Termyn8or
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What to do ? First of all I agree with not reelecting anyone, with the possible exceptions of Paul, Trafficant and maybe Tancredo. I actually proposed that a long time ago. Don't let them get comfortable.
And it is alot harder to get someone into the senate, there are only 100 of them while there are 435 congressmen. Therefore it takes alot more votes. That means it takes alot more money, under the present system.
In comparison there is only one President, so the task looks insurmountable. But one thing that I want to bring up, it is we who wasted the last four, or possibly eight years, or possibly more. First of all, I think it is a bad idea to ever reelect a Pesident. They do their worst deeds in their second term and that is because they know they can't run again. So in a way term limits have backfired. Sometimes a President will actually get his buddies indicted so he can give them a pardon, which usually happens very near the end of his term you may have noticed.
So the solution is the making of a President. That can be difficult for commoners like us. And don't fool yourself, I don't care if you make a million bucks a year, you are a commoner. Bill Gates is right on the edge. Proof ? Look at the court cases that have gone against Microshaft. If they were Haliburton that would have never happened.
What it would take is ALOT of us, to stop talking on CM with our thumb up our ass, to go out and find the best way to use the next four years. Or maybe eight. Obama is pretty likely to win I think, and his popularity might just do quite well. You never know. If that happens we can't get our Man in for eight years.
But who would that be ? I would support Ron Paul, but he is too old. I would support him though his views and mine about abortion law are diametrically opposed. But he is too old, and really not much of a public speaker. He probably would be the best Man for the job, and the checks and balances system should work well enough to keep him from making abortion illegal. But he is too old. How old is he going to be eight years from now ?
Bring someone up from the bottom. It might not work, but with eight years to work with, there may be a glimmer of hope. Opponents will of course bring up lack of experience, just let me be speechwriter that day. "Experience in what ? Screwing the American People, stepping on people to climb to the top, taking bribes and generally hurting our country ? I AM PROUD not to have that kind of experience and for decades you have had people with that kind of experience. Look at where we are. So do you really want experience ?".
Even though some people are doing well, their numbers decrease monthly. Of course they were doing well when they bought a house, and now look at the foreclosures. It is not all predatory lending and irresponsible buyers. Sometimes it's that their job got shipped overseas. And who's fault would that be ? It would be the fault of our "experienced leaders". If I were part of government I would have to share in the blame as well.
What people need to realize is that we have a mass market, therefore we need mass production. They gave the brownwares (TVs, stereos, most of the electronics) market away. Do you have any idea how many of these units they sell ? This is exactly what is screwing us up. We are importing all this crap, and it is crap they are building, and at the same time the whole class of semi-skilled workers in this country loses.
If the trend continues, there will be only three or four jobs here; politician, engineer, retail or fast food, and the things migrant workers do like pick fruits and stuff like that. The middle class did not consist just of engineers and such. Alot of the middle class either never got the chance, or possibly wouldn't be able to become a doctor or a nuclear physicist. But they are willing to work. The good manufacturing jobs did require some skill, a complete oaf would be relegated to sweeping the floor or something. There were machinists and welders all across this country at work. Look for some of them at Walmart, in uniform at the door.
There are enough people out there to support mass production of at least some of the things we consume the most. And I mean that in dollar value, not units. I mean plasma TVs not toilet paper. Hell, even the auto industry is in trouble.
This is where our "experienced leaders" have led us.
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