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Angry__Vegetable::::
You got the general picture of political despair and hopelessness.. No prob there.. In the engineering jargon, we have an unstable system. One that is prone to oscillation and inefficiency. THe proximate cause is the 2 party monopoly.. Currently one party doesn't have to Govern well. THey only need to govern less badly to be rewarded with power when the other blows it..
THey PROTECT this monopoly by imposing ridiculous ballot access rules and controlling the formal debate. And all the USMB finger pointing devolves to who screwed up first. Or who spent more or who cheated less. It's a funhouse of failure.. And it stinks. Take the simplistic road where there are 2 (nominally) DEM parties and 2 (nominally) REP parties. ALL that ends. Because NOW you've introduced REAL competition. Why wouldn't a free market person recognize that? In reality, the choices would probably migrate to 2 centrist parties with little backbone philosophy and 2 "principled" parties that actually represent political roots in Conservative and Progressive politics.
But Angry Veg --- you're also assuming that there is no PREFERRED direction. That the Wall Street clowns are an equally valid choice to the Tea Party.. You don't have that luxury. You've got to decide. The wealthy don't really run this country -- Congress does. And Congress is corrupt and weilding too much power and money. It's the POWER to punish and reward that is the proximate cause of the collusion. MicroSoft never wanted to have a huge lobbyist presence in Wash. until it was attacked by the behemoth. NOW -- they act in self-preservation to survive the legislative/regulation onslaught.
The CAUSE is Federal power and money. The EFFECT is corporate cronyism. We need to wean GE and the banks OFF of the govt teat and let them graze for themselves again. You don't get to the solution by building a BIGGER and more POWERFUL set of teats!!!!!
So stay Angry you proud Vegetable. But if I were you -- I'd figure out which foxhole you're gonna dive into when the Revolution comes. Or like me -- work to INCREASE the number of foxholes that voters have to choose from...
The wealthy don't really run this country -- Congress does. And Congress is corrupt and weilding too much power and money.
If ya looked up the facts and figures you would see that the financial houses (Wall Street) buys up both sides. Then sends lobbyists to remind them.
And who was it that started protesting irresponsibility in Congress?
Hmmm. Yea, that was the TEA Parties. And the left called them racists.
Now, y'all expect everyone to support this hysterical bullshit 'spontaneous' movement. Idiots. Every fucking one of 'em.