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1. Was gerrymandered out of any representation years ago. Can’t sell property(or rent to cover expenses)due to goverment policies. Voting is a joke(the better of two bad choices is no choice) and the lawyers(all politicians have to be in the private club)run it anyways.

2. We need term limits on all senators and representatives NOW! That one thing would help this country out of this downward spiral.

   1. You do realize that we have term limits right now, right? Voting is a sure fire way of removing long term people from office. The only challenge is that you have to convince people to do it. Automatic term limits won’t fix anything.

      1. Maybe if elected officials knew they had only four or eight years to represent us, they wouldn’t turn their public service into a career.
         That, to me is what creates the “swamp”.
         Politicians know they can broker a lifetime of lavish income and stay in power to boot. There is no accountability, only behind door backscratching for elitists and the well connected.
         And we’re not part of the club.

      2. The problem is we think every other Congress person is bad but ours.

         1. @TexasScout – I would agree – but then the problem isn’t really term limits. It’s voter education (or perhaps getting them to care about anything other than promised free stuff.)

            1. The problem with term limits is that you may end up loosing a good representative of the people and replace that person with just another politician who wants to stay forever. I think we need to do away with politician’s government paid retirements. It’s not a job after all. We also need to insist that their campaign war chests be turned over to the Treasury at the end of each election cycle. As of now, when they retire, their war chests can be converted to their personal property. They end up with tens of millions of dollars in gifts from the very people they are supposed to be regulating. Drain the Swamp.

         2. OH NO! I live in Oregon and all of them, except Greg Walden (sometimes DeFazio) are bad.

      3. You are right Hugh. Term limits just allow the sheep to go back to sleep. The intention of term limits is good but the intended results will not happen. It is the culture that must change and that just ain’t happening. Another political issue that keeps the sheep in the pen is “non-partisan”. This is just a way for the left to hide and people fall for it. Everyone is “partisan” and adding “non” to it is a ruse.

3. Yes, but, who has to vote in term limits? Congress critters!
   Ain’t gonna happen!

   1. When politicians play Santa Claus they have a job for life.

   2. A constitutional amendment would be necessary to place term limits on Congress.

      Hugh is right. The ballot box is an excellent tool for limiting time in Congress.

      One of the unintended consequences of term limits is that politicians can blithely pass laws and incur debt without any concern for being around to face the music later. They can “kick the can down the road,” knowing that they won’t be in Washington to bear the public’s wrath.

4. Few years back 2 NYPD officers fired 38 rounds at a suspect. Missed him completely but managed to wound 9 innocent bystanders. Suspect then shot himself, I think it was his attempt at getting the cops to stop shooting everyone else. Of course they are never held accountable for the rounds they fire but let you a lowly citizen accidentally scratch someone and it’s off to the gulag, no “I was in fear for my life” get out of jail and get a paid vacation card for you.

5. Q: What is that machine at the top of the article? I’m familiar with many things, but that one stumps me. (also, maybe because there is only a partial picture of it. a pulled back view might be educational)
   Thanks

6. I live in Mt. Buying property “off the grid” can be risky! You should always be positive of where your property boundaries are. I would strongly(!) suggest that you have the property surveyed.

7. Yes a survey is always needed. I know of Realtors who have sold the the wrong lot and a home was built. Talking about not knowing what you are selling and the title company nor mortgage company caught the mistake. The real owner stepped up from out of state to tell the so-called new owners “thanks for the new home”. It all got resolved eventually. Buyer beware!

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