El Presidente has failed in his duty to protect our border from an invasion of people who violate Federal law upon entering this country and are sucking the public resources dry in whatever areas they settle.

Why do the press and most Americans give him a pass on that?

Is that the same Quran flushing Newsweek? They don't like Bush? Wow......let's get Dan Rather on this story quick. He must like Bush no?

What was Bush's approval rating this past week? Hmmmmm.....oh yeah, forty percent. I'm another moderate saying that Bush is terrible. The man is good at one thing. He can veil the truth until it becomes hazy and unrecognizable to anyone, especially him.

America is waking up.

He's got his good points and his bad points. All of us do. He was elected by the people and will not be up for re-election next year.

Just looked at Roch101's chart. It's interesting how the approval rating ties so strongly to the price of gas.

Truth, interesting that you should pick up on that. See this.

As someone who voted for Bush (twice), I feel I have a huge right to say how I feel. I think he has screwed up. From gas prices, to the new bankruptcy law to Terri Schiavo to his new energy plan. I feel as an American, he has stepped all over my rights and doesn't care about the working class. I, at the age of 34, struggle more financially than I did when I was 24, and I make more money now. I was a Republican all of my life until 2005.

I believe the man probably does have good points, though I am struggling to see them at this point.

There is no fact behind any of my statements. This is only my opinion and how I see things in my eyes!

Tony, what don't you like about the new bankrupcy law?

Hugh,

IMO, the new bankruptcy law punishes the legitimate bankruptcy filers. I understand that an overhaul was needed because of repeat offenders who abused the system. I work in the mortgage industry so I see first hand how bankruptcy is abused, and what people get away with. But what bugs me, is the people who really had a catastrophe in their life, who through no fault of their own had to file bankruptcy in hopes of one day getting a fresh start. I am talking about people who were never late on their credit cards, or house payments. The option of chapter 7, which wipes out debt completely is gone. Instead, these people will now have to file chapter 13, and struggle for 5 years on a very tight repayment plan, hoping that nothing happens that causes them to miss a payment and be relased from bankruptcy. If that happens, their creditors start the process of collecting all over again and the debtor loses everything. Not to mention, bankruptcy kills your credit score anyway, but chapter 13 is worse, because it stays on your credit for 7 years after the last payment is made in the plan, whereas chapter 7 stays on your credit for 7 years after the date of filing.

Then there are creditors who won't work with the people who have never been late or missed a payment. They can continue to accrue interest, late fees and over limit fees in essence forcing the debtor into bankruptcy.

For example: Lets say you lose your job, and you owe $200.00 on a visa that has a $500.00 limit. You no longer have income, so you ask your Visa provider for relief from making payments for 2 or 3 months while you get back on your feet. They explain that while they are willing to take reduced payments, they are not willing to give you a 3 month sabbatical. You have two options...you can feed your family, or pay your credit card debt. Keep in mind, you have never been late or missed a payment. Of course you choose to feed your family.

Then, on your next credit card statement, you have a late fee of $25.00, and they ahve upped your interest from 6% to 21% because you are not only behind with them, but with your car payment too (yep, they can do that). In no time, your $200.00 balance is now at $600.00, and everymonth you have the $25.00 late fee as well as a $25.00 over limit fee. But wait...you wouldn't be over the limit if they had worked with you to begin with.

Make sense?

Again, working in the mortgage industry, I agree that something needed to happen...but how about looking at the creditors as well to put stipulations on what they can charge?

Mr. Ott, you ask if all the liberal rags and magazines are against a conservative president "can they all be wrong?"
So what you're saying is that if a lot of people tell the same lie over and over it must be true? Unfortunately, that's called "brainwashing" and you seem to have bought into it.

Roch101,

Thanks for the chart. That is really cool.

Kinda interesting how those gas prices improved ever so slightly right before the election, huh?

You think if the press starts singing Bush's praises, our gas prices will go down? ;)

gaytony, thanks for an interesting scenerio. I can agree with you totally. I am not so sure about the 7 years on Chapter 7 though. However, that is not an issue for the blogs.

Shalom

As an avid reader of these blogs I am continually amazed at comments made for which no plausible answers are presented. An apolitical question for anyone but Rush, Hannity, Rather, et al: what should Bush do about gas prices?

Yes, high prices hurt us all, but what would you have him do?

The same ones railing about gas prices are likely the same ones who worry about drilling in the frozen tundra or off the beautiful coast of California.

We can raise the bridge(produce more petroleum to the bain of the enviros) or we can lower the river(require the use of cars which enable our supply to equal our demand).

Which should it be?

I believe that Bush could take example of his Republican contemporary, Nixon. Nixon froze prices in the early 70s. What is wrong with that?

Shalom

Something else of note, if Bush does not read the newspapers, why are we so worried about writing about him, pro or con?

Shalom

Bush belongs in prison

"what should Bush do about gas prices?"

Well it's not just Bush - it's pretty much all elected in Washington (but one can argue that Bush has single handedly as much power as the other 454 baffoons ...

"what would you have him do?"

Well first - 3 years ago he could have stood firm against the $100,000 Tax Writeoff for Hummers (or any other 6000 plus pound vehicle). It was not until this Dec' that they rolled it back to $25,000 - which is still $25,000 to high. You and I are paying for Macho Clowns in Gas Guzzlers.

Second - he could have made all the SUV's accountable to CAFE standards - but heaven forbid we'd do anything logical.

Third - I'd stop drilling all oil in America - use up the foreign reserves (it'll take 50- years), but then, we'd have an energy effecient economy and 100% of the worlds oil reserves. Your children would be thanking us.

It is time for Americans to step up to the plate and begin a revolt against this country. We have ben lied to, stepped on, rights taken away. Where is our great leader and why is he not on prime time talking to his American people about the disaster and trying to reassure them. Impeach this dictator.

I am amazed that the President is so oblivious to
the latest polls. Indeed, he has not brought this country together nor has he shown much insight into how we "spread democracy" in the Middle East. Right now, the USA is drifting and the people are looking for a strong leader like a Ronald Reagan or a John F. Kennedy. Instead its all about Democrat vs. Republican. An old saying "A House Divided will Fail" is certainly true. Both the religious right and far left are also to blame for this mess. We have no moderate voice out there who can connect with the people.
Politicians, Lawyers, Insurance Companies and Big Multinational Businesses are ruining our country and we the people are powerless to stop it.

Mr. Launey, would you have the President take a poll before any decision?
The last prez, Slick Willie Clinton, did that and look what it got us: stock market on the downslide, foreign policy in shambles, Justice Department corrupt, military decimated, and our country laughed at around the world.
No thanks, I'd rather have a leader that did what I elected him to do: Make the decisions he thinks are right despite the liberal rants of those who oppose him.

So, Pres. Clinton did not make the decisions he thought werer right, despite the conservative rants of those who opposed him? Is that not what he was elected to do?

Just because the choices Pres. Clinton made were not what some thought, does not mean that he did not make the decision based on what he thought was right.

Shalom