Two Thoughts

DRILL BABY DRILL! When will the president realize that having a domestic supply of oil is to our benefit. I realize that, even if we start drilling tomorrow, we won't see the oil for many years. It may though relax the futures' traders and speculators who are driving up the price of a gallon of oil. We do have enough in our own country. And, we won't be dependent on conditions in the Middle East.

Speaking of the Middle East and the riots there, congratulations to Governor Walker and the legislature of Wisconsin. They found a way to lessen the control of the unions. Those poor union workers will have to write a check for their dues each year, the government won't be automatically deducting them from employees paychecks and sending them onto the union. This is one of the collective bargaining "rights" taken from the unions. They can still bargain for salaries.

The behavior of the pro union and anti Walker groups is reprehensible. Last night, after the vote was taken, people started climbing through the windows and yelling. I've even heard that some of the legislators have received death threats. Don't get me started on the democrats who left the state because they didn't get their way on the bill. They acted like spoiled children having a temper tantrum. Did they hold their breath too?

With all this going on, where is the president? Why isn't he calling for civility? I know he has budget problems of his own, but he is giving tacit approval for this type of behavior. What will happen when the Republicans cut the country's budget? Will we have more protests and possibly riots in the streets?

The Hipocrisy of Democratic Civility

Not too long ago, the president was calling for less name calling and more dialogue between the two parties.

Today, we saw a fine example of this new "civility". The demonstrators in Wisconsin have been comparing their Governor Walker to Mubarak and Hitler. His crime? He wants the teachers' union to contribute to their pension and health insurance. How awful. We see everyday what a wonderful job these teachers do.

The president, instead of chastising the demonstrators for their comments, came out on the side of the unions/demonstrators. Where's the civility there? I guess the president believes in that old saying, "Don't do as I do, do as I say". What a hypocrite.

The democrats in the legislature, instead of doing their job and debating the issue, took the coward's way and left town. They went to a motel in Rockford, Illinois.