[Quix]

Well said on all points.

THX for your kind words.

I have often thought that there should be a provision for the top 1% or 3% or 5% of elected officials to be allowed to serve half again or twice as long as the rest.

The criteria for deciding top X% should include humility, selflessness, objectivity, utter lack of corruption by special interests, faithfulness to the Constitution, wisdom and the like. Perhaps 45% of the decision to be decided by voters nationally and 55% to be decided by a grass roots citizens group selected somewhat like a jury but made up of acclaimed hard working citizens known for their humility, wisdom, selflessness, fairness, discernment etc. in their locales. Almost each locale has such people. But by definition, they don't seek acclaim. Let them decide key personnel issues for potentially longer terms [I typed "germs" first] of elected officials.

[backtothestreets]

I can tell by your comments that you have good convictions and intents. I know of no way to judge the humility, wisdom, selflessness, fairness, discernment you mention except to look for applications in the lives of our elected.

I am hopeful people everywhere start to understand a few basic truths. Among those are:

Being good for business does not automatically make something good for our nation. If it were so, these people would stop squawking about abortion, stop squawking about our businesses relocating overseas, and be quite satisfied with the recent ruling by the Supreme Court on eminent domain, to name a few instances. These people must stop thinking that whatever is good for business is good for America. It's just not true.

Just because someone speaks of God doesn't mean he or she is in harmony with God.

There are many factions of our population now claiming the mantle of conservatism, but some, maybe too many, are just using it as a device to increase their own personal gain of wealth and power.