Weird part of politics. At an age when most of us are slowing down, looking at the odds against us living much more, politicians are running for office or reelection. Anthropologically, humans rarely made it to 50. Even today the average age is 70. Yet we have DC filled with people who could croak any day. Trump is at an age and so is Biden that they could fall over tomorrow. Congress is the biggest nursing home in the country. Sane people plan that they are on limited time and retire if they can. They may keep busy, but at stuff that if undone, oh well. Do politicians think they are immortal or what. Of course I know there was that Senator that stayed in office til a million years old. At least, we THINK he was still alive. We even saw a Pope who realized at his age it was too much to continue and stepped aside. But, the egos of politicians never quits.
Orzzz: Weird part of politics. At an age when most of us are slowing down, looking at the odds against us living much more, politicians are running for office or reelection. Anthropologically, humans rarely made it to 50. Even today the average age is 70. Yet we have DC filled with people who could croak any day. Trump is at an age and so is Biden that they could fall over tomorrow. Congress is the biggest nursing home in the country. Sane people plan that they are on limited time and retire if they can. They may keep busy, but at stuff that if undone, oh well. Do politicians think they are immortal or what. Of course I know there was that Senator that stayed in office til a million years old. At least, we THINK he was still alive. We even saw a Pope who realized at his age it was too much to continue and stepped aside. But, the egos of politicians never quits.
I think the lifetime politicians are what we call the swamp.. Schumer, Biden and Pelosi are a few good examples.. We need to limit term time, and do it quick.. They are trying to run this country into a hole that we can't get out of...... JS
mikey4691: I think the lifetime politicians are what we call the swamp.. Schumer, Biden and Pelosi are a few good examples.. We need to limit term time, and do it quick.. They are trying to run this country into a hole that we can't get out of...... JS
then on top of that you have the un-elected Bureaucrats that have been creating havoc in the Country for a long time!
Conrad73: then on top of that you have the un-elected Bureaucrats that have been creating havoc in the Country for a long time!
Oh I know, and the list goes on...
Seems like one of these crazies that shoots up a school, or an innocent crowd, would apply themselves a little better, and do us all a favor, before they are put away??
mikey4691: I think the lifetime politicians are what we call the swamp.. Schumer, Biden and Pelosi are a few good examples.. We need to limit term time, and do it quick.. They are trying to run this country into a hole that we can't get out of...... JS
Yup - THEY are running YOUR country into such enormous holes FOR PERSONAL FINANCIAL GAIN For profits that they are too stupid to realise they will never live to enjoy ... makes you wonder 'Why do they hate the rest of their own countrymen so much as to cause all of these troubles that will continue long after their own deaths ... ???'
Good question - why don't you (The People) act to place time limits on term as you have with PoTUS ?
Answer: Because even though THEY are YOUR representaives (in theory at least) THEY will ALWAYS LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN PERSONAL, PRIVATE INTERESTS AHEAD OF YOURS !
( Go check out 'Contingency Theory as it relates to management and politics)
Solution: Personally, looking at a fair bit history I have never seen this resolved in any way other than by revolution / civil war and / or war that extended beyond the national borders. And, when a nation is looking inward to fight itself, it becomes wide open to invasion from outside ...
HexagonKeySet: Yup - THEY are running YOUR country into such enormous holes FOR PERSONAL FINANCIAL GAIN For profits that they are too stupid to realise they will never live to enjoy ... makes you wonder 'Why do they hate the rest of their own countrymen so much as to cause all of these troubles that will continue long after their own deaths ... ???'
Good question - why don't you (The People) act to place time limits on term as you have with PoTUS ?
Answer: Because even though THEY are YOUR representaives (in theory at least) THEY will ALWAYS LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN PERSONAL, PRIVATE INTERESTS AHEAD OF YOURS !
( Go check out 'Contingency Theory as it relates to management and politics)
Solution: Personally, looking at a fair bit history I have never seen this resolved in any way other than by revolution / civil war and / or war that extended beyond the national borders. And, when a nation is looking inward to fight itself, it becomes wide open to invasion from outside ...
Listen you Kiwi just stay isolated in your little island and be glad we exist because you wouldn't
"Kiwi" makes more sense than you. It is the truth. The elite rule and we are no more than the peasants clustered around the castle hoping some bread gets tossed to us.
