Posted by
Cal Samuel August on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 3:20:49 PM
Conservatism won when the immigration bill went down last week. There are certainly things that need to be done, but certain things like border enforcement and the building of a fence must be completed. On top of that, a simple, easy-to-read bill must be created to deal with our immigration problems. It should not be a 500 page bill, but a five page bill at the most. If the Founders could get this great nation created with a few short documents, why can't we solve our immigration problems in less pages?
Democrats and Republicans alike understood that their political futures depended on that bill going down. Some of them on both sides of the aisle sincerely agreed with their constituents, while others, taking the elitist track decided to condemn anyone critical of the bill. Republicans who voted to go with the immigration bill should be punished by not being elected again. We can't trust them; they don't want to listen to their constituents, and are out of touch with mainstream America. If they are determined to be RINOS, Americans who want conservative Republicans must find alternatives.
I would like to think that Republicans who disagreed with the bill were able to garner the support of like-minded conservative Democrats (some recently voted in) who generally disagree with their party. That is the kind of bipartisanship conservatives can live with. Out of touch elitists OF BOTH PARTIES who think they know what's best for our country better than WE THE PEOPLE we can do without.
I wanted to cover one other item today. TO HECK with biofuels like ethanol. In my e-mail I recently came across a news item about a new invention that will literally change the world. Imagine that instead of going to the gas pumps, all you had to do was put some water in your car, and off you went. It's happening. An inventor has created a car that runs on gasoline and water. OK, water AND gasoline, I know. Hopefully, a car that runs on water alone-especially salt water-will soon be coming.
This will change the world. The hope is that it will bring middle-eastern tyranny to its knees. When gasoline goes the way of the dodo, so will OPEC and its hold over our economic interests. No longer will we be subsidizing tyranny. Support every effort to free us from the tyranny of gasoline. The company that capitalizes on this revolution will be bigger PERHAPS even than Microsoft (unless of course, Microsoft capitalizes on it).
-Cal Samuel August