[ale] OMG politics goes digital?

[James P. Kinney III]

I'm a big fan of having a finite number of laws at a given level of
government. If the policy wonks want a new law, they have to scrap
another one first.

Of course the policy wonks are convinced that they must continually add
more laws to justify the top 10% pay bracket they are in.

Lawyers serve a needed purpose. But some are doing to the legal system
in Washington what M$ does so users in software. "Now that you have this
little item, you are going to need to 'upgrade' to this bigger, more
expensive one. Unless you don't want it to work. OK?" Guranteeing
themselvs a job seems to be the main plan. 

On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 16:35, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 
> > Boy, that's an interesting thought.  The downside is that many people
> > are just plain fools - but you know, maybe if we lived in a society
> > where there was a chance that we might be chosen for a stint in public
> > service, then perhaps people might feel like they NEED to be able to
> > read and write well, engage in critical thought, show up places on time,
> > know the difference between a cubic foot and a furlong, etc.  I'd rather
> > live in THAT kind of society.
> 
> If we kept things simple...
> 
> We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union,
> establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common
> defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty
> to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution
> for the United States of America.
> 
> ...like they were meant to be, one wouldn't need to be a genius to
> represent the people.
> 
> We are a nation of laws. Bloated, complicated, and in some cases silly
> laws that mean absolutely nothing to the average American. Take a look at
> your Government. What do you see? Mainly a bunch of lawyers making laws so
> complicated that it takes a lawyer to understand them. Making laws so
> complicated that courts now interpret and give opinions rather than read
> and make decisions. It's self preservation in action folks. A nation of
> laws IS a nation of lawyers.
> 
> No offense to any lawyers who might be on the list...but that's the way I
> see it, and you'll be hard pressed to come up with any evidence to the
> contrary.
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan Rickman
> X Corps Security
> http://www.xcorps.net
> 
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