by Charles Baron

Created on: July 27, 2007   Last Updated: March 19, 2008

This country needs to redirect its constitutional amendment energies. Instead of wringing our hands over the institution of marriage because homosexuals want white picket fences, we need to focus on the institution that really threatens the joint tax return,the U.S. congress.

Nobody ever thinks their going to need an enema. People think that if they just change their diet and get more exercise, nature will eventually take its course. Congress is the same. Just pass another reform or ethics bill and the hardened stool known as corruption will be naturally evacuated. America has had enough of congressional ex-lax.

Some two hundred years ago, congressmen didn't need to be told to go home. They would serve several terms and then return to their farms full time. In fact, the original legislators were very skeptical of their own effectiveness regarding the needs of their constituencies. How could Washington D.C. possibly understand what the needs of Tennessee were. Good question, then and now.

The modern era of congressional fiefdoms was ushered in under Franklin Roosevelt. The Great Depression was a tragedy for the country, but a boon for the entrepreneurs who wanted to make a career out of "public service". Washington D.C. definitely now knew what the needs of Tennessee were: The governments signature on their paychecks.

This fiscal year the congress will appropriate over three trillion dollars. (trillion is purely an American word, the British just say a thousand billion) From an economic standpoint its just too much money to be entrusted to the same pair of 535 eyes term after term. Political reality tell us that the fight against big government has been lost. Our only hope to remain an economic superpower is to enact an amendment that will at least restore some confidence in this leviathan federal government. Term limits.

Opponents to term limits are a formidable bunch, considering they consist of the entire legislative branch of the federal government and their constituents who hold annuities linked to their constant re-elections. But the people who actually work for a living in this country have an option. A constitutional amendment. Homosexuals should be encouraged to participate. Bring your pets. Coolers allowed.

Its time to flush the toilet.

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