Frustration has set in. The “experts” are now voicing their opinions on the failures of President Bush. I have to announce up front that I am a registered Republican but I would not vote for Bush again. Lets face it though would anyone else have done better? The Democratic candidates all voted to fund the war and repeated it over and over. I do not want to see anyone on our side die in a war no matter how just the war. The problem today is that we do not enter into conflict to win, we enter them to stalemate the countries. The power this country has could obliterate the whole of the near east but we would be castigated for the rest of our existence. So win the war but do it within reason and do it quickly the American public gets bored watching the same old war on television when Paris Hilton may or may not be wearing panties that day. Yuck!

They All Did

The next big issue are illegal immigrants. What happened? Naturally President Bush was holding the barbed wire fence up for them to crawl under. It had nothing to do with the Democrats, Republicans and Independents that wanted a cheap baby sitter, someone to clean the house, cut the grass and wash the dishes. We were constantly fed the same line by the press, “it doesn’t cost anything for them to be here” “They are doing the jobs that no one else will do” Both total lies. In New Jersey it costs the tax payers $15000 per child just for the education, and like the Wizard of Oz do not look behind the curtain of additional costs like medical, transportation, insurance costs and all this to parrot a script at McDonald’s to give us our fast food. The Princeton Packet is bewailing the tactics of the INS in rounding up identified illegal immigrants. The Princetonians are bewailing the INS arrests others they find in violation of the immigration laws. If this is distressing to them, why don’t they look at themselves for providing a safe haven in direct opposition to the law. I guess they never thought of changing the law that would make them pay a fair wage for the work that these immigrants do for them. They would have to contribute to the general fund by paying their share of taxes and fees. Ever wonder why there are so many landscaping trucks running around the streets performing work that was traditionally accomplished by eager high school kids trying to make a few dollars. So don’t cry for me Argentina cry for the Princeton mothers that have to actually take care of their children, grass will have to be cut, after school jobs may blossom. All these horrors but on the other hand taxes may not be reduced but reallocated to other quality of life issues, uninsured motorists fees may be reduced, new school construction could be halted for years. Oh the horror!

Cost of Illegal Immigrants

How do you like the cost of a gallon of gas? Not too happy? Check the taxes you pay the state for them to occasionally send someone out to measure that the meters on the gas tanks give you full measure for the money. How many tanks of gas does it take to pay for the inspectors? Don’t forget they are using gas driving their trucks around the state. In my experience every-time gas goes down the state raises taxes because they are losing money. As gas goes up when is the last time the state lowered their tax rates to keep it balanced. Does the state actually find the crude oil, buy the ships that transport it, refine it, distribute it, pump it in your car? No then why should they get anything? Fix the roads? How many potholes per mile is there in your state? What happens to the Federal money that the states receive to fix the roads? The Federal government has not raised their taxes and continues to give the money to the states.

Gas Prices

So what do we get? We get exactly what we deserve. The press, politicians, and advocates all play their fiddles and we dance and dance until we collapse. How close are we to collapsing? Reading the blogs and Twitters we still have a long way to go, we dance in circles instead of stopping and researching the issues and come up with our own sense of what is going on in our lives. We are not hamsters running on the wheel of earth. The earth won’t stop turning if we stop running in circles, we will not fly out into space.Good luck and Good night.