tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post3212847200819163706..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: They really do not understandHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-12969954308286980432010-01-17T18:57:35.000+00:002010-01-17T18:57:35.000+00:00"Do they understand this simple idea? I reall..."Do they understand this simple idea? I really do not know."<br /><br />Helen, the answer is no, they don't ... because they (professional politicans) spend far more time talking to each other than to the people. To them, the people simply exist to rubber-stamp their decisions and fawn over their greatness (not)!<br /><br />And when the people take a decision the politicans' don't like ... then it's time for that Brecht quote about dissolving the people.<br /><br />NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-29997911745341990332010-01-17T14:23:28.000+00:002010-01-17T14:23:28.000+00:00The problem is with elected representatives,who gr...The problem is with elected representatives,who gradually have discovered that they are not very accountable.Their impudence adds insult to the very real injury inflicted.<br /><br /> I think a big rethink is needed on how to get this system to actually work-like allowing the public panel-picked by lot from the taxpaying rolls to veto legislation and spending and to remove gov't officials from the public teat.<br /> On our side of the pond the political class is facing a catastrophe,but they will not go gently into the night; it will be very ugly.renminbinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-36442722071285979222010-01-17T02:20:44.000+00:002010-01-17T02:20:44.000+00:00One reason politicians do not understand is that t...One reason politicians do not understand is that they are decreasingly in contact with the way real people must act. Fewer and fewer politicians have less and less in common with "the populace."<br />Having all that information crossing one's desk hour after hour and making decision after decision gives the illusion of understanding. However, it actually narrows one's understanding more and more. When faced with the day-to-day activities of the man on the street, politicians could not function very well. This inability gets worse as time passes; a good argument for term limits.Bleeplessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-55018598294678802302010-01-16T23:11:17.000+00:002010-01-16T23:11:17.000+00:00"We, the people, owe you nothing; you have to...<i>"We, the people, owe you nothing; you have to tell us why we should vote for you; you have to win our votes."</i><br /><br />Please tell that to my local Conservative PPC. I cannot get this through to him.<br /><br />(Oh why is it so difficult to make comments on this site. JSKit, OpenID, Google accounts all go round and round in circles and fail to log me in to anythingAlfrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-52017993120712842342010-01-16T19:04:55.000+00:002010-01-16T19:04:55.000+00:00We were able to elect a Republican in NJ for Gover...We were able to elect a Republican in NJ for Governor after numerous Obama visits for the Democratic incumbant Governor here. I am hoping for a Brown win as it would scare the Democrats in Congress away form this Healthcare Reform (mess) bill.Natalienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-24834922616085264832010-01-16T17:47:35.000+00:002010-01-16T17:47:35.000+00:00Scott Brown is said not to be a conservative Repub...Scott Brown is said not to be a conservative Republican but that statement was certainly reaganesque. The race in MA is hotting up. Obama has suddenly decided to campaign for Martha Coakley and she is blundering on. <a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2010/01/15/martha-antoinette-coakley-blunders-again-calls-red-sox-great-curt-schilling-yankees-fan/" rel="nofollow">One gaffe after another</a>.<br /><br />MikgenGuestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-55149755334579210572010-01-16T14:19:52.000+00:002010-01-16T14:19:52.000+00:00Beautifully put and it really is a simple idea, pe...Beautifully put and it really is a simple idea, perhaps that is what fools them. They are thinking calculus when it is simple addition that is needed. Oh, I don't know though, that might be overestimating Cameron and company.Derek Buxtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-7049682721741380282010-01-15T20:39:42.000+00:002010-01-15T20:39:42.000+00:00I couldnt agree more. Wherever you are....apart f...I couldnt agree more. Wherever you are....apart from places like Zimbabwe, it is us, the people who decide. I truly hope that in the UK that BNP win a seat in a 'Labour' area and that UKIP win a seat in a 'Tory' area.thespecialonenoreply@blogger.com