The ANWR vote

Hugh Hewitt has declared war on the Anti-drilling Republicans in the House. There are times when you have to go with your party. I hope Hastert remembers this. I'm all for voting one's conscience, but anybody who gives in to environmentalist pressures shouldn't be re-elected. Even worse are those who will give up their pork barrel projects when they are pried from their cold, dead hands. The problem is that voters aren't serious enough about decreasing spending.

I was on our city council for several terms, and it always annoyed me that we had to go seek grants from the state or feds to build a park or a fire station. The big boys occupy the entire tax base and leave local government the crumbs. Instead of being grateful, we ought to start telling these clowns we don't appreciate the waste at the top.

People criticize Bush for the deficit, but it's really Congress' fault. They appropriate, Bush spends. The only way I can see to stop it is for the voters to do their job.