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Our System of Government is Broken

03 Wednesday Oct 2018

Posted by Waldo "Wally" Tomosky in Philosophical

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This week, we are (hopefully) at the end of the process of selecting a Supreme Court Justice of the United States.

There have been many arguments for and against the current nominee, and it has been painful for everyone involved in the process.

I hasten to add that I am not in either the Democrat or Republican camp. Also, I am not in either the male gender camp or the female gender camp.

What I do have to say is this. Our system of accepting a Supreme Court Justice nominee is fragile – if not broken. There have been many suggestions made to correct this. One has been to put term limits on Supreme Court Justices. That suggestion is a band-aid and not a solution. The solution is to put term limits on Senators, if not also on Representatives.

Some scholars have suggested that term limits do not work. WHY? Because each new congressperson would take his or her seat with little knowledge of how the system works. Our system is broken! Possibly it would be a good thing if congress had to find a new way to do things. The old system requires our congresspeople to spend much time gathering dollars for their next election.

However, the scholars add that new congress people, because of their inexperience, will be dependent upon lobbyists to inform them of the “correct” decisions to make. Is this any different than what our experienced congress people are doing today? I think not.

Congress can set their own term limits but only with a constitutional change. This would require a 2/3 majority from both houses. Our states were once able to set term limits on their own congress people. However, someone sued the states (years ago) and the supreme court decided that the states did not have that right. So much for states rights; which is a completely separate subject.

So what can we, as the people who are supposed to be served by our legislators, do about this? I am not sure; possibly we have to find another way to sue and get the Supreme Court to reverse the decision that kept the states from setting limits on their own Congress People. This would be a second step to fix the system; our first being to get out and vote the inept from holding the seat for too long.

That’s it from me.

My constitutional knowledge is limited but my anger at congress is not!

Allusion, Diction, Epigraph, Euphemism, Foreshadowing, Imagery, Metaphors, Similes and Personification Introduction

25 Tuesday Sep 2018

Posted by Waldo "Wally" Tomosky in Philosophical

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Every religion has its own,
concept of “infidel” or “other.”

Do any religions have a true,
understanding, of “brother?”

Allusion, Diction, Epigraph, Euphemism, Foreshadowing, Imagery, Metaphors, Similes and Personification #1

24 Monday Sep 2018

Posted by Waldo "Wally" Tomosky in Philosophical

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Who has the power,
and perseverance,
to put “social”,
Back into social media?

Allusion, Diction, Epigraph, Euphemism, Foreshadowing, Imagery, Metaphors, Similes and Personification #2

20 Thursday Sep 2018

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Arrogance is the façade that hides fear and meekness.
Will the arrogant inherit the earth?

Allusion, Diction, Epigraph, Euphemism, Foreshadowing, Imagery, Metaphors, Similes and Personification #3

19 Wednesday Sep 2018

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One recognized failure,
is worth more,
than ten lectures.

Have I failed at failure?

Allusion, Diction, Epigraph, Euphemism, Foreshadowing, Imagery, Metaphors, Similes and Personification #4

17 Monday Sep 2018

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I fail to see beauty in cubism.

I neglect to see holiness in icons.

I shudder at the sight of Hieronymus Bosch’s,

“Garden of Earthly Delights.”

Allusion, Diction, Epigraph, Euphemism, Foreshadowing, Imagery, Metaphors, Similes and Personification #5

16 Sunday Sep 2018

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What has happened to our One God? Has he become so powerful that our theological beliefs have been held hostage by our clergy, imams, rabbis and lamas?

What has happened to truth? Has it become so logical that it is now held hostage by our educators and professors?

Allusion, Diction, Epigraph, Euphemism, Foreshadowing, Imagery, Metaphors, Similes and Personification #6

15 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by Waldo "Wally" Tomosky in Philosophical

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One must question each book he reads,

and every paragraph on each page,

and the true meaning of all words,

as they are assembled into a proposed thought.

Then, one must then put the book aside,
for a necessary period,
after which he must,
repeat the above process.

Allusion, Diction, Epigraph, Euphemism, Foreshadowing, Imagery, Metaphors, Similes and Personification #7

14 Friday Sep 2018

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I would rather know a man whose fingers are worn from labor,
than one whose fingers are worn from turning pages.

I admire the man whose fingers have experienced both.

I venerate the man whose fingers alternate between the two.

Allusion, Diction, Epigraph, Euphemism, Foreshadowing, Imagery, Metaphors, Similes and Personification #8

13 Thursday Sep 2018

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Beware those who are positive about everything. Many of them never inquire beyond their PAST knowledge.

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