The end of capitalism

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

So, when's the left gonna get me 17 paid holidays?

Rob, a green left candidate who was going to change everything, left the MMS perfectly alone.

Pete

Well you see that is the perfectly stupid part of our system. An incoming president gets to/has to appoint close to 8000 people. Now how many HR departments would it take to manage that task properly? What are the qualifications of these people - how much they contributed to his/her election?

Instead of these people being qualified civil servants who have been appraised over their careers you get a bunch of doofuses, like the ones Dubya had put in MMS.

Advise and consent was certainly not one of the Framer's better ideas. All cabinet level people should be the incoming president's choice - period. All assistant secretarial positions should be career civil servants. Y'all piss and moan about how government does not work. Under the current system it is a bloody wonder that it works at all.

Y'all preach at me about business, so how would you expect a business to run if the CEO had to have his/her management team approved by not only his/her friends but all their competitors as well?

The way this system is setup it can only work if the elected representatives are well meaning intelligent men and women. It simply falls on its collective arse when stocked with Paul Ryans, Eric Cantors, John Boehners and Mitch McConnells, Harry Reids, Nancy Pelosis and Max Baucus'.

[Twodogs]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Well you see that is the perfectly stupid part of our system. An incoming president gets to/has to appoint close to 8000 people. Now how many HR departments would it take to manage that task properly? What are the qualifications of these people - how much they contributed to his/her election?

Instead of these people being qualified civil servants who have been appraised over their careers you get a bunch of doofuses, like the ones Dubya had put in MMS.

Advise and consent was certainly not one of the Framer's better ideas. All cabinet level people should be the incoming president's choice - period. All assistant secretarial positions should be career civil servants. Y'all piss and moan about how government does not work. Under the current system it is a bloody wonder that it works at all.

Y'all preach at me about business, so how would you expect a business to run if the CEO had to have his/her management team approved by not only his/her friends but all their competitors as well?

The way this system is setup it can only work if the elected representatives are well meaning intelligent men and women. It simply falls on its collective arse when stocked with Paul Ryans, Eric Cantors, John Boehners and Mitch McConnells, Harry Reids, Nancy Pelosis and Max Baucus'.

Damn it, another great post by someone who tends to lean a bit left. But what about these Czars Rob? They seem to be a lot like game wardens in that they are judge, jury, and executioner for whatever the cause is. Did you know a federal game warden can knock on your door, search your house without a warrant, and arrest you if they feel like it? We are supposed to have checks and balances, but where are they on these appointed Czars? This isn't picking on Obama either, I'm pretty sure Bush had more of them than Obama does. It looks to me like the checks and balances have gotten lost somewhere along the way. What say you?

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

Damn it, another great post by someone who tends to lean a bit left. But what about these Czars Rob? They seem to be a lot like game wardens in that they are judge, jury, and executioner for whatever the cause is. Did you know a federal game warden can knock on your door, search your house without a warrant, and arrest you if they feel like it? We are supposed to have checks and balances, but where are they on these appointed Czars? This isn't picking on Obama either, I'm pretty sure Bush had more of them than Obama does. It looks to me like the checks and balances have gotten lost somewhere along the way. What say you?

If surrendering your constitutional rights saves the life of just ONE of the Kings miserable deer, is it not worth it?

I'm surprised they haven't taking to writing you up if you hit one with your car.

Chas

[Twodogs]

Originally Posted by Charles

If surrendering your constitutional rights saves the life of just ONE of the Kings miserable deer, is it not worth it?

I'm surprised they haven't taking to writing you up if you hit one with your car.

Chas

If you hit one in KS, you better not finish it off to put it out of it's misery, or take the carcass to eat. They will bust your butt if you do anything that makes that much sense.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

If you hit one in KS, you better not finish it off to put it out of it's misery, or take the carcass to eat. They will bust your butt if you do anything that makes that much sense.

Really? Around here, there are so many deer that they could care less what you do with one that has been hit by a car. In fact, they have a local contractor who drives around in a pickup to pick up all the carcasses on the road. OTOH, putting one out of its misery with a firearm in the built-up areas would be heavily frowned upon.

[Twodogs]

We can kill as many does as we want, we just have to give the government the money for the tags.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

Damn it, another great post by someone who tends to lean a bit left. But what about these Czars Rob? They seem to be a lot like game wardens in that they are judge, jury, and executioner for whatever the cause is. Did you know a federal game warden can knock on your door, search your house without a warrant, and arrest you if they feel like it? We are supposed to have checks and balances, but where are they on these appointed Czars? This isn't picking on Obama either, I'm pretty sure Bush had more of them than Obama does. It looks to me like the checks and balances have gotten lost somewhere along the way. What say you?

I would not recommend that one come pounding on our door and barging in, he just might get a knee in the groin.

[Twodogs]

Originally Posted by merrylander

I would not recommend that one come pounding on our door and barging in, he just might get a knee in the groin.

Never bring a knee to a gunfight, and they will be packing.

[merrylander]

Really, I wonder what kind of damage a 6mm pellet leaving the muzzle at 500 fps would do if you got it in the eye?

[Charles]

A couple of my buddies took their wives out to eat and hit one on their return. Being unarmed, they finished it off by beating it with a tire tool and stabbing it in the neck with a pen knife.

Their wives were horrified.

Chas