Posted on 07/10/2002 11:27:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
286!Kinda like elctric guitars at a nuclear power protest.
Or better, a "no blood for oil" benefit concert.
187...
Night all.
My knee has not jerked on this issue. When I entered the workforce over 30 years ago, I worked with a few illegal Mexicans. The younger ones were teaching English to their elders. The young ones listened to American music and desperatly wanted to "be American."
About 10 years ago I noticed a trend - the young illegal Mexicans no longer listened to American music, but traditional Mexican music, and they spoke Spanish to each other. Efforts at assimilation had stopped.
A nation with two languages is two nations.
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(I hope your kitty likes my puppy)
I have to read this over coffee later in the morning.
Hmmmmm.... I don't think this adds up.
Thanks. I do too!
Yep- this is a fifteen round championship main event and we are still in the opening rounds. Not time to go for the haymaker yet.
I have to answer #12. I respect the President as he has the HARDEST JOB IN THE WORLD.
From what I've seen and heard, there's a LOT of armchair politicians on FR. They expound their theories and pound the pulpit of self-righteousness; reality and the process of law do not concern them.
Sure, I don't always agree with the President, but hey, I don't always agree with hubby poorman, mom, my co-workers, or you for that matter. It isn't a character flaw in a person that they don't march exclusively to MY drum.
When are the naysayers going to admit how close we came to disaster in November 2000? Imagine the hell this country would be with an Al Gore at the helm.
Placating terrorists still.
Blaming Americans for others' evil deeds.
Forced moves of those living in "sensitive" forest areas.
Punitive emission laws.
Total dependence on foreign oil.
The Kyoto Treaty signed and our future mortgaged.
The UN Commission trying US soldiers as war criminals.
A severe energy crisis.
Socialized medicine.
Total crackdown on gun ownership.
You could add a LOT more.
I couldn't handle my distant cousin's 14-hour-a-day workload; much less the pressure, media attacks (d@mn them), recalcitrant "allies", backbiting RINOs, backstabbing Dems (pond scum), disasters, world crises, security issues, terror threats, and "glass fishbowl" existence.
If I don't hate Bush I answer this one, correct?
Why should he be reelected?
I dont want to neg-out on Bush. So let me pause to list my "what's wrong with the US list" before I answer (in declining importance).
1) Propaganda The Dems have found a niche by releasing negative innuendos (seeded in focus groups) and waiting for the fire to start in the polls. The words power and greed are associated with the opposition (Republicans/Capitalists) rather than where they belong with the emotionally challenged statists. Government is the solution, they say. Tax the rich! Pay your fair share. Turn in your guns. Everybody does it. Bush is dumb. Or the more subtle fear-based articles on Big tobacco, big business, Enron, global warming etc. Propaganda is only necessary when youre wrong and you dont want anyone to know it.
2) Courts. The checks and balances of Congressional and Presidential power as envisioned by the Founders is remarkably seen as a conservative issue instead of a given. The living/breathing Constitution concept weve had since FDR packed the courts and X-ed out the 10th amendment has given the Dems another power source rather than a protection of our freedoms. They have found a way to nourish big government with a Constitution designed for a small government. Dems use the courts for advancing policy not only on feminism (abortion rights) and anti-Capitalism, but also the environment, anti-religion, living wages, work-place behavior, and of course the trial lawyers provide the big $$$$ in campaign finances.
3) Socialism. The incremental control of our lives and freedoms by the anointed ones. Education, retirement, and health care insurance are just the beginning.
4) Spending/Taxation. The graduated income tax provides a double whammy. The tax punishes capitalism, productivity and the economy and rewards Socialism voters.
Theres more, but Im worn out. As you can see, liberals are the problem, not Bush.
Please state who you would like to see win the Presidency in 2004 and whether or not you believe he/she has a chance of winning.
Bush - Yes
I'm related to LBJ, too! Isn't that a crock? The things you learn by tracing your family tree...
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