but a border state, right?
Yet you feel qualified to slam CNN (another shudder!) for what they said about border states.
Care to come out from under your rock and talk about it?
Or am I also supposed to "enjoy my time while I can?"
And have I, also, achieved that "special" place on your list?
Please.....please.....
or are you simply cherry picking one statistic. Do you remember when Clinton went after a Chicken Processing plant for hiring illegals because they were a competitor of Tyson's Chicken.
Clinton did not wipe his arse without weighing the political consequences, and for you to tout his record is all I need to know about you
"I for one am tired of people who don't belong here demand citizenship while flaging their flag in my face!"
I am tired of it too. However...
ted kennedy as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee will fix that little problem right up for you!
LLS
So fewer illegals were targeted at businesses.
But more illegals were returned to their country. 68% more funding and border patrol agents (I think that's the percentage but have forgotten - it was substantial). Catch and release ended.
So you'll just have to point out which president in your lifetime has done more to handle the immigration problem.
Sure, Clinton admin. people arrested more employers. Hundreds of hours spent for one arrest taking into consideration the time it takes to verify the phony documents. Bush is going after the document factories. Read about it and educate yourself a little then get back to me about just who has handled this problem better in the past.
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Really? Then I will take that back, Thanks for the headsup
"So fewer illegals were targeted at businesses?"
well if you aren't interested in fining employers and
you claim that Bush has done what you all claim couldn't be done "deport millions of illegals" maybe you should try
"educating yourself"
ROFLMAO
klintoon granted Amnesty and Citizenship to 1.5 MILLION illegals, and just in time for the 1996 elections. 90% voted dim, according to Carl Rasmussen.
LLS
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