[cynicom]

One...

There two evil things that the Founding Fathers, never wanted, and never thot would happen. They envisioned for this country, citizen legislators and a citizen military.

First we got professional politicians with a lifetime grip on power and then we got a professional military. Now the professional legislators want to give the professional military the power of arrest.

I do not think the Founding Fathers would ever agree with this.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree with you. And further I'd agree to limiting terms in Congress. The sessions should be only a few months in length and they shouldn't be paid to do the job other than housing and some Congressional related expenses. As for lobbyists, I'd eliminate entirely their ability to do anything beneficial for members of Congress.

These guys have entirely too much time on their hands. Limit the sessions and reduce the scope of the federal government commensurate with the original intent of the founding fathers.

As for the military, in this day and age there's a mandate to have a professional service. As the world shrank, it made it impossible to simply police our own shores. We have to project elsewise we fight all future battles on our own soil.

But I do grow rather weary of policing everyone elses borders while our own is comrpomised nightly.