I listened carefully. I took in the whole thing, and saw the commentary on the democratic stuff later. I heard some of the response, but not all. The responce was of a very patisan tone. So much for working together. There is a place for patisanship and I can be that way myself. I guess I just do not happen to agree with the things the Senator said.
I thought the President's talk was very good. I like most of what he said except the stuff on immigration. I will get to that in a minute.
His tone was brillient for a man in his shoes with the socks he has to wear, you know, the ones he got from congress. While I am not real optimistic about Iraq, I think we have little alternative right now. I am troubled by the uncertain voice that we give the enemy. I think some of the debate on the issue is disgraceful. I think that oposition could and should be voiced, but it should be done in private meetings. If the time comes when something should be done that is not on the present tract, then it should be done. But until then, stuff like the currently proposed resolution is almost treasonous.
The immigration thing is a mess. I just heard the statistic that since 9/11 there have been almost 48,000 murders and manslaughters commited in the US by illegal immigrants. If you couple this with the statistics on actual current prison demographics, it is startling. What ever happened to having laws and obeying and enforcing them? I am soft on people's needs, but people need to follow a proscibed plan that is orderly and fair to all involved. The President said he would do his thing without amnesty, but that is baloney. The past shows that, and the plan is nothing short of frieghtening.
This is not as complcated as it is held to be. Our will is not very strong. That is the problem in this matter.
Right now the state of Utah is argueing about not continuing to give instate tuition to illegals. Then there is the drivers liscense thing, too. I have heard that a legally present alian that has residency cannot at present qualify for instate tuition. That may be true. If some want to adjust that, so be it. But give instate tuition to illegals? Not right in my book. How about notifying the authorities and shipping them back? Oh, I forgot, the authorities have little will for such drastic action.
There were some good proposals in the domestic front. The enegy thing is very important. I told Chris that I have done my part. I have several grandsons that I am waiting to present a formula for the dregrading of nuclear waste. They all have very intelligent fathers, so what is the delay?
Jen and I didn't see much of the address. I had a meeting and wasn't home. Jen did mention something about Nancy Pelosi blinking all-the-time while sitting behind the President. Must have a low threshold for pain.
I just think that the dems and the republicans need to have a united front. I feel like they are sending a message to our enemies and our allies that we are weak because we can't come to a united front about the war.
About the tution for illegal immigrants, they were fighting about that last year when I was in Utah and it is so stupid. Why does someone think that they should get breaks for something in our country when they aren't willing to live the laws of our land. Those in our land that live our laws don't get those same breaks. I don't even know why it is a question to anyone.
Jess, she did blink a lot and she just had a dumb look on her face whenever she disagreed with something Bush said.
I did appreciate President Bush's tone in this speech far more than in speeches past. However, I think it is a too little too late. Although I agree with much of what the Bush administration has tried to do, I think they have just gone about it the wrong way. There is not one democrat out there right now that I would vote for in the upcoming presidential election. Hillary Clinton is coming to eastern IA this weekend. I almost want to go to her rally just to boo.
We have several big issues facing us right now. The war on terror will never be over. We will probably always have troops in the Middle East somewhere. One of the issues I think is most important is energy which is hard wired into the war on terror - no matter what anybody says. Although I am not shedding any tears over the death of Saddam Hussein, I wonder if we would have invaded Iraq is they weren't loaded with oil. Hussein was truly an evil man but so are many other leaders. We didn't even bat an eye when hundreds of thousands of Ruwandans butchered each other. But then again, Ruwanda doesn't have anything we need. Now, I am not a conspiracy freak. I know (or at least I believe) that there were other reasons that we invaded Iraq. I just wish we could be honest with ourselves and not pretend that all of our motives were pure. Oil is what drives our nation. At least until there is no more. Whether we experience an oil shortage due to the lack of a supply or due to the unwillingness of our enemies to sell it to us, the result is the same. We should have been actively pursuing alternative sources of energy years ago. We have a large nation whose interior is largely unpopulated. Although public transportation works well in populated areas, it does not work well in western Nebraska or eastern Idaho or any number of other places. So what are the answers? Ethanol? That is what Iowa is betting on. I am not sure that is the best answer either. Eventhough it burns cleaner, it also doesn't have the kick of gasoline. How about biodiesel? Another good alternative but I don't know if the supply could ever keep up with demand. There are a lot of good ideas out there. We just need to silence the oil lobby.
Since I have already rattled on for a good ten minutes, I will leave subjects like immigration alone for now. I suspect that I am not quite as far to the right as some of you on that issue but I am not far off.
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I listened carefully. I took in the whole thing, and saw the commentary on the democratic stuff later. I heard some of the response, but not all. The responce was of a very patisan tone. So much for working together.
