A Hellfire missile during the State of the Union speech is easier.
Guy Fawkes supposedly tried this stunt with barrels of gunpowder under Parliament when King James I was in the chambers. It was a setup and Fawkes was the patsy.
The Queen also used this maneuver to remove her rivals in the TV show "Game of Thrones."
And it's not just congress, civil service exams are a joke and thanks to the spoils system they get a job based on political contributions rather than talent. This was started early on as each Faction in Washington demanded their people get put into positions, only to be replaced the next time a faction came to power. Then later civil service exams were shot down due to the belief that it would exclude black people from getting any of the jobs. As a result you don't have to have any particular skill to become a politician and tons of the most important positions in civil service are put in place without any particular qualifications other than ability to fund-raise or because of pandering to specific minorities.
Frank, I agree, but the government unions here in California run the state. Here in Sonoma County, the largest single employer in the county is the County government which has 4,000+ employees most of whom are in the Sheriff's Dept. and court system.
I know the problem. What is the solution? The public/government unions collect union dues from their members (our tax money that pays them) and then bribes the politicians to do their bidding.
Frank, Governor Jerry Brown who signed the bill making government unions legal, later regretted his decision. Too little, too late. The Public Unions are too strong now. They have all the power in Sacramento.
The only way the public unions disappear is when the state of California goes broke.
I used to write-in "Cheetah" on the ballot. I doubt if anyone today remembers Tarzan's pet chimpanzee. People do eat Cheetos. I think chimps on the Supreme Court is a great idea. They'd look hilarious in the black robes with gavels in hand.
PS: Cheetah used to bite the actress who played Jane in the Tarzan movies. Cheetah loved Tarzan. I think the chimp was gay.
PPS: A friend of mine in Southern California would see Johnny Weissmuller (Olympic champion swimmer who played Tarzan) in the bars. Johnny liked to drink and would give the Tarzan yodel for free drinks.
Freeze pay, cut staffing allotment, reduce session to two months every two years, move department to the states, freeze spending and hiring.
I can do this all day…
A Hellfire missile during the State of the Union speech is easier.
Guy Fawkes supposedly tried this stunt with barrels of gunpowder under Parliament when King James I was in the chambers. It was a setup and Fawkes was the patsy.
The Queen also used this maneuver to remove her rivals in the TV show "Game of Thrones."
That’s only less than a thousand people in a problem of 500,000+ bureaucrats…
Frank, That's true, but the politicians give the bureaucrats their reason for existing (supposedly.)
And it's not just congress, civil service exams are a joke and thanks to the spoils system they get a job based on political contributions rather than talent. This was started early on as each Faction in Washington demanded their people get put into positions, only to be replaced the next time a faction came to power. Then later civil service exams were shot down due to the belief that it would exclude black people from getting any of the jobs. As a result you don't have to have any particular skill to become a politician and tons of the most important positions in civil service are put in place without any particular qualifications other than ability to fund-raise or because of pandering to specific minorities.
Brad, Our only hope is that this inefficiency of the bureaucrats keeps us somewhat safe.
Government can be inefficient with far fewer bureaucrats. Right now, government is the largest single employer in the US. That’s plain wrong…
Frank, I agree, but the government unions here in California run the state. Here in Sonoma County, the largest single employer in the county is the County government which has 4,000+ employees most of whom are in the Sheriff's Dept. and court system.
I know the problem. What is the solution? The public/government unions collect union dues from their members (our tax money that pays them) and then bribes the politicians to do their bidding.
How do we stop that?
Decertify public employee unions…
Frank, Governor Jerry Brown who signed the bill making government unions legal, later regretted his decision. Too little, too late. The Public Unions are too strong now. They have all the power in Sacramento.
The only way the public unions disappear is when the state of California goes broke.
I used to write-in "Cheetah" on the ballot. I doubt if anyone today remembers Tarzan's pet chimpanzee. People do eat Cheetos. I think chimps on the Supreme Court is a great idea. They'd look hilarious in the black robes with gavels in hand.
PS: Cheetah used to bite the actress who played Jane in the Tarzan movies. Cheetah loved Tarzan. I think the chimp was gay.
PPS: A friend of mine in Southern California would see Johnny Weissmuller (Olympic champion swimmer who played Tarzan) in the bars. Johnny liked to drink and would give the Tarzan yodel for free drinks.