Posted by
CKHustler on Thursday, March 05, 2009 1:37:56 AM
The Same Subject Continued(The House of Representatives)
From the New York Packet. Tuesday, February 12, 1788.
HAMILTON OR MADISON
Federalist Paper #53
"the period within which human virtue can bear the temptations of power"
Clyde, you mentioned term limits, well here would be a case for them, besides common sense. The longer human are exposed to power, the more they become corrupt with it. Some take longer than others, but they all fall in the end. Without term limits this increases the number of people in each administration that are corrupt with power. With more people corrupt with power, wouldn't that lead to bad decision making? I think if Rush + others started harping on term limits, they could force congress into a decision, if say they allowed people to be grandfathered in. That way those voting wouldn't lose power, yet all those after would only have a short time. It could be possible, though it is still very unlikely.
"The important distinction so well understood in America, between a Constitution established by the people and unalterable by the
government, and a law established by the government and alterable by
the government"
I can say for certain that our congressmen do not know this difference themselves. It isn't even on a yearly basis that the constitution is under attack. Freedom of religion, rights to bear arms, freedom of speech, freedom of the press...are all under attack on a weekly to monthly basis by the left. Any religious symbol is removed simply because it is religious. God is removed from schools and kids cannot even wear Christian shirts in some places. Gun control is ever growing and this new tax on ammunition is yet another step. The fairness doctrine against radio is blatantly unconstitutional and restricts freedom of speech and that fairness doctrine spills over into freedom of the press. The PC control crowd is getting out of hand and I hear now that a student who got suspended for wearing a straight pride shirt is fighting back. There will be a backlash on this PC crowd...when is the question. To go further, Obama is on a rampage to fundamentally change this country, when he has no right! Unless he got rid of elections though, this country won't stay socialist for long I believe. An economic depression will come like never before seen and it will change many minds.
"to a government limited, as the federal government will be, by the authority of a paramount Constitution?"
Just another example of how the constitution is not simply a guide for congress to follow, but a document that if strayed from should be punishable against. If only we could have our founders alive today to clear up this mess we find ourselves in. Too bad we can't take a page from 'Underworld' and simply have them rotate decades and keep one alive at a time lol. We desperately need a Supreme Court that will reign in our government and restrain it by the constitution for once.
"No man can be a competent legislator who does not add to an upright
intention and a sound judgment a certain degree of knowledge of the
subjects on which he is to legislate."
Upright intention, sound judgement, knowledge of subjects...do any of these things describe our congress and president? Today Obama said it was a good time to invest in the stock market. Golly, do you think he was thinking at all when he said that? How many in DC have been found corrupt with Kennedy, to Jefferson or Stevens, to all of Obama's candidates for cabinet members that haven't paid their taxes? Across all party lines, these congressmen are nearly all crooks! Sound judgement can clearly not be said when they will not even listen to the General of our army because of their political views. Sound judgement is common sense, and socialism is against all common sense. Knowledge of subjects is not something I could use to describe 90% of those in congress. Having a bunch of lawyers voting on a budget is like having your kids organize your bills for the month. Bad idea. Most of them have no idea how ethanol is created or how it affects the atmosphere. Many do not know how a nuclear power plant creates power. Many of them have no idea of macro economics with the supply and demand graph for starters, and the few who do, haven't put up much of a fight the last 8 years. I could go on and on, but it is fruitless when anyone with a pinch of logic can see that this sorry bunch is a lost cause. And to think we are relying on them to jump start our economy. For now we are doomed...
"A part of this knowledge may be acquired by means of information which
lie within the compass of men in private as well as public stations."
And here is why they all lack knowledge. They are all lawyers who only became lawyers to work for the government. Most of them never had a regular private sector job, so how can they possibly know how capitalism works? We need more actual representation of the average American in congress before anything starts getting better.
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke