Since I've said in my previous post that immigration is a killer for me I feel that I should explain my experience on the matter...

    In 1973 after being released from the Army in Washington I moved to California and started working for a very good company that did a lot of defense work.  I worked in the tool crib and eventually finished an apprenticeship in the machine shop as a Journeyman Machinist, all the while taking college classes at "Valley" College in Van Nuys.
    My best friend at the time Oscar, was from Columbia and also worked in his field of Chemical treatment of metals.  It was one of the best times of my life and I loved Oscar dearly and respected him and his heritage.
    To this day I can;t tell you why the topic came up but we were talking about illegal immigration and it;s affect of jobs.  I know it;s hard to believe but this was in the early 70's.  His stance was that they did jobs that americans won't do and mine was that they start there but move up like everyone else does.  So, they eventually take jobs that americans want, and/or they drive down the wages of those jobs because employers hire them for less and they take the jobs because it's a lot more than they can make anywhere else.
    I knew I was right then because it just makes sense although I did not have any real evidence for my assertion.
    So, to the point, I did what most machinists do and moved around from job to job to gain all the experience I could to become as well rounded as I could.  I worked for Boeing in Seattle, for the Department of the Airforce as a civilian and many more jobs doing all kinds of work.  When I left California in the early 80's to work for Boeing an experienced machinist (almost 99.9% american), in the valley anyway, was making about $20.00 an hour.
    Almost five years later in the mid 80's when I returned to Southern California I found that most of the shops were now about 33% mexican and that the wages were about $18.00 an hour.  I could still find work mainly because of my experience but for less money and the conditions in the workplace were worse.  There were still the $20.00 an hour jobs but they were fewer and farther between and they should have been $23 to $25 dollar an hour jobs...
    Do we all remember what happened in the mid 80's in regards to immigration?
    Have we forgotten the past and are we doomed to give up the rest of our skilled labor and higher jobs to advancing illegal's that have now become a large minority and many of them now legal.  I would bet that the number of jobs lost by americans to immigration is greater than those that have moved overseas...
    About the only thing that bothers me more are all those "Americans" especially retired americans that are driving Japanese cars.  Especially retired government or state workers.  My tax dollars are paying their Toyota payments.

Anyway I'm still watching

What has anyone said that makes anyone out there believe that any of the candidates, especially the frontrunners, have any substance to their platform?  I have not heard anything concrete, nothing that tells me who "I" should vote for.  Healthcare this, Security that, and a few sobs thrown in for good theater.  What am I voting for? 
It really blows me away that a good percentage of "Young White Female Voters" in New Hemps and Ohio have decided to pick for the next president of the United States a young orator that speaks well.  Oh my God I hope they don't turn out in droves at the general election in November we'll be looking at Obama talking eloquently and forcefully about looking for Osama, all the while pulling our military out of the region so Osama can go back to club bin laden.
Here is my rundown on the candidates:
An Orator (talks a good game).
An Arkansausal type A Lawyer (slept with the President).
A Personal Injury Attorney (what more needs to be said).
A Preacher (what more needs to be said).
A Mormon (Has lots of money).
A Prisoner of War (was released more than 30 years ago).
An Italian Mayor (just happened to be there).
An Abductee (Hangs out with Shirley).
A Joke (lives on the fringe).
The Actor (WIll he wake up in time for the war)?

NOW OF THESE WHO DO I HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR:

At least the Mormon is spending a lot of his own money to run for an office that will pay less in a year than he could earn in six months easy.   He has some real proven managerial skills and actually did a good job as Governor of Old Mass.

The Prisoner of War is actually an american hero and a good Senator that tries to cross party lines to actually accomplish change in Washington but his stance on Immigration is a killer for me.

The Italian Mayor did do a great job cleaning up New York and was a tough Prosecutor but how hard could that be post mafia days anyway.

The Orator is still an enigma for me.  I have no idea where he really stands on anything.  What his record really is.  How he "REALLY" feels about "RACE" in america.  If he's elected am I going to have to pay a reparations tax?   Will him and his guilt ridden white liberal friends cram a zillion new laws down my throat that will make it toughter for my kids to get a job when they grow up?  But, I did mention that he is an enigma, he may still come through for me.

All in all I hope that whoever gets into the office they don't leave those poor Iraqi's and Afghanistani's to sort out their destiny by them selves too soon...

Here's hoping and Watching...