Town Hall

Allergies are kicking my butt this morning. I did not go for my walk and I am not going to do any housework. I am going to watch TV and think about going back to bed.

I went to Senator Orrin Hatch’s town hall meeting last night. Senator Hatch is one of the most powerful men in Washington having been there for 34 years. I was able to express my belief that the founding fathers did not imagine career politicians, and that power corrupts and the D.C. in Washington stands for District of Corruption. I asked the Senator if he would support term limits for congress. That is when it got a little heated. The good senator told me that there were term limits already. My darling bride said she was sure he meant that if didn’t like the guy you could vote him or her out of office. But that is not what was said. After his comment I don’t think I needed the microphone that I was using. I explained that he had been in the senate for 34 years and he was shooting for another 6 years. When the subject of a constitution amendment limiting congressional terms be proposed the good senator in no uncertain terms that he would not waste his time writing a amendment that had no chance of passing. There were a few calls from the audience saying “just write it’ and the answer was “NO”

So it appears that we have a government out of control government in place that will not listen to us and is almost impossible to change. Things that make you go “hummm”