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Another entry about how I hate America.
Sep. 29th, 2004 03:51 pmOk, in fairness, I don't hate America, I hate how our federal government has become so incredibly corrupt that it makes me wonder why we don't rise against it. Not only are we shoehorned into a two party system that is exactly what our Founding Fathers DIDN'T want, and not only is our government tainted by what is tantamount to legalized bribery, now our "debates" are essentially scripted news conferences. The agreement between the R's and the D's to make the "debates" happen is so egregiously heinous, that I had trouble holding back my gag reflex. This is not a debate. Candidates cannot rebut one another's points, or pose direct questions to one another. The people have no say about what questions are asked, and all questions are mutually agreed upon beforehand. Candidates are barred from participating in debates other than CPD sanctioned ones. The list of restrictions goes on and on and on.
I know I've said this before, and was at least half joking, but now I'm getting serious about this. We need to found a third party. Not a fringe party, not one that people will look at and think "what a bunch of nuts". A centrist party, a party for reformers, and a party that isn't a part of the greased system of simultaneous backstabbing and fingerfucking that dominates washington. I honestly don't know how prevalent the corruption is in state or local governments, but we've got to start somewhere, and the federal government is screaming for it. This is obscene. The fraud that the Democrats and Republicans are committing against the people whom they have sworn to represent is unconscionable, unethical, undemocratic, and unamerican.
Please, if you read this and agree, post comments, tell people, and talk about it. We need ideas, ways to get started, and most of all, we need to get moving. I am sad to say that I have lost all faith in our government. It's not beyond repair though. The system in place is fine. It's the people, on both sides of the aisle, that need to be changed.
10 Things you need to know about the "Debates"
I know I've said this before, and was at least half joking, but now I'm getting serious about this. We need to found a third party. Not a fringe party, not one that people will look at and think "what a bunch of nuts". A centrist party, a party for reformers, and a party that isn't a part of the greased system of simultaneous backstabbing and fingerfucking that dominates washington. I honestly don't know how prevalent the corruption is in state or local governments, but we've got to start somewhere, and the federal government is screaming for it. This is obscene. The fraud that the Democrats and Republicans are committing against the people whom they have sworn to represent is unconscionable, unethical, undemocratic, and unamerican.
Please, if you read this and agree, post comments, tell people, and talk about it. We need ideas, ways to get started, and most of all, we need to get moving. I am sad to say that I have lost all faith in our government. It's not beyond repair though. The system in place is fine. It's the people, on both sides of the aisle, that need to be changed.
10 Things you need to know about the "Debates"
