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From the NYT:

First Victim in Judicial Fight: Congress's Image

By CARL HULSE
Published: May 22, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 21 - With the Senate filibuster fight approaching its climax, one of the biggest questions on Capitol Hill is: who's winning? At the moment, the answer appears to be no one - at least from a political perspective.

Comment: It seems capitol hill continues to head down hill, but doesn't realize anything in their environment - but especially the American People. They continue to destroy America while their most important issues are to save one brain dead woman. How sad.

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It does seem that they spend a great deal of time building up to doing something. They talk about it, they fight about it, the press eats it all up, and on the off chance that something is actually done, it is almost anticlimactic.
I guess they think that it gives the people the impression that they are preforming for us.

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Imagine if they got paid based upon performance.

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au1929 wrote:

Imagine if they got paid based upon performance.

Give them base salary contracts with performance incentives. The better they do, the more they make. However, you would have to also include the clause about money being taken back for wasting taxpayer money. Maybe that would help cut down on the pork and greatly reduce the number of "lifers".
On the subject of lifers, if they have been around for so long, and nothing has really changed, aren't they now part of the problem, not the solution.

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You mean you want them to accomplish something? Let's take some time, and think this over.

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Re Lifers. Term limits would solve that situation. Age limits should also be set. We do not need another Strom Thurmond.

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roger wrote:

You mean you want them to accomplish something? Let's take some time, and think this over.

Years, I hope.

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roger wrote:

You mean you want them to accomplish something? Let's take some time, and think this over.

The most cogent observation i've read in the politics forum in a month of Sundays . . .

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tommrr wrote:

au1929 wrote:
Imagine if they got paid based upon performance.

Give them base salary contracts with performance incentives. The better they do, the more they make.

better yet, straight commission. and no more phoning it in either. hell, make 'em punch the clock!!

cut the post service insurance and stipends. if we end the gravy train for all of these alledged public servants, ya know, the way that some like our esteemed governator wants to do for our state employees, may, just maybe we'll get some more folks in that aren't just there to make easy money. and if all you really have to do is walk around parroting the party line, go to fund raisers and abroad in between hurling verbal excrement at the opposing party, thats' just what it is, easy money

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Don'tTreadOnMe wrote

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better yet, straight commission. and no more phoning it in either. hell, make 'em punch the clock!!

cut the post service insurance and stipends. if we end the gravy train for all of these alledged public servants, ya know, the way that some like our esteemed governator wants to do for our state employees, may, just maybe we'll get some more folks in that aren't just there to make easy money. and if all you really have to do is walk around parroting the party line, go to fund raisers and abroad in between hurling verbal excrement at the opposing party, thats' just what it is, easy money

Just imagine the screaming of an Arnold type idea on a national level.

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Oh, and by the way, I like your idea better than my original one.

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DontTreadOnMe wrote:

. . . and if all you really have to do is walk around parroting the party line, go to fund raisers and abroad in between hurling verbal excrement at the opposing party, thats' just what it is, easy money

You're not thinkin' straight here, Boss . . . it's gotta be hard as hell to work up some convincing righteous indignation toward the guy whose wife just called your office to find out if you could bring the wine tonight . . .

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roger wrote:

You mean you want them to accomplish something? Let's take some time, and think this over.

Maybe we should specify accomplish something needed, meaningful, positive and for the betterment of the nation. I mean, heck, if we are going to dream, might as well dream big.

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You know, i should probably not open this can of worms, but . . .

Tommrr, are you still obsessed with killing Bart Simpson?

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Setanta wrote:

You know, i should probably not open this can of worms, but . . .

Tommrr, are you still obsessed with killing Bart Simpson?

Well, I wasn't aware of my obsession of killing Bart Simpson. Care to enlighten me on this?

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Setanta wrote:

You know, i should probably not open this can of worms, but . . .

Tommrr, are you still obsessed with killing Bart Simpson?

Duh...the avatar...No, no longer obsessed with that. I have moved on to other obsessions. Smile

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I'm glad to hear, all of that talent otherwise wasted . . .

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tommrr, Do you have a stutter or typing difficulties?

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tommrr, Do you have a stutter or typing difficulties?[/quote
Cute. Don't suffer from either one. It was a nickname that a former employer stuck on me, and it has stuck with me as a username for many years. My name appeared on a list once as Halpain/Tom Mr. He added the extra r for effect. That was over 10 years ago, and he still does it. Aren't you glad you asked?

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I kind of figured something like that; I figured out the Mr Tom, but that extra "r" had me stumped. Thanks for sharing that bit with those of us curious enough. Wink

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