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Liquor Dealer · 10-10-2003, 05:55 AM

American politics have become to political - sounds stupid when you say it like that but politics have become far more important to to many politicians than has good government. Politicians have become entities of themselves and have often forgotten those who they claim to represent. In an ideal world we might eliminate politics totally from the picture and send nothing but men and women to the Capitol Building, and to state capitals, who have no agenda other than to secure the best possible government for those who the represent. I don't know what it would take to restore that type of government - perhaps term limits would solve the biggest of the problems, the power that comes with seniority and the "good old boy" system. If all elected officials were allowed two terms in office, and only two, this might be accomplished. The 22nd Ammendment was enacted because of the fears of another Roosevelt Dictatorship - call it what you like but the length of time he was allowed to rule created all but an absolute dictatorship. The American Congress and people had the balls to say two terms is all anyone needs or should have, and perhaps it is high time we broadened that idea to cover all elected positions in government. If one were to do such an outstanding job in the House for two two year terms and had the approval of the people then he could serve two terms in the Senate - He or she would then be elgible to run for an Executive office. The Judicial Branch of our government has succeeded in reaching a new low and I honestly believe that it is party politics that have deteriorated our legal system to its current state. The idea of party politics was never envisioned by the framers of the Constitution and later modifications have not adequately made provisions for it either. Something has got to be done to restore the faith of the American people in its government. The quality, or lack thereof in a few of our elected officials has led to a distrust of all who seek public office and the lofty requirements some are asked to meet have eliminated far too many good people from the idea of even seeking office. The medias attempt to sway the election in California and elsewhere is just an example of how far down the tubes our system has ventured. It makes no damn difference what-so-ever that Arnold did, or did not do in the area of booby squeezing - he was not running for state boobie inspector, and had he been, this might have been a plus rather than part of a morals smear campaign launched by the LA Times. If the people feel good enough to put him in a position to govern then the people have spoken and he is entitled to sink or swim based on what he does now, not on anything he has ever done in his past. The man had enough guts to admit he wasn't perfect and that he was no angel - To me, that is a vast improvement over the Hillerienators wimp of a husband. End of rant.

10-10-2003, 05:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
Liquor Dealer Super Agitator Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A	American politics have become to political - sounds stupid when you say it like that but politics have become far more important to to many politicians than has good government. Politicians have become entities of themselves and have often forgotten those who they claim to represent. In an ideal world we might eliminate politics totally from the picture and send nothing but men and women to the Capitol Building, and to state capitals, who have no agenda other than to secure the best possible government for those who the represent. I don't know what it would take to restore that type of government - perhaps term limits would solve the biggest of the problems, the power that comes with seniority and the "good old boy" system. If all elected officials were allowed two terms in office, and only two, this might be accomplished. The 22nd Ammendment was enacted because of the fears of another Roosevelt Dictatorship - call it what you like but the length of time he was allowed to rule created all but an absolute dictatorship. The American Congress and people had the balls to say two terms is all anyone needs or should have, and perhaps it is high time we broadened that idea to cover all elected positions in government. If one were to do such an outstanding job in the House for two two year terms and had the approval of the people then he could serve two terms in the Senate - He or she would then be elgible to run for an Executive office. The Judicial Branch of our government has succeeded in reaching a new low and I honestly believe that it is party politics that have deteriorated our legal system to its current state. The idea of party politics was never envisioned by the framers of the Constitution and later modifications have not adequately made provisions for it either. Something has got to be done to restore the faith of the American people in its government. The quality, or lack thereof in a few of our elected officials has led to a distrust of all who seek public office and the lofty requirements some are asked to meet have eliminated far too many good people from the idea of even seeking office. The medias attempt to sway the election in California and elsewhere is just an example of how far down the tubes our system has ventured. It makes no damn difference what-so-ever that Arnold did, or did not do in the area of booby squeezing - he was not running for state boobie inspector, and had he been, this might have been a plus rather than part of a morals smear campaign launched by the LA Times. If the people feel good enough to put him in a position to govern then the people have spoken and he is entitled to sink or swim based on what he does now, not on anything he has ever done in his past. The man had enough guts to admit he wasn't perfect and that he was no angel - To me, that is a vast improvement over the Hillerienators wimp of a husband. End of rant. __________________ Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it's more like a jar of Jalapenos --- what you say or do today might burn your ass tomorrow!!!