Set Term Limits

Set Term Limits on Congressmen Now!
By John T Jones, Ph.D.

Let’s quit screwing around with congressmen and congresswomen. They have proven that they have no respect for the American People and they think that Ethics is a city near Lancaster, England. Their legendary greed is a perk of office.

When I was a graduate student at a western university, a graduate student from Mississippi explained that a sheriff in his county would never be elected to a second term of office. He said that his county in Mississippi had retained prohibition. Selling liquor was illegal–except for those who had a license to sell liquor.

The program was perfect for everyone. The wets could get their booze, the drys were happy because booze was illegal, and the sheriff was happy because he got very wealthy monitoring the licensing system.

If a sheriff ran for a second term he was soundly defeated for having an “excessive amount of greed.”

The House has just elected a new House GOP leader to lead them on the road of ethical behavior. My local rag and the cable television news channels say that this new leader is not the perfect example of propriety. John Boehner from Ohio was voted to be the new House GOB leader after a runoff election against Roy Blunt of Missouri. (The Daily Show said there were more GOB votes than GOB voters.)

Our local rag said that Boehner is a dapper guy and can easily be recognized as the guy with cigarette in hand. My rag quoted Congressman David Hobson as saying that Boehner will be “good on TV, good on policy. Democrats fear and respect him because they know he is tough but he is also fair.”