WTOP has been running an interesting series on the failing of government. The crux of the argument so far is that the government has fallen so deeply into partisan politics, that it's no longer doing the work of the people, but doing the work of the parties. And failing the people miserably.
The question becomes how do we pull out (or can we) of this rut? Scott A. Stewart ColdFusion Developer GNSI 11820 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 770-9610 -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:55 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Rove, Delay, Libby, Cheney etc. > Scott wrote: > Government by the party, for the party needs to be replaced with government > by the people for the people. > Well said! That's the scary part, though. Historically the parties were aligned with fiscal and social policies, and people put their allegiance behind a party because of it's principles. Now it seems there are many that back a party just because. In the 90s I'd say the general themes were: Republicans: ------------------ Small fed gov't States' rights fiscal responsibility (low spending and therefore low taxes) Democrats: ----------------- Organized labor Environmental issues Social programs (SS, Medicare, Welfare, etc) Clinton added 'fiscal responsibility' to his column; not so much because he himself started as a fiscally conservative, but because a Republican congress forced him to be and it worked out well. Mr. Bush has abandoned all fiscal conservative principles. His main agenda has been to use Federal Government power to force his moral beliefs. I would call him the Unconstitutional President. Further, his backer's true colors have been revealed with his Meirs nomination. You frequently hear that they "gave him a pass" on his other issues while waiting for this nomination. Yet, you still hear the same "us vs. them" BS. It took America about 3 years to fully figure out Mr. Bush's WMD deception, and so I'm hoping that in the same time span conservative voters will figure out he's actually not a conservative and we can finally move beyond the party politics. But I doubt it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178214 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
