Term limits would have removed Kennedy, Kerry, Pelosi, Chris Dodd, Charlie Rangel, John Dingle, Carl Levin, Barbara Boxer, Robert Byrd, etc.
Term limits are a good thing --- Stephen the Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ed Leafe <> wrote: > > On Dec 12, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Stephen the Cook > wrote: > > > >> Out with the old and in with the new. > >> > >> I want to take politics out of a lifelong job. > Instead I want to > >> allow people who want to serve the ability to do > so. Instead it's a > >> lifetime job in our current system. > > > > Imagine if it were a job where, if you performed > well, you kept it, > > but if you didn't, you didn't get to keep it. > > > > Term limits are the band-aid on the real wound to > our government: > > campaign financing. If politicians didn't have to > spend every minute > > after they get elected fund-raising to get > re-elected, we might > > actually get something done. And removing the flow > of money from > > lobbyists will at least make it *possible* for a > politician to be > > somewhat honest. > > > > Of course, the people who would need to make > these changes are the > > very scum we need to remove, and they will do > everything they can to > > maintain the current system that favors them so > strongly. > > I guess in todays environment a limit to their time > in office would work > then? > > Stephen Russell > DBA / .Net Developer > > Memphis TN 38115 > 901.246-0159 > > "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual > power. We have guided > missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King > Jr. > > http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.16/582 - > Release Date: 12/11/2006 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
