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To: blueplum; PGalt; imintrouble
"The Republicans were essentially threatened and terrorized against voting for revenue. Now [some] are facing recalls. They operate under a terrorist threat: "You vote for revenue and your career is over." I don't know why we allow that kind of terrorism to exist. I guess it's about free speech, but it's extremely unfair."
Lemme get this straight - California has term limits, and still a legislator can characterize "petition[ing] the government for a redress of grievances" as a "terrorist threat" (comparable to ACORN's bussing in people to openly case your house and neighborhood if Obama fingers you as "greedy") to the "career" of a legislator!

I think the next step after term limits is a minimum age requirement for politicians - say, about 45 years. That way nobody could get into office without having already had a career.

They love to call it "public service," while they actually treat it as a business opportunity.


13 posted on 06/28/2009 2:37:54 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The conceit of journalistic objectivity is profoundly subversive of democratic principle.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion; blueplum; All

Thanks for the ping/post/thread/comments. BTTT!


24 posted on 06/28/2009 6:49:22 AM PDT by PGalt
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