Midnightrider wrote on 07/31/13 at 20:50:20:I've said this before, there should be no party. Something is either right or wrong and the Congressmen voting along party lines is just plain stupid. Some of the states are beginning to fight the feds and I love it. I'm not for a civil war yet but Washington is a crime ridden city of crooks who look after no one but themselves. A lot of them go to Washington with good intentions Usually it doesnt take them long to change. The Congresspeople who don't vote with party lines and stand up for what is right usually don't get reelected.Our guns are our only defense. Ron Paul makes more sense than anyone the Republicans ran and I don't ever think you'll catch him in a lie all the time like Romney. We've got to stop policing the world while our own country is going to hell. I am in no way a fan of Ted Nugent but he has a line I love. Be the Best You Can Be. That's not happening in Washington. Whats happening in Washington is Be The Best You Can Be For Your Overseas Bank Account. Screw the people who elected you. Its just going to get worse now that there's no limit on campaign donations. The government officials can be bought.
well Midnight, I thought you were gonna one way.. and instead you went for broke ( not a bad thing). A couple of thoughts though:
Political Parties: well they started out one thing but have grown into something else. I don't hate the idea of political parties but I do hate what they have become and the power they yield.
State Rights: the "civil war" would more accurately be called the war of states rights. States lost and the Federal court ruling makes NO sense. But the one side won, and they made the ruling. (basically saying we won nana... if you had won, then you would have been right). Actually Washington has been VERT smart to make sure they can whip the states into line anything they please. The federal taxes supercede state taxes and the federal then dole out money to the state... don't wanna do what the feds say?? fine.. no dole for you! (MS lost a chunk of highway money like that)
Something I learned in High School- that has always stuck with me... and sadly I see more and more evidence of:
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely- Washington in a nutshell... if they aint evil when they go in.. just give them a few months ... they will be. ( conversely or they will be castrated by the powers already there).
As far as "can be bought" ... its my believes that they have been bought since G. H. Bush (but bought by the CIA, not corps), its been corps ever since.