Yes I know, it’s not really a weekly rant, but in my defense I was pretty busy with this thing we call an election. But with this weekend’s Swearing-In Ceremony complete and our first batch of elected Republicans taking office here in Milam County, I guess I can finally sit down and get busy with my sometimes Weekly Rant. So here we go:
1. Well I hope you all had a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Great Kwanza or whatever you celebrate. For my family we had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed having the whole family home for the holidays. Now things have settled down and we are back to our normal routine, as normal as it can be with two kids in college, one in high school and one in kindergarten. I can’t believe all the things I forgot between kid number three and kid number four. Creaky knees are pretty detrimental to being an effective tooth fairy.
2. In the last few years we have either had liberals try and exploit amnesty for illegal aliens or conservatives try to put new controls on dealing with the issue of illegal aliens and what has it come to – NOTHING. Fact is they are both pretty much missing the boat on this issue. Just this last year we had many Americans killed both in Mexico and on American soil by criminal activity from Mexico. That is completely unsatisfactory. Ask anyone at the border and they will tell you what we need is an effective plan to deal with border security. Without a secure border there is no way to attack the crime problem associated with the border nor is there any way for us to regulate immigration if our borders are unsecured.
3. National Security Advisor James Clapper failed in a recent television interview when asked about the arrest of terrorists in London earlier in the day. He knew nothing of the happenings and looked like a deer caught in the headlights. This is the guy who is supposed to be on top of the nation’s security to advise the President on what is going on and how it applies to the security of the country. Instead, he goes on national TV completely ignorant of a current happening in the worldwide War on Terrorism. What makes it worse is that the story had been lighting up the media all morning since the arrests broke in England seven of so hours earlier – I’ll sleep better at night now!
4. Last Sunday on “Meet the Press,” one of President Obama’s senior advisors, Valerie Jarrett, said that President Obama will be spending more time engaging the public outside of Washington this year. Who will notice? It’s not like he’s been a model for hanging out at the office. Heck, every time he has an idea he flies off to some suffering neighborhood where he feels the locals have a hankering for what he’s dealing. I guess this is what the President meant following the November elections when he said he needed to better communicate his intentions with the voters. Here’s a thought, maybe it’s not the administration’s communication skills. Maybe the President needs to stick around the office this year and actually try and govern rather than spending his time on a permanent campaign trail?
5. Here’s a special factoid for this Rant, in 2006, the GOP lost control of the house and senate during the November elections. Following those elections they still had two months of a lame-duck legislative session with control of the congress and a Republican President in office. Did they seize the moment and pass over the top legislation in a last attempt to complete some ill-fated agenda? NO, they finished up some housekeeping business and concentrated on the process of transitioning over to the 110th Congress. How did the Democrats handle the same situation this last year after losing the house and significant seats in the senate? Well I think we all know how that went down.
Ahhhh, it feels good to get some of that out of my system. I know I may be a little rusty but it will come back to me as the weeks go by. If you like this blog, check in from time to time and spread the word. If not, you can always hit the next blog button up top and see what someone else is doing.
Until next week….I hope….
Bill
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