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Another stop-gap, band-aid, stabilize the patient, election? I dunno if that is a good thing. I think now is the time for wholesale change. I believe we had better do something significant as a nation soon, else we run the risk of earning our worldwide reputation as uncaring and lazy. We also run the risk of igniting our youth who may be getting a little tired of waiting for us to get off our collective asses, do we want or need a London in our streets? Tesla 013
A response to my article on Wednesday. With the exception of the "I dunno if that is a good thing" part, one with which I find myself in total agreement with. He made one particular comment that caught my eye.
I think we as an electorate have a rare opportunity here,
Indeed we do. Just what do we do with this opportunity? Make wholesale changes? Exactly! Next question. How? Just vote them all out. Easy answer. Wrong answer.
We can change the face of the House every two years. The Presidency every four. It will take six more years to change the Senate.Even then we will only be changing faces.
The right answer is to change our mindset when we go to the polls. Time to put a new purpose for voting out there. We need to mount a campaign using our votes to push for the kind of changes that will make real changes in government. We need to instill in every individual who considers running for office the fact that he must set aside personal opinion and do as his constituency directs him.
Now that might sound a bit tricky, but as long as we have the fortitude to stick out for the next six years, we will show that it can be done.To begin this campaign we need a common issue that most of us can get behind in it's purpose. An excellent choice to begin with would be:
TERM LIMITS
Does anybody deny the fact that career professional politicians are a major part of the problem with our apparently dysfunctional government? Besides getting rid of the ones that permeate the halls of Congress now, wouldn't it be a good time to prevent the same situation from developing again?
We make it a mandate that the House passes a term limit bill within two years or those that failed to campaign for or vote for it will be removed from office. Then we stick by our guns.
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT
That one should be a no-brainer. One that includes a stipulation that no members of Congress goes home for Christmas without passing a balanced budget. No more kicking the dadburned can.
We mandate the Senate to accept the Term Limit proposal from the House and pass it as well as approving a Balanced Budget Amendment within two years. At which time we begin removing those who failed to vote for it. Once again we stick to our guns.
In six years we change the way things are done in Washington. Quite possibly, only in two. Very likely with a third more moderate party involved.
Have a little more from Mr. Tesla;
This time it really is a question of the "devil you know vs. the one you do not" Our current crop of miscreants obviously cannot multi-task but neither can they go one thing at a time.
Do we want a half hearted president?
We are looking for that special person, the one who can lead with class, one that knows how to make different departments work together, will take more than just a passing glance at all of the various departments and agencies under his control. One who will conduct himself in a prideful manner . Possessing enough knowledge about all issues to be able to----Stop right there. The only Mr. Perfect I ever met was a professional wrestler with a body odor problem.
We won't get a half-hearted President. Anybody who wants that office is going to want it for two terms and will work hard to prove worthy of them. The first thing we should look at is not the ideologue of a candidate but rather does he have the management skills to fulfill the basic duties of the office? Then we should look at what are most immediate issues are and decide if he has enough expertise in these areas to be of immediate help. It is deceiving to think that we can solve all of our current problems in just a couple of years.
Use our votes to push an agenda that forces government to change it's ways and we can make the next six years six of the most important years in our countries history. Call it a Coup de Vote.
Do you have the will to change the way you approach the ballot box? Would you like to feel that your vote actually counted for something?
Join me. I don't care if Obama owns a patent, trademark, whatever, I still feel the same way as I did in 2008. "YES WE CAN!"
Here is some news I got off the AP a few minutes ago. Nancy Pelosi finished filling out the list of the super committee members, setting the stage for meetings to begin.
Opinion; Both sides have loaded up with powerful professionals that aren't known for wiggling much. Could work or could end up being a worse spectacle than the debt ceiling debates.