There should be an accountability and the Republican party no longer is that party. Everyone of those Republican Senators should be voted out as soon as they are up for election if they cannot stand up for the American people after what we have gone through with Trump. It is time to Dump Trump, and everyone of these coward Republican Senators who voted to not impeach him. It is time to make a house cleaning this November. Let's do it!
spungey: There should be an accountability and the Republican party no longer is that party. Everyone of those Republican Senators should be voted out as soon as they are up for election if they cannot stand up for the American people after what we have gone through with Trump. It is time to Dump Trump, and everyone of these coward Republican Senators who voted to not impeach him. It is time to make a house cleaning this November. Let's do it!
Seems to me that you libtards are the ones making all the trouble.. Look at the wasted tax dollars on investigations that never show proof of anything... Get real...
Orzzz: Weird part of politics. At an age when most of us are slowing down, looking at the odds against us living much more, politicians are running for office or reelection. Anthropologically, humans rarely made it to 50. Even today the average age is 70. Yet we have DC filled with people who could croak any day. Trump is at an age and so is Biden that they could fall over tomorrow. Congress is the biggest nursing home in the country. Sane people plan that they are on limited time and retire if they can. They may keep busy, but at stuff that if undone, oh well. Do politicians think they are immortal or what. Of course I know there was that Senator that stayed in office til a million years old. At least, we THINK he was still alive. We even saw a Pope who realized at his age it was too much to continue and stepped aside. But, the egos of politicians never quits.
Orzzz: Weird part of politics. At an age when most of us are slowing down, looking at the odds against us living much more, politicians are running for office or reelection. Anthropologically, humans rarely made it to 50. Even today the average age is 70. Yet we have DC filled with people who could croak any day. Trump is at an age and so is Biden that they could fall over tomorrow. Congress is the biggest nursing home in the country. Sane people plan that they are on limited time and retire if they can. They may keep busy, but at stuff that if undone, oh well. Do politicians think they are immortal or what. Of course I know there was that Senator that stayed in office til a million years old. At least, we THINK he was still alive. We even saw a Pope who realized at his age it was too much to continue and stepped aside. But, the egos of politicians never quits.
And that stands in stark contrast to the fact that there is no job for life anymore or a church to go to on Sunday. The IQ is 90 and he comes from a long line of toilet cleaners but of course he can re-invent himself every 5 minutes. 30 jobs by the time you're 30.
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Orzzz: Weird part of politics. At an age when most of us are slowing down, looking at the odds against us living much more, politicians are running for office or reelection. Anthropologically, humans rarely made it to 50. Even today the average age is 70. Yet we have DC filled with people who could croak any day. Trump is at an age and so is Biden that they could fall over tomorrow. Congress is the biggest nursing home in the country. Sane people plan that they are on limited time and retire if they can. They may keep busy, but at stuff that if undone, oh well. Do politicians think they are immortal or what. Of course I know there was that Senator that stayed in office til a million years old. At least, we THINK he was still alive. We even saw a Pope who realized at his age it was too much to continue and stepped aside. But, the egos of politicians never quits.
They are more worried about how much money people are going to give them. Retirement 80 percent of the planet could retire really happy with perks on just a month of thier wages
spungey: There should be an accountability and the Republican party no longer is that party. Everyone of those Republican Senators should be voted out as soon as they are up for election if they cannot stand up for the American people after what we have gone through with Trump. It is time to Dump Trump, and everyone of these coward Republican Senators who voted to not impeach him. It is time to make a house cleaning this November. Let's do it!
Have you looked at the DemoTrash in House and Senate?
Not even a pub to go to on a Friday if they keep it up with these masks. Not that that particularly bothers me that much it's just that we'll be left with nothing but capitalism at its worst: the English Premier League. Call me a socialist but a hardworking engineer frankly is worth more than Wayne Rooney who would have been happy with a tyre on a rope.
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Anthropologically, humans rarely made it to 50. Even today the average age is 70. Yet we have DC filled with people who could croak any day.
Trump is at an age and so is Biden that they could fall over tomorrow. Congress is the biggest nursing home in the country. Sane people plan that they are on limited time and retire if they can. They may keep busy, but at stuff that if undone, oh well.
Do politicians think they are immortal or what. Of course I know there was that Senator that stayed in office til a million years old. At least, we THINK he was still alive.
We even saw a Pope who realized at his age it was too much to continue and stepped aside. But, the egos of politicians never quits.