By John W. Lillpop

Conservatives who voted for George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004, or both, have once again been stabbed in the back by the most liberal president to occupy the White House since Jimmy Carter.

To begin with, W decided that fiscal responsibility, as a basic tenant of conservative governance, is not all that important. Thus, his refusal, until recently, to veto out- of- control spending bills that have contributed to a massive federal debt that will encumber future generations for years to come.

Then it was “No Child Left Behind,” which W saw fit to approve at the urging of Senator Teddy Kennedy, the embodiment of anti-conservative thought if ever there was one.

Whatever happened to the conservative notion that school policy was best left in the hands of local educators and citizens, rather than in the hands of reckless Washington politicians more interested in pork and getting re-elected than the quality of education? Why does the Department of Education continue to exist as a Cabinet-level department?

A $10 trillion entitlement was next on the W anti-conservative agenda, this one for prescription drugs for seniors. Anyone with half a heart empathizes with seniors on fixed incomes struggling to pay for expensive medicines.

But why should senior medical bills be dumped on the backs of young and middle aged taxpayers? Why is carrying for seniors not best left to their families, churches, philanthropists, and other private charitable institutions?

To any conservative worth his weight in Ronald Reagan bumper stickers, defending the homeland is the only genuine responsibility of government.

Yet W has refused to secure our borders during a time of war, and has stupidly advocated amnesty for as many as 38 million illegal aliens who have invaded America.

These are positions one would expect from the likes of leftists such as Dennis Kucinich or George McGovern.

Why has W retreated so completely from the conservative concepts of secure borders, rule of law, and American sovereignty?

Just when it appeared as though W had lurched to the left as much as humanly possible without joining the Democrat party, news leaked out this week that the administration has filed a legal brief that suggests that gun rights are limited.

Specifically, the brief argues that since gun ownership is subject to “reasonable regulation,” all gun limits imposed by the federal government should be affirmed as constitutional.

“Given the unquestionable threat to public safety that unrestricted private firearm possession would entail, various categories of firearm-related regulation are permitted by the Second Amendment,” he wrote U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement in the brief.

WND: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59770

Whatever happened to the conservative position that gun ownership is an inalienable right granted by the Second Amendment, and that no infringement of that right is acceptable?

In analyzing the performance, or lack thereof, of the Bush administration over the past seven years, the overwhelming question that surfaces is this:

Whatever happened to the idea that conservatives are better stewards of the public trust and treasure because of their commitment to fiscal restraint, individual responsibility, small government, rule of law, and law and order?

Has George W. Bush single-handedly destroyed conservatism in America?

By John W. Lillpop

Worried cries of “The Mexicans are coming, the Mexicans are coming!” filled the air in Tucson, Arizona this past week as government officials expressed frenzied concern about invading illegal aliens.

And with whom were the public outcries originating? Tucson city or Arizona state officials? Or perhaps a member of the U.S. House or Senate? Maybe the Minutemen were acting up again?

None of the above!

In fact, the alarms were sounded by Mexican legislators suffering apoplectic fits over Arizona’s tough new anti-illegal alien laws.

The source of their angst? Mexican illegal aliens going back to Mexico, where they belong!

Tucsoncitizen: http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/border/74193.php

This band of third world banditos descended on Tucson to reaffirm what has been obvious to most reasonable Americans long ago: Mexico is a third-world cesspool run by corrupt and greedy elitists who cannot, or will not, feed, house, educate, and provide medical care for its own citizens.

And why should they? After all, it is far less expensive and problematic for Mexico to simply dump its problems on the U.S. side of the border for American taxpayers to deal with.

Clearly, most Mexican officials have no respect for American sovereignty and rule of law. They are also lacking any concern for the impact that illegal aliens have on America’s homeland security, economy, and social and cultural stability.

At a news conference, the Mexican legislators said Mexico cannot handle the demand for housing, jobs and schools it will face as illegal Mexican workers in America return to their hometowns without jobs or money.

Can you imagine? A delegation from a foreign government actually stood on American soil to protest enforcement of American law in America?

Has there ever been a more outrageous display of arrogant incompetence?

Excepting of course, the political malfeasance practiced by the United States Congress and several presidents, which has allowed as many as 38 million illegal aliens to invade and occupy America–during time of war?

A sampling of quotes from the Mexican legislators provides a pretty good summary of how out of touch Mexico is with regard to the illegal alien problem in America:

“How can they pass a law like this?” asked Mexican Rep. Leticia Amparano Gamez, who represents Nogales, in Spanish.

She continued, “Mexico is not prepared for this, for the tremendous problems” it will face as more and more Mexicans working in Arizona and sending money to their families return to hometowns in Sonora without jobs, she said. “We are one family, socially and economically,” she said of the people of Sonora and Arizona.

Rep. Florencio Diaz Armenta, coordinator of the delegation, asked, “What do we do with the repatriated?” he asked. “As Mexicans, we are worried. They are Mexicans but they are also people - fathers and mothers and young people with jobs” who won’t have work in Sonora.”

Mexican officials, including the ones quoted above, would do well to understand and accept the following essential truths about America:

*America is a sovereign nation, totally independent of Mexico. It has been that way for over 200 years. We intend to keep it that way.

*In America, Mexico is considered a FOREIGN nation and Spanish is a FOREIGN language.

*America operates according to the rule of law, which applies to everyone. This is true whether one is brown, black, yellow, lily-white, red, or an exotic hybrid of lavender and green.

*Being hard working and good hearted is commendable. But those qualities do NOT entitle anyone to enter America illegally.

* People here illegally are common criminals, and as such, are most unwelcome.

* American citizens will fight to have illegal aliens deported, regardless of whether or not families are involved. Illegal is illegal, Family or not.

* Demanding that our borders be secured and that the law be enforced is the right of all American citizens; doing so does not make any one a racist or bigot, and

*U.S. immigration laws exist to protect American citizens & others here legally, not to facilitate a foreigner’s pursuit of a better life, and

Now if there just a way to convey those truths to George W. Bush and all Democrats and RINOs, American patriots might have a decent change of stopping and reversing the invasion of our nation by third world Mexico!