The trouble with the so-called "Immigration" bill is the flawed premise it is based upon. We're going to institute a regulation that applies to people whose known track record is of breaking federal law by crossing our borders without permission.

Does anyone else see the total illogic of this?

The idea that illegal immigrants will pay *ANY* attention to a simple regulation is simply ridiculous, when they lose nothing by ignoring it completely, just as they do federal law.

Conversely, after  you make these illegals legal, then why will they settle for less than ANY OTHER AMERICAN? Why should they settle for low-paying jobs when they can compete for the best jobs?

This is stupid either way!

The trouble with this is that lawmakers want desperately to pass *something* , anything that will allow them to posture politically. They don't care if the legislation is effective or useful, as long as they can spin it to their advantage come election season, which, by the way is right around the corner - go figure!

The trouble with this is that lawmakers want desperately to *appear* as if they are doing something, but are desperately afraid of actually *doing* something, like ENFORCING EXISTING LAWS!!!!

The trouble with this is that lawmakers addressed this before and what did we get out of it? A bigger problem. This is the hallmark of federal legislative processes  with regard to large and important issues. Our legislators ALMOST ALWAYS get it wrong.  Why? Because they think that simply passing a law solves a problem. 

The trouble with this is that several years from now we'll be coming back to deal with this in an even bigger, more panic-ridden atmosphere than we have today. And we will be told we have to pass some more legislation to fix it. In the short term, politicians gain while in the long term, we, the people, lose.

The trouble with this is that it is STILL easier to be here illegally than legally. There are no PENALTIES for going the wrong way around. Until this is *COMPLETELY* reversed, the problem will *NEVER EVEN BEGIN* to be solved. Everything else is pure sophistry, read political advantage.

This is only beginning to scratch the surface of the stupidity this represents. So far, this is all just so much wasted time.......

"The Republicans firmly believe they lost control because of Iraq."

I've been hearing this a lot lately, presented as the result of some poll or focus group or whatever.

What a load of self-righteous, self-delusional hornswoggle!

Republicans lost because they ignored the electorate then just like they are doing now over immigration. They lost because they showed abject cowardice in the face of a whining, crying, hand-wringing enemy. The 2006 elections were a just shot across the bow - a "no-confidence" vote if you will. If this lily-livered, lackluster, spineless behavior continues unabated then 2008 will, no doubt, be a real bloodbath.

Many conservative voters stayed home last year. I know I almost did. The most common sentiment voiced on talk radio ALL YEAR was "I'll show 'em - I'm not going to vote at all" and the talk show hosts pooh-poohed the sentiment throughout the year with claims that it wouldn't 'prove anything' to do so but, lo and behold, many people I know did exactly that! Hmmmm, maybe it was up to _Republicans_ to prove something instead of us, eh? Like maybe they could govern from the right, LIKE THEY PROMISED US THEY WOULD WHEN WE ELECTED THEM! Voting is supposed to ACCOMPLISH something. Right now, voting Republican gets me Democrats running the show. If Democrats are going to be running the show, then what the hell do I need a Republican middle man for?

If Republicans cannot show themselves to be different from Democrats and/or are able to show the courage of their convictions, then they are not worth my time. Not one blessed minute of it. The worst thing you can do to me is to waste my time - my time is so short and it is precious to me. That's exactly what Republicans did to me last year. They did not take me seriously. Fine, then - I'll just stay home too until SOMEBODY begins to take me seriously. I don't need them. Without them the country keeps hummin' right along, doesn't it?

Republican leaders think we need them, but we don't. We need for our votes to matter, to make a difference. If Republican leaders want to make a difference then they need me and if they need me then they'd better start acting like it. Otherwise, just shut up, pack your bags and go back home. One day something better will come along. Until then I'll just be waiting for that day.

The only way Republican leaders can lose the 2008 election is the same as the only way we can lose in Iraq - if you give up and don't stand up tall for us and take the fight to the enemy. If you don't fight, we will bring our votes back home from the front lines and live to fight another day with a different batch of troops.

Get your heads out of the sand, Republicans! The choice in all this is up to you. It always has been.

There is a commonality to the Liberal mindset. The commonality is simply this: an inability to accept one or more forms of or aspects of reality.

Whether it is the nature of man or global warming, Liberals either cannot or will not accept what is plainly before them in the way of hard, concrete evidence. In fact, they often go so far as to be ANTI-evidence, as is the case with global warming, which has now been thoroughly debunked as yet another "end-of-the-world" fantasy. Lots of noise and no facts. Such is the liberal agenda.

