The Lib is Back!

The New Libertarian is back to the blog.  After a long and active run on this blog ;) and an even longer hiatus, I'll be sharing my Libertarian/Independent views of politics.

So, let's jump right in, the system is broken!  We have too many career politicians running our country.  Many of them are older than our grandparents and out of touch with our generation, even if you're part of my dad's generation, the Baby Boomers.  Politicians should not be dying of old age in office, they should have long since retired and been put out to pasture, or at least the golf course.

The smartest legislation our congress could pass would be Term Limits, but why would a person ever pass a law limiting how long they can do their job, nope, too busy passing pay raises and better benefits, wouldn't you?  Fortunately, we don't need to wait for congress to pass this law, we can pass it for them by voting.

Every two years, every representative has to run for reelection and senators run every six.  Check this site to see what senators are up for reelection.  2010 can be a big year for some "House" cleaning.

My own senator, John McCain, ahem, age 73, is running for reelection again in 2010.  Luckily some decent candidates will challenge him in the primary, U.S. Navy veteran and businessman Jim Deakin, Chris Simcox, the founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and former U.S. Representative J.D. Hayworth.  If McCain manages to make it past this group, well then we'll take off our Republican ball caps and enforce term limits by voting for the democrat.

This kind of sweeping reform will be difficult, if not impossible, for some voters, but sometimes the same old same old doesn't fit anymore.  During the 2008 election, John McCain admitted to never using email, really??  Wow, time for some fresh faces.