Term Limits and Special Interest
May 16, 2016 09:07:37 #
Part 1. Part 2 will be posted later today
Sent to me by a friend who found it on the internet, origin unknown but appropriate:
“All politicians should be limited to two terms…..
One in office and one in prison.
Works in Chicago”.
Based on everything I have read and been told over the years the Founding Fathers saw elected office as a patriotic public service especially on a national level. In fact they were concerned about elected officials becoming professional politicians. This is evidenced by Benjamin Franklin’s reply to a woman who asked him a question as he exited Independence Hall with the announcement that they had agreed on a final proposed Constitution for our new country. She asked, “What have you given us Sir, a Republic or a Monarchy?” Without hesitation he replied, “A Republic Madam, if you can keep it”. To me this confirms that the Founding Fathers feared the concept of a national government run by career politicians. Every time I read anything about or think about our Founding Fathers I am amazed at how brilliant and far sighted these men were. The fact that such a diverse group of men agreed on a document this significant and Benjamin Franklin’s reply to the question is the evidence. As I wrote this article a comment by Jaun Williams in his recent book, “We the People” really resonated with me. It was a reference to our Founding Fathers and what their reaction would be if they could walk the streets of America today.
Every day I am literally stunned when I see the American f**g trampled on (here in America!), hear people shout down free speech at our colleges and universities, or hear people publicly say things like what Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg said about our Constitution. In a televised interview she advised the people trying to form a new Egyptian government that they “should not use the US Constitution as a model for their new constitution”. This is a life time member of the Supreme Court of the United States of America publically saying that our Constitution is “bad”! How did we get to this place in America?
I think the answer to my question above is simple. It is that too often money and power bring corruption. All you have to do is turn on the news, look at a newspaper or open up your internet browser to see endless examples of corruption and mismanagement of public funds on every level, local, state and national. In my local paper I periodically see reports of local officials or their staff members committing fraud or outright theft. At the state level it is even worse and on the national level it dominates the news way too often. Unfortunately this is becoming the new “norm” where the only thing that matters to the ideologues on the “Left” and the rino Republicans is what is in their personal best interest. To these people what is morally and ethically right, is in violation of applicable regulations, and in some cases outright illegal does not matter.
Sent to me by a friend who found it on the internet, origin unknown but appropriate:
“All politicians should be limited to two terms…..
One in office and one in prison.
Works in Chicago”.
Based on everything I have read and been told over the years the Founding Fathers saw elected office as a patriotic public service especially on a national level. In fact they were concerned about elected officials becoming professional politicians. This is evidenced by Benjamin Franklin’s reply to a woman who asked him a question as he exited Independence Hall with the announcement that they had agreed on a final proposed Constitution for our new country. She asked, “What have you given us Sir, a Republic or a Monarchy?” Without hesitation he replied, “A Republic Madam, if you can keep it”. To me this confirms that the Founding Fathers feared the concept of a national government run by career politicians. Every time I read anything about or think about our Founding Fathers I am amazed at how brilliant and far sighted these men were. The fact that such a diverse group of men agreed on a document this significant and Benjamin Franklin’s reply to the question is the evidence. As I wrote this article a comment by Jaun Williams in his recent book, “We the People” really resonated with me. It was a reference to our Founding Fathers and what their reaction would be if they could walk the streets of America today.
Every day I am literally stunned when I see the American f**g trampled on (here in America!), hear people shout down free speech at our colleges and universities, or hear people publicly say things like what Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg said about our Constitution. In a televised interview she advised the people trying to form a new Egyptian government that they “should not use the US Constitution as a model for their new constitution”. This is a life time member of the Supreme Court of the United States of America publically saying that our Constitution is “bad”! How did we get to this place in America?
I think the answer to my question above is simple. It is that too often money and power bring corruption. All you have to do is turn on the news, look at a newspaper or open up your internet browser to see endless examples of corruption and mismanagement of public funds on every level, local, state and national. In my local paper I periodically see reports of local officials or their staff members committing fraud or outright theft. At the state level it is even worse and on the national level it dominates the news way too often. Unfortunately this is becoming the new “norm” where the only thing that matters to the ideologues on the “Left” and the rino Republicans is what is in their personal best interest. To these people what is morally and ethically right, is in violation of applicable regulations, and in some cases outright illegal does not matter.
May 16, 2016 09:26:28 #
8 years for President
12 years for Congress
16 years for Supreme Court
Can only hold one other public office
12 years for Congress
16 years for Supreme Court
Can only hold one other public office
May 16, 2016 09:45:37 #
ConfusedDem wrote:
8 years for President
12 years for Congress
16 years for Supreme Court
Can only hold one other public office
12 years for Congress
16 years for Supreme Court
Can only hold one other public office
I would say two terms only for House and Senate, which would be four and eight years respectively, and ten for the Supremes. I would also put term limits on all the Federal Judiciary, not just the Supreme Court. The lower Federal Courts have caused untold mischief that the Supreme Court, for one reason or another, has not heard or ruled on. There are not enough hours in the day or days in the week or weeks in the year for them to do so.
May 17, 2016 11:50:35 #
Robert Wilson
Loc: Texas
Confused Dem leans toward "Brilliant theorist". His views, toward the Supreme CT. represent the intelligent answer for stupid policies.
May 17, 2016 11:51:10 #
Robert Wilson
Loc: Texas
Confused Dem leans toward "Brilliant theorist". His views, toward the Supreme CT. represent the intelligent answer for stupid policies.
May 17, 2016 13:50:45 #
May 17, 2016 21:52:38 #
Nutter
Loc: Fly Over Zone
One term of 6 years for the President. That way he won't be in re-e******n mode after winning his first 4 year term.
May 17, 2016 23:15:20 #
Loki wrote:
I would say two terms only for House and Senate, which would be four and eight years respectively, and ten for the Supremes. I would also put term limits on all the Federal Judiciary, not just the Supreme Court. The lower Federal Courts have caused untold mischief that the Supreme Court, for one reason or another, has not heard or ruled on. There are not enough hours in the day or days in the week or weeks in the year for them to do so.
I meant ten years for the Supreme Court and Federal Judiciary. I just noticed I was not very clear. One term of ten years. Not ten terms.
May 24, 2016 17:04:13 #
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