I do not hate the man, but I do not think he is the greatest president either. I think he was the man for the job when 911 happened. I am not sure what Gore would have done, but I am sure it would not have helped much. But I am not going to bash on Dems here.
When Bush took office, one of the first things he tried to do was give amnesty to all illegals in the country. I think it may have been all illegals with a legal relative, but regardless, I think that's wrong. Some of you are going to say we need illegal immigration, that they only do the jobs no one wants. Well, there is truth in that, but it is not
the only truth. My dad was a cabinet maker. His shop closed, and when he had to seek work, he could not find any. He was an amazing cabinet maker, but all the shops in the area that where open when he was looking for work, where production shops and didn't need a skilled man with 20 years of custom cabinet work. They wanted illegals, or at least Mexicans cause they didn't have to pay them real money. He ended up in a crappy job, making desktops for cubes.
It is not just the jobs we do not want that illegals take, try finding a job in the trades. I do not think the trades where considered "jobs no one wants to do".
Now I am not anti immigration, I think we should allow people from Mexico and south America come here much more easily, screen them for felonies, and let them come in if they have a job lined up. It seems to me, somewhat immoral, to allow people to come here illegally and then exploit them by paying them less then anyone born here would make. It strikes me as odd that this exploitation is fine with the more left leaning people. Hell my Lib friend last night said "it boils down to how much you want to pay for lettuce." So modify the law and allow for more
legal immigration, close the borders and deport the ilegals, would that be so bad?
Another thing about the border being open, does anyone think the homeland security act will make a damn bit of difference when you can practically walk across the border from Mexico? Hell I am sure terrorist could get weapons in across the border and it seems to me it is just a mater of time.
I am disenchanted, I think politics in this country have become too dirty, I think the politicians on both sides are ultra melons. I really do not think most of them give a **** about us. They care about money deals from special interest groups and or getting reelected and personal power, but not us.
Back to Bush, I see some of the left leaning folks on this board go on and on about how we( conservatives and I guess I am more or less) are not being objective, and that Bush can do no wrong. From my point of view that's wrong, I do not care for Bush that much, for me he was the lesser of two evils. If I had a real choice I would probably vote fore someone else, but, so far everyone else is just worse. They way he handled the first part of the war was good in my view, but I am not sure about how it is going now, it pains me to see soldiers dying every day, I go to sites like Hackworth.com and read some of the things our troops have to put up with and it angers me. Is it Bush's fault, well prolly not, but it is his responsibility to make sure they soldiers there are getting what they need and some are not, including proper leadership.
Why has politics become so adversarial? some of the discussions here and others where I have had them become so heated, it amazes me, aren't we all working to make things better for ourselves and our nation?
It seems funny to me that we would base who runs our government on issues like abortion. Hell I am pro-choice. I am pro-choice because though I find it morally wrong, I understand that's subjective and would not force my morals on anyone. If there is a God, people who have abortions will pay when they stand before him, that should be good enough for the right, and the choice should be good left, I just find it unbelievable this is such a big issues. People just need to mind their own business. Why is this like one of the 3 issues that makes or brakes a politician?
I think taxes do not need to be raised I think we could clean up the government and have more then enough money left over to run the government.
I think we should stop fighting the worlds wars, let's bring the troops home and only use them when a real ally is in trouble. Germany unites, tries to take Europe for a third time we should be there
Other then that let the world sort their own **** out.
Hmm well I think I am done, I wish I could be done with politics, the more I see the more jaded I get, these are the people we elect to lead us and I would not want most as guests in my home, or dating my sister, I would sooner trust a used car salesman...
