One of the Great unanswered questions of our time.

What is it that the Republicans do not get and that the Democrats seem to be willfully ignoring? I mean the voting citizens of this state and country showed last election that the way things were being run was not satisfactory. But what has happened since then? Not a whole hell of a lot different.

I mean here we are almost three months into the new Democratic controlled congress as well as the bi-annual session of the Texas Legislature and there is more useless noise coming from both Austin and Washington DC than from a school bus full of kids coming back from a field trip to the zoo. Starting with our wonderful Texas Legislature, we have a governor who won an election with thirty nine percent of the popular vote and he is acting like he is Ronald Regan after beating Walter Mondale in 1984. Among the things he has done, is push for the Legislature to willingly violate a state law by busting the voter approved spending cap, try to institute a mandatory vaccine on all girls at the age of eleven or twelve for HPV, as well as other failures to act in the best interest of the state.

We have a state senate that is more than willing to "play by the rules", and not change the "rose bush rule" as well as the Senate rule about needing twenty one of thirty senators to agree to bring a bill to the floor for debate and vote, despite the fact that the rules are over one hundred years old and were written to keep poor legislation from ever getting to the floor for debate, but then taking a little side step around that rule to bust the spending cap. In the Texas House you have a power struggle where the speaker nearly loses his post but due to his heavy handed tactics but in the end finds a way to keep his spot and then he endorses the cap busting vote just like the Lt. Governor did in the senate. This is the same man that because of his weakened position could not get a vote passed to change operational rules of the House, but at the same time he would be willing to ignore the fact that the government needs to balance it's budget.

I have sent letters to both my state Senator and Representative, about their actions, and to be perfectly honest, I do not expect to hear anything back from either. However what I do expect is that they represent me the way I want them to, and if they don't I'll support someone else.

So where do we sit as far as true conservatives? They are few and far between. I know that not everyone agrees with my position on issues, however, there are some things that I will not sit still for. Those include ignoring voter mandated spending caps, increasing my tax burden, ignoring or even encouraging illegal immigration, failing to reduce government spending, or at the very least minimizing the growth of government programs.

You can clearly tell if someone in government is looking out for themselves, doing what they promised to do in their campaign, or simply going along with their buddies on votes. It seems that these days our elected officials are either unwilling to stand alone on a difficult vote, or afraid to go against both their misguided leadership or their "buddies" when it comes to voting.

It is becoming crystal clear that these people did not get the message of last November's election where an overwhelming percentage of votes were cast against incumbents, or for new voices that are willing to stand up and be counted as the people's representatives.

What do you think...