Is it possible that we need a new approach to President Bush regarding convincing him that a guest worker program is not the best answer to the problem of illegal immigration in America ?

I was thinking about the Minuteman Project and about how successful they have been. I really believe that the postive results which we have seen from their work comes from their courageous and determined efforts. One of the things they said in the beginning was that they would always remain within the law, that they would uphold the highest standards possible regarding respecting the safety and well-being of everyone and they ensured US that they would not be joined by people with any other agenda other than securing our borders. They have done a great job and they've earned the respect of millions of people around our country.

Thinking about "them" made me think about "US". I was thinking that we all care very much about this issue, and we seem to work pretty hard, but somehow our message does not seem to get the actual results we would probably like to get. That led me to think about the manner in which we are delivering our message and it made me wonder if we are really staying focused and on track with the message.

I respect and really like everyone here. When you are mad, as Bootsie would say, "I feel your pain." When you are disappointed I am disappointed. When you are determined and motivated I want to help you and I usually say "Charge !!".

But I honestly believe that our approach needs to be reconsidered. We are running out of time and I think that we need to deliver our message in a better and more effective way.

We can put a collar on President Bush and yank and jerk it all over the world, but if that is working I think it is only working marginally. We cannot expect him to feel open to our suggestions when we treat him like a dog.

I truly think that that our voices are put on mute by the very people we want our message to reach because we often sound like people who are merely trying to exert our right to freedom of speech than people who are trying to convince those who have the power and authority to help us to reach our goal.

I AM AS GUILTY as anyone. I used to have a frolic of a time being as sarcastic as I could towards President Bush, calling him "Jorge" was as fun as roller coaster ride for me.

I cannot help but to wonder if we would get farther by for example having William write (with our help) some respectful letters to President Bush with all of our names on them. The letters could have pertinent facts and we could send copies of them to our senators and congressmen everytime thereby reaching many with strong, clear message delivered in a more positive way. We could send a few each week, plus our calls.

We can spend time writing to authors of stupid articles with propoganda, but THEY are not going to make these decisions which are quickly approaching. I think that time is running short. More people can join if they want but basically we have who we have. The day after the decision is made about a guest worker program....recruiting efforts are going to be less important....at least for the moment.

Thank you for letting share my thoughts with you. I hope that everyone has a good day.