Keeping It Right

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Location: Texas, United States

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

By the People. For the People?

You know the one thing frustrating about politics and politicians is that in politics, the folks elected to represent the people, who was put in office by the people seem to forget that. I say that because of the President's Address to the Union last night. Personally, as a "decline to state" registered voter. I heard nothing that I did not hear before. As a matter of fact if you visit www.whitehouse.gov, most of the speech from last night can be found at all the appearances the President has made. Same statement about the War on Terrorism, good..he nailed the point again in regard to the guys left of Judge Alito. Plans in Iraq..good, nothing has changed in that..a nice little chastisement to the guys left of Judge Alito. But then the speech went south...literally...I'm talking south of the border, south. This president, democrats and republicans refuse to hear the cries of the people who elected them. On one hand they ask us to believe in the government and the next hand they slap us with okaying illegal immigration. They are sugar coating "amnesty" and they know it. What's wrong with doing for the people. I've heard all the arguements for and against illegal immigration..yeah, strangely they do the jobs no American will do...or if your Vicente Fox, no Black American will do. But in the past, those jobs were done by Americans with little or no jobs skills. When was the last time you went into a burger joint that when we were growing up, we flipped burgers and made fries and uttered, "Welcome to McDonalds, Can I Take Your Order Please." Those jobs were filled by 16-17 year old kids (with legal work permits). Not today, today you can expect to go into any burger joint (in California) and have to point to a number to order, why? most likely the individual taking your order can't understand you and you damn sure can't understand them. How many of you have gone to emergency rooms, to wait either all day or night to be seen..why? because illegals and some folks without health insurance are in there. Emergency rooms in most hospitals have thrown in the towel on that type of service. Does anyone remember the blue collar worker? The middle class? the jobs that paid nice wages with good health insurance. How about warehouses that used to employ the surrounding community? those jobs are gone due to the fact that employers have figured that they can pay someone less wages and no health insurance. In turn these people get the service from us, the tax payers. But do our politicians hear us...nope, quotes like the President's speech last night said that we must recognize that "Immigrants" pay into our tax system. So having said all that, the one candidate that runs for president, and uses Illegal Immigration as his platform, along with maintaining the "traditional family", reduction in social and corporate welfare and a solid domestic policy...is my candidate. As for the others, all incumbents will not get my vote from muncipal to state to federal. I plan to make a sound in the deep forest.