There is a place for patisanship and I can be that way myself. I guess I just do not happen to agree with the things the Senator said.
I thought the President's talk was very good. I like most of what he said except the stuff on immigration. I will get to that in a minute.
His tone was brillient for a man in his shoes with the socks he has to wear, you know, the ones he got from congress. While I am not real optimistic about Iraq, I think we have little alternative right now. I am troubled by the uncertain voice that we give the enemy. I think some of the debate on the issue is disgraceful. I think that oposition could and should be voiced, but it should be done in private meetings. If the time comes when something should be done that is not on the present tract, then it should be done. But until then, stuff like the currently proposed resolution is almost treasonous.
The immigration thing is a mess. I just heard the statistic that since 9/11 there have been almost 48,000 murders and manslaughters commited in the US by illegal immigrants. If you couple this with the statistics on actual current prison demographics, it is startling. What ever happened to having laws and obeying and enforcing them? I am soft on people's needs, but people need to follow a proscibed plan that is orderly and fair to all involved. The President said he would do his thing without amnesty, but that is baloney. The past shows that, and the plan is nothing short of frieghtening.
This is not as complcated as it is held to be. Our will is not very strong. That is the problem in this matter.
Right now the state of Utah is argueing about not continuing to give instate tuition to illegals. Then there is the drivers liscense thing, too. I have heard that a legally present alian that has residency cannot at present qualify for instate tuition. That may be true. If some want to adjust that, so be it. But give instate tuition to illegals? Not right in my book. How about notifying the authorities and shipping them back? Oh, I forgot, the authorities have little will for such drastic action.
There were some good proposals in the domestic front. The enegy thing is very important. I told Chris that I have done my part. I have several grandsons that I am waiting to present a formula for the dregrading of nuclear waste. They all have very intelligent fathers, so what is the delay?
Dad Clark
William is too busy trying to get the gold out of his nose. I'm sure once he figures that out, he'll get right on the nuke-u-ler waste thing.
Mike
Jen and I didn't see much of the address. I had a meeting and wasn't home. Jen did mention something about Nancy Pelosi blinking all-the-time while sitting behind the President. Must have a low threshold for pain.
Jess
I just think that the dems and the republicans need to have a united front. I feel like they are sending a message to our enemies and our allies that we are weak because we can't come to a united front about the war.
About the tution for illegal immigrants, they were fighting about that last year when I was in Utah and it is so stupid. Why does someone think that they should get breaks for something in our country when they aren't willing to live the laws of our land. Those in our land that live our laws don't get those same breaks. I don't even know why it is a question to anyone.
Jess, she did blink a lot and she just had a dumb look on her face whenever she disagreed with something Bush said.
oh, and dad, I was the one that asked the question, not Mike.
I did appreciate President Bush's tone in this speech far more than in speeches past. However, I think it is a too little too late. Although I agree with much of what the Bush administration has tried to do, I think they have just gone about it the wrong way. There is not one democrat out there right now that I would vote for in the upcoming presidential election. Hillary Clinton is coming to eastern IA this weekend. I almost want to go to her rally just to boo.
We have several big issues facing us right now. The war on terror will never be over. We will probably always have troops in the Middle East somewhere. One of the issues I think is most important is energy which is hard wired into the war on terror - no matter what anybody says. Although I am not shedding any tears over the death of Saddam Hussein, I wonder if we would have invaded Iraq is they weren't loaded with oil. Hussein was truly an evil man but so are many other leaders. We didn't even bat an eye when hundreds of thousands of Ruwandans butchered each other. But then again, Ruwanda doesn't have anything we need. Now, I am not a conspiracy freak. I know (or at least I believe) that there were other reasons that we invaded Iraq. I just wish we could be honest with ourselves and not pretend that all of our motives were pure. Oil is what drives our nation. At least until there is no more. Whether we experience an oil shortage due to the lack of a supply or due to the unwillingness of our enemies to sell it to us, the result is the same. We should have been actively pursuing alternative sources of energy years ago. We have a large nation whose interior is largely unpopulated. Although public transportation works well in populated areas, it does not work well in western Nebraska or eastern Idaho or any number of other places. So what are the answers? Ethanol? That is what Iowa is betting on. I am not sure that is the best answer either. Eventhough it burns cleaner, it also doesn't have the kick of gasoline. How about biodiesel? Another good alternative but I don't know if the supply could ever keep up with demand. There are a lot of good ideas out there. We just need to silence the oil lobby.
Since I have already rattled on for a good ten minutes, I will leave subjects like immigration alone for now. I suspect that I am not quite as far to the right as some of you on that issue but I am not far off.
Have a good day.
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