As George W. Bush moves closer to January 20, 2009, his attention and the attention of historians will focus on the legacy of Bush. For the most part that legacy has been set in stone and I can only see it becoming more negative depending on the Iraq War over the next 18 months. Conservatives will lament the huge increase in the size of government, the increased debt and the new entitlement from the Prescription Drug Plan that was not funded. They will not be happy with his Immigratio...

Bush has been saying that if we leave Iraq the Terrorists will follow. Guess what - That is taking place while we are in Iraq. The British have now linked the terrorist attacks last week in Scotland and the two unsuccessful attacks in London to operations in Iraq. Our occupation of Iraq has spawned al Qaeda operations in Iraq like the operations in Afghanistan that brought 9/11 to America. There were also dire warnings this week that attacks are planned from the terrorists in Iraq f...

CNN just reported that American Officials have confirmed Hezbollah forces from Lebanon are coming into Iraq and attacking U.S. Forces with the most sophisticated bombs that can destroy our best armor. Now we have the internal factions, al Qaeda and now Hezbollah to deal with in Iraq. The security situation continues to get worse every week and this turn of events is another sign that we are not controlling the violence. We have spent over 4 years to train over 350,000 Iraqi Milit...

The refusal of Bush to submit the documents subpoenaed by the House and Senate Judiciary committees is the last straw. Congress has the responsibility of Oversight and they can not exercise that responsibility if Bush can pick and choose what information he will release. Executive Privilege does not trump the responsibility of Congress to be able to insure the executive Branch is not violating the laws of the United States. To allow such a practice would mean a President could violate AN...

Bush claims we can not control our illegal immigration without his guest worker program. The problem with that argument is that we currently have EIGHT guest worker programs. These are the guest programs that are currently available: H Visa 372,000 workers E Visa 49,000 I Visa 15,500 L Visa 134,000 O Visa 12,600 P Visa 38,700 R Visa 12,000 NAFTA 5,600 WHY is Bush telling us we need yet another Guest Worker Program in order to control Immigra...

Congress needs to tell Bush this will not happen. Army Considers Longer Combat Tours Again By ANNE FLAHERTY (Associated Press Writer) From Associated Press June 19, 2007 3:58 PM EDT WASHINGTON - The Army is considering whether it will have to extend the combat tours of troops in Iraq if President Bush opts to maintain the recent buildup of forces through spring 2008. Acting Army Secretary Pete Geren testified Tuesday that the service is reviewing other options, including relying...

The report to Congress by the Pentagon acknowledges the overall violence in Iraq is as bad or worse then before the surge. The report covers the period from February thru mid-May. Although some sections of Baghdad have shown less violence there are still attacks in the capital almost every day. The experts predicted that the most likely result of the Bush Surge would be an up surge in violence in other areas of the country. That is exactly what has taken place. The report also c...

The story by Ned Parker of the Los Angeles Times clearly shows why the Bush plan in Iraq has failed. Everyone has acknowledged that only through Political Resolution can the Violence in Iraq come under control. NOT the Surge and NOT the presence of 160,000 American Troops will end the Violence and when we leave the MOST likely scenario is that Iraq will face a more intense Civil War. Mr. Parker described the relationship between Nouri al-Maliki and the other members of the Iraqi Gove...

Bush claims without his Comprehensive Immigration Law he can not secure the border. That is just another Bush LIE. He has the authority to control the border but has failed to act even after 9/11. We have laws to punish employers that hire Illegal’s but Bush does not enforce the laws. We must first STOP people from entering our country illegally and we need to punish employers from hiring illegals. What Bush wants is to reward people who have broken our laws and the cost of his c...

Of the 2008 presidential candidates who were in Congress in 2002, only Biden read the NIE before voting to allow Bush to take this country to War in Iraq! Edwards, Clinton, McCain and Brownback all admitted they cast the most important vote that any member of Congress can make without reading the most complete assessment of the reasons to attack another country—The National Intelligence Estimate. As former Governor Gilmore said, Members of Congress “ought to read at least that kind of mat...

The Senate Intelligence Committee voted yesterday to include the previously secret advice given Bush as to the probable consequence of our invading Iraq! This information is part of the 229 Page report from the Senate Intelligence Committee and the vote by committee members still had 5 GOP members voting to keep this advice from the public. The formerly classified intelligence given to Bush said al-Qaeda would see U.S. Military action as an opportunity to increase its operations a...

That National Guard is in trouble. They do not have the resources, especially equipment, to handle multiple disasters. Most Guard Units have only 30% of the equipment and much of what they have needs replacement! In fact most state guard units would have to draw on guard units from other states just to deal with a single disaster. Gen Blum said the situation in the Guard is more dangerous than al Qaeda. In addition for the first time 52% of employers said they would not hire Gu...

BAGHDAD - Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose premiership has been dominated by his unpopular decision to join the Iraq war, arrived here on a farewell visit Saturday, and three mortar shells or rockets slammed into the compound where he met with Iraq's leaders. BAGHDAD - The American military widened the search for three missing U.S. soldiers, detaining nine people in a raid Saturday about 25 miles northwest of where the Americans were captured last weekend. The U.S. comm...

Again last night the GOP Presidential candidates fell all over themselves trying to prove they are GOOD CONSERVATIVES. Why do they not understand they are not trying to lead the GOP but the nation? Anyone that looks at what the MAJORITY of Americans want from their government will see that the majority DO NOT want a Conservative Agenda. We need candidates from BOTH parties that have an agenda that draws from all sides and support policies that are CENTRIST. As a moderate Republican ...

The price of gas is not something that can be ignored. The explanation from Big Oil is just not acceptable. They claim the spring maintenance is the reason for the highest gas prices ever in this Country. At the same time oil company profits continue to set new records. With the obscene profits oil companies have received they have not built ANY new refineries in 20 years to deal with the supply issue they claim is why prices are high. It is time to simply tax away the increasing pr...