Congressman back in Congress after 32 years, is disgusted by how corrupt it has become
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[QUOTE]First elected to the House in 1974, Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn., left after his third term ended in 1981–and now after a 32-year hiatus, Nolan is back. Much to his surprise, the biggest change he’s encountered was the work week, and he’s not happy about it.
Nolan told NBC’s Chuck Todd that “committees and Congress don’t meet enough” at least not like they did when he first served.
“My first term, we worked 48 out of 52 weeks,” Nolan said on Friday’s edition of The Daily Rundown. “Most of those days were four and five day weeks. We were in committee virtually every morning, we were on the floor of the House throughout the afternoons and the evenings and we were working in the process of governing which is what we’re elected to do.”
[B]He expressed his disappointment that Congress is only currently scheduled to work 34 out of 52 weeks and considers most of those days “not real.”[/B]
“We went into session Monday, for example, we don’t have any votes scheduled until 6:30 in the evening, we were also scheduled to work on Tuesday–which we did–and then we were scheduled to work on Wednesday and we took the day off,” Nolan said.
Nolan quickly agreed with the public’s sentiment “everybody’s campaigning and nobody’s governing,” saying Congress isn’t governing like they should especially with all the serious issues the country is facing. He told Todd that the time given for Congressional members to campaign and the money they use has become “toxic.”
“I mean, we’re told here two things,” he said. “One is the one with the most money gets the most votes and number two – you should be spending 30 hours a week in fundraising and call time–dialing for dollars.”
Nolan refuses to comply with the congressional status quo and expressed his amazement that when he first ran for Congress his campaign cost about $250,000 and now his most recent one spent about $20 million. He issued a warning to his colleagues.
“We need to change the way we do politics. [B]We need to take money out of politics and the Congress needs to go back to work governing[/B].”[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]"We're not working four or five days a week, like everybody else does in America. The fact is, Congress is not governing."[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]As a congressman, you go back to the district Thursday night and then come back to Washington Tuesday and you are exhausted from all the fundraisers. You only spend a couple of days legislating," [/QUOTE]
[url]http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/01/18/congressman-returns-after-32-year-break-says-money-is-toxic-in-politics/[/url]
[url]http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/hotlineoncall/2013/01/rick-nolan-returns-to-congress-after-32-years-still-hates-it-08[/url]
I've been saying this for a long long time. Imagine if you decided not to show up for work for a whole week because you were off doing your own shit. Then imagine if you decided not to show up for work for a total of 18 weeks.
I would have fired you after the first week.
He hits the nail on the head with the way the rich basically buy their way into office too, same reason people like Gary Johnson barely registered a blip on the Presidential Elections. Can any of you name anyone who was still running besides Obama and Romney (And the aforementioned Johnson)?
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;39299179]He hits the nail on the head with the way the rich basically buy their way into office too, same reason people like Gary Johnson barely registered a blip on the Presidential Elections. Can any of you name anyone who was still running besides Obama and Romney (And the aforementioned Johnson)?[/QUOTE]
- Ron Paul
- That one Republican who was running to increase his book sales
- That douchebag who made the commercial about gays in the military
- Michele Whatsherface
bingo, I am informed
Disagree because I can't think of a single person other than the aforementioned candidates.
Congress should be working for the public not the goddamn SIGs that keep shoving money up their collective asses.
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;39299179]I've been saying this for a long long time. Imagine if you decided not to show up for work for a whole week because you were off doing your own shit. Then imagine if you decided not to show up for work for a total of 18 weeks.
I would have fired you after the first week.
He hits the nail on the head with the way the rich basically buy their way into office too, same reason people like Gary Johnson barely registered a blip on the Presidential Elections. Can any of you name anyone who was still running besides Obama and Romney (And the aforementioned Johnson)?[/QUOTE]
Jill Stein
Virgil Goode
Rocky Anderson
I <3 third parties
[QUOTE=MadPro119;39299229]Jill Stein
Virgil Goode
Rocky Anderson
I <3 third parties[/QUOTE]
Virgil Goode and the Constitution Party he represented was pretty crazy though, I think we can all agree on that. Like a more extreme GOP, if that is at all possible.
Our government needs a massive shakedown or something, it can't just keep running this way.
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;39299179]He hits the nail on the head with the way the rich basically buy their way into office too, same reason people like Gary Johnson barely registered a blip on the Presidential Elections. Can any of you name anyone who was still running besides Obama and Romney (And the aforementioned Johnson)?[/QUOTE]
Vermin Supreme
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[QUOTE=Ern;39299314]Vermin Supreme
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You had a fucking wizard running for congress and you idiots didn't vote him in?
wtf the stereotypes about america are true
he could have made the debt disappear
[QUOTE=Zeke129;39299357]You had a fucking wizard running for congress and you idiots didn't vote him in?
wtf the stereotypes about america are true
he could have made the debt disappear[/QUOTE]
also he promised everyone a free pony
I mean how did obama or romney get [I]any [/I]votes against that
[QUOTE=daijitsu;39299366]also he promised everyone a free pony
I mean how did obama or romney get [I]any [/I]votes against that[/QUOTE]
I think it's time to cancel all elections in the united states and turn it over to the UN
[QUOTE=Zeke129;39299357]You had a fucking wizard running for congress and you idiots didn't vote him in?
wtf the stereotypes about america are true
he could have made the debt disappear[/QUOTE]
He would carpet bomb every American bank with his magic dust and permanently fix the economy.
