The Newsleaders
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Sartell – St. Stephen
    • St. Joseph
    • 2024 Elections
    • Police Blotter
    • Most Wanted
  • Opinion
    • Column
    • Editorial
    • Letter to the Editor
  • Community
    • Graduation 2025
    • Calendar
    • Criers
    • People
    • Public Notices
    • Sports & Activities Schedules
  • Obituaries
    • Obituary
    • Funerals/Visitations
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Submissions
  • Archives
    • Sartell-St. Stephen Archive
    • St. Joseph Archive
  • Advertise With Us
    • Print Advertising
    • Digital Advertising
    • Promotions
    • Pay My Invoice
  • Resource Guides
    • 2024 St. Joseph Annual Resource Guide
    • 2025 Sartell Spring Resource Guide
    • 2024 Sartell Fall Resource Guide
The Newsleaders
No Result
View All Result

Pediatric/Welch St Cloud Ortho
Home Opinion Column

With Republican-led Congress, I have great expectations

Ron Scarbro by Ron Scarbro
December 31, 2014
in Column, Opinion, Print Editions, Print Sartell - St. Stephen, Print St. Joseph
0
0
SHARES
1
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Back in high school I had a teacher who was fond of citing what he called the “Eleventh Beatitude.” Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall not be disappointed. Perhaps he was referring to our class and what he might expect from us in the way of learning, or maybe it had bigger meaning. Regardless of his meaning, I have remembered the quote and use it regularly.

It comes in handy today as I consider the next Congress. In just a few days the Republicans will take the reins. They have a huge job in front of them. Probably the first thing for me would be the approval of the Keystone Pipeline project. No single act of this government will have a more positive effect on us than this simple approval. Conservative estimates are it will provide more than 20,000 new jobs and those jobs will be high-paying jobs. Also we will come a step closer to the energy independence we have sought for so many years. Today gasoline prices are tumbling with just the possibility of this approval.

Next on my wish list is a reasonable and fair immigration policy. I have written before we need to require legitimate identification by everyone in this country to get a job, go to school, partake of our health care and to get any benefits from our very liberal welfare programs. By the way, if we required legitimate identification, the millions who are here illegally would deport themselves. If these illegals spent half as much energy improving their own countries as they spend trying to steal our resources, our problem and theirs would be solved.

Next on my list of matters the new Congress needs to consider is health-care insurance. In reality health-care insurance is none of the government’s business. We were doing pretty well until the president started messing with it. Now it’s a disaster. Republican Congress, fix it.

While I could go on for hours, I will try to bring this list to a close with this minor requirement of Congress. Get to the bottom of the many scandals permeating this White House and get the guilty before courts of law. It all stinks. It is un-American. We are not a “banana republic” and we shouldn’t act like one.

These are my expectations. Are they great expectations? Am I asking too much? Oh, wait a minute. I just remembered Obama still has two more years. There’s no way he’s going to allow the Republicans to do the things I want done. Even though he knows, or should know by now, that what he has wrought is not what this country wants.

Then I have to ask the question. Am I expecting too much from the Republicans? Is there any chance they will do what is right for the American people? From what I am hearing, I would say there isn’t much hope. Politicians seem to park their loyalties at the door when they enter the hallowed halls of government. Will they say we should just wait until 2016 when the Republicans take the White House too?

People accuse me of being an optimist. I guess I am. I’m also a patriot. I want what is best for this country. Based on the election results from the midterms, the American people want that too.

And so I am left with the Eleventh Beatitude. Should I expect nothing in order not to be disappointed? Or should I expect the Congress to get to work and fix the mess we have gotten ourselves into? I think I’m going to expect excellence. I can live with disappointment. I have for years.

Previous Post

Obama has reasons to brag

Next Post

Mighty Ducks matching amounts remain same

Ron Scarbro

Ron Scarbro

I am a retired businessman and I was a resident of Sartell for six years before moving to St. Simons Island, Ga to be closer to my grandchildren. I have offered opinion columns in the Newsleaders for the last five or six years. Those columns generally deal with political issues. For additional commentary I post a weekly column at ronscarbro.blogspot.com.

Next Post

Mighty Ducks matching amounts remain same

Please login to join discussion

Meshbesher & Spence Collegeville Murphy Granite

Trobec's Bus WACOSA MBOTMA

Search

No Result
View All Result

Categories

Recent Posts

  • Woman found guilty in exploitation case
  • Mother-daughter duo opens fabric store
  • Sartell man sentenced for bilking, swindling
  • Dynamic innovator Doyscher-Domres retires
  • RSVP members help strengthen community

City Links

Sartell
St. Joseph
St. Stephen

School District Links

Sartell-St. Stephen school district
St. Cloud school district

Chamber Links

Sartell Chamber
St. Joseph Chamber

Community

Calendar

Citizen Spotlight

Criers

People

Notices

Funerals/Visitions

Obituary

Police Blotter

Public Notices

Support Groups

About Us

Contact Us

News Tips

Submissions

Advertise With Us

Print Advertising

Digital Advertising

2024 Promotions

Local Advertising Rates

National Advertising Rates

© 2025 Newleaders

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Sartell – St. Stephen
    • St. Joseph
    • 2024 Elections
    • Police Blotter
    • Most Wanted
  • Opinion
    • Column
    • Editorial
    • Letter to the Editor
  • Community
    • Graduation 2025
    • Calendar
    • Criers
    • People
    • Public Notices
    • Sports & Activities Schedules
  • Obituaries
    • Obituary
    • Funerals/Visitations
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Submissions
  • Archives
    • Sartell-St. Stephen Archive
    • St. Joseph Archive
  • Advertise With Us
    • Print Advertising
    • Digital Advertising
    • Promotions
    • Pay My Invoice
  • Resource Guides
    • 2024 St. Joseph Annual Resource Guide
    • 2025 Sartell Spring Resource Guide
    • 2024 Sartell Fall Resource Guide

© 2025 Newleaders