tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post5755164638811556852..comments2024-03-28T11:07:52.205-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Why do so many damn near crawl before politicians?Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-25031507095177209862008-10-21T09:15:00.000-07:002008-10-21T09:15:00.000-07:00It's no coincidence that the act of deference came...It's no coincidence that the act of deference came out of the woodwork when the creatures accumulated some power.<BR/><BR/>"He who has the gold makes the rules", and prior to the New Deal expansion, they didn't have the gold.<BR/><BR/>The other element is simple human psychology. Some humans simply need a king; they cannot tolerate the burden of freedom, and so they delegate all their Power to whichever strongman they believe will beat them least.<BR/><BR/>Hence the Obamessiah.geekWithA.45https://www.blogger.com/profile/14770332791984947745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-52366604976732005152008-10-21T08:54:00.000-07:002008-10-21T08:54:00.000-07:00"If enough people started treating these clowns as..."If enough people started treating these clowns as what they are, hired help, and stopped acting like that job title made them royalty..."<BR/><BR/>Amen.<BR/><BR/>Start talking <EM>down</EM> to these people, in every way possible, and whenever mentioning or addressing them. Give them NO respect, ever. Make them earn any respect they may be due, good and hard, and every time. Never let up on any politician.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-48013795123502641452008-10-20T03:22:00.000-07:002008-10-20T03:22:00.000-07:00Amendment 28:"No one shall serve more than five t...Amendment 28:<BR/><BR/>"No one shall serve more than five terms, or portions thereof, to federal elective office, no more than two of which may be to the same office; no change in remuneration, compensation or benefit shall take effect before the third election of the body or office in which the remuneration or compensation change is approved has intervened; upon departure from federal elected office no one who serves in a federal elected office, nor any direct relative by marriage, present or prior, may be employed by or receive compensation or benefit in any form from the United States government, the sole exceptions being regular salary and benefits common to the rank held for service in the active duty military or military reserves and Secret Service protection for former Presidents and Vice Presidents, such protection limited to ten (10) years from departure from office; no one who has served in federal elected office, or their direct relative by blood or marriage, may petition any portion of the United States government for redress of grievance for any entity other than themself; no one who serves in federal elected office shall be eligible for appointment or election to any federal judicial position or position on any commission or group engaged by the U.S. government."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com