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[It's HK-47]

That man sure does love his victory laps.

 

[WinchesterPremium]

The problem with term limits is not the politicians, it's the lobbyists. There was an anecdote I heard from one Congresscritter (I believe it was a state legislator and also a Republican, but thats neither here nor there) who campaigned on a "term limits" platform. He described getting to the capitol and meeting with some big lobbyist for the first time, and as a naive well-meaning newcomer, he confidently asserted that he had no intentions of "selling out" his constituents for big corporate dollars. The lobbyist leaned back in his chair, smiled, and calmly told him that he didn't need to cooperate. He had campaigned with a promise to only serve X terms, but the lobbyist had made no such promise. The lobby merely needed to wait until he stepped down and was replaced by some other person, more pliable and willing to play the game.

The congressperson said that he never felt more despondent about the fate of democracy than in that moment. I can sympathize. Money speaks volumes louder than words, and until the swamp is drained, the will of the people will take second place to the will of the corporations. I still support term limits, but am far less enthused about what effect it would have.

That definitely sounds like a fake story lol. Was that Congressperson Albert Einstein? Did the lobbyist pull out a massive cigar and give an evil laugh?

That logic doesn't really fix things either. If we assume the amount of congressmen willing to listen to lobbyist are equal in both cases, then having no term limits just means the congressmen who do listen to lobbyist can keep doing so for life in this scenario, while in the term limit scenario they would get replaced with someone who may or may not listen to them.

 

[verissimus]

...ffs. How is Trump this lucky : https://www.theblaze.com/news/white...-leader-qassim-al-rimi-killed-in-us-airstrike

 

[PantsFreeZone]

President Trump blew up another terrorist (The guy who took credit for the Pensacola attack) and Twitter Lefties responded to the news with rational and completely sane takes.

Just kidding. They did what they does.

The White House on Twitter

“At the direction of President Trump, the U.S. conducted a counterterrorism operation in Yemen that successfully eliminated Qasim al-Rimi, a founder and the leader of al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula and a deputy to al-Qa’ida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. https://t.co/ayOmTpzH04”

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jessica on Twitter

“@WhiteHouse Can we please stop blowing other people up for a while?!”

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Please, stop killing mass murderers. They have feelings too.

 

[Ghostse]

The problem with term limits is not the politicians, it's the lobbyists. There was an anecdote I heard from one Congresscritter (I believe it was a state legislator and also a Republican, but thats neither here nor there) who campaigned on a "term limits" platform. He described getting to the capitol and meeting with some big lobbyist for the first time, and as a naive well-meaning newcomer, he confidently asserted that he had no intentions of "selling out" his constituents for big corporate dollars. The lobbyist leaned back in his chair, smiled, and calmly told him that he didn't need to cooperate. He had campaigned with a promise to only serve X terms, but the lobbyist had made no such promise. The lobby merely needed to wait until he stepped down and was replaced by some other person, more pliable and willing to play the game.

The congressperson said that he never felt more despondent about the fate of democracy than in that moment. I can sympathize. Money speaks volumes louder than words, and until the swamp is drained, the will of the people will take second place to the will of the corporations. I still support term limits, but am far less enthused about what effect it would have.

A lack of term limits is arguably why American politics is so fucked right now. Most of the people there have been there since before I was born. I don’t think half of them know what the world outside of DC looks like anymore.

The problem isn't term limits. The problem is lobbyists.

Look at commiefornia to see all the left's pet practices demoed and failing.
Commiefornia has a senate and a house, but they are the exact same (popular election) and they have term limits of 12 years in state congress between any combination of the two.

You now have a situation where the government is run by pages, lobbists, and the greater party apparatus because no one stays long enough to get any political clout. You also have state congress critters doing really dumb "feels" shit because they can't get reelected so they just try to make the party look good.
Term limits have basically turned the state into a DNC Dictatorship, because no one is well versed enough or has enough clout to fight the party elite. You vote enbloc for the DNC policies, and that's it; worst case is you are the god of charisma and you fuck up their plans for a little over a decade, and then the party machines picks right back up where it started.
Additionally, the fact its all population determined also means that your state bills only have to be popular in LA and SF and that's enough state government to get a bill through.

Term limits SHOULD be something the parties are taking care of "out of band" - getting their old guard to train up successors and basically telling their politicians when its time to step down and let the next guy in.

I think there should be some sort of turn-over mandated for the House, but the Senate is pretty much built around the idea of being run fossils so I don't think term limits there would yield any sort of good results. The senate is supposed to be less reactionary, which is why they have terms that are longer than the president's.
For the house, I think a policy of something like "Can't serve more than 5 terms in a row" would cut that nice line of reducing 'incumbant inertia' without reducing the house to nothing more than easily manipulated political neophytes.


