The blow that killed America a 100 years ago...

http://www.freemansperspective.com/1913-america/

The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, taking the powers of the states and transferring them to Washington, by mandating the popular election of senators.

Previously, senators were appointed by state legislatures, restraining the power of the national government. This change gave political parties immediate and massive power, nearly all of which was consolidated in the city of Washington.

The amendment was ratified in the name of restraining the rich and making government into a force for good. It was true that state governments were often corrupt, but the implied idea that Washington was pristine was and remains a bad joke. A structure featuring small, separate pockets of corruption is far less dangerous than one featuring a single, large seat of corruption, to which oceans of money are gathered. As Thomas Jefferson wrote:

It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers, but by their distribution that good government is effected.

So the 17th amendment killed America, and little guy Putin is a bad asz........your a funny guy. five foot seven, his big secret police post was on a college campus chasing college kids......he copied his sources on his thesis, and Boris was too drunk to put quality people into office. He got lucky on the energy crisis and rapid rise of oil which brought the former Soviet Union out of Bankruptcy in the late 90s and the average person got real median income gain......like a hollywood script.....he created a tough guy persona.......worked on his tiny body to appeal to people with their own issues......in need of a tough guy creation......what a joke.....Putin a bad asz........Hollywood turned Tom Cruise into a tough guy too......I think Cruise giving up an inch would make a great pay for view fight night.....little hollywood tough guys......showing what bad aszes they are.......

Putin is an internationalizally recognized punk.


He creates this revisionist persona making him into a tough guy when his KGB experience for the most part was scaring college kids........seriously Tom Cruise at five foot five would kick his asz......and that is not saying much.....punk is an understatement. He is smart though......he realizes creating the hollywood version works for the little dick crowd.....napoleonic syndrome straight out of central casting. He gets lucky with oil prices, and really does improve median income levels for the average citizen........but this post presidency recreation is absurd.