Baskin Robins
Why is it that in this country we have Baskin Robins which offers over 30 flavors of ice cream, yet all we can have for politics is two parties? Its not that there are not any other parties, there are plenty and they have great ideas. However the people of the US dont feel the need to look at anything but the two main parties, both of which have been mired in ineptitude for years.
Lets be honest, there are no differences between the Republicans and the Democrats, if a Democrat sent us to war, the Republicans would be doing the same thing that the Democrats are right now. The only real difference between the parties is their mascot, a donkey or an elephant fitting because both are slow to change and are full of jackasses.
If the people(ostritches) of this country would pull their heads from the sand just once and take a look at the other candidates they would see their are better people with brighter ideas to lead this country. The fact of the matter however is that Americans as a whole would rather vote for the lesser of two evils. Its not a matter of voting for the best candidate but voting for the one who isnt quite as bad, we have seen this time and time again. They either take this avenue or wander down the "the only way my vote counts is if i vote for the winner" line of thinking. The idea that voting for the winner somehow validates your vote is absurd and it is sad that an educated country like this falls to the depths of ignorance when performing our most vital public service which is voting.
Lets face it, Democracy is a wonderful idea but the way this country practices it is not working. We have an electoral college which does not have to in theory follow how the majority of their states voters vote. They are not bound by the votes of the state, but rather can vote of their own free will and own accord. On top of this we have a "representative" body that does not represent what the people of this country want, but rather play the game of partisan politics. Clearly there are over 2/3 of the country don't support the war, but we cant get a majority of our congressman to vote in such fashion. If the republicans were not in such a rush to back Bush and his failed pet of a war then they could step back and see what the people who put them in office want.
Is this what you want out of your government, for them to wheel and deal for their own gain? To work as lobbyists for powerful contractors of the government both before and after their terms thus making them tools of coroprate America rather than the voter? Is this what the system has come to and if it has, what can be done to fix it other than an overhaul either in how government is practiced or in how the public treats it, that is the question I pose to you. Can you answer it?
Lets be honest, there are no differences between the Republicans and the Democrats, if a Democrat sent us to war, the Republicans would be doing the same thing that the Democrats are right now. The only real difference between the parties is their mascot, a donkey or an elephant fitting because both are slow to change and are full of jackasses.
If the people(ostritches) of this country would pull their heads from the sand just once and take a look at the other candidates they would see their are better people with brighter ideas to lead this country. The fact of the matter however is that Americans as a whole would rather vote for the lesser of two evils. Its not a matter of voting for the best candidate but voting for the one who isnt quite as bad, we have seen this time and time again. They either take this avenue or wander down the "the only way my vote counts is if i vote for the winner" line of thinking. The idea that voting for the winner somehow validates your vote is absurd and it is sad that an educated country like this falls to the depths of ignorance when performing our most vital public service which is voting.
Lets face it, Democracy is a wonderful idea but the way this country practices it is not working. We have an electoral college which does not have to in theory follow how the majority of their states voters vote. They are not bound by the votes of the state, but rather can vote of their own free will and own accord. On top of this we have a "representative" body that does not represent what the people of this country want, but rather play the game of partisan politics. Clearly there are over 2/3 of the country don't support the war, but we cant get a majority of our congressman to vote in such fashion. If the republicans were not in such a rush to back Bush and his failed pet of a war then they could step back and see what the people who put them in office want.
Is this what you want out of your government, for them to wheel and deal for their own gain? To work as lobbyists for powerful contractors of the government both before and after their terms thus making them tools of coroprate America rather than the voter? Is this what the system has come to and if it has, what can be done to fix it other than an overhaul either in how government is practiced or in how the public treats it, that is the question I pose to you. Can you answer it?
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