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Blame is on all of them...
- Thread starter Buster
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James48843
Well-known member
What's really sad is that
1. judges serve for life, so you can't change them; and
2. the two parties have used computer programs to draw boundaries to ensure that they stay in power, no matter how bad they do. Re-election rates today are higher than the Soviet system ever was....
The House - well, you are more likely to die in office than you are to be defeated in an election -
1. judges serve for life, so you can't change them; and
2. the two parties have used computer programs to draw boundaries to ensure that they stay in power, no matter how bad they do. Re-election rates today are higher than the Soviet system ever was....
The House - well, you are more likely to die in office than you are to be defeated in an election -
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In the 2004 election, 98% of members were re-elected. In the 2007-2008 congressional sessions, there have been 6 House members who have died , and five resignations, with one seat currently vacant. The Democrats have achieved a net gain of two seats as a result of their victories in special elections. See Changes in membership, below.
Affiliation Total NotesDemocraticRepublicanVacantMembers (shading indicates
majority caucus)
Begin (2007-01-03)23320243502007-02-132014341Charlie Norwood (R) died.2007-04-222324332Juanita Millender-McDonald (D) died.2007-07-012314323Marty Meehan (D) resigned.2007-07-252024332Paul Broun (R) took Norwood's seat.2007-09-042324341Laura Richardson (D) took Millender-McDonald's seat.2007-09-052014332Paul Gilmor (R) died.2007-10-062004323Jo Ann Davis (R) died.2007-10-182334332Niki Tsongas (D) took Meehan's seat.2007-11-261994323Dennis Hastert (R) resigned.2007-12-132014341Bob Latta (R) took Gillmor's seat.
Rob Wittman (R) took Davis's seat.2007-12-152324332Julia Carson (D) died.2007-12-312004323Roger Wicker (R) resigned.2008-01-141994314Bobby Jindal (R) resigned.2008-02-021984305Richard Baker (R) resigned.2008-02-112314296Tom Lantos (D) died.2008-03-112324305Bill Foster (D) took Hastert's seat.2008-03-132334314André Carson (D) took J. Carson's seat.2008-04-102344323Jackie Speier (D) took Lantos's seat.2008-05-062354332Don Cazayoux (D) took Baker's seat.2008-05-071994341Steve Scalise (R) took Jindal's seat.
In the 2004 election, 98% of members were re-elected. In the 2007-2008 congressional sessions, there have been 6 House members who have died , and five resignations, with one seat currently vacant. The Democrats have achieved a net gain of two seats as a result of their victories in special elections. See Changes in membership, below.
Affiliation Total NotesDemocraticRepublicanVacantMembers (shading indicates
majority caucus)
Begin (2007-01-03)23320243502007-02-132014341Charlie Norwood (R) died.2007-04-222324332Juanita Millender-McDonald (D) died.2007-07-012314323Marty Meehan (D) resigned.2007-07-252024332Paul Broun (R) took Norwood's seat.2007-09-042324341Laura Richardson (D) took Millender-McDonald's seat.2007-09-052014332Paul Gilmor (R) died.2007-10-062004323Jo Ann Davis (R) died.2007-10-182334332Niki Tsongas (D) took Meehan's seat.2007-11-261994323Dennis Hastert (R) resigned.2007-12-132014341Bob Latta (R) took Gillmor's seat.
Rob Wittman (R) took Davis's seat.2007-12-152324332Julia Carson (D) died.2007-12-312004323Roger Wicker (R) resigned.2008-01-141994314Bobby Jindal (R) resigned.2008-02-021984305Richard Baker (R) resigned.2008-02-112314296Tom Lantos (D) died.2008-03-112324305Bill Foster (D) took Hastert's seat.2008-03-132334314André Carson (D) took J. Carson's seat.2008-04-102344323Jackie Speier (D) took Lantos's seat.2008-05-062354332Don Cazayoux (D) took Baker's seat.2008-05-071994341Steve Scalise (R) took Jindal's seat.
And even in the Senate- the ones who have been defeated through election are generally those who either have been caught with their hand in the cookie jar, (foot tapping in Minneapolis isn't even enough these days...) or have somehow offended masses of people- but that it pretty rare too.
Heck, remember that 2000 Missouri Senate race, a dead guy won. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/07/senate.missouri/
the system is fixed.
throw all the bums out.
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Buster
Well-known member
Stop pointing fingers..remember, when you point your finger at someone, THREE fingers are pointing back at you....
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices -- 545 human beings out of the 300 million -- are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes..
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
If the Marines are in IRAQ, it's because they want them in IRAQ.
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses -- provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
By Charlie Reese, a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices -- 545 human beings out of the 300 million -- are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes..
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
If the Marines are in IRAQ, it's because they want them in IRAQ.
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses -- provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
By Charlie Reese, a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
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