SENATOR LOTT NEEDS ENLIGHTENMENT The rhetoric about the proposed legislation dealing with immigration continues and Senate sources report that this legislation will be revisited perhaps before the July 4 recess. It remains unclear whether the bill will be amended sufficiently to resolve the issues that are objectionable. Certainly, the supporters of the bill would like for us to believe that their current efforts should be passed without amendments and that we should accept the proposed bill out of hand. Thankfully, there has been a demand from the rank and file for our politicians to get it right. The New York Times reported this week that Republican whip, Trent Lott said that “Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.” The paper went on to report that Mr. Lott also said that Senate Republican leaders may try to rein in “younger guys who are huffing and puffing against the bill.” These statements truly must be the most asinine statements of the week and if not, surely it ranked right up there with the worst. One could expect better from Mr. Lott.Perhaps Mr. Lott does not understand that talk radio is the vehicle by which people are making their views known and sharing them with others who may have similar concerns. Perhaps it is time that the politicians got the message that talk radio is not the problem, political incompetence is. Perhaps it is time that we removed all sitting politicians and put in their place new faces, new ideas, new thoughts and new enthusiasm.Unfortunately, too many people remain committed and loyal to the party line and as long as that is our approach in making political judgment, we are doomed. It is time that we all stood up and acted in unison not for the sake of politics but for the sake of what is best for our country. Immigration policy requires our attention and we must demand that our politicians listen. Write your Senators and your congressmen. Make your views known and demand that our borders be secured and that an equitable, fair immigration plan be passed. We need to put pressure on our elected representatives and the President to get it right – we must not settle for anything less.

The rhetoric about the proposed legislation dealing with immigration continues and Senate sources report that this legislation will be revisited perhaps before the July 4 recess. It remains unclear whether the bill will be amended sufficiently to resolve the issues that are objectionable. Certainly, the supporters of the bill would like for us to believe that their current efforts should be passed without amendments and that we should accept the proposed bill out of hand. Thankfully, there has been a demand from the rank and file for our politicians to get it right.

The New York Times reported this week that Republican whip, Trent Lott said that “Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.” The paper went on to report that Mr. Lott also said that Senate Republican leaders may try to rein in “younger guys who are huffing and puffing against the bill.” These statements truly must be the most asinine statements of the week and if not, surely it ranked right up there with the worst. One could expect better from Mr. Lott.

Perhaps Mr. Lott does not understand that talk radio is the vehicle by which people are making their views known and sharing them with others who may have similar concerns. Perhaps it is time that the politicians got the message that talk radio is not the problem, political incompetence is. Perhaps it is time that we removed all sitting politicians and put in their place new faces, new ideas, new thoughts and new enthusiasm.

Unfortunately, too many people remain committed and loyal to the party line and as long as that is our approach in making political judgment, we are doomed. It is time that we all stood up and acted in unison not for the sake of politics but for the sake of what is best for our country. Immigration policy requires our attention and we must demand that our politicians listen. Write your Senators and your congressmen. Make your views known and demand that our borders be secured and that an equitable, fair immigration plan be passed. We need to put pressure on our elected representatives and the President to get it right – we must not settle for anything less.