All political systems are ultimately two-party systems (yes, even in Europe). You get the people who bind together to hold power and the people who don't have power.
Whether or not they use labels is irrelevant. On 2/5/13 12:51 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec) > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am FULLY in favor of starting over…. I say there are a couple things that >> should happen to “reboot” the government if you will… >> >> 1) Get rid of Democrat and Republican (and ALL others) labels… > Devil's advocate: should it be a multi-party system? Or a 0 party system. > > Multi-party systems suffer the same gridlock. Nazi Germany comes to > mind with its 10's or 100's or political parties [not an invocation of > Godwin's Law]. > >> 2) This is is *very* important…. FIRE the whole lot of them…. >> Everyone that holds an office right now is fired, period. I’d say at a >> rep/congressman/gov/president level at least. > Sparta - one of the first democracies - had it right. They term > limited public officials and put them on trial when their term was > over. It was a 'check' in the system. If a public official did nothing > wrong, then there was no problem with being investigated and possibly > tried. > > Its funny how we lost that lesson over the last 1000 years or so. > >> With those 2 steps, we’ll be able to get full fresh blood into all the >> offices, AND the people of these United States will actually have to pay >> attention to the candidates. > Related: I consulted with my lawyer on how to stop Obama from running > in 2012. I wanted to file for injunctive relief from the asshole > (assuming he would not get a bullet to the head from some pissed-off > voter). > > It's not a crazy as it sounds: In 2008, Obama campaigned on (among > others): (1) withdrawal from Iraq; (2) financial industry reform; (3) > executive compensation reform; (4) normalization of relations with > arab countries; (5) 'reconstituionalize' Guantanamo Bay and the > prisoners. We got none of them. > > That's why I voted for Obama in 2008. The justice system was not > equipped for the lawsuit. I had no recourse to redress my grievances - > even though he was a candidate at the time and did not enjoy executive > privilege. > > Jeff > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Stephanie Daugherty >> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 6:29 PM >> To: Jeffrey Walton >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [funsec] I'll believe corporations are people when they let >> them drive in the HOV lane ... >> >> >> >> I've seen calls for direct democracy as a replacement for representative >> government. There is a serious danger in that, and that is tyranny of a >> majority. Look at Uganda's recent "kill the gays" bill - can we really be >> sure that even something as malicious as that couldn't pass here with Faux >> News cheerleading it on? >> >> >> >> Whatever may take the place of congress in the future, we do have to be >> mindful of the "dark side" of democracy - I mean, even in our own history we >> once thought slavery and alcohol prohibition were good ideas... >> >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Dan White <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 02/04/13 17:10 -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >>> >>> ... >>>> Don't be hesitant of starting over. Creationist should appreciate the >>>> biblical theme - nearly all ancient societies talk about the great >>>> flood. Chrisitianity turned it into Noah and the Ark. It should appeal >>>> to Evolutionist too. The fall of the dinosaurs led to the rise of the >>>> mamals. >>>> >>>> Starting over at times is righteous and natural. >>> >>> Starting over, without fixing the processes that got us here is just going >>> to lead to the same result. Rapid incremental change (to legal code) is >>> what's >>> going to make the difference, but that's going to require a change in how >>> representational government works - as in cutting the representatives out. >> Funny you should bring that up :) >> >> I was not sure if I was being naive or optomisitic (when I question >> myself). Here, I hope the new group who would take their place would >> have fortitude, courage, and some sense of equity, morals and justice; >> and they would not travel in the same sewers. > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
