Have you ever wondered why the Senate, House and the President & Vice President are never seen together and when they are there are THOUSANDS of snipers on local buildings, troops massed just blocks away, choppers at the ready and every DC cop on duty?
Just think how great a temptation it would be to start with a fresh slate of politicians who are uncorrupted and possible more concerned with doing the right thing rather than trying to figure out how to get more money out of us.
that's actually the begining of a Tom Clancy novel ... I can't remember which just now
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“Just think how great a temptation it would be to start with a fresh slate of politicians who are uncorrupted and possible more concerned with doing the right thing rather than trying to figure out how to get more money out of us.”
Well if a meteor could get most of them, that would be a nice start.
I served in the Navy, and I was thinking about this the other day. If a foreign power invaded Washington, and was intent on decapitating our political system, I don’t think I’d care.