Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
Listening to Hannity try and convince a couple of teenagers to vote for McCain made me wonder... why did we lower the voting age??? To me, 18 is too immature an age to vote. For those who would yell, "But it's old enough to die in a war", I'd say fine... age to vote is 21, unless you're in the service. Talk about a clueless generation! But when a good chunk of ppl are more worried about voting for the next Idol, than to educate themselves on whom they're voting for for president, then I'd say the clueless label transcends generations. 
To me, the framers of the Constitution had the right idea when setting up voter qualifications, as far as owning property. They also had it right to make the Senate elected by that state's legislature. That way, the power of the state would be tied to the Senators. It would pretty much eliminate the power of those like Kennedy and Byrd, who've been in office longer than I've been alive. It was never meant to be a career. One thing they neglected were term limits for Congress.
Someone mentioned that lawyers shouldn't be law makers. I agree. They get by on the legalese on bills and proposals, and we laymen can't understand a lick. It's also a conflict of interest, IMO. The founding fathers had a few lawyers; but were mostly farmers, merchants, and bankers. Amazing how simple the laws of the time are to understand now. So simple, that ppl read too deeply into them (second Amendment, for example), and try to read the framers' dead minds. Of course, the courts are supposed to interpret them that way... according to what the framers intended. But then you have ppl like Darth Vader Ginsburg on the bench...
Heard a snippet yesterday, where Bill Maher called the average American to be too stupid to vote. His rant was about the 70%+ of the ppl wanting Congress to allow for offshore drilling. Basically, those ppl are too stupid to realize that won't do anything to reduce costs. Sorry Bill... but I think smarmy elitists, like you, are too stupid to vote, since you can't understand the simple math of supply and demand. Of course, the left understands the concept very well... supply the masses with freebies, and they'll demand more. Which brings me to my final rant...
Amazing how ppl don't give a rat's behind how much they're being taxed, as long as the gubermint is there to bail em out. Me thinks they'd change their tune if they were paid IN FULL each paycheck, then paid their taxes themselves... out of pocket. Me also thinks we'd have a lot more Republicans. Not that the Republicans are worth a damm anymore, as the party was infiltrated by libs. But the ideals are right, at least.
To me, the framers of the Constitution had the right idea when setting up voter qualifications, as far as owning property. They also had it right to make the Senate elected by that state's legislature. That way, the power of the state would be tied to the Senators. It would pretty much eliminate the power of those like Kennedy and Byrd, who've been in office longer than I've been alive. It was never meant to be a career. One thing they neglected were term limits for Congress.
Someone mentioned that lawyers shouldn't be law makers. I agree. They get by on the legalese on bills and proposals, and we laymen can't understand a lick. It's also a conflict of interest, IMO. The founding fathers had a few lawyers; but were mostly farmers, merchants, and bankers. Amazing how simple the laws of the time are to understand now. So simple, that ppl read too deeply into them (second Amendment, for example), and try to read the framers' dead minds. Of course, the courts are supposed to interpret them that way... according to what the framers intended. But then you have ppl like Darth Vader Ginsburg on the bench...
Heard a snippet yesterday, where Bill Maher called the average American to be too stupid to vote. His rant was about the 70%+ of the ppl wanting Congress to allow for offshore drilling. Basically, those ppl are too stupid to realize that won't do anything to reduce costs. Sorry Bill... but I think smarmy elitists, like you, are too stupid to vote, since you can't understand the simple math of supply and demand. Of course, the left understands the concept very well... supply the masses with freebies, and they'll demand more. Which brings me to my final rant...
Amazing how ppl don't give a rat's behind how much they're being taxed, as long as the gubermint is there to bail em out. Me thinks they'd change their tune if they were paid IN FULL each paycheck, then paid their taxes themselves... out of pocket. Me also thinks we'd have a lot more Republicans. Not that the Republicans are worth a damm anymore, as the party was infiltrated by libs. But the ideals are right, at least.
