MAY
21, 2006 --
LPR disagrees
with the decision of President Bush to place National Guard
troops on our border with Mexico.
If the president wanted to
do something to halt undocumented immigration -- he
would obviously put the New York City's PVB agents on the job, backed by parking
agents from other cities.
Indeed, the zeal of traffic agents in doing their work in the fight against illegal
parking is probably better
training
for border patrol than the military training for the
National Guard.
LPR does wonder why Congress and the media are focusing on the immigration issue
at a time when the gas price squeeze on the American people is a present danger
to our economic well-being.
White House figures reportedly point to the fighting in Iraq as the main reason
for the president's low standing in the
opinion polls. LPR disagrees.
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With each visit
to a gas station, we are reminded that the president is ineffective
in dealing with the gas prize squeeze -- a
squeeze that is likely to be the excuse for the Federal Reserve to raise interest
rates further.
And
promote recession?
It seems to LPR that the Chicago Cubs will win the World Series before the Dow
Jones
reaches 12,000.
On the gas price threat to the the country's well-being, including national security,
the Bush administration seems to
alternate "policy" from hands-off to hand-wringing, while apparently
encouraging focus elsewhere.
(By
the way, wasn't NAFTA supposed to improve the Mexican
economy?)
LPR has a hunch that Dennis Haysbert, as president, would be effective in facing
down the gas-prize
squeezers -- and would comment on the credit card
interest rate squeeze as well.
Think about it.
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