I found this on my Facebook wall this morning. I think is sums up the problems we are having now. The problem: the authors say nothing about how to remedy the situation. We have a system which was designed to play off faction against faction in the belief that actions and policies beneficial to the whole would emerge from the chaos. Unfortunately, we have (and have had for some time) total gridlock. Too many factions, too many interests, and no willingness to compromise. We have no statesmen--we have inflated egos guided by the almost religious belief that they and they alone know what is Right. Strike that 'almost.' It is a religious belief--totally immune to any argument or evidence to the contrary.
Mark Morford at SFGate has a related blog this morning. Unfortunately, his best method for dealing with idiots (or the inflated egos I mentioned above) doesn't work when the idiots have the power to make sure you can't work around them. That is where we are now.
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The idiots have been in control for over fifty years and its ther way or the highway. Will see if how much Obama can get done :)
You're on facebook, my husband is on facebook (I'm not). He plays a game called Farmtown, where he has a little farm and grows things. He's really in to it. He got on facebook to hook up with old high school buddies. They are the oddest bunch of guys, one guy posts everything he does. My husband said he's waiting for the day when he starts posting when he goes to the bathroom :)
People are a hoot.
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