tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27654025.post187549943278082923..comments2024-03-07T03:25:23.835-08:00Comments on Political Pistachio: Publius Huldah Misses it on Article V. ConventionDouglas V. Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09388639848567082980noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27654025.post-59903632171670260412015-10-13T15:36:06.087-07:002015-10-13T15:36:06.087-07:00Like many across the country, I've spent decad...Like many across the country, I've spent decades observing the over-reach of our ever-expanding federal government, and more recently, with the introduction of social media, griping about it. It's time to focus on something more than just identifying the problems... it's time to pursue a permanent solution, to remove the fuel from the power brokers - it's time to impose mandatory term limits.<br /><br />We have them for the presidency, and thank God for that... given today's thirst for unattenuated power, I can't even imagine the frightening possibilities. It's time to impose them on the legislative and judicial branches, as well. It's time to return the country to what the Founders envisioned, a nation of Citizen Legislators who go to Washington but for a moment to contribute their service to the honorable task of self-governance, then return to their communities to live in the world they helped to create, along with the rest of us.<br /><br />It's not a silver bullet... it won't bring an end overnight to the corruption and manipulation of our electoral system by the institutional elite, but it sure as heck would make their job a whole lot harder. What the 22nd Amendment accomplished with term-limiting the Executive, a 28th could achieve by eliminating the scourge of career politicians from the Legislative, and by returning the interpretation of "Original Intent" back to the Judiciary.<br /><br />It's time. There is a solution as big as the problem… http://www.ConventionOfStates.com/problem<br />MyTwoSenseWorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736834252140972935noreply@blogger.com