The simple fact that global climate change is *normal* (and has been going on as far back as we can measure) is not enough to deflect them. Despite their cries for racial and cultural tolerance, the fact that their prescriptions for global warming add up to globalized racism and classism does not faze them. All that matters to them is their "good intentions" - never mind the fact that it ends terribly, horribly or disastrously for the poor schlubs on the receiving end.

As in the case of pulling out of Vietnam on the eve of victory - Liberals are oblivious to the carnage and devastation that directly followed as a consequence of their “good intentions”. This is their greatest weakness. They cannot deal with the unpleasant aspects of life on this Earth and they dare not face the devastating consequences of their well-meaning actions. Without a strong and impartial media to hold them accountable they have perpetrated many a horrid disaster on many an innocent person for many upon many years, always getting a 'pass' because of their good intentions.

Liberals believe that good intentions trump good sense.  Conservatives believe that good sense trumps everything, including good intentions.

Liberals are averse to pain of any sort and will fold at the slightest hint of real pressure. Conservatives will endure whatever is necessary to ensure the continued existence of this great nation.

Liberals believe that the country does not need (or deserve) defending. Gratitude is a sentiment that is completely lost on Liberals, except for gratitude directed towards them. Gratitude, on behalf of themselves, for the countless privileges they enjoy (and would never sacrifice, that were paid for with blood) never registers on hard-core Liberals.

Conservatives believe that nothing is more sacred than their thoughtful stewardship over the many blessings bestowed upon this great land of ours and upon us individually for having the great fortune to be citizens here, of all places, at this time.

Al-Qaeda relies on Liberals the world over as the soft-underbelly of the western world. Al-Qaeda needs Liberals to attain any semblance of victory anywhere. Without Liberals, Al-Qaeda would have been doomed long ago and relegated to the scrap heap of history. But Liberals keep Al-Qaeda alive, feeding them, encouraging them, defending them, perhaps because terrorists are just friends we haven't met yet. "Once they get to know us they'll love us." Liberals world view is no more complicated than that. It's all just a big misunderstanding, you see. This is why Liberals are incompetent as leaders on a world stage - they just don't get it.

Al-Qaeda supports and defends Liberals. (This is the sworn enemy of all that we stand for that I'm talking about.) I'm talking about people who believe that killing Westerners is their highest calling. Just taking over our lands and so on is not enough. Just taking our women and children is not enough. Just throwing us all into prison and torturing us for sport is not enough. Just starving us and beating us is not enough. They want us dead and they want our dead bodies to litter the landscape for all eternity and they believe that God wants this to happen.

They will stop at nothing to accomplish this objective. They believe it is honorable to lie, cheat and steal to accomplish this objective and that God wants them to do so. They believe that Liberals are their best means of destroying our culture from the inside, so they create organizations like CAIR that speak directly to the Liberal need to purge their collective guilt as a result of benefiting from the good fortune of their birthright. They support other institutions, like the Global Warming Hoax, that seek to destroy capitalism.

Liberals will wring their hands at mistreatment of sworn killers in detention, but will turn a blind eye to the slaughter of millions who could be saved by the exertion of a capable military. Their intentions are good, you see - save the troops! What a noble intention. As if our troops are helpless and need saving.

Get out of their way and they will save you instead - from your own folly.

I believe I can predict Democrats behavior. I predict that Democrats will do ANYTHING to humiliate George Bush. I predict that they will look for and experiment with more and more creative ways to bring him down in the polls BEFORE he leaves office.

Why? Because he has systematically beaten them at their own game. He has won innumerable political victories by stealing ALL their issues from him. He has attained nearly everything he set out to do. Politically, this is the death knell for Dems. Bush's legacy will be to get credit for all the things he accomplished, despite the fact that some of them were traditionally liberal ideas. If he leaves with any shred of popularity he may well attain "living legend" status. This is a nightmare scenario for the Democrats.

I predict that Democrats will do ANYTHING to humiliate George Bush and prevent this future nightmare scenario. Unfortunately for America, I do mean *anything*. No matter the damage or consequences, this is one political victory before which all other concerns must and will be sacrificed.

Let's take the war, as a highly visible for instance. One inescapable conclusion based on the facts on the ground is that, militarily, we are about to win this war. In fact, since we have yet to lose a single battle it stands to reason that we cannot lose this war. Unless we quit, of course, and that's where the Democrats come in..

