On the National Level, the Senate was actually put in place in order to protect the people and the states from encroachments and usurpation of power by the federal legislative branch. This certainly does not seem to be the case today and in fact, so much partisan bickering, lobbying and other (legally) questionable activities are going on that it seems almost as if most of our problems actually stem from the senate rather than from the house.



In fact, one of the early stipulations was that members of our elected branches should be required from time to time to live among their constituents and thus, to have a better grasp of the needs, wants and feelings of the people that they (are supposed to) serve. Now granted, this may be difficult in a society as large as ours but it is certainly not impossible.



Still, when my elected “representative” government officials were not in Washington DC and I needed assistance in a very important matter, I was not even allowed to see the person who “represented” me on such a personal level and only after many phone calls and visits was I even allowed to write out my case and present it to their secretary for review to see if it was worthy of their attention.

It used to be that Truth, Justice and the American way was more than just a cool motto for Superman and was actually viewed to mean something in real life as well. Anymore, I am not so certain that this remains the case. In fact, like so many things, I have been saying this was a thing of the past since I was a young teenager.



It used to be that courts revolved around truth and justice but anymore, conviction rates seem to be the “in-thing” that judges and lawyers seem to concern themselves with. Ask any honest attorney or judge and I doubt that this will be openly contested to any great degree … other than as much as may be necessary in order for them to “save face” and prevent having any shame in the truth.



I remember in the mid nineteen eighties in Orlando, Florida, Sheriff Lawson Lamar was running for re-election and all of his campaign posters proudly proclaimed that crime was down thirty three percent. If ever there has been a case for truth in advertising, to me at least, in my personal experience, that would be the proverbial cause for truth in advertising laws.