TEA co-opted by the Koch brothers and then attached to the republican party was all that kept the TEA alive.

that is so wrong it's not even funny....

I'm calling BS on the 50,000 figure.....
I also have no idea how many died from agent orange and neither do you or anyone else (outside of God) for that matter.

I read (don't remember where that I read) 50,000 Iraqi's starved to death every year we were over there. Cant prove it right now, don't matter. That's not the point. If only 200 people died that's not the point. We were there and in Nam because we have a lying a$$ government who lied to get us stirred up and support wars for financial reasons. If that doesn't piss you off you're not human.

"I’m not in favor of eliminating 2 party system or the electoral college." How many congressmen have voted against their conscience and not represented the people who elected them because they had to vote along party lines? You think they're doing a good job now? LMAO Something is either right or wrong, Congressmen should vote for whats right and what the people who elected them want. As far as the electoral college goes the majority should rule period.

"I’m not in favor of eliminating 2 party system or the electoral college." How many congressmen have voted against their conscience and not represented the people who elected them because they had to vote along party lines?

Every single one at one time or another.

You think they're doing a good job now? LMAO Something is either right or wrong, Congressmen should vote for whats right and what the people who elected them want.

No. They are our representatives. We elect men and women whose judgments we trust and they are supposed to evaluate issues and make decisions they feel is best, not necessarily what their districts want. That’s a big difference.

As far as the electoral college goes the majority should rule period.

Oh yea? Ask the people living in Montana, Idaho, Alaska and other small states if they’d like the fact that New York, California and Florida make all their decisions for them.

Here’s a classic case. In Missouri they had a statewide voter initiative on puppy mills. A new law about raising dogs. Now, the rural parts of the state said NO, this law is nonsense. The population centers of St. Louis and Kansas City voted in favor of it overwhelmingly so majority ruled and it passed. Problem was, the city folks who voted for it had no idea what it really said other than they thought it would protect those cute little puppies they saw in commercials. After a while, it became evident how the law would inject itself into the lives of farmers etc… who had more than 2 dogs of some such nonsense as that. The state legislators got together and passed a bill removing the law. It passed overwhelmingly the other way because each district got a vote and the rural districts outnumber the urban districts. It was the right thing to do. The city folks cried bloody murder for a while, but time has proven it was a stupid law.

Majority rules sounds good, but in a large spreadout country like the US, it’s not such a good idea.  

I dont think there is any law mandating the "two party system". There are laws that certainly support it and surpress the abilty of any other party to get traction.

I have voted neither democrat nor republician for president for over 20 years, but I do vote every election.

TANSTAFL

"Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

I think the President and Congress at the time of those wars believed the USA has an important role to play in the world and at that time, we needed to intervene with force. Like I said, I do not believe a war has been started with the expressed purpose to make money for the President. I certainly believe Presidents have 'stretched the truth' to move their agenda forward; such as Roosevelt.