Posted by
Steve on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:52:33 PM
The President made his State of the Union speech last night. It was typical of a State of the Union speech in that it had a laundry list of things he wanted to accomplish during the next year. The best part was where he tied the security of Iraq to the security of the US. That is telling it like it is. The Democrats were not amused. They do not see it that way. They believe that if we leave Iraq, everyone will love us and all will be well with the world. How misguided.
The worst part was the illegal immigration portion of the speech. He still wants to make it possible for people who broke our laws to get citizenship, before people who want to abide by our laws. That is misguided. If someone wants to follow our laws, they should have first crack at citizenship no matter how long an a person who broke our laws has lived here. The only exception I can see to that is those that came here as little children and had no choice in whether they broke the law. We need to first, secure the border to make sure that no more people come here illegally. Second, we need to tighten up our ability to identify people who are working here illegally. If we do both of those, the people here illegally will leave the country and come back legally.
The Democrat response was insipid. They laid out some platitudes and tried to make themselves look good. They did not tell it like it is. They should have had the guts to say things like it is. They are for socialized medicine. They are for opening the borders so we can have anyone come here no matter who they are. They are for surrendering to the terrorists and pleading with them not to attack us. That really worked well for the Spanish. They voted in a government to pull out their troops from Iraq and still the terrorists hit them with an attack. The Democrats are for taking money from the people that earn it and giving it to those who do not earn any money. Democrats believe that anyone earning more than $40,000 should be paying taxes. The more you earn, the higher tax you should pay. They also believe you should pay a high tax after you are dead.
Of course, the Democrats tried to make their socialist agenda sound like it is the best thing since sliced bread. I cannot understand what is good about a socialist agenda. Lowering the standard of living for everyone to make everyone equally miserable does not sound appealing. Raising the standard of living to make everyone happier sounds better. Capitalism will raise the standard of living for everyone, if it is given a chance to succeed.
The over riding concern in the speech and in the world today is the war against Islamo-Fascism. We need to confront and defeat the islamo-fascists wherever we find them. Right now, that means we have to defeat them in Iraq. If we succeed in Iraq, we will probably have a chance to succeed in Iran and Syria as well. When we clear out those nests of thieves, the world will be a better place. Will this happen in the next few months, no. Will it happen in the next ten years, probably not. Will it happen in the next twenty years, hopefully. Will it happen in the next thirty years, yes. But, we have to take a stand now. If we go wobbly now and allow ourselves to be defeated in Iraq, then we can double the times and multiply by 20 or more the casualties in the conflict. If we go soft and retreat, we can expect it to be a lot harder and a lot bloodier to defeat these evil people.
President Bush will not go wobbly during his term of office. We can rest assured that the US will stand as strong as it can for the next two years. If we elect another Republican, we can add another 8 years to that total. If we elect a Democrat, we can expect to be learning Farsi within 10 years. We will also be living under Sharia law. We cannot let that happen. We have to maintain our strength of character. We cannot allow ourselves to be diverted from the road ahead by Democrats trying to score political points at home. I for one will not.