tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post2988230650371353037..comments2023-11-02T03:10:39.674-07:00Comments on GeeeeeZ!: Obama's tiredZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-62020525662276188922009-12-31T00:16:13.484-08:002009-12-31T00:16:13.484-08:00Z,
My solution is a bit more nuanced than term li...Z,<br /><br />My solution is a bit more nuanced than term limits.<br /><br />For one, I'd repeal the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, and return to the days that individual state legislatures chose US Senators, instead of a popular vote. Senators are supposed to represent states, more specifically, they're supposed to represent state governments. They're not supposed to represent political parties, which is basically their group dynamic now.<br /><br />To change the makeup of the US Senate, you'd simply have to work, at the local level, to change your state's legislature, and they'll elect someone to the US Senate that represents the state, or the local state legislature will be dumped and a different Senator named. <br /><br />The second thing I'd change is the way Presidential Electoral College votes are counted. No more "winner takes all." Senators would vote in the Electoral College for the candidate with the most popular votes in their states. Congressmen would vote for the candidate with the most popular votes in their districts. (This system would be more democratic, and would have avoided the tragedy of electing Democrat presidents altogether from Andrew Jackson onward)<br /><br />And the third thing I would do, after restoring state government's voice in the federal government and counting the votes for President in a way that reflects the nation's true intentions, is to repeal the 12th Amendment and giving the Vice-Presidency to the candidate that came in 2nd place in the Presidential election. Imagine if only people qualified to be President ran for the job, and the two most desired candidates got the job or the VP job?<br /><br />In short, I'd undo the damage the Democratic Party has done to the US Constitution via amendment, and return it to its original language.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-91971541152906455172009-12-30T18:04:15.670-08:002009-12-30T18:04:15.670-08:00Sue - 'I would love to hear what all of you wo...Sue - 'I would love to hear what all of you would have said about W if you had been against instead of for him '<br /><br />Z - I'm not sure you got what I meant. If he were the same person but not a Republican president. Just curious how you would have viewed him. (If you don't get it just drop it. It's not worth worrying about at this point!)suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469207337699004766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-4818206180274876352009-12-30T14:17:45.185-08:002009-12-30T14:17:45.185-08:00Beamish, I agree with you ....
and love your sugg...Beamish, I agree with you ....<br /><br />and love your suggestion about drugs in this country :-)<br /><br />Do you think Term Limits would help against the way both parties' politicians are so agenda-driven and so "America LAST, after my job's secure"-driven?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-22311337531491288532009-12-30T13:41:39.086-08:002009-12-30T13:41:39.086-08:00The Republican Party hasn't nominated an actua...The Republican Party hasn't nominated an actual conservative to run for President since 1984.<br /><br />In the 2000 Republican primaries I voted for McCain over Bush, knowing neither were conservative, but both more so than the Democrats had to offer. For what I think of Bush, I believe McCain is "more conservative" than he, and I don't think McCain is really that conservative at all, less so now than 10, even 20 years ago. McCain pretty much stepped further to the left during the 8 years of Bush. I wouldn't have voted for him at all in 2008 had Sarah Palin not been on the ticket offering the chance a conservative would be President in 2012 or sooner if McCain died in office.<br /><br />Politically, I'm a "fusionist" - I hold the common ground between libertarian and conservative ideology, the "sweet spot" that created two Reagan landslide elections. I can live with a true conservative government to the point it becomes agenda-driven and divisive and social conservatism begins to conflict with libertarianism. (I often joke that hardcore drug abuse problems in America could be solved if we legalized drugs and made rehab clinics illegal - the stupid would take themselves out of the gene pool, leaving only those mature enough to be responsible for themselves. What better anti-drug message is there than a junkie dying in a gutter from his dumb choices?) <br /><br />My core political belief is opposed to the expansion of government power over individual liberty. With Republicans at least, "reducing the size of government" means less meddling in the affairs and lives of the private sector. There's a libertarian component there. With Democrats, "reducing the size of government" means eliminating Army divisions and scuttling Navy ships, which is quite frightening in its implications to this libertarian as to what a Democrat believes the government actually is. It comes down to "we're not going to regulate and tax you into becoming a ward of the state" vs. "we're gonna have less bombs to drop on your house when you refuse to submit to our agenda." <br /><br />I'll remain independent, but I'll take Republican over Democrat every time. The left-wing has a violent totalitarian streak going back to Robespierre that I can not abide.<br /><br />Republicans NEED to be the party of the right-wing. They NEED to get back to the "fusionism" of the Reagan years. <br /><br />Or, we'll continue to slide towards Obama's retro-Nazism.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-85354577587626165682009-12-30T12:02:44.947-08:002009-12-30T12:02:44.947-08:00Sue, who'd be against someone we mostly agreed...Sue, who'd be against someone we mostly agreed with? We agree with him more than we do any leftwing agenda. You know very well that I and several of my commenters weren't huge fans of Bush's. Although, I'd give anything to have him back today, of course.