On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 5:50 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?
Of course I wouldn't. Besides, there is no where to move up from the POTUS. Nor side move either. Politics is a totally different ball of wax then the private sector. Politicians spend half their time campaigning, 25% doing actual work for the people, and the other 25% with their families. Career politicians don't really know what real, results based work is. They just don't. It's all perception over reality. Thus the creative book keeping and statistic manipulations. >From both sides. dj > > 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 - > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
