I have to disgree with your assesment of politicains there Don. We had in the news here yesterday a poll. Apperently the majority of the votine public do not think that politicains understand family matters. I find that strange as I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of them have family of their own.
They are just people, like us, they make correct and incorrect desicions, like us. Ahhh but them I'm the kind of person willing to forgive, so perhaps that is my own personal bias showing huh. On a more serious note though, agian this mornings news contained a report about how we the general public view single parents, not well, according to this report. Agian I find this one strange as being a member of the general public I know many single parents and I don't think I am the only one, I view them as brave people who generaly put their childs welfare above their own. Perhaps then the report really highlights what the media has to say? On 22 Feb, 22:28, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > 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. 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