President Bush addressed the nation tonight in a rare address from the Oval Office on the subject of immigration reform and border security. In other news, I received Neil Young’s new CD, Living With War<\/i> in the mail today–Living With War<\/i> is an anti-Bush album, with tracks decrying the war and calling for Bush’s impeachment.<\/p>\n
And suddenly, he goes silent on NPR.<\/p>\n
Of all the pressing concerns facing the nation–like the ongoing situation in Iraq and the shakiness of the economy–why is increasing the size of the Border Patrol worthy of addressing the nation?<\/p>\n
I feel as though I’m missing a vital piece of information here. Is Bush playing to his base? Is he genuinely that<\/i> concerned with securing the southern border? I don’t get it.<\/p>\n
The foreign worker program. I’m not clear on the importance of this. Again, why does Bush need to go to the nation as a whole to propose this?<\/p>\n
How is the President’s proposal to allow illegal immigrants to apply for citizenship not<\/i> amnesty for their illegal immigration? He said there would be penalties, but he said nothing about what those penalties would be, except getting in line.<\/p>\n
Why does the President care<\/i> what Congress’s comprehensive immigration bill says? Signing statements will make Congress’s words into whatever the President wants them to mean.<\/p>\n
And now it’s done. What a waste of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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