You’re an idiot. The problems you have in the state legislature are not exactly parallel to Federal legislature. The corruption that you’re experiencing is there right now and (oh wait!) there are currently no term limits! You can’t blame the current problem on the USE of term limits, because the limits aren’t there, yet! Simple logic would tell anyone that.

You don’t know wtf you are talking about. come to the golden state and see who has the power, it is the lobbyists who now hold the keys to the car (and have much more influence over the legislature than they could have ever imagined B4 term limits ) the people that argue for term limits are either doing so because of ridiculous emotional appeals or are the very special interest groups that know they will have more power once they are passed…Term Limits have been an unmitigated disaster where they have been implemented…WE HAVE TERM LIMITS , They are called elections .

Hmm. One judge that ruled on this said term limits are “aimed not at achieving order and fairness in the process (of elections) but at preventing a disfavored group of candidates from being elected at all.” I don’t necessarily see how that would play out. You’re not going to convince me that you have to be in congress for 40 years in order to be effective. Maybe you got the Judicial and Legislative branch confused. Lobbyists only have power through elected officials. Entrenched lobbyists…special interest groups…all of these are symptoms that call for campaign finance reform, not arguments for ignoring the benefits of term limits. Way to argue your case.

Super shitty Idea jj, not only is the idea unconstitutional at the federal level if it indeed was to happen the lobbyists that now have way too much influence would have ALL the power in Washington. We have state term limits in CA and it has been an unmitigated disaster and now the entrenched lobbyists and special interest groups wield ALL the power in CA. you see when you have term limits it basically neuters the ability for a state rep or senator to have any independence at all. FUCK TERM LIMITS that is why we have elections you dumbass FUCK TERM LIMITS

I love the sarcastic tone in:

“I hear how they’re so caring for the poor and so forth.”

And:

“…because of our friend down in the White House and his allies.”

Incidentally, I can’t access Mother Jones right now to get to Overworked America: 12 Charts that Will Make Your Blood Boil which should be grounds for immediate revolt, starting with the physical overthrow and imprisonment of the Republican party, who’ve moved far beyond old timey partisan politics and petty obstruction and are now openly mocking the victims of their all out class warfare– from new Jersey to Wisconsin to the U.S. Senate.

The time for simple shaming is at a close.

They feel no shame. They feel no empathy. They are at war with the constitution and domestic tranquility. They’re stealing our democracy. They’re stealing our commons. They’re stealing our national wealth and laughing like Chis Christie’s third talking quato chin.

What the F is wrong with these people?!

There are a fair number of pilots who comment at TPM, and they’ve had lots to say about James Inhofe, including some good advice from tiowally:

Scared of certain flying objects?  Go to http://flightaware.com and on the left-hand column under Private Plane Tracker enter the fuselage number N115EA and it will give you the location (approx. 5 minute lag-time) of the interminably disgruntled Senator’s airplane.

Also, note that in the top right-hand corner is an “Alert Me” button. Safety first, you know.

–alopecia