All the signs are there. The enemy is losing personnel, losing leadership, losing morale and losing support from the Iraqi people. This is now a war of attrition. Iraq, aided by America, will win its natural place on the world stage. A new democracy will be born in *the most unlikely of places* and George Bush will be able to take the credit for building a democratic nation from scratch IN RECORD TIME!!!

As far as military conflicts go, from such a strong (nearly unassailable) position we need only be concerned with the possibility of sabotage. What might the Democrats be able to do to tip the scales and give Al-Qaeda new life?

Hmmm, let's consider this. If America is not hit with another terrorist attack, that idiot also gets credit for keeping America truly safe. Surely there is something Democrats can do to foster or otherwise get a suicide bomber or somesuch on American soil - just one. We only need one.

We only need one to prove to the world that the Christian George Bush is not the best leader for these troubled times. Just one. Surely the Democrats can find or encourage one from somewhere. Look for it. Watch for it. Count on it.    

If America wins in any way, George Bush wins. George Bush, whom they have belittled as being slow and dim-witted, comes out in the end looking like a political genius, and the Democrats look like small-minded, mental midgets.

If America is *allowed* to win this war then that dolt wins the PR battle of the century and Liberals (communists and socialists) the world over will be relegated to the scrap heap of history. The stakes are just that high. Liberals *must* defeat George Bush somehow in the time they have left. This is why they ran against George Bush in the elections. But how can they actually defeat him?

There's only one sure fire way, according to my predictive template.

First, we must consider that whatever is good for America is good for Republicans. Conversely, whatever is bad for America is a boon for Democrats. Inversely, whatever is good for America is poison for Democrats. Let's take a look at some of the legislation they propose now that they are in power.

They *must* find *some* way of tarnishing his LEGACY. I predict they will stop at nothing to accomplish this objective. (Sound familiar?) If Bush's legacy turns out as expected, Bush will be a thorn in their side for the rest of his life. Unencumbered by the dignity he has brought back to his current office, he will be able to take the gloves off and speak with unbearable gravitas against Liberals on the world stage. (Example: Jimmy Carter) George Bush's legacy will stymie them, like Regan's legacy has stymied them for decades.

The legacy must be tarnished. Therefore, look for ANYthing that might be embarrassing to the president. A military defeat would be embarrassing AND humiliating - watch for underhanded behind-the-scenes moves to undermine the military and prevent them from doing what they have been trained to do. Look for micro-managing of the war effort, all with the best intentions, of course, but SINGLE-MINDEDLY in pursuit of DEFEAT AT ANY COST.

And I predict that the Democrats will not propose ANY thing to build America up or to make America proud or to benefit America in any way. Democrats are the party of destruction - they do not build anything except monuments to themselves. Republicans are the party of construction.

To destroy with good intentions - to show pity and compassion, to give handouts instead of REAL support. This is Liberalism.

To protect, to celebrate and to share our good fortune with the democracies of the world. This is Conservatism.

Sure seems like a no-brainer to me.

Dear Global Warming Alarmists,

I have a proposition for you. Please answer fully and completely either one of two questions and I will consider the plausibility of your theories of impending doom.

Question #1: What is the mechanism behind *natural* global warming? (Follow-up: Can we stop it?)

Question #2: What is the mechanism behind natural global cooling? (Follow-up: Can we stop it?)

My understanding of the relevant data leads me to the following conclusion: The Earth has been warming and cooling as far back as we can measure, and despite ever-increasing levels of CO2 the Earth ALWAYS cools itself. [From the 1940's through the 1970's we had direct evidence of global cooling at a time when CO2 levels were increasing.]

I also understand that mankind only contributes a tiny portion of the greenhouse gasses that appear to be involved in a "positive feedback loop" of global warming, but as we know the greenhouse gasses come AFTER the warming and the fact that they keep rising does NOT hinder the subsequent cooling in any way.

If you alarmists cannot say with authority WHAT actually causes either the warming OR the cooling, then how can you expect to make a reasonably competent prediction about the warming or the cooling?

Based on the currently known climate history of the planet, I predict the Earth will cool itself despite our global economic development. This prediction is based on simple observation and projection of historical climate trends. My climate model is simply history. No extra math or science required. [It is also based on the fact that I haven't the foggiest notion what the actual cause of global warming or cooling is.]

I leave it to you, the alarmists, to prove that the eons-long natural cycle of warming and cooling has come to an end and that your doomsday scenarios might actually have some validity to them.