Rudy G.

I want to go on record now, February 2007, that I believe Rudy Giuliani will be the Republican presidential nominee in 2008.

In a recent poll, 44 percent of the respondents chose Rudy as the candidate they would like to see win the nomination.

I haven't chosen a candidate to support yet, although I was happy to see that Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor, received 3 percent of the vote in that same poll as he is certainly close to the top on my mental list of possibilities. I wasn't sure how many outside of Arkansas recognized his name.

Huckabee is easier to spell than Giuliani. So is McCain (27 percent in the same poll). What kind of first name is Mitt (Romney, 12 percent) anyway?

Speaking of first names, wonder how many voters won't be able to find Rudy on the ballot if he has to use just his legal name of Rudolph William Louis Giuliani III. That's pretty long to fit "Rudy" in there, too, but I guess nicknames are usually allowed on ballots.

I hope so. I doubt a write-in vote for Rudy G. would count.

Let's say I break into your house . . .

Received this e-mail today. Can't disagree:

"Let's say I break into your house . . ." A lady wrote the best letter in the editorials in ages!!! It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on TV.

Her point: Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.

Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests. Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave.

But I say:
I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors.
I've done all the things you don't like to do.
I'm hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house).

According to the protesters:
You are Required to let me stay in your house.
You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan.
You are Required to Educate my kids.
You are Required to Provide other benefits to me and to my family (my husband will do all of your yard work because he is also hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part).

If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there. It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working and honest person, except for well, you know, I did break into your house.

And what a deal it is for me!!! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior.

Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you learn MY LANGUAGE!!! so you can communicate with me.

Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?!

Only in America ..

If you agree, pass it on (in English). Share it if you see the value of it. If not blow it off......... along with your future Social Security funds, and a lot of other things.