<br /><br />You don't really think Obama won because everyone adored him....I know Republicans who voted for Obama just because the msm had sold them the bill of goods that McCain was more Bush. They could hardly be more different, of course, but who took the time to look into it? The media's been winning....but it's fascinating that FOX is going so high in the numbers; those aren't all Conservatives, trust me. Trust the demographics.<br /><br />Re Presidents and admitting to fatigue in public, or fooling around with interns; EVERY president's done dumb stuff but I don't want to KNOW ABOUT IT. I honestly don't. We had dignity in years gone by. Some women might really argue with me that JFK's shenanigans should have been publicized (they all knew about it in the press) but what good would that do? I'm not even sure I agree that Clinton's Lewinsky thing should have come out. Honestly, I don't, looking back on it now.<br /><br />Dignity involves keeping American dirty laundry to ourselves...too much news, anything to sell ad time is killing us. I honestly believe that.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-2946440709229302972009-12-30T11:50:38.086-08:002009-12-30T11:50:38.086-08:00I would love to hear what all of you would have sa...I would love to hear what all of you would have said about W if you had been against instead of for him.<br /><br />Plenty - is my guess.<br /><br />Pris - Your comment just doesn't stand up. Human to cheat on your wife? It's just plain cheating. Letting sexual urges take over when strengh should rule. Men have been getting away with this from the beginning of time and they need be held accountable.<br /><br /><br />Who set the standard for what is presidential? Each president has had quirks that define him. Even 'King' George.suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469207337699004766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-49380451313768627152009-12-30T11:44:50.448-08:002009-12-30T11:44:50.448-08:00Tried to handcuff the CIA? That's the pure sti...Tried to handcuff the CIA? That's the pure stinky cheese.<br /><br /> This latest moron was in contact with the same radical in Yemen that the Ft. Hood shooter contacted. Obama authorized a drone flight and turned the guy into snot last week along with a couple dozen others.<br /><br /> Now just who was handcuffed?<br /><br /> The only issue here is why the eunuch jihadist wasn't given a full cavity search at the Amsterdam airport.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-86755742366698152972009-12-30T11:41:59.624-08:002009-12-30T11:41:59.624-08:00Z,
Fair enough. I call you for how you select you...Z,<br />Fair enough. I call you for how you select your words and then I choose confusing words.<br /><br />By inefficient, I meant that no part within the government can do whatever he wants on a whim. If you want alcohol banned, you can get an ammendement proposed and ratified by 3/4 of the states. You can have each state or county ban alcohol. As far as time spent, this is less efficient that an executive order, or even an act of Congress. And that is by design.<br /><br />I think liberals (and I don't mean this as a categorical statement of all liberals or conservatives) want a class of intellectuals to make decisions. We would be better off if the rest of us got out of the way and let these people do their thing. Conservatives see knowledge as being more widely distributed.<br /><br />tioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-33911269150573296552009-12-30T09:28:45.184-08:002009-12-30T09:28:45.184-08:00The Kenyan and his buddy, The Holder have tried to...The Kenyan and his buddy, The Holder have tried to handcuff the CIA.<br />And threatened to put agents in jail for doing their jobs under the Bush Administration.<br />I expect The Nigerian won't be the last terrorist to attack us .<br />It's going to be a long and horrifying three years with this bunch of incompetent fools at the helm.<br />Barry chose Incompetano to head Homeland Security.<br />But, I'm sure he'll try and blame Bush.Mr. Spadenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-50584669776510845452009-12-30T09:12:39.328-08:002009-12-30T09:12:39.328-08:00Obama does do a pretty good Lily von Schtupp imper...Obama does do a pretty good <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-pmpgrYQgs" rel="nofollow">Lily von Schtupp</a> impersonation...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-31133371423743983152009-12-30T09:11:56.885-08:002009-12-30T09:11:56.885-08:00Squandering trillions of taxpayer dollars and appo...Squandering trillions of taxpayer dollars and appointing morally degenerate, incompetent people to high positions of power is exhausting... as Leticia said, oh boo hoo!<br /><br />I have been unemployed for about a year now, almost died in a violent car crash, lost my car, almost lost my home, have recovered from 3 fractured vertebrae and a messed up shoulder, and now I have a recall on my mammogram that was done before the holiday! I'm not going to even address the fiscal disaster I have going on from medical bills (I naturally had no medical insurance at the time of the accident!) After going through the red tape of government's idea of "health care assistance", I can tell you, Government will turn health care into a nightmare and a death trap for the common, working taxpayer!!!<br /><br />I have no tears for the liberal power grabbers in Congress. None. I have worked and paid taxes since I was 16 and now during the "age of Obama... Communism"... I have lost everything. Do I want government help? NO!!! I want government to get out of my life and quit helping so I stand a chance at helping myself out of the hole. All government will do is push you deeper into the hole and throw the dirt in on top of you!<br /><br />Thanks Z... end of rant!