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[QUOTE=Ern;39299314]Vermin Supreme
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I have alot of respect for Vermin. He's an anarchist, out of character, and not one of those black-flag punk types, either.
His political stunts are great.
Damn shame he wasn't so popular.
He didn't even get enough votes to appear on the list of third parties, scoring at least below 503 votes.
Also, you guys know that the American Third Position Party candidate- a legit fascist party- received more votes than every one of the socialist and communist candidates except Roseanne Barr? Just a fun fact for you.
[QUOTE=Megafan;39299296]Virgil Goode and the Constitution Party he represented was pretty crazy though, I think we can all agree on that. Like a more extreme GOP, if that is at all possible.[/QUOTE]
Whether they were crazy or "Oh my god what are you doing?" doesn't matter, it's that they didn't get any publicity purely because they didn't have as much money to throw away as Obama and Romney did.
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;39299591]Whether they were crazy or "Oh my god what are you doing?" doesn't matter, it's that they didn't get any publicity purely because they didn't have as much money to throw away as Obama and Romney did.[/QUOTE]
That's just half of it. The other half is that our current political system doesn't support more than the two main parties.
[QUOTE=daijitsu;39299366]also he promised everyone a free pony[/QUOTE]
the free ponies were also part of a compulsory national ID system and you would've been required to keep your pony on you at all times
Some thing's gotta give, and hopefully it won't be this country.
Good on him. But I thought calling politicians out on stuff like this essentially killed your political career?
[QUOTE=Ern;39299314]Vermin Supreme
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Woah woah woah, back the fuck up, [I]we could have had this guy as president?[/I]
I think we need to re-do the election. I have no idea what this guy's beliefs are, and I don't care. He is the president America needs.
[QUOTE=Saxon;39299307]Our government needs a massive shakedown or something, it can't just keep running this way.[/QUOTE]
The US Government is just like Windows. It runs great for a few years and everything runs just fine.
But, it degrades over time, and eventually becomes a buggy, inefficient pile of bullshit and chips that can't get anything done if it isn't reinstalled regularly.
And we haven't reinstalled the country's OS in fucking ages.
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;39299391]I really hate to say this, but it might be best if we just started with a clean slate again (and I mean everything).
[sp]Am I suggesting revolution? No. But even if I was it would never get anywhere because the general public doesn't give a shit about politics and thinks every single goddamn problem with this country is <current president name here>'s fault[/sp][/QUOTE]
that whole superhuge army thing probably wouldn't help either
Last time I watched German parliament it made me feel physically sick.
Half the people bothered to show up, another half talked with each other, people came and went as they pleased, nobody let the other talk till the end and 3/4 was some ad hominem bullshit aiming to underline just how different two parties are, rather than working together for a solution.
Fucking kindergarten. Teens in school have more discipline.
You really could hear through just how many of them had been heavily disillusioned during their career and started picking almost "mercenary work" for the industry that offers them "management" positions with crazy pay and pension after a few good compromises and backdoors have been put in place for them. Even if a politician's fired, the damage done takes a looong time to fix in this huge and sluggish system, time during which the companies can profit from exploits quite a bit.
Voters aren't without fault either of course, most wouldn't even bother to listen if someone gave them realistic expectations for what they can do in a couple of years, because compared to those prophets promising to change everything 180° tomorrow, they just look like incompetent cowards to them. That's how you assure lying scum and elbow sharpening stay in the system.
[QUOTE=TestECull;39300902]The US Government is just like Windows. It runs great for a few years and everything runs just fine.
But, it degrades over time, and eventually becomes a buggy, inefficient pile of bullshit and chips that can't get anything done if it isn't reinstalled regularly.
And we haven't reinstalled the country's OS in fucking ages.[/QUOTE]
I'd settle for a defrag.
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;39299179]Can any of you name anyone who was still running besides Obama and Romney (And the aforementioned Johnson)?[/QUOTE]
I swear I saw Roseanne Barr running as a Libertarian.
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She did. I wasn't just seeing things when I got my sample ballot.
Well that is our government full of fucking greedy corrupt bastards. though it wouldn't be such a problem if we made a nice small revolution....oh wait we tried but the some people did not like that and it was stopped unconstitutionally with the corporations and the government working together. Though it wouldn't be as bad if certain people wanted to help rather than try to take it over. Of course I am talking about the Occupy movement.
Rep. Rick Nolan for president or come to the UK and become PM.
[QUOTE=Cone;39300959]that whole superhuge army thing probably wouldn't help either[/QUOTE]
the average US soldier wouldn't side with the government against their own family and friends
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