I totally qualified that remark with uncertainty.

Yes, yes, I see that trick in the rags all the time. It's okay, I qualified mine with big old question marks, so there, we're even :-)

Accept the role you play, so that you can move to the next step. Calling it "mumbo-jumbo" is just being defensive of your denial.

Well, to me, the simple solution is to just get people to stop shooting each other. Get them all to look into the mirror every morning and say, *I feel good, and I will not shoot anybody today*.

there has got to be a better way...

First, you admit that you are screwing yourselves. Refusal to accept the role you are playing is the biggest impediment towards finding a "better way". And judging by the reaction (and the moderation), the condition seems to be very widespread, and by the way, well documented. Oh well, you got two weeks to put aside the petty bullshit and actually clean house, right down to the plaster and the floorboards. If you don't, blame yourselves,and only yourselves. Koch didn't force you to vote for his puppet.The choice is all yours.

Nothing has been "rigged", you can vote for who you want. You don't have to follow the crowd. The choices are yours, not anybody else's. If you don't like big money in politics, don't vote for people who take it.

Just part of the show. I paid for my entitlements, and I do expect to collect. I think the word you're looking for is "handouts", like the 85 billion going to your banker buddies, and all the other loopholes in your tax code.

Besides, we're talking about term limits, not entitlements. I mean, we can talk about entitlements if you're tired of the subject at hand, but I was talking about term limits.

I think he rejected "random" randomization, if it meant That Awful Woman would take office....

You better reread.. You "think" wrong.. You're making stuff up again. intentionally deceitful? lying? Hard to tell... I told you directly I don't mind at all. Like I said no power can be accumulated. There will be little that can't be quickly undone to minimize the damage. I would have nothing to worry about with her. Besides, I looked at Biden's record (of course I realize you still don't believe I never vote for him). She could not do any worse than he already has. No, you are just scared, and I do understand. And at this point you still see equality as an infringement. You're actually carrying the persecution complex your heard about on FOX. I vaguely remember putting up a JE about it. You're a sneetch with a star on your belly, and you want to feel special and deny others the same privileges you have. A lottery will take all that away. Hence.... the charade... Your status, your entire purpose depends on it

You are still in denial. So you look for ways to reject the obvious with totally specious nonsense. For this there is nothing I can do.

The jeopardy answer is:
The light bulb has to want to change...

In two weeks, the fatal flaw of majority rule will once again show its monstrous face (with you and d_r, and various others here being perfect representatives), and then we will slog along for two more years. And you guys will resume the complaining. Actually it never stops. I really believe there is a sadomasochist element at play, kinda like those Filipino guys flogging themselves on the back, taking the occasional whack at the guy next to him for pure pleasure.

Whatever, just don't blame the winners for winning.

Don't blame them. Blame the people who take their money. You have a chance to vote them out very soon. Go for it...

After the lawyers get theirs, how much is left over for construction? Well, I wish them the best of luck, and hope they just build it, despite what some judge who is paid to tie things up for a good long time says.

It just doesn't work. Mexico is a perfect example. The same party held power for many decades. The same is true in the US at this point. Term limits will do nothing but pacify people. That would be the only reason to do it. Try to string them a little longer.

If your thesis held true, then why wouldn't parties parade fresher, relatively younger faces to gain more power?

Why? With a 95% reelection rate, where is the incentive? And besides they do put their young in the tank when they feel the time is right. They are professionals and put on a good show. You are free to jump in and try to do it better.

Sorry, there is only one way to kill the power, but you won't accept it. It makes things a little too level. Don't sweat a thing. It ain't gonna happen... so charades it will be. The show must go on!

It's an old radio signal thing. Generally we don't like multipath.

Term limits are bullshit, completely and utterly superficial. The party and its patrons still remain in power. You have to vote them out, or you accomplish nothing. Instituting term limits is just an attempt to pass the blame.

Who cares? I hope they never, ever allow editing. It would be the worst thing ever.

Damn good thing. Editing a post is a crime against humanity. Just amend it.

I hope you mean multiplex. Usually multipath is a bad thing