The Heritage Foundation Poll

I got my questionnaire in the mail this past week and put it to the side until I could give it a good looking over. I noticed, at least according to the top most line on the form, that they acknowledge there’s a difference between Conservatives and Republicans, since the survey form expressly is directed for their use only. It would have been a little more honest if they would exchange the last page with the first, the part where they want a donation.

The Heritage Foundation wanted to know some basic information regarding Immigration, mostly aimed toward illegal immigration coming in from our fence free border with Mexico. Put the fence up from the Pacific Coast all the way to the Gulf of Mexico; build it in such a way as to be visible from the space shuttle, our version of the Great Wall of China. Then, work on downsizing the illegal population, to include all those children born here on US soil in order to “claim” citizenship. After sending off, make that while sending off the illegal immigrants, efforts should also be made to restrict and reduce the number of legal immigrants based on the information supplied by Roy Beck and the pure statistical data showing that we cannot save the whole world even if we wanted to.

They wanted to know how I felt about the War on Terror. This might be read by someone expecting civility and measured speech and so I will only refer to, rather than quote directly from the movie Tin Cup. Towards the end of the show our unlikely hero is within striking distance of the last green and a piece of the overall lead. He must decide whether to play it safe or attempt a difficult shot and go for the win. He rips the “big dog” and drops several shots into the water hazard, against the advice of his knowledgeable caddie and is down to his very last golf ball. If that last ball goes into the water he’s disqualified from the tournament and his caddie hands him the ball, whispers a mild sort of amusement, “Make the shot and quit messing around”; as if he’d plunked all those other balls into the lake just for fun. I took the liberty of altering that mildly amusing admonishment to keep this PG rated.

Our leaders in Washington have been messing around, dropping opportunities by the way side left and right. These blunders should be shared by both sides of the isle along with the administration. We need to be actively seeking out and destroying the enemy, not standing around looking for an exit strategy which wouldn’t look so much like we ran with our tails tucked between our legs. “Make the shot and quit messing around!”, my crude side would have preferred the original dialogue; maybe I should repent of that.

They wanted to know how I felt about Security at Home. They didn’t ask about that nasty old fence thing that would keep folks from entering via Mexico; guess that has nothing to do with security, just a racial prejudice thing. One question had to do with airports and ethnic profiling, should we or shouldn’t we? Should we continue to bend over and let enemies of our country into our country? Should we deport those who are our enemies or would that possible hurt their feelings? Should we be spying on folks in their mosques for terrorist activities. Hey, you left off spying on our colleges and universities for terrorist recruitment and sympathizers. I included a reference to the same quote used on the War on Terror, “Make the shot and quit messing around!” I’m still feeling relatively civilized and have refrained from inserting the exact quote.

How do I feel about Government Spending? Does the phrase, “He spends money like a drunken sailor” mean anything to you? I will remind you that there is a difference between Conservatives and Republicans. The shame of it should be that the Republicans at one time had something in common with Conservatives; huh, maybe that’s what cost the Republicans so many seats in Congress and the Senate, they forgot to act like conservatives.

The list of Other Critical Issues included a choice between being a whacko environmentalist in opposition to energy resource management or growth through capitalism. They still don’t get it; our socialistic minded meddlers would rather have our country be energy dependent to countries that can pull our chain than permit those who wish to invest in our own oil ( alternative energy) the opportunity to bring that oil (alternative energy) to the market place without having to jump rope, balance on fences or submit to body cavity searches created by our own system.

What do I think about the federal government being involved in education; as much as I do about them teaching me about religion, they have no business in either.

So, do I support a constitutional amendment which would ban same sex marriage; a better question would be should a constitutional amendment be written in such a way as to define marriage as between a husband, that being a male human, and a wife, that being a female human? Yes.

What do I think about the legislation that covers finance reform? It’s an abomination, have the folks at the Supreme Court looked that word up; sorry, I forgot, in my dictionary next to the word abomination there is a picture of 9 black robed folks thumbing their noses at the constitution. That reminds me, I saw absolutely nothing in the questionnaire regarding Eminent Domain; I suppose that isn’t important. I looked a little further and under arrogance is a picture of McCain and Feingold; must be one of the newer editions, eh?

What about President Bush’s performance in the past year. I had to rate him as having done a poor job. I recognize the fact that he has most of the Democratic Party doing everything in their power to undermine any good thing he attempts, that he has no friends in the major media and that the support he gets from the Republican base has as much back bone as a jelly fish. That having been said, President Bush has permitted and even encouraged easy access through our borders without considering how much damage has been done and is being done to our country. This, even above the war on terrorism is reason to consider his service as anything other than sadly lacking.

The war on terror has not progressed to include other true “evil empires” in the Middle East which are Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Until we totally bring about the collapse of their terror supporting governments there can never be any real progress in the war on terror. I have left North Korea out of the equation since we are incapable of doing much about them anyway. The President has had his hands tied, but he could have taken the bully pulpit to the people and used it to give a more representative accounting of the dangers involved instead of letting the media slant and portray the United States as the evil one.

What about Congress and their performance. Well, if you were in the Soviet Republic then you’ve been doing a good job. We have been warned that creeping socialism will bring America to its knees; that the West will fall without a shot being fired. You congressmen and senators have done your best to destroy the American Experiment through pork barrel spending and social programs which require redistribution of wealth on a scale so enormous as to be nearly immeasurable.

You say the medical service system isn’t working so well so let’s have a run at socializing it, call it Medicare or whatever; copy the rest of the world’s failures in that department. You say capitalism isn’t working so good, let’s copy the socialist systems even though they have proven to be utter failures all around the world. You permit our monetary system to be diluted at such a rate as to make our money nearly worthless and call it inflation; I call it something else and it won’t please you either. You have created roadblocks for the free market while making sure that the capitalist system grinds slowly to a halt through hoops and other red tape. You take great pride in calling for “equality for all” when what you offer is equal misery for all in a socialist state so far from that imagined by our founding fathers as to be an embarrassment.

Last on you list, Leadership; which of the following people do you think represent your beliefs and principles the best? I checked Rush Limbaugh, Vice President Dick Cheney and had to write in Ron Paul. Rush Limbaugh may be an arrogant egotist but he has more right answers in a three hour talk show than all of congress does after a full session. Vice President Cheney isn’t afraid to speak his mind and tell his enemies where they can go. Ron Paul has shown that he can’t be bought and paid for. He’s one of the few men of integrity who deserve to be elected to office year after year.

No, I’m not sending you authorization to remove money from any of my accounts in order to further the cause. From what I’ve seen in Washington what we need is a can of gasoline and a book of matches. I think we are in serious trouble and you guys are just “messing around”; and you thought I had lost my cool and was going to let go with that all too familiar vulgarity…go watch the movie and have a laugh on me.