Baltimore riots

[CRedskinsRule]

I don't live in Baltimore, and I haven't grown up around it, so I am definitely an outsider looking in. That said, on the radio this morning, the mayor made a statement that really ticked me off. It was, paraphrasing, She was grateful for President Obama's handling of a meeting to get things right, and (this is the part that aggravated me) she said that Sen Mikulsky said "this was the most intense discussion" about Baltimore she ever had been a part of.

What ticks me off is these politicians have been the ones creating the climate for the past 30 years (Mikulski specifically : Office: Senator (D-MD) since 1987
Previous office: Representative (MD 3rd District) 1977–1987) 40+ years, and somehow these discussions are going to change anything?

How do people BELIEVE this crud?

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I don't live in Baltimore, and I haven't grown up around it, so I am definitely an outsider looking in. That said, on the radio this morning, the mayor made a statement that really ticked me off. It was, paraphrasing, She was grateful for President Obama's handling of a meeting to get things right, and (this is the part that aggravated me) she said that Sen Mikulsky said "this was the most intense discussion" about Baltimore she ever had been a part of.

What ticks me off is these politicians have been the ones creating the climate for the past 30 years (Mikulski specifically : Office: Senator (D-MD) since 1987
Previous office: Representative (MD 3rd District) 1977–1987) 40+ years, and somehow these discussions are going to change anything?

How do people BELIEVE this crud?

Lotta times institutions folks blindly put their trust in (large church congregations, school boards, civic leaders, community activists) are secretly in cohoots with the business leaders, real estate holding/developers, and politicians who only care about money. So these people work behind the scenes together for personal gain. Quid pro quo folks

Folks, Matty point of the wire,is actually not far off. I've seen it in Richmond

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Lotta times institutions folks blindly put their trust in (large church congregations, school boards, civic leaders, community activists) are secretly in cohoots with the business leaders, real estate holding/developers, and politicians who only care about money. So these people work behind the scenes together for personal gain. Quid pro quo folks

Folks, Matty point of the wire,is actually not far off. I've seen it in Richmond

I get it, but I don't GET it. You elect someone for 40 years, and at the end of 40 years they are telling me, we've got this covered, I'm calling BS.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I get it, but I don't GET it. You elect someone for 40 years, and at the end of 40 years they are telling me, we've got this covered, I'm calling BS.

Well they have had it covered for 40 years right?

Another reason for term limits. Not having term limits embeds corrupt, quid pro quo behavior. From the local level to Washington. Believe me, that dog shit mayor is on the same path from the local level to the federal level.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Well they have had it covered for 40 years right?

Another reason for term limits. Not having term limits embeds corrupt, quid pro quo behavior. From the local level to Washington. Believe me, that dog shit mayor is on the same path from the local level to the federal level.

Term limits move the corruption from the long term elected corrupt officials to the unelected long term bureaucrats. Somehow what's needed is an equivalent of the internal affairs police departments have that is able to shed light on the dark corners of the political structure. Term limits also can create redundant application of ineffective solutions as new people cycle through and the same shucksters peddle fake solutions.

Even more than a political internal affairs system though, is a useful educated, slightly cynical voting public. And that isn't going to happen anytime soon. So I am not holding my breath awaiting a major change to the situation.

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