The other thing to consider is term limits will give us more AOCs and people like "The squad" so I'm pretty sure I'm fine with the way its working now.
But really, if you put term limits on lobbyists (Sorry, "Political Consultants" is the new term I believe) that would do more to fixing the issues with American politics than anything else.

 

[Crystal Golem]

TDS: knee deep in yentas edition

Lady if I bring your bags to your car will you just leave?

No he didn't you stupid bitch cause even if they had the internet when Mitch was in college he had better things to do than write shite blogs and get regret raped in cheap wine bars... Unlike you.

 

[Nobunaga]

There's a lot of obsession with demographics in general there. I don't get it.

A certain supervisor has a certain obsession with boomers and probably daddy issues

 

[Cubanodun]

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That man sure does love his victory laps.

I mean it was a easy and dumb victory, he did the equivalent of "Luigi win by doing absolutely nothing" in real life

 

[Cosmug]

The problem isn't term limits. The problem is lobbyists.

Look at commiefornia to see all the left's pet practices demoed and failing.
Commiefornia has a senate and a house, but they are the exact same (popular election) and they have term limits of 12 years in state congress between any combination of the two.

You now have a situation where the government is run by pages, lobbists, and the greater party apparatus because no one stays long enough to get any political clout. You also have state congress critters doing really dumb "feels" shit because they can't get reelected so they just try to make the party look good.
Term limits have basically turned the state into a DNC Dictatorship, because no one is well versed enough or has enough clout to fight the party elite. You vote enbloc for the DNC policies, and that's it; worst case is you are the god of charisma and you fuck up their plans for a little over a decade, and then the party machines picks right back up where it started.
Additionally, the fact its all population determined also means that your state bills only have to be popular in LA and SF and that's enough state government to get a bill through.

Term limits SHOULD be something the parties are taking care of "out of band" - getting their old guard to train up successors and basically telling their politicians when its time to step down and let the next guy in.

I think there should be some sort of turn-over mandated for the House, but the Senate is pretty much built around the idea of being run fossils so I don't think term limits there would yield any sort of good results. The senate is supposed to be less reactionary, which is why they have terms that are longer than the president's.
For the house, I think a policy of something like "Can't serve more than 5 terms in a row" would cut that nice line of reducing 'incumbant inertia' without reducing the house to nothing more than easily manipulated political neophytes.


The other thing to consider is term limits will give us more AOCs and people like "The squad" so I'm pretty sure I'm fine with the way its working now.
But really, if you put term limits on lobbyists (Sorry, "Political Consultants" is the new term I believe) that would do more to fixing the issues with American politics than anything else.

I am generally not convinced by the idea that we need career politicians, mostly because I don’t think politics is the only place on earth where you can learn how to talk bullshit, collect favors, and practice soft power manipulation and management. It’s certainly an expert level course in all those. I’m mostly an advocate of term limits because of how severely our system benefits the incumbent. Stumble your way in because no one ran against you? Vote present for ten years and you’re set for life.
The problem is a lot closer to what you describe where the actual job is done by immortal, unelected functionaries and lobbyists. The elected representatives’ job is to hold down a chair, look pretty, and sign the bills that ConglomCo and Jim whose outlived five predecessors negotiated a year before they were elected. How do you put term limits on people who don’t get publicly elected is the question. I can’t think of anything that would make people less satisfied with government than the idea that all the leaders they get to pick are the marketing team for a machine that does whatever the fuck it wants.

 

[Dante Alighieri]

...ffs. How is Trump this lucky : https://www.theblaze.com/news/white...-leader-qassim-al-rimi-killed-in-us-airstrike

This makes me wonder how many other presidents had the locations of top level assholes and never pulled the trigger.

 

[Gehenna]

This makes me wonder how many other presidents had the locations of top level assholes and never pulled the trigger.

To be... fair. A lot of the info that Trump is working off of was probably obtained by and through things set up by Bush and Obama. They likely didn't have the info and were instead spreading out the intelligence apparatus for many things. Trump, meanwhile, is using that setup and focusing on decapitating the snake instead of that, region building, and whatever else prior presidents were working on.

 

[verissimus]

I am generally not convinced by the idea that we need career politicians,

We don't. It's politics, not rocket science. Trump has had no political experience whatsoever and yet he still manages to run circles around these so-called "experienced" career politicians.

And as for the whole concern regarding lobbyists, the only thing I can say is that while that problem will not suddenly disappear over night. What is certain is that, it is tied with our current stupid, unconstitutional big government model with its obsession with regularly passing new laws and regulations. Each time that occurs, you can always expect the lobbyist to be there either writing the damn bill or expecting the government to give them exemptions to those laws and regulations.

