I make no excuses for what the country in which I reside is doing. I think what they've been doing since even before 9/11/01 is rather atrocious, though it's gotten significantly worse sense then.
Whether or not one believes in the government the founding fathers of the country created, what exists now is, IMHO, a mockery of it. A great deal of the legislation that has been passed, serves largely, to erode that initial model.
Was the initial model perfect. Of course not. Sometimes it's important to change things about the way a government works. The world has evolved, so must governments in order to govern properly.
What makes this particular regime different from many others, (though I doubt all) is there has been a massive power grab by one of the three branches, in a fashion that greatly disrupts the checks and balances that are put on it.
What I'd like to see..and I doubt I will in my lifetime, is a strong third party step up. It would need to be, in some fashion, significantly different from the two that are currently in control. The Democrats and Republicans spend a lot more time disagreeing with one another just to disagree than about important issues. On too many issues they are saying the same (and wrong) thing.
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Date: 2006-10-04 03:30 pm (UTC)Whether or not one believes in the government the founding fathers of the country created, what exists now is, IMHO, a mockery of it. A great deal of the legislation that has been passed, serves largely, to erode that initial model.
Was the initial model perfect. Of course not. Sometimes it's important to change things about the way a government works. The world has evolved, so must governments in order to govern properly.
What makes this particular regime different from many others, (though I doubt all) is there has been a massive power grab by one of the three branches, in a fashion that greatly disrupts the checks and balances that are put on it.
What I'd like to see..and I doubt I will in my lifetime, is a strong third party step up. It would need to be, in some fashion, significantly different from the two that are currently in control. The Democrats and Republicans spend a lot more time disagreeing with one another just to disagree than about important issues. On too many issues they are saying the same (and wrong) thing.
Okay, i'm rambling now. I'll shadup