When politics triumphs over common sense, chaos reigns.

American politics is defined as the exchange of money for the power to influence the use of government force.

As fans of Western novels and movies know, when the sheriff had bad guys causing problems and he needed help, he rounded up a group of citizens to form a posse and together they pursued and captured or killed the bad guys. In reality, those posse members were really members of the militia referenced in the United States Constitution.

Is it time to call out the posse and deputize them so they can help clean out the slimy swamp that the federal bureaucracy represents?

It would seem that if the President were to fill all the bureaucratic slots not requiring Senate confirmation and then fire everyone else after the new hires are in place, he would be doing the country a favor. This should be done for every federal bureaucracy except the military and possibly those protecting our borders. But then, what do I know?

In my book, I called for a 10 year service limit on bureaucrats.[1]  The current state of affairs demonstrates that 10 year terms may be too long without yearly appointment reaffirmation after 4 years.  Term limits for bureaucrats are necessary.

With so little work being done by the Congress due to party infighting and recesses, a part time Congress with part time pay and no benefits is looking better and better.

The lack of congressional progress in implementing President Trump’s health and tax reforms and recent federal court decisions are prime examples of why we need to pass Accountability and Federal Judiciary Amendments to the Constitution. We can’t let work that must be done and laws to be passed interfere with congressional recesses, can we?  The political hack federal judges don’t give a damn about the Constitution because they think they are smarter than the founding fathers and will change the Constitution to suit their personal agenda.  If you agree with activism, then you can expect interpretation of the Constitution to change every 5-10 years as every constitutional issue is revisited by different judges.  When the Constitution is changed every 5-10 years, the public begins to believe that the law does not need to be followed because it will soon change; therefore, ignore all the laws and do what you want to do.  When that happens and it is close to happening now, that ladies and gentlemen is anarchy.

Your professional politician Member of Congress is counting on you forgetting what you dislike about him or her before the next election so that member can get re-elected. If you truly want to have input into how we are governed, the country needs the Revised Accountability Amendment (March 19, 2017 post) enabling the public to remove federal officials and overturn laws and court decisions, and The Federal Judiciary Amendment (March 31, 2016 post) which removes federal judge lifetime appointments and replaces them with a single elected 10 year term.  All politicians will vigorously oppose both amendments because it makes all government immediately accountable to the public with serious consequences for lying and actions that damage our citizens and country.

[1] Ernest Kanak Jr., The Way I See It, Outskirts Press (2014), p. 75