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Today, I treated myself to a rare hour by listening to Rush Limbaugh. He commented on the defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s loss in yesterday’s Virginia primary. Rush spent quite a bit on defining the Tea Party. I listened intently as he described my feelings exactly. Rush understands quite well what the Tea Party is. It is not a formal political party, it is people like me who are frustrated by the lack of concern afforded by our elected representatives. We write, we call, we e-mail and they do what they want to do without listening. They spend millions every year on staff to answer the calls, open the mail, etc., just to give us the privilege. They might glance at a report given by the same staff summarizing the number of calls with a summary of topics covered before they trash it and proceed to do what the Progressive donors direct them to do. They are all puppets.

A few years ago, I helped send Adam Kinzinger to Congress as Representative of the First District in Illinois. He showed potential as a conservative, and had the zeal and drive to make a difference. He lasted his first term as a credible voice. After that, I began to notice his speeches sounded more like that of every other Member of Congress. He had been indoctrinated.

Yesterday, I sent out three letters to my Senators and current Representative. I voiced my displeasure with the lack of congressional action to stop the stupidity of allowing the flood of illegals storming across our southern border. My internet connection was down, and I was forced to send the letters by snail mail. I did find one phone number so I called in the letter. I asked the sweet young voice working in Senator Durbin’s office what she would do with the information. She replied she will forward my concerns to the Senator, but that I should still send in the letter. Why? So much for calling my Senator. He might get a report of how many phone calls he got, and what subject they concerned. The report won’t say, “NO AMNESTY” which is what my sarcastic letter was about, sweet young thing will report it as “Immigration reform.” You and I both know that to Congress, Immigration reform is Amnesty.

I sit here frustrated getting anxious and nervous about the many issues facing us and cannot do anything about it but call my Senator who doesn’t give a crap what I think. Every time I hear about someone who walks into his job site to shoot his boss, I don’t even flinch, I understand what that guy is feeling. I feel the same level of frustration while I watch Congress push the lever that flushes the Constitution and the laws of our country down the toilet.

When I first discovered Eric Cantor I thought he was a good guy, a rare conservative in the House of Representatives. Lately, I have come to realize that he is sounding very liberal in his speech about immigration. He lost touch with the people who he represents. Cantor got a clear message but it is too late for him to change. It remains to be seen if the message gets through to Obama, Boehner, Reid, and the rest of Congress.

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Here is the letter to my Congressman. Feel free to use it.

Congressman Bobby Rush
2268 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC

Congressman Rush:

Stop the madness now! Our country is being flooded with illegal immigrants and our President has rolled out the red carpet for them. I have lost faith in the President, and my Representative’s ability to govern. Why are you remaining silent on this matter? As Congressman from Illinois you should have a close ear to the President. You should be leading the charge to return the USA into a country that lives by it’s laws.
It makes no sense to me that we have opened our southern border to a wave of immigration, yet we continue to make immigrants who enter from the north, west and east abide by our existing immigration laws. Why? Where is Congress and why are you not keeping the President’s lawless actions in check? In my opinion your refusal to take action makes you just as guilty as the President of violating your oath of office.
Please do not send me an answer that your action will be to grant amnesty to the illegals. Amnesty is not the answer to this problem. The answer is to regulate by enforcing the laws already on the books. If the laws are bad, then why are you not repealing them and replacing them with new ones? In my opinion it is because you lack the character to do what is right for the country.
If the President can’t or won’t stop the madness then Congress must act. If Congress doesn’t have the power to act, then farm the job out to the EPA. They are excellent at regulating. Call the illegals people-pollution and the EPA will make the President write executive orders to enact actions that you will not.
I hope you detect the sarcasm and frustration in the tone of my words, but you are my Congressman and you are the one elected to make the laws that make our country great. Who else do I have to go to, to unload the hopelessness of watching America get flushed down the toilet?
Unlike President Obama I believe America is an exceptional country and that is why people still want to come here to live. I believe in immigration, I am the child of immigrants who entered through Ellis Island, who became citizens, who learned the language, and became Americans. The process works, all we have to do is to enforce the laws diligently.
Get off your throne and push Congressman John Boehner, Senator Harry Reid and President Obama to do what is right. Stop the flood of illegals, enforce the existing laws, deport those who defy our laws and send them back with instructions to follow the process.

Respectfully yours,

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