Michael Ritland
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And so now at the end, everybody, you know, submits their list of 10 people and the top, however many, 12 or 14 with reserves or whatever, get summoned and says, hey, enough people put your name down to where now you're one of the grand jury personnel that has to sit for the next six months and review these cases and decide whether or not they go to trial.
And so now at the end, everybody, you know, submits their list of 10 people and the top, however many, 12 or 14 with reserves or whatever, get summoned and says, hey, enough people put your name down to where now you're one of the grand jury personnel that has to sit for the next six months and review these cases and decide whether or not they go to trial.
And so now at the end, everybody, you know, submits their list of 10 people and the top, however many, 12 or 14 with reserves or whatever, get summoned and says, hey, enough people put your name down to where now you're one of the grand jury personnel that has to sit for the next six months and review these cases and decide whether or not they go to trial.
And I thought about it and I was like, you know, you could do that at the same level for Congress. You know, take whatever, you know, this district for Congressman 3A in Texas or whatever, you know, whatever it is, use that same metric and say, you guys decide who's going to be the person. Now you're removing the elbow rubbing of funds, right?
And I thought about it and I was like, you know, you could do that at the same level for Congress. You know, take whatever, you know, this district for Congressman 3A in Texas or whatever, you know, whatever it is, use that same metric and say, you guys decide who's going to be the person. Now you're removing the elbow rubbing of funds, right?
And I thought about it and I was like, you know, you could do that at the same level for Congress. You know, take whatever, you know, this district for Congressman 3A in Texas or whatever, you know, whatever it is, use that same metric and say, you guys decide who's going to be the person. Now you're removing the elbow rubbing of funds, right?
Like I own a construction company and I give you $5 million for your campaign. And hey, by the way, when the public works, Contract comes up, you're kicking it to me. It removes all of that. It removes nasty ads like nobody even knows who it's going to be until it's too late. And so now it does two things. One, it removes the I'm sure there's still a potential for corruption.
Like I own a construction company and I give you $5 million for your campaign. And hey, by the way, when the public works, Contract comes up, you're kicking it to me. It removes all of that. It removes nasty ads like nobody even knows who it's going to be until it's too late. And so now it does two things. One, it removes the I'm sure there's still a potential for corruption.
Like I own a construction company and I give you $5 million for your campaign. And hey, by the way, when the public works, Contract comes up, you're kicking it to me. It removes all of that. It removes nasty ads like nobody even knows who it's going to be until it's too late. And so now it does two things. One, it removes the I'm sure there's still a potential for corruption.
I'm not saying that this is a an open and shut, flawless idea. But but I think it's without doing a hard reset where you're completely overthrowing the United States government. But restoring the the power to the people to decide who who goes to office and they're most accurately representing the wishes of their actual constituents. I think it's the best way forward.
I'm not saying that this is a an open and shut, flawless idea. But but I think it's without doing a hard reset where you're completely overthrowing the United States government. But restoring the the power to the people to decide who who goes to office and they're most accurately representing the wishes of their actual constituents. I think it's the best way forward.
I'm not saying that this is a an open and shut, flawless idea. But but I think it's without doing a hard reset where you're completely overthrowing the United States government. But restoring the the power to the people to decide who who goes to office and they're most accurately representing the wishes of their actual constituents. I think it's the best way forward.
And so now you don't get a choice. Like if your name is the top guy or gal in that district, you're basically just like with jury do. You don't get a fucking choice with that either now. There'd have to be some sort of stipulation where, depending on what the circumstances are, let's say you have a special needs kid. I mean, I'm sure there's some waivers. But that's why you have the top 10 people.
And so now you don't get a choice. Like if your name is the top guy or gal in that district, you're basically just like with jury do. You don't get a fucking choice with that either now. There'd have to be some sort of stipulation where, depending on what the circumstances are, let's say you have a special needs kid. I mean, I'm sure there's some waivers. But that's why you have the top 10 people.
And so now you don't get a choice. Like if your name is the top guy or gal in that district, you're basically just like with jury do. You don't get a fucking choice with that either now. There'd have to be some sort of stipulation where, depending on what the circumstances are, let's say you have a special needs kid. I mean, I'm sure there's some waivers. But that's why you have the top 10 people.
Maybe it's the seventh person on the list because the first six had reasons why it just didn't make sense. But now you've got a collective mean average of the most well-suited by the majority of the population with no other bias or influence, political, economical, financial, whatever.
Maybe it's the seventh person on the list because the first six had reasons why it just didn't make sense. But now you've got a collective mean average of the most well-suited by the majority of the population with no other bias or influence, political, economical, financial, whatever.
Maybe it's the seventh person on the list because the first six had reasons why it just didn't make sense. But now you've got a collective mean average of the most well-suited by the majority of the population with no other bias or influence, political, economical, financial, whatever.
being forced to go do that and you're also getting rid of the terms you know you're you're instituting term limits by default you know so now the people because i truly believe if you want to run for office that should fucking disqualify you you know i mean there's a reason why you want to do it and and show me the good one i mean yeah there are a handful of guys even some from our community that i think are there for the right reasons eli would absolutely be one of them
being forced to go do that and you're also getting rid of the terms you know you're you're instituting term limits by default you know so now the people because i truly believe if you want to run for office that should fucking disqualify you you know i mean there's a reason why you want to do it and and show me the good one i mean yeah there are a handful of guys even some from our community that i think are there for the right reasons eli would absolutely be one of them