Political theater needs physical therapy, which requires a 1,000 word document to be divided , for example, into had 10 light items and voted on individually. It's never enough to curse the darkness if you're not willing to light a small candle. If we would commit to pray to our Heavenly Father that elected officials would do their job honorably, then our lives would have much more light than heat stroke. Anyhow, thank you Erick for doing your job conscientiously, though I fear that you don't make enough time to walk around the Block and smell the flowers.
Very astute column, Erick. But you (and we) need to consider that when the founders arrived at their historic agreement on how to organize a government, they had just vanquished the strongest army on earth (with significant help from the French), and they lived a week away from the any realistic foreign threat. I wish I had a magic formula that would solve the problem, but I don't. Erick, now that you have defined the problem so well, what can you propose to solve it??
That’s the rub Erick a 1000 page piece of legislation that nobody will read and a president won’t enforce with loopholes for everybody to hide behind the best legislation would be the kiss method for all of you democrats that would mean keep it simple stupid two pages no loopholes and everybody understands it or just enforce the laws we have Senators
I think people should know that Progressives see the Constitution as a problem. I am on a progressive site mailing list and one of their most recent articles was entitled, "What if the Constitution is the Problem?" If you goggle "what if the constitution is the problem" you will come up with several sites from prestigious (maybe in their own minds) institutions such as Yale and Harvard Law schools and the American Constitution Society. Now I didn't go and read the articles, but the sentiment on the Left is out there. They truly believe a large number of people are being disenfranchised so we need to go and fix the Constitution with things like eliminating the Electoral College, etc. Be aware.
When someone talks about eliminating the electoral college that simply means they want the right and left coasts picking the president. To me, the electoral college was and still is a brilliant idea and is also a feature, not a bug.
This is where single line items would be able to address the issues most agree on. Immigration and border control. Putting everyone’s personal projects into a thousand page bill compounds the issue and frustrates everyone. Used Car Salesman used to be the most non-trusted person on the planet. Now a politician! You know when they are lying? Their lips are moving!
Usually a do nothing congress is best. Except that the border is wide open. And the national debt is 34 trillion (with a "T"). And the world is full of people who want to kill us. And nobody seems to be able to function in DC.
Thanks again for another civics lesson at a time when very few people have ever had a class exploring the founding of our nation and what that any of this actually means.
I'm sure our Founding Fathers never expected the amount of "pork" that now gets included in these bills. I'm sure along with the US border funding there was twice as much going to Ukraine. I'm glad it failed. We need a bill for funding ONLY the US borders...and make it for a protective structure, not to pay more judges to be at the border.
Sorry for the typos. I meant to say that a 1,000 word document should be divided for example into 10 line items and voted on individually
Political theater needs physical therapy, which requires a 1,000 word document to be divided , for example, into had 10 light items and voted on individually. It's never enough to curse the darkness if you're not willing to light a small candle. If we would commit to pray to our Heavenly Father that elected officials would do their job honorably, then our lives would have much more light than heat stroke. Anyhow, thank you Erick for doing your job conscientiously, though I fear that you don't make enough time to walk around the Block and smell the flowers.
Very astute column, Erick. But you (and we) need to consider that when the founders arrived at their historic agreement on how to organize a government, they had just vanquished the strongest army on earth (with significant help from the French), and they lived a week away from the any realistic foreign threat. I wish I had a magic formula that would solve the problem, but I don't. Erick, now that you have defined the problem so well, what can you propose to solve it??
Learn something new every day! Who knew our legislature was made up of bi-curious camels??
That’s the rub Erick a 1000 page piece of legislation that nobody will read and a president won’t enforce with loopholes for everybody to hide behind the best legislation would be the kiss method for all of you democrats that would mean keep it simple stupid two pages no loopholes and everybody understands it or just enforce the laws we have Senators
I think people should know that Progressives see the Constitution as a problem. I am on a progressive site mailing list and one of their most recent articles was entitled, "What if the Constitution is the Problem?" If you goggle "what if the constitution is the problem" you will come up with several sites from prestigious (maybe in their own minds) institutions such as Yale and Harvard Law schools and the American Constitution Society. Now I didn't go and read the articles, but the sentiment on the Left is out there. They truly believe a large number of people are being disenfranchised so we need to go and fix the Constitution with things like eliminating the Electoral College, etc. Be aware.
When someone talks about eliminating the electoral college that simply means they want the right and left coasts picking the president. To me, the electoral college was and still is a brilliant idea and is also a feature, not a bug.
This is where single line items would be able to address the issues most agree on. Immigration and border control. Putting everyone’s personal projects into a thousand page bill compounds the issue and frustrates everyone. Used Car Salesman used to be the most non-trusted person on the planet. Now a politician! You know when they are lying? Their lips are moving!
Great Civics Lesson Thank you
Just wonder what founding fathers would have thought about all the current Govt Controls.
We need representatives who serve the people not the special interests.
Your 3rd paragraph shows the 17th amendment should be repealed.
Agree. I’d rather have some “crony” of Kemp than two radical progressives like Ossoff and Warnock.
True, we cannot allow Fulton to decide our Senators.
They will pick a crony for the position
Usually a do nothing congress is best. Except that the border is wide open. And the national debt is 34 trillion (with a "T"). And the world is full of people who want to kill us. And nobody seems to be able to function in DC.
Thanks again for another civics lesson at a time when very few people have ever had a class exploring the founding of our nation and what that any of this actually means.
I'm sure our Founding Fathers never expected the amount of "pork" that now gets included in these bills. I'm sure along with the US border funding there was twice as much going to Ukraine. I'm glad it failed. We need a bill for funding ONLY the US borders...and make it for a protective structure, not to pay more judges to be at the border.
Thank you for the reminder that the dysfunction we see daily in Congress does ultimatley protect us.
Excellent reminder of how this is supposed to work. Thanks, Erick!
"I would like a law that allows private citizens to execute any slowpoke in the fast lane on the interstate"
Hmmm. Even if they were proceeding at the legally posted speed limit???
Think about it.