 

[School of Fish]

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Yes! This is what I wanted!

Well what's wrong with traditional architecture? If you ask me it looks far better than most of the crap modern architects built to desecrates cites.
So here are some examples of why traditional architecture is simply better.

Lincoln Memorial. Washington D.C., United States.

Tarasp Castle. Scuol, Switzerland.

Himeji Castle. Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan.

La Moneda Palace. Santiago, Chile.

Brussels, Belgium.

Paris, France.

Copenhagen, Denmark.

Madrid, Spain.

As you can see this stuff looks far better than the crap that modernist architects built.

Denver Public Library. Denver, Colorado. USA.

Boston City Hall. Boston, Massachusetts. USA.

This is just further proof that these people have no taste in anything good at all.

 

[Jigglyjogglers]

This makes me wonder how many other presidents had the locations of top level assholes and never pulled the trigger.

Obama supposedly had Bin Laden's exact location for months before finally pulling the trigger when he thought the timing was right for maximum political gain.

 

[Psyduck]

Well what's wrong with traditional architecture? If you ask me it looks far better than most of the crap modern architects built to desecrates cites.
So here are some examples of why traditional architecture is simply better.

Lincon Memorial. Washington D.C., United States.

Tarasp Castle. Scuol, Switzerland.

Himeji Castle. Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan.

La Moneda Palace. Santiago, Chile.

Brussels, Belgium.

Paris, France.

Copenhagen, Denmark.

Madrid, Spain.

As you can see this stuff looks far better than the crap that modernist architects built.

Denver Public Library. Denver, Colorado. USA.

Boston City Hall. Boston, Massachusetts. USA.

This is just further proof that these people have no taste in anything good at all.

Minimalism is progress you racist fucking bigot

 

[Cubanodun]

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Tfw you cope so hard you convince yourself getting Mitt to cross the aisle made all of this worth it.

Pfft claiming that only 1 senator flipped is a major victory? fuck off, and love those head canons, Trump furious? he is pretty much dabbing on all of you, dont you have better things to do like... i don't know try to win a election?

 

[Based Papa John]

Boomer has basically devolved into “older person I personally don’t like” leading to a lot of misuse of the term.
And then there are the people who try to promote boomer as a “mindset”.

Exactly. I do find it amusing that Boomers are getting so much flack for being "right-wing" when these guys were hippie and proto-SJW's at a time when it wasn't fashionable.

 

[Crystal Golem]

Suck off belly-slithering religious maniacs to own the nazis.

Sir are you aware your tongue is in contact with a mormon's ass?

 

[Robert James]

Well what's wrong with traditional architecture? If you ask me it looks far better than most of the crap modern architects built to desecrates cites.
So here are some examples of why traditional architecture is simply better.

Lincon Memorial. Washington D.C., United States.

Tarasp Castle. Scuol, Switzerland.

Himeji Castle. Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan.

La Moneda Palace. Santiago, Chile.

Brussels, Belgium.

Paris, France.

Copenhagen, Denmark.

Madrid, Spain.

As you can see this stuff looks far better than the crap that modernist architects built.

Denver Public Library. Denver, Colorado. USA.

Boston City Hall. Boston, Massachusetts. USA.

This is just further proof that these people have no taste in anything good at all.

You don't understand, Back then it was hard to make a building so when you made it you made sure it looked good. Now that we have a greater understanding of materials, wind flow, weight distribution, etc it's easy to slap together a building that looks good so to stand out it has to look bad. I mean ignore the fact that people travel to places like Dubai to see there modern marvels people want buildings that look like the physical manifestation of depression.

Honestly, If I was to guess why modern architecture sucks nowadays I'd put it up to a combination of Needing to look different, A seething hatred of the past, the need to destroy the concept of beauty to delegitimize the pasts accomplishments, Construction companies realizing they can get away with making half a building, modern art seeping into architecture, not letting the citizens getting a say on how the building is designed, and that our political overlords want us to get used to the bug man style.

 

[It's HK-47]

Holding him accountable for what? The entire investigative team that you were a part of ruled that he wasn't guilty of any of the crimes that you were investigating him for allegedly committing. You're a failure and a loser, Strzok, and no amount of wishful thinking or revisionist history is going to change that.

You had your chance, you took your shot, and you found nothing.

In other news, A.G. Barr has notified federal agents and lawyers that they cannot open investigations into 2020 presidential candidates, their campaigns, or advisers without his approval. Sorry guys, but you don't get to pull a Russia 2.0 without running it by Barr, first.