Instead, I would not be surprised to find within 20 years that in the same way Wisconsin Judges are trying to say that they, not voters, should choose Wisconsin Supreme Court justices (a regular voter isn’t qualified to choose), either Congress or the Supreme Court will simply “nominate” a President.

Term Limits. No more than 2 terms for any office.
No more lawyers can ever run for political office.
No politician, or family member, may ever have been or ever become a lobbyist.
No retirement benefits for any member of Congress, except the Executive Office.
Freeze any new hires at all levels of government and all non-security-essential positions cannot be refilled.
All political candidates must have been previously employed in the private sector (paying job) for at least 10 years.
No more Ivy league graduates will be allowed to ever run for political office.
No more earmarks.
Executive line-item veto.
Sedition will again be prosecuted, including exile, prison, and execution.
Fairness Doctrine will be Constitutionally illegal.
All people will serve 2 years in the armed services at the end of their chosen education.
Universities will be required to hire a 50-50 ratio of conservative and liberal professors.
Public Education protocol will be decided by the parents. Not the majority of voters, but people that actually have kids.
PBS will be de-funded, based on the fact that it is politically biased.
Illegal immigrants will not be awarded any benefits and children born to illegal immigrants will not be awarded automatic US citizenship.
All voter fraud will be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. It won’t be laughed off, or accepted on any premise. Those caught will be subject to the new Sedition Laws referenced above.
Government will abide by the Constitution and nothing else.
Anyone suggesting that the Constitution is a living document will be subject to Sedition.
Freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion.
Socialists, Marxists, Fascists, Nazis, Racists, etc…will be defined and studied as undesirable.
US History will be taught with the goal of patriotism. Admitting mistakes, but understanding the greatness of this country relative to any other governmental system known in the history of the world.

If anyone disagrees with the above tenants, they are welcome to leave. The only reason we’ll miss you is because we will immediately notice an improvement in our society.

And I will second that motion on term limits.

“Shelby cited concern over the companies’ investment portfolios when he came out against a proposal in the House bill that would require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to contribute a portion of their profit to fund the creation of low-income housing. He said such a fund would give the companies an incentive to expand their investment holdings to boost profit.

With the greatest respect, Senator, are you really trying to argue that allocating 5% of profits to an affordable housing fund is a greater incentive than pocketing 95% for shareholders?

RB – (IMAGINE THAT?! REMEMBER WHO THE SHAREHOLDERS WERE?)

Shelby did not include the proposed set-aside in the bill he released yesterday, making it less likely that Democrats will vote for it.

As a result, the bill, while likely to be approved by the Banking Committee next week, may not reach the Senate floor, said analysts.

“Chairman Shelby has tailored a bill to gain administration support at the expense of obtaining bipartisan legislation,” said Howard Glaser, a housing industry consultant. “A partisan split tends not to launch a bill to the head of the line for consideration by the full Senate.”

Theoretically, should the House and Senate both pass legislation, the House-Senate conference committee will iron out differences by working between all sets of opposed points. But what if the Senate never passes anything? Then the House conferences with itself

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2. Markets work. Trust them.

3. IRS did the right thing by allowing companies to access their own money offshore in lieu of usury commercial paper rates. This and the changes in mark-to-market accounting were long over due. Now, when will SOX be repealed?

4. Government doesn’t know how to value assets. Fed-backed Citi bid of $2 billion for Wachovia was trumped by a private market $15 billion bid by Wells Fargo. Remember the Fed-backed JP Morgan bid of $2 per share for Bear that was upped to $10 after a huge protest?

5. Jim Kramer should cancel his show immediately. How could he in good conscience recommend any stock after his statements yesterday? And, since he knows nothing about the bond market, he ought to just go away.