tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post3018383189995663257..comments2024-03-29T03:11:38.607-04:00Comments on Paco Enterprises: Not exactly from the shelves of the Paco library...Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-6489137241037772102013-08-17T08:09:53.429-04:002013-08-17T08:09:53.429-04:00Any way we could be rid of the liberal Democrats?Any way we could be rid of the liberal Democrats?rinardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01084346073021788172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-59300479300934338462013-08-16T23:27:54.419-04:002013-08-16T23:27:54.419-04:00Not a bad idea, to sunset departments. There is pr...Not a bad idea, to sunset departments. There is precedent from British history. So worried were the English about tyrants using the army to enforce opression, after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that thrrew out James II, that they planned to control the army through such a mechanism. The army was authorized to exist only for a single year at a time. Every year Parliament had to pass a bill called the "Mutiny Act" which authorized the army to legally exist.<br /><br />Of course they always passed a new bill. But it kept the army under the control of the English "political nation" for a couple of hundred years. England hasn't had another Cromwell or James II since. England has had other problems with tyranny. <br /><br />We could set up similar acts for each department, then fail to pass one for the department of Housing or Education or one of the other wasteful departments.<br /><br />I think the Sir Humphrey Applebys would find ways around it though. I've thought for a long time that there ought to be a sunset provision for all regulations. After five years they expire, and to be renewed it's not enough to be reissued by an agency. Congress must explicitly vote on them. Each one. Separately. That would limit the regs to only a few. Admittedly, it's not likely that the really important or desirable regs would pass this procedure, but you can't have everything.Michael Lonienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-91762483518138080552013-08-16T12:22:08.811-04:002013-08-16T12:22:08.811-04:00Deborah .... We're ecstatic that we get to hea...Deborah .... We're ecstatic that we get to hear Mark and have him sign our books at the Reagan Library on September 7th. I was fortunate to get the tickets because I listen to a east coast radio station (WBOB). It sold out in a new record time, 16 minutes.<br /><br />The book has already brought discussion, and not all of it supportive. Hugh Hewitt was discussing it with the President of Hillsdale College yesterday. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-7950336723294527892013-08-16T09:49:00.846-04:002013-08-16T09:49:00.846-04:00Congress is drowning in weak sisters who need to b...Congress is drowning in weak sisters who need to be sent packing anyway. Obama said "roll over" and they did.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-58140010218385254602013-08-16T08:29:00.837-04:002013-08-16T08:29:00.837-04:00It would be a good idea to have greater state cont...It would be a good idea to have greater state control over senators. Perhaps, states should even be responsible for paying salaries and funding the activities of their own senators and congressmen. Congress should not have control over their own pay and expense accounts. Fewer fact finding missions to Aruba? What a shame. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com