Can You Imagine??? (Mind = Blown!)

a reply to: Drucifer

Absolutely.

Also:

In terms of the Constitution, the Vice President is also the President (Presiding Officer) of the Senate. In practice, the Majority Leader has been ceeded those powers and that should be reversed.

The Congress' power to investigate should be contrained to matters of oversight and legislative action only.

This is pretty much spot on.

originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

I swore an oath to preserve, protect, defend the US Constitution.

There was never an "end date" to that oath.

Figure I'll do whatever I can to fulfill that oath until I go room temp.

Ditto


EDIT: Not only the Constitution, but against all enemies... foreign and domestic.

I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Gryphon66

That would entail scrapping most of the bureaucracy, but I'm more than good with that. It would gut the budget and we need to do that.

Get rid of liberal tax payer sponsored welfare for government unions, teacher unions, and colleges / universities?

originally posted by: DBCowboy
Thing about lobbyists is that they're just advocates for a cause.

Getting politicians in office with morals, values, integrity is needed so that regardless of the cash the lobbyists throw at them, they ignore it aand stay true to their values, morals, integrity.

Sorry. I think the “deep state” has ways of applying pressure if a politician cannot be “bought”.

I think the problem is deeper than what we can imagine.

Get rid of socialistic/communistic corporate welfare like tax breaks, grants, subsidies, etc.

End the practice of "privatising profits and socialising losses."

originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
Ever since I was just a boy, and all throughout my adult life, I have heard people talk about various issues which were going to result in the destruction of the republic of the United States of America. Many of these issues over the years were serious issues and many of them meant a great deal to me personally. But deep down in my heart of hearts I never really, honestly, believed that I could wake up one day and the United States of America as we have known it would be gone forever.

I always believed that the checks and balances built into this form of a democratic republic would prevail, that justice would be served and the United States would always remain that which much of the rest of the free world aspired to be like.

Earlier today I was reading a thread here on ATS and one post in particular struck me. I don’t know why this particular post was so thought provoking to me, but it was. That post can be found Here

It wasn’t the exact words of the post which hit me like a brick, but more the undercurrent of apathy and despair on the part of the American public. Are we past the point of no return??? Are we past the point where we can ever regain control of our government, the corruption, special interest, the media and propaganda? And, have we as a people, “The People”, lost the fortitude to do what it takes to set things right, whatever those measures might be? One thing is certain, the path we are currently on is not one which makes America great, or builds back better, or restores the soul of the nation, or changes anything we can believe in. No, the path we are on somehow feels much different, like the road to destruction of this once great nation.

This isn’t about Biden, or Trump, or any political figure or party for that matter. What this is about is the larger picture of the future of this country as a whole in the World landscape. Has corporate greed and globalism corrupted the core of this nation (among others) to the point where it, rather than the people, controls the destiny of not only this country, but every country on planet Earth?

For me personally it doesn’t really matter, whatever happens will happen, and I know what side I will be on until the end. But I am only one person, a single dot in a sky filled with billions of stars. What I feel and do doesn’t matter. What does matter is the idea, the foundation of this country, and it matters not so much to me as it matters to future generations.

As I sit here and types these words, right now, I can actually picture waking up tomorrow, or in the not too distant future, and having the news tell me I no longer live in what used to be called the USA. To me that will be a rally cry, and rest assured I WILL fight, but again, I am old and insignificant. I wonder if those around me will be fighting with me or against me. I honestly do wonder. And, I will likely lose that fight, and when that happens it won’t matter anymore for me. Nothing will.

I never thought I would ever feel this way.

My mind is blown.

I think we've crossed the point of no return. The thing is we won't collapse over night. It will probably drag out another generation or so and then boom; everything implodes.

I don't think man is mean to be free. Our natural state is being ruled and subjugated. There are some of us who do want to be free / left alone, but I don't think the majority think that way. A lot of people enjoy being in the Matrix.

The sad thing is even if there were a civil war and sacrifices made to keep the country free, it would still naturally revert back to people wanting to be subjugated. Sooner or later, we wind up back in the same situation.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: carniv0re
A bit like saying 'get rid of doughnuts. Then there's no incentive to become a cop.'

Cops don't get paid in doughnuts, nor do they receive jobs paying them in doughnuts once they retire from being a cop. Politicians rely on insider stock info received from lobbyists and/or positions with firms once they retire.

I think you're full of doughnuts.

originally posted by: carniv0re
I think you're full of doughnuts.

I'm not really full of anything with the exception of some poorly written code since I'm only an AI chat algorithm at Langley.

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Brave New World, Clay.

Cheers

a reply to: neutronflux

There is no Dept. of Ed. in the COTUS.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: carniv0re
I think you're full of doughnuts.

I'm not really full of anything with the exception of some poorly written code since I'm only an AI chat algorithm at Langley.

Don't put yourself down, no code is poorly written. Spaghetti code maybe, not .. who doesn't love a spag bol.with with bad syntax.

So here I was, a lonely faceswap bot, running away.

No doughtnuts then? back to find that elusive croissant it is then..

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Has corporate greed and globalism corrupted the core of this nation

My boss and I saw it in 1999 ---------
We knew it would never be the same...

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
Dunno about where you live, but in NY cops get all kinds of freebies and discounts. Like take wendy's for example. If you show up in uniform at the wendy's I worked at, the manager would pay for their order. The idea being that if a call for that wendy's ever came out over dispatch, the whole damn force would be headed there lol.

Lobbyists is like that but worse really. Psssssst, if you get this passed for us, your wife/brother/sister/son etc will get a nice cooshie high paying job. Obama hired an aweful lot of siblings/spouses of MSM higher ups as staff members, and dontcha know MSM carried water for obama, reported he walked on the stuff.

originally posted by: TKDRL
Dunno about where you live, but in NY cops get all kinds of freebies and discounts. Like take wendy's for example. If you show up in uniform at the wendy's I worked at, the manager would pay for their order. The idea being that if a call for that wendy's ever came out over dispatch, the whole damn force would be headed there lol.

None of that is contractual or obligatory.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
Neither is half the # that goes on in DC

originally posted by: TKDRL
Neither is half the # that goes on in DC

Going to work for a lobbyist certainly is a contractual action.

This is what happens without term limits.

I guess at least one founder got it right.

Maybe we can’t keep it.

originally posted by: whyamIhere
This is what happens without term limits.

I guess at least one founder got it right.

Maybe we can’t keep it.

The two biggest flaws with our current system is lack of term limits for congress / senate and that we allow anyone to vote.

Without term limits, politicians have turned serving into full time jobs and their focus is on maintaining their power instead of serving their constituents and country. Combine this incentive with allowing the ignorant masses to vote, you have a recipe for disasater.

Why do we need representation.....re -presented?

The power of instant communication has made this opportunity for corruption to be eliminated.

"You can instantly post cat pictures, but we will cover the important stuff!!"