Posted by
Christopher Parisho on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:58:47 PM
In an e-mail today the NRCC National Republican Congressional Committee asked people to submit blog posts about why they are proud to be an American. The NRCC takes the submissions then reviews them and decides which ones to post, so I doubt mine will pass muster but I wanted to share it so I'm posting it here on TH.....I hope you like it.
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Why I'm Proud to Be An American
Today I am proud to be an American for many reasons, but the most significant and recent example of why I'm proud is the defeat of the immigration reform bill on June 28th.
The bill was the worst piece of proposed legislation to hit the senate floor in quite some time. What made it such a bad bill was the way it was put together outside the normal process and those that put it together tried to rush it through the Senate without a chance for it to be examined masses or have it thoroughly discussed debated and if necessary amended.
Democrat support for this bill was to be expected, it is exactly the "vote buying" type of legislation I have come to expect from Liberals. The scary part about the bill was how much Republican support it had. By participating in the creation of the immigration reform bill the President was willing to sacrifice the economic and physical security of the country in exchange for allowing a large number of criminals to be given a chance to obtain a reward for their crimes. This is illogical in a nation that is existing in a time after the events of 9/11/01 and founded on the rule of law.
The bill was defeated by the people speaking up and making sure their Senators knew what the public opinion of the bill was. Some Republican Senators followed logic, common since, and conservative ideals in their opposition of the bill from day one. Some Republican Senators fish flopped back and fourth on the issue voting against it in May the for in in the first June vote, and then against it again on June 28th.
Then there was the core group of so called Republican Senators which supported the bill from day one. Apparently Senators Craig (R-ID), Graham (R-SC), Gregg (R-NH), Hagel (R-NE), Kyl (R-AZ), Lott (R-MS), Lugar (R-IN), Martinez (R-FL), McCain (R-AZ), Snowe (R-ME), and Specter (R-PA) have lost touch with their conservative ideals. None of these men are my Senator, thank God! But thanks to this issue and their actions for the immigration reform bill there is no chance I will ever vote for any of them for any office, such as McCain who is running for the Republican nomination for president.
Thanks to Democrats and others such as Trent Lott pushing for the return fairness doctrine despite liberal control of almost every broadcast main stream media source our next major fight will be against those that wish to limit speech and expression over the broadcast airwaves by the power of the government. By the way those of us that opposed the immigration reform bill were opposed based on our own beliefs and ideals, not what "Talk Radio" told us to think. What "Talk Radio" did was give us, the people, a place to express our frustration that we couldn't otherwise have on most network or cable news stations which are dominated by Liberals.
But I digress.
This is supposed to be about why I'm proud to be an American, and today that is because for once in a long time I have seen the people of this country get actively involved in expressing their opinion on a major issue of the time. I just hope that kind of activism continues, grows and is not suppressed by those that care more about obtaining personal political favor or power than they do about the future of our nation.
Happy 231st birthday America!
Christopher Parisho
Wichita, KS