It has long been said that term limits are for the purview of the voter...each election is another choice...freedom I say.
On Feb 22, 3:50 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > I actualy have no problems with this concept. I think of it this way. > > No matter what we think of any politician they are, like the rest of > us, merely performing within the remit of their employment. With any > worker the idea is not remain at the same level for the course of your > working life, but to move on upwards. Would you have similar problems > with the tire fitter moving sideways and upwards to car mechanice? > > On 21 Feb, 22:24, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Sheesh. With comments like these from my European friends it > > perplexes me how us Americans are accused of "swollen head syndrome." > > Must be our superior athletic abilities... > > > The main issue with me is having a cult of personality like a head of > > state remain in an important and pivotal political role after his term > > is over. It allows for him/her to garner too much power. The balance > > is upset. I believe this is true no matter who the leader is. Even a > > paragon such as Ronald Reagan. They should go into the job with the > > knowledge they have a maximum of 8 years to get things done. After > > that it's time to play golf and write your memoirs and build houses > > for poor people and raise money for charity/disaster victims. Stay > > out of politics. > > > dj > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:30 PM, frantheman <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > One could add that those democracies which use a more sophisticated > > > mixture of legislative/executive structures. with the practical, day- > > > to-day executive elected by and responsible to parliament, don't seem > > > to need term limits. Governments are elected by parliament and, should > > > they lose their majorities (either through the collapse of coalitions > > > or, more usually, as a result of general elections) are replaced by > > > them. Prime Ministers lose their positions, go into opposition, and > > > are occasionally even reelected some years later. It's only in the > > > rarer, more primitive forms of republics, based on an eighteenth > > > century model which simply replaces a monarchial executive with a > > > presidential one (e.g. USA, France and Russia), that the concept of > > > term limits is even seems to be necessary. > > > > Francis > > > > On 21 Feb., 22:11, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Don, > > > >> There's no limit on terms here in the UK. However, as the current Labour > > >> government has found out (lead by Blair or Brown), if you're in power for > > >> much more than a decade you end up rewriting your own policies and the > > >> population falls out of love with you. Obama on the Supreme Court sounds > > >> like a good idea -- he'll probably be be able to say awake during events > > >> and > > >> meetings, unlike some of the geriatrics serving there now. > > > >> Right now America could probably do with abandoning democracy altogether > > >> and > > >> coming back under British rule. It'll be for your own good. We're living > > >> in > > >> a time where, because of your clumsy foreign policies, more people are > > >> offended by the American flag than the flag of Nazi Germany. We'll show > > >> you > > >> how to do it properly without drawing too much attention to yourself -- > > >> just > > >> like we're doing with our theft of the Argentinian's oil. It'll do you > > >> good, > > >> rolling with the pros. > > > >> Ian > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > ""Minds Eye"" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.-Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