<br /><br />HoosierArmyMomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-8550817077762473212009-12-30T06:51:37.706-08:002009-12-30T06:51:37.706-08:00I'd like to see someone else on this blog do w...I'd like to see someone else on this blog do what he does: lets see you try and appease both left wing communists and right wing Republicans, spend all the taxpayer's money on pork, give away the country to China, ignore terrorist threats, all without getting tired.highboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05832470310522193784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-9437134453354380362009-12-30T00:14:10.554-08:002009-12-30T00:14:10.554-08:00I cannot help but remember how President Bush was ...I cannot help but remember how President Bush was torn apart by the press on the day of the attacks. He did not return to Washington soon enough, he ran and hid and on and on. They never let up on him. He never once received a pass. Sure is different this time, isn't it?<br />Leticia, we cannot hope for him to resign, that would give us Biden, and I am thinking we would be in an even deeper world of hurt. If that could be possible.Gramma 2 Manyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973534029927632805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-49607513964463761812009-12-29T23:40:05.366-08:002009-12-29T23:40:05.366-08:00Sue, some would say it's human for some men to...Sue, some would say it's human for some men to cheat on their wives, but it sure is unPresidential. So is whining. Being human has nothing to do with it.<br /><br />PrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-55816873255717443412009-12-29T23:20:50.068-08:002009-12-29T23:20:50.068-08:00RK: You're tired: of ObamaRK: You're tired: of Obamasuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469207337699004766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-55690208168478057082009-12-29T22:38:19.861-08:002009-12-29T22:38:19.861-08:00I'm tired. Of Obama's whining.I'm tired. Of Obama's whining.RightKlikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04475874038428195332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-18593378756382732302009-12-29T22:37:14.174-08:002009-12-29T22:37:14.174-08:00To whom it may concern: Z did not call me an '...To whom it may concern: Z did not call me an 'asshat.' It was some chick named Pinky.<br /><br />JFK did not earn what he had in life. He was born with looks, charm, wit, intelligence, and most of all - money. His father bought the presidency for him and while president he ran some sort of sexorama.<br /><br />I know some Conservatives that I suspect are racist but I would never lump all Conseratives together and say that they are racist. I really can't say that I know any that are unkind (just on some blogs) (not this one of course.)<br /><br />Z - Grover Cleveland took a trip on a yacht to have surgery on a tumor on his jaw kept from the public. Then we advanced to reading in the paper that Jimmy Carter had hemorroids. Don't you think it's time that people know that our presidents actually get a bit fatigued now and then. Being tired is not unpresidential - it's human.suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469207337699004766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-87328741669833109912009-12-29T21:52:09.052-08:002009-12-29T21:52:09.052-08:00INTENTIONALLY?INTENTIONALLY?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-80924424635529326412009-12-29T21:51:37.429-08:002009-12-29T21:51:37.429-08:00I mean, I kind of get that no gov't can be eff...I mean, I kind of get that no gov't can be efficient..but...?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-84667902031893517572009-12-29T21:51:14.472-08:002009-12-29T21:51:14.472-08:00"In short, intentionally build inefficiencies..."In short, intentionally build inefficiencies into the government"<br /><br />Nice way to sell Conservatism? I don't get it...xxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-36404515587933136582009-12-29T21:48:47.528-08:002009-12-29T21:48:47.528-08:00If I may borrow from Thomas Sowell on the differen...If I may borrow from Thomas Sowell on the different world views...<br /><br />Democrats tend to have an unrestrained view of the good the government can do. Wouldn't it be great if an all-powerful, benevolent, omniscient government controlled health care, financial institutions, education, etc.<br /><br />Republicans tend to have a restrained view. They seek trade-offs rather than "solutions". This view accepts the fact that we won't find a government that fits the description in the paragraph above. So how do we deal with it? Federalism, checks and balances, restraint of power. In short, intentionally build inefficiencies into the government.<br /><br />tioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-12835273709262269272009-12-29T21:18:20.387-08:002009-12-29T21:18:20.387-08:00Sue, I can imagine he's tired, too...I'd b...Sue, I can imagine he's tired, too...I'd be utterly exhausted. I just think it would be better to keep that feeling within his inner circle.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-77049209702295651882009-12-29T21:17:40.458-08:002009-12-29T21:17:40.458-08:00Elbro...I don't see how you avoid talking poli...Elbro...I don't see how you avoid talking politics and I admire you for it!<br /><br />Sue...you've always been welcome here and I love that my other readers agree with me on that! I'd like it noted that I was not the person who called you an 'asshat'!! <br /><br />What didn't you like about JFK?<br /><br />And do you believe Republicans are unkind and racist, etc., as the mainstream media likes to portray?<br /><br />xxxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-76559829641235990242009-12-29T21:14:50.850-08:002009-12-29T21:14:50.850-08:00As for Obama, I am hoping that he will score bette...As for Obama, I am hoping that he will score better in the next three years. I voted for him, I like him personally, and I can just imagine that he is tired.suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469207337699004766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-5260796198396017982009-12-29T21:13:10.364-08:002009-12-29T21:13:10.364-08:00of course my mother and I have gotten in some heat...of course my mother and I have gotten in some heated arguments...in restarants etc. now she lives with me....we don't argue politics much anymore.elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.com