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And The Winner Of The August Political Junkie Primary Contest Is ... September 2, 2010, 11:59 am CDT Lots of people who entered my August Political Junkie primary election contest predicted Joe Miller over Lisa Murkowski in Alaska. But no one got them all correct, and thus no one -- once again -- wins the contest. |
The Reason To Vote For Gov. Jan Brewer in Arizona Is ... Is ... ?? September 2, 2010, 7:29 am CDT Arizona's Gov. Jan Brewer, presumably comfortable in front of an audience, has a most unusual brain freeze moment during her debate with Democratic opponent Terry Goddard. |
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Virginia Tech-Boise State: What's the Fuss Really About? September 2, 2010, 2:02 am CDT College football is saving the best for last in Week 1. There’s been a lot of heated discussion about the upcoming game between Boise State and Virginia Tech, and for good reason. The Hokies are a perennial power, and the Broncos are the ... |
Who's Got More Twitter Influence, You or Hugo Chavez? September 1, 2010, 8:29 am CDT It's one thing to maintain ruthless control over an oppressed citizenry. But quite something else… Twitter - Venezuela - Social network - Hugo Chávez - Online Communities |
This Week's Junkie Segment On TOTN: Campaign Themes For November September 1, 2010, 2:29 am CDT Still catching our breaths over the shocking result in the Alaska GOP Senate primary, we spend this week's Political Junkie segment on NPR's Talk of the Nation focusing on what are likely to be the campaign themes for November. |
Glenn Beck Finally Admits He’s A Liar And Keith Olbermann Is Right September 2, 2010, 9:18 am CDT Glenn Beck lied and Keith Olbermann caught him last night . Today on the radio, Beck admitted it! You see, he didn't actually hold George Washington 's first inaugural address. He just had it held in front of him. |
'Countdown to Zero' and the Threat of Nuclear Weapons August 24, 2010, 5:29 am CDT An interview with filmmaker Lawrence Bender about his new movie Al Gore - Inconvenient Truth - Google - Good Will Hunting - Nuclear weapon |
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Posted by: archiveguard on Dec 27, 2005 - 10:57 PM
Thomas Sowell, in a RealPolitics article Cheap Politicians, raised a
subject I have waffled on for decades.Would Paying our federal elected officials a great deal more increase the quality of the governing body? It would be a sour experience to pay a million a year salary to "those turkeys" we have in office now, but what incentive is there to attract a better class of senators and representatives. The weak wills and minds of the majority of our congressmen need resort to deception, shallow imagery, manipulation of support and robbing the national till to buy special interest votes.
There is little incentive for the best managers and thinkers in our nation to go into politics where they will make a tenth of what they can in the private sector. If higher pay were combined with term limits and a time out period between seeking other elected offices; you would think we could easily recruit the best people out there at the top of their game. They would be a group less affected by lobbyists and pork projects. So lets say it costs us a half billion to do this. But it may save us a trillion annually in government spending reduction.
This is of course optimistic daydreaming. The current pompous bloviators, inspired by their newfound wealth, would fight the new breed of office seekers, with lies, ill formed logic, attacks and wild promises, while experienced problem solvers throw light on the old guard's political ponzi schemes and try to communicate actual ideas, sound plans, and core values to the voters. Okay...that would be fun too.
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