That is exactly what I would ask President Bush if I had the chance to have a heart to heart. It is stories like this that make me want to know why. When the immigration issue comes up, the politicians always say, “We are really serious about this issue, that is why we are adding 1,000 boarder agents” or “we are going to spend an additional 5 million on securing the boarder.” Well yip, yip, yahoo, what is that supposed to do? I am not questioning that they have done some things, but why not do EVERYTHING we can to fix the problem it is so serious? If we can do more, why aren’t we? Seriously, why not?
Our bureaucracies have shown that throwing a bunch of money at the problem and adding more government employees does not solve anything.
People have stopped taking government serious because they don’t think government is serious about fixing this problem. Conservatives in particular feel like they are getting played. So when the politicians brag about adding a few boarder agents, people take it as an insult to their intelligence. Government does not lack the means or resources to fix this problem, they lack the motivation, and until they convince the people (including me) that they are serious about really fixing the problem people will continue to lose faith in our leaders. So guys, why not fix the problem?

Cindy Sheehan is claiming she’s a finalist for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. It’s definitely possible, the prize has become an a way for the international left to hammer on the US in recent years, most notably when they gave the prize in 2002 to President Carter, the man who did his best to make the world safe for Soviet agression in the third world.

On a positive note, if Sheehan does win then it will seal an American almost-sweep of the 2006 prizes, with Turk Orhan Pamuk (literature) the only non-American to win.

Color me surprised. The Club for Growth announced today their endorsement of embattled Republican Senator George Allen.

I really don’t know what to say about this. Though Allen may be a through-and-through conservative, he’s put his foot in his mouth constantly this election season. What does the Club have to gain from endorsing Allen, when he is already relatively comfortably leading Jim Webb? Even after the “macaca” brewhaha, and the Jewish ancestry business, Allen still consistently leads Webb in the polls.

How does the Club benefit from endorsing such a controversial candidate who has shown to be solid in the polls already?

NOTE: This blog isn’t solely dedicated to Virginia politics, I swear…

Earth’s Orbit Causes Extinction

I propose a massive federal program to thwart this menace. Maybe a space lariat thrown around the moon or something.

According to The Hotline, former Virginia Governor Mark Warner will be issuing a huge announcement today at 11 a.m. Sources say that he is going to announce his decision not to run for President in 2008.

This is very interesting given his popularity in Virginia, which is more or less a red state, despite being a Democrat; one has to suspect that maybe Warner realized his recent cozying-up to DailyKos at the YearlyKos convention this summer wasn’t the best idea for his political future.

With all the posturing and PAC-forming, all the early primary-state-visiting and schmoozing, what has changed Warner’s mind now? Or, a better question: what does he know about the Democratic primary environment in 2008 that we don’t?

Then again, maybe the guy just flat-out doesn’t want to run or has a legitimate personal or family reason. Maybe he’s been pushed to run by close advisors and DNC operatives, but has simply decided that it’s not for him.

I’ll update when I get more information…

UPDATE: He officially bowed out, here are his remarks.