Federal Shutdown

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Originally Posted by webberf1

This forum can be so painfully brainless.

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or yours either :andrea: :dork: :dozey:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY_amJ0YZrM

I fear that what we've seen for the past 2-3 years is what American governance is going to look like for the foreseeable future. We live in a time of severe bifurcation, with people losing the basic ability to see the world in anything but the most simplistic chocolate vs. vanilla terms. Hopefully, possibly, maybe... sooner than later, the people who have been purged from the GOP after being called RINOs and "establishment Republicans" will find areas of agreement and/or compromise with middle of the road Democrats and we can begin moving forward again. What I'd like to see is for both of the two major parties to lose influence with voters and we then move forward with a third party or independent movement(s). But the average voter is too lazy and apathetic to think for himself. It's so much easier to just be a sheep and follow the herd.

George Washington, in his farewell address to the nation, warned us about the dangers of becoming more loyal to a political party than to the republic. What we are seeing now is Washington's fear coming to life. The founding fathers, I believe, had a desire for us to learn from and perfect Italian politics. But I'm pretty sure they wanted us to be like the Roman Republic, not the governments of post WWII Italy... but that seems to be where we are heading. :dozey:

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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior

I fear that what we've seen for the past 2-3 years is what American governance is going to look like for the foreseeable future. We live in a time of severe bifurcation, with people losing the basic ability to see the world in anything but the most simplistic chocolate vs. vanilla terms. Hopefully, possibly, maybe... sooner than later, the people who have been purged from the GOP after being called RINOs and "establishment Republicans" will find areas of agreement and/or compromise with middle of the road Democrats and we can begin moving forward again. What I'd like to see is for both of the two major parties to lose influence with voters and we then move forward with a third party or independent movement(s). But the average voter is too lazy and apathetic to think for himself. It's so much easier to just be a sheep and follow the herd.

George Washington, in his farewell address to the nation, warned us about the dangers of becoming more loyal to a political party than to the republic. What we are seeing now is Washington's fear coming to life. The founding fathers, I believe, had a desire for us to learn from and perfect Italian politics. But I'm pretty sure they wanted us to be like the Roman Republic, not the governments of post WWII Italy... but that seems to be where we are heading. :dozey:

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Very